Out-of-Area Rules Meeting

TENNIS E-News

Oct. 30, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 119
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Saturday night will bring the saddest night of the year – the end of Daylight Saving Time ’06.

Clocks fall back an hour. So we gain an hour of sleep. Big deal. Who needs it?!

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’09 Spring Season Start

SC League Coordinators To Decide on Out-of-Area Rules Affecting TAHHI, CCTA

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – A Nov. 15 meeting of South Carolina local league coordinators will work on rules and formats for the 2009 season, including those affecting players living in one area and playing in another, such as living in Bluffton and playing on a Hilton Head Island team and vice versa. This is a meeting held each year at this time by state and local coordinators.

According to information received by TAHHI Local League Coordinator Jackie Reynecke, State Coordinators Mary Goins and Jimmy Sain will conduct the closed meeting, with only the local league coordinators from all the state’s league programs attending.

“It’s a working meeting where the Spring 2009 rules for SC in the Adult and Senior leagues are written,” Reynecke said. “Mary and Jimmy will inform us of any changes in the National and Southern rules that will impact our state and may also then impact our local leagues. We will receive our 2009 LLC manual which is tool for not only rules changes, but 2009 championship information, 2009 league calendar, any new forms that need to be used for next year, etc.”

After the Nov. 15 meeting, the SC rules will go to Southern Section for approval. “After that happens,” Reynecke said, “we will be directed to write our local league rules for our playing areas.”

One of the areas that probably will be addressed at this meeting, Reynecke said, is out-of-state and out-of-area approvals. “Those two topics are actually addressed every year. There may be some changes in the process which may or may not impact our local level, but again TAHHI and CCTA will be directed on how to handle those approvals by state if needed.”

She added: “I know that many players are worried about whether they will be allowed to play on former teams or just need to go through a formal process in order to do so. It is my intent at our state workshop to communicate the wishes of those players who want to continue with their original teams and are willing to go through a formal process, if needed, and that we would like a blanket approval directive in our local league rules to cover that.”

Best Showing by Locals

9 HHI, Bluffton Special Olympics Athletes Win Medals at SC Fall Games in Anderson

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Nine Special Olympics athletes from Hilton Head Island and Bluffton had their best showing yet at the 2008 annual South Carolina Fall Games last weekend in Anderson. Of the more than 1,000 athletes participating, 85 were there for tennis and competed in individual skills as well as singles and doubles matches.

In individual skills, gold medals went to Taylor Taber, Tanzania Polite, John Baker and Michelle Myers. Aimee Grayson won a silver in her skills event. Wallace Gamble and Meghan Witherly each won a gold for singles and Rashawn Young and Steve Cole won silver. Additional medals were won by Young and Gamble for finishing first in doubles and Witherly and Cole for placing second in doubles.

The local athletes soon will begin training for the annual Special Olympics Tennis Championships in March at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center. For information on the programs, contact Myron Meister at 342-6236.

Annual TAHHI Tournament

54 Players Competing in 15 Divisions in The Island Championship

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – With a membership of 1,600 to 1,700, the Tennis Association of Hilton Head Island has 54 players competing this weekend in its annual tournament that this year is traveling under the name The Island Championship.

The tournament reports that play will begin Friday at noon at Palmetto Dunes and resume Saturday at 9 a.m. at Port Royal. Final rounds will begin Sunday morning at 9 at Palmetto Dunes.

Round Robins will be played in Men’s 3.5 singles, Men’s 4.0 doubles, Men’s 55+ doubles 4.0, Men’s Open doubles, Men’s Open singles, Mixed 4.0 doubles and Women’s 3.5 singles. Best two out of three matches will be played in Men’s 4.5 doubles, Mixed 2.5 doubles, Mixed 3.0 doubles, Mixed 3.5 doubles, Mixed 4.5 doubles and Women’s 4.0 singles. A straight draw will be played in Men’s 4.0 singles and Women’s 3.5 doubles.

For information, call Palmetto Dunes at 785-1152.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

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. 6-9: 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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