Nutty Champs & SS 2.5s

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Nov. 13, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 126
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

CCHH vs. Moss Creek in State 2.5 Super Senior Finals Friday (See story below)

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Palmetto Dunes Action

Results from Wild Wing Nutty Buddy Finals

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Here are the finals day results from the Wind Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes.

Men's Open Doubles -- Round Robin 3 -- Pat Child - Chris Mireles d. Said Hernandez - Josh Leclaire 7-6(2); 2-6; 6-1; Child – Mireles winner of round robin

Men's 3.0 Doubles – Final -- Wray Thompson - David Wright d. Greg Galvin - Larry Wilson 6-3; 6-2

Men's 3.5 Doubles – Final -- Dave Dockum - Rick Rickenbach d. Mike Kilpatrick - David Wright 2-6; 6-2; 6-1

Men's 4.0 Doubles – Semifinals -- John Bauer - Pete Clark d. Bill Shakespeare - Mike Upchurch Wo (inj); Henry Morales - Todd Wilson d. Brent Gallagher - Sean O'Sullivan 4-6; 6-2; 1-0 Ret (quit); Final -- Morales - Wilson d. Bauer - Clark 6-1; 6-1

Men's 4.5 Doubles -- Round Robin 3 -- Cliff Andrus - Robert Gonzales d. Said Hernandez - Matthew Straut 7-6;7-6(5); 6-4;

Guenther Bergmann - Bobby Tillison d. Scott Christensen - Joe Panaro 6-1; 6-2; Bergmann – Tillison winner of round robin

Mixed 2.5 Doubles – Final -- Cara Py - Phil Py d. Frank Roberts - Lisa Roberts 6-1; 4-6; 7-6(4)

Mixed 3.0 Doubles – Final -- Suzanne Richer - Wray Thompson d. John Parente - Heather Rath 6-4; 5-7; 6-2

Mixed 3.5 Doubles – Semifinals -- Larry Legrand - Sue Legrand d. Jan Ghys - Valerie Parsons 7-5; 1-6; 6-3; Martha Upchurch - Mike Upchurch d. Bernard Webster - Rachel Webster 2-6; 6-2; 6-1; Final -- Upchurch - Upchurch d. Legrand - Legrand 6-3; 6-1

Mixed 4.0 Doubles – Final -- Tim Arr - Carolyn Sonberg d. Cliff Andrus - Hillary Neff 6-2; 6-7(6); 6-4

Mixed 4.5 Doubles -- Round Robin 3 -- Carrie Mason - Robert Seferian d. Kathy Jenson - Bobby Tillison 7-6; 7-6(5); 6-2; Nancy Christensen - Scott Christensen d. Patsy Reinsch - P.J. Scearce 1-6; 6-1; 6-3; Mason – Seferian winner of round robin

Mixed 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 1 -- Pat Child - Michelle Clark d. Amanda Becker - Josh Leclaire 3-6; 6-2; 6-2; Child – Clark winner of round robin

Women's 2.5 Doubles -- Round Robin 3 -- Judy Priest - Katherine Woerhiede d. Leslie Ford - Lisa Roberts 6-3; 6-2; Priest – Woerhiede winner of round robin

Women's 3.0 Doubles – Semifinals -- Monica Reinsch - Courtney Whitlow d. Suzanne Richer - Julia Walsh 7-5; 6-2; Doreen Miller - Heather Rath d. Erin Knutson - Libby O'Regan 6-4; 6-2; Final -- Reinsch - Whitlow d. Miller - Rath 6-4; 6-3

Women's 3.5 Doubles – Final -- Anndee Davis - Courtney Whitlow d. Christine Clark - Mary Clark 4-6; 6-3; 6-4

Women's 4.0 Doubles – Final -- Donna Bierschenk - Nancy Thomas d. Shannon Lurkin - Ann O'Brien 6-3; 6-4

Women’s 4.5 Doubles – Donna Binder – Susan Taylor winner of round robin completed earlier

Women's 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 3 -- Amanda Becker - Maureen Bush d. Trish Begley - Merrill Light 6-2; 6-2; Michelle Clark - Jill Wilson d. Lori Bergmann - Shelley Humes 6-4; 6-3; Clark – Wilson winner of round robin

Deciding Best-of-three

2 Teams Go for Super Senior States 2.5 Championship Friday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) –The Moss Creek Raging Bulls took two third-set tiebreaks on the way to a 3-0 win in match #1, but the Country Club of Hilton Head came back with a couple straight-setters to win match #2 in the 60 Men’s 2.5 South Carolina Super Senior State Championships. While the rest of the state playoffs were last weekend at Wild Dunes, the 2.5s had only two entrants – both from the Coastal Carolina league – so a best-of-three round was schedule here.

After splitting the first two matches on a home-and-home basis, the final match is set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. on neutral courts: Sun City Tennis Center. Like the 3.0 through 4.0 Super Seniors, the winner will be South Carolina’s representative at the Southern Section Championships Mar. 20-22 in Pelham AL. Providing any other of the nine-state section produces a 2.5 champion.

Here is how the first two matches went:

Monday the 10^th

11:30 a.m. – SS60/M2.5 – HHI #1/Moss Creek Raging Bulls 3, HHI #2/Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters 0

Ct. 1 -- Doug West/Charles Dattelbaun (MC) def. Imants Zeidlickis/Roger Rathburn 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-2)
Ct. 2 -- Wayne Effron/Bob Davis (MC) def. Jim Brissenden/Charles Dowden 6-1, 6-4
Ct. 3 -- David Teschner/Alan Calderon (MC) def. Alan Bikson/Stuart Enscoe 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Tuesday the 11^th

10 a.m. -- SS60/M2.5 – Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters 2. Moss Creek Raging Bulls 1

Ct. 1 -- Imants Zeidlickis/Roger Rathburn (CCHH) def. Doug West/Robert Blohm 6-0, 6-4
Ct. 2 -- Wayne Effron/Bob Davis (MC) def. Stuart Enscoe/Charles Dowden 6-1, 6-1
Ct. 3 -- Jim Brissenden/Alan Bikson (CCHH) def. David Teschner/Richard Evans 7-6, 6-3
Friday the 14th

2:30 p.m. – SS60/M2.5 – Moss Creek Raging Bulls vs. Country Club of Hilton Head Court Jesters at Sun City

Some Stats on HHI League Teams at Super Senior States

Women’s stats by local coordinator Mary Ellen Arboe

Total # of women's teams -- 8

3.0 60's SCYC Hot Flashes (Janie Weeks) and 3.0 Moss Creek Power Shots (Penelope Calf)

3.0 70's Sun City Golden Girls (Jean John)

3.5 60's PD Slice Girls (Rodey Webb) and 3.5 PRRC Royal Ladies (Janet Goldin)

3.5 70's PRRC Killer Bees (Catherine Haight)

4.0 60's PRRC Senior Moments (Barbara Steiger) and 4.0 Sun City Sensationals2 (Ann Clemmitt)

Total Team Matches -- 30; Won 22; Lost 8

Total Individual Matches --90; Won 54; Lost 36

Total Third Set Tiebreakers -- 21; Won 15; Lost 6

Men’s stats by local coordinator Don Grider

10 men's teams represented Hilton Hilton Head Island in the seven levels of play

3.0 60s (2), 3.5 60s (2), 4.0 60s (2), 3.0 70s (2), 3.5 70s (1), 3.0 75s (1)

Hilton Head Island won the state championships in six of the seven men's levels. (The seventh was won by Coastal Carolina.)

These teams will be representing South Carolina in the Southern Sectional Champions at Pelham AL Mar. 20-22, 2009

3.5 60s Long Cove Retreads (Bill Cale) - 4.0 60s Port Royal Racquet Club (Allan Zak)

3.0 70s Sea Pines C. C. Imposters (Bob Hilton) - 3.5 70s Indigo Run (Don Ross)

3.0 75s Sea Pines C. C. (Bill Zervoulis) (No Sectional Tournament as yet)

A few statistics from the matches played by the men’s teams from Hilton Head Island:

Total Team Matches – 36; Won 25; Lost 11

Total Individual Matches – 108; Won 71; Lost 37

Total Third Set Tiebreakers – 25; Won 12; Lost 13

Senior Men’s Interclub – 3.5 results & standings

Matches Nov. 12

Indigo Run 3, CC of HH 0

Spring Lake Mis-Hits 3, SCYacht 0

Spring Lake Lakers 3, Moss Creek Hawks 0

Sea Pines CC 3, Belfair 0

South Beach 2, Long Cove 1

Standings

Indigo Run 1-0

Spring Lake Mis-Hits 1-0

Spring Lake Lakers 1-0

Sea Pines CC 1-0

South Beach 1-0

Long Cove 0-1

CC of HH 0-1

SCYacht 0-1

Moss Creek Hawks 0-1

Belfair 0-1

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.

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