The 2.5s State Champion

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TENNIS E-News

Nov. 16, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 127
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Area Nabs 9 State Titles

Moss Creek Wins Super Senior States 2.5 Championship; Sectionals Next??

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – With more cuts and slices than you’ll find in a Publix meat case, the Moss Creek Raging Bulls won the South Carolina Super Senior 60 Men’s 2.5 State Championship Friday afternoon at Sun City, ending the playoffs that saw Hilton Head Island and Coastal Carolina teams winning 10 of 12 contested state divisions.

Ironically, Moss Creek, lobbying early this year for inclusion in the HHI leagues, ended up in a combined division because numbers were lacking for separate leagues. All 2.5s played under CCTA. The Raging Bulls of HHI thus won their first championship under the CCTA wing. Moss Creek was the CCTA #2 team and won Friday to take the deciding match in a best-of-three from #1 Country Club of Hilton Head. While the rest of the state playoffs were last weekend at Wild Dunes, the 2.5s had only two entrants and the matches were played here.

The Raging Bulls will be South Carolina’s representative at the Southern Section Championships Mar. 20-22 in Pelham AL, providing some other of the eight states in Southern produces a 2.5 champion.

Champions and players in the Super Senior States should keep an eye on www.sctennis.com for the championship story and photos of winning teams as well as action shots of play. Yes, you and your forehand may be on the Internet. Scary!!!

Here are Friday’s final match results:
CCTA #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls 3, CCTA #1/Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters 0

Ct. 1 -- Doug West/Charles Dattelbaum def. Imants Zeidlickis/Roger Rathbun 6-1, 6-3
Ct. 2 -- Wayne Effron/Bob Davis def. John Nowacek/Stuart Enscoe 6-1, 6-2
Ct. 3 -- David Teschner/Alan Calderon def. James Brissenden/Alan Bikson 4-6, 6-3, 1-0

The complete rundown of Super Senior State Champions from Wild Dunes and here looks like this:

Super Senior 60s

M2.5 – CCTA #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls (Wayne Effron) round robin champion, CCTA #1/Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters (Dennis Snyder) second

W3.0 – UPTA #1/ Tryon Park (Joan Wilson) champion; HHI #2/Moss Creek Powershots (Penelope Calf) finalist

M3.0 – CCTA/Sun City Court Jesters (Bill Flack) champion; UPTA/Keowee Key Racketeers (Hayes Cross) finalist

W3.5 – CTL/Rockbridge Ladies (Lorelle Wise) champion, GSTL/Grande Dames (Barbara Glass) finalist

M3.5 – HHI #1/Long Cove Super Retreads (Bill Cale) champion, GSTL/Conway Riverfront (Gene Jaynes) finalist

W4.0 – HHI #1/Port Royal Senior Moments (Barbara Steiger) champion, LCTA/Lowcountry Super Women (Sophia McAllister) finalist

M4.0 – HHI #2/ Port Royal (Dave Partington) champion, UPTA/Spindle Tree (Stephen Hedetniemi) finalist

Super Senior 70s

W3.0 – HHI/Sun City Golden Girls (Jean John) round robin champion, LATA/Crooked Creek Passing Shots (Sally Wiseman) second

M3.0 – HHI #1/Sea Pines Imposters (Bob Hilton) champion, HHI #2/Spring Lake Cruisers (Bob Pentz) finalist

W3.5 – HHI/Port Royal Killer Bees (Catherine Haight) round robin champion, LCTA/Grandes Dames (Janet Hanchow) second

M3.5 – HHI/Indigo Run (Don Ross) champion, LCTA #1/Seabrook Greys (Warren Kimball) finalist

Super Senior 75s

M3.0 – HHI/Sea Pines CC 75s (Bill Zervoulis) round robin champion, LATA/Topspin Ancients (Peter Chase) second

Those Active Super Seniors

Pizzat-Pizzat Win National Father-Son Championship

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) – Joe Pizzat of Sun City and his son Mike of Savannah have won the 1^st annual National Ultra Senior Father-Son Clay Championships in Sarasota FL. Read that: Father-who-is-80-or-older and son championship.

Joe and Mike put together long experience as teaching pros to win their way through three rounds for the championship. Joe became a teaching pro in 1964. Son Mike hopped into the profession a bit later and was a pro for 19 years at Savannah Golf Club, now into free-lance teaching. They had competed together last year, though not as successfully, in the Father-Son Nationals in which Senior Dad only had to be 75 or older.

Koenig Invited To Play for Southern in Intersectionals at Dallas

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) – Bob Koenig of Sun City will join Team Southern this weekend for the Men’s National Intersectional Team Event in the Dallas suburb of Arlington TX. Play is from Thursday through Sunday in 35s, 45s, 55s, 65s and 75s in singles and doubles and Koenig will play the 75s, representing the nine-state Southern Section.

190 Registered

Junior Team Tennis Under Way With 10% Increase in Number of Players

BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News via Bob Brown) – With over 190 kids playing (a record enrollment) on over 17 teams locally, the Junior Team Tennis season is off and running … completing its second week of play.

Here is a report of the action:

Match results for Week 1:

14 & Under Intermediate Division

Bluffton over SCYC 36-18 (second in standings)

Beaufort over Chaplin Park 40-26 (first place)

Villains over Wexford 28-19 (third place)

18 & Under Intermediate Division

Beaufort over Chaplin Park 29-15

Results from Week 2:

In 12 and Unders Bluffton Badkatz (Coach Brett Robertson) achieved the first victory for club with a 38-26 win over Wexford.

In the 14 and Under Beginner Division, Hilton Head Island's Palmetto Hall team beat the Badkatz 11-8.

In the 14 and Under Intermediates, Bluffton beat Chaplin Park 36-18.

In the 18 and Under Intermediate, Bluffton beat Chaplin Park 39-20. The Intermediate 14s and 18s between Beaufort and SC Yacht Club were rain delayed. Make up dates to be determined.

First place standings at the end of 2 weeks of play:

18 and Under Intermediate: Bluffton Badkatz

14 and Under Intermediate: Bluffton Badkatz

12 and Under Intermediate: Bluffton Badkatz

14 and Under Beginner: Palmetto Hall

JTT has shown a 10 per cent gain over any previous year. League winners from this fall season will join Spring ‘09 winners and represent our area at the State Championship in July in Sumter.

For additional information and match times/place contact League Coordinator Bob Brown at 290-2833.

Only One Match Loss

HHI High Girls Win 2^nd Straight State Championship

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – With local Super Seniors winning championships up the beach at Wild Dunes, the Hilton Head Island High School girls’ varsity tennis team won their division South Carolina State Championship for the second year in a row.

The team had a flawless season and breezed through the playoffs to encounter the same foe as last year in the finals – the JL Mann High School Patriots. The Lady Seahawks lost only one match at the state championship -- the #5 singles -- in pulling out their 6-1 win over JL Mann to clinch the 3AAA title. The High School Leagues end at State and there is no national or regional title. This year’s team had only three seniors and is looking to be back at the state championships again next year.

It’s November, But Teams Already Looking for Players for Spring Leagues

Adult 3.0 Women -- Spring team out of SCYacht Club is looking for three more players, especially two of the players to play singles. The team will have Saturday matches and practice on Sundays from 11:00-12:30. Contact Gwen Ludvigsen 342-6297 (cell 422-5259) or

Jan Iannuzzi 689-3537 (cell 384-4745).

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Upcoming Tournaments:

Nov. 21-23: 6^th annual Thanksgiving Turkey Tennis Tournament at Chaplin Park. Adults and juniors. Email chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com

Nov. 22: QuickStart Tennis Tournament at Hampton Hall. Kids 8 and younger and 10 and younger. Call 816-2033.

TENNIS E-News FootNote

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( ) For a tennis coach, a football coach, a whatever coach……….

( ) “When your team is winning, you are god.

(___) When your team is losing, you are god-damned.”

-- We just made that up at the pro shop.

-- Dennis Malick