Banana Challenge in The Packet

TENNIS E-News

Oct. 02, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 108
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Play Begins Friday

Look for Banana Open Challenge coverage in The Island Packet

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – The 24^th annual Banana Open Challenge will began Friday at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center, but results will not be in TENNIS E-News before at least late next week. Look for a results pass from Tournament Director Jackie Reynecke to Island Packet sports guys Sam McDowell and Justin Jarrett to get to our reading public. (We are heading off-island on an unexpected family matter.)

Good luck on your tournament play.

For tournament information, call PD at 785-1152.

Life Lost in Fatal Crash

Tennis Benefit Set for Laura Gage Fund Oct. 20 at Spanish Wells

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – A charity tennis event to benefit the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) will be held Monday, Oct. 20, at Spanish Wells.

The Laura Gage Golf and Tennis Tournament will be in memory of the Hilton Head Island 19-year-old who lost her life in a 1995 traffic accident. Her parents, Bob and Fiona Grygiel, have campaigned for organ transplant legislation and have set up the annual tournament.

Spanish Wells pro Mike Caboy will run an afternoon round robin. Entry fee is $50 per person that will include tennis, a dinner and prizes. The tournament is limited to 32 players. “We will close entries as soon as we reach 32,” Bob Grygiel said, “but donations would be greatly appreciated -- cash or prizes we can raffle.”

Entry fee for golf is $100 that includes golf, dinner and prizes. All of the tournament proceeds, in joining with COTA, will go to support a family in need, Fiona Grygiel said. In this case it will be a 15-year-old Charleston boy in need of a life-saving liver transplant.

For more information or to register, contact the Grygiels at 681-2180.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

Oct. 3-5: Banana Open Challenge, Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center. Champions of local Bananas. Call 785-1152.

Oct. 22-26: The Vacation Co. Adult Championships. USTA-sanctioned Level 2. Open and age divisions. Call Justyn Schelver 785-8388 ext 119

Oct. 24-27: USTA League South Carolina Combo State Championships at Daniel Island, Charleston

Oct. 31-Nov. 2 -- The Island Championship. TAHHI's annual tournament for Islanders and visitors. Go to www.tahhi.org.

Nov. 3-7: Beaufort County Senior Games 2008 including men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles.

Nov. 7-9: South Carolina USTA League Super Senior Championships at Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms

Nov. 7-9: 14^th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes. Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

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