Finding the Ratings

TENNIS E-News

Dec. 02, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 133
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Be Sure To Check ‘Rating Type’

Okay. The Ratings Are Posted. Here’s How You Find ‘Em

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – The 2008 year-end ratings are posted for all to see on TennisLink, and what you’ll discover is that quite a few ’08 USTA League teams will be unrecognizable in ’09 if in existence at all. Some had most of their roster uprated.

First off, here is information as handed down by league officials as to what results went into the year-end rating. Applicable results to determine the ratings came from the following:

2008 Senior and Adult local season

2008 Senior and Adult District (State) and Sectional (Southern) Championships

2008 Mixed Doubles local season

2008 Super Senior Fall local season

Not included in the calculations, as you may have observed: Combo local season and advanced championships in Combo, Mixed Doubles and Super Seniors.

Most important, though, is YOU. Here’s how you find your rating … or anyone else’s:

Go to http://www.usta.com. Select “TennisLink” at the top right and then “Leagues” and, on the next main page at the right, “Find a Rating”. On the page that comes up, you have several options. Type in your name and select “GO” and you get your gender (in case you didn’t know), your city and state, your year-end rating, your year-end rating date (should be 12/31/2008) and, most important, your rating type.

The key describes the various rating types. If yours says “B” for “benchmark”, you cannot appeal for one year. If you think the “benchmark” designation is incorrect, you should notify state coordinator Mary Goins A.S.A.P. at mggoins@charter.net.

To find ratings for an entire team, enter the team number from the appropriate ’08 season. It will list the team’s complete roster with all player information as above. Also, you can go to “Drilldown Search” to find, for example, all HHI 3.5 Women. After clicking “Go”, select “2008”, then Southern, then South Carolina, then Hilton Head (Will they ever make it Hilton Head Island?), then Female, then 3.5 and Search.

HOW TO APPEAL YOUR RATING – Again, if you are a “benchmark” player, you can’t appeal for a year. If not a “B”, it’s about as easy and quick as you can expect. Go to http://www.sctennis.com. At the top of the webpage, select “Ratings/Appeals” and simply follow directions. Note that we used the words “easy” and “simply” advisedly. If you can’t work it, email us and we’ll try to help. Let the fun begin.

In answer to our earlier plea to officialdom, here is the response. Those marked with an “X” are the results that figure into the year-end 2008 ratings:

[ ] Super Senior Fall 2007 Local Season

[ ] Super Senior Fall 2007 District (State) Championships

[ ] Super Senior Fall 2007 Southern Championships (played in March ’08)

[ ] Super Senior Fall 2007 National Championships (played in April ’08)

[ X ] Spring League Adult & Senior Local Season

[ X ] Spring League Adult & Senior District (State) Championships

[ ] Super Senior Combo Local Season

[ X ] Adult & Senior Mixed Doubles Local Season

[ ] Adult & Senior Combo Local Season

[ ] Adult & Senior District (State) Mixed Doubles Championships

[ ] Adult, Senior & Super Senior District (State) Combo Championships

[ X ] Super Senior Fall 2008 Local Season

[ ] Super Senior Fall 2008 District (State) Championships

Multiple Team Play at Same Level OK

It's Official: Out-of-Area Rule Deleted; You Can Play Where You Want With No District Approval

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – The USTA League "out-of-area" rule is history. The regulation that could have restricted players living in one district from playing in another was voted out two weeks ago by South Carolina coordinators, pending final approval from the Southern Section level which came Monday. Also approved was the rule that any South Carolina player can play on any other SC team even on the same level in the same season.

HHI Local League Coordinator Jackie Reynecke explained that the rule change means a player may play at the same NTRP level in the same division (adult or senior) on teams in separate local leagues in SC during the same season. However, she added, that player progressing past local league to State Championships could play on only one team. Players could still play on more than one adult or one senior team at different levels.

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4.0 Senior Men’s Interclub

Results of 12/2/08

Moss Creek 3 Long Cove 0

Port Royal 2, Indigo Run 1

Standings thru 12/2/08
Moss Creek 2-1
Indigo Run 2-1
Port Royal 1-2
Long Cove 1-2

3.0 Senior Men’s Interclub

After four weeks of play, the standings in the Interclub 3.0 Division are as follows

Flight A

Team Won Lost Courts Lost

1. Belfair 4 0 3

2. Indigo Run 3 1 3

3. Sea Pines 2 2 5

4. Spring Lake 2 2 6

5. CC of HH 1 3 9

Flight B

Team Won Lost Courts Lost

1. CC of HH 3 1 3

2. Wexford 3 1 4

3. Spring Lake 3 1 5

4. Moss Creek 2 2 6

5. Hampton Hall 2 2 7

6. Shipyard 2 2 7

7. Palmetto Dunes 1 3 6

8. Port Royal 0 4 10

Looking for Players

4.0 Senior Women -- The Oldfield 4.0 Senior Women’s team (Bluffton CCTA) is looking for 4.0 senior players. If interested, contact Jude Shriner at jms@webjockey1.com.

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Upcoming Tournaments:

Feb. 1-3: Quiznos Sub Tennis Classic / Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center / Men’s and women’s singles and doubles in rated divisions 2.5 thru open / Benefit National Multiple Sclerosis Society / Contact Palmetto Dunes at 785-1152.

Feb. 12-15: Daufuskie Island Adult Championships / Daufuskie Island Resort / USTA-sanctioned / Men’s and women’s singles and doubles (no mixed) in 40-80 age divisions; rating divisions 3.0, 3.5, 4.0. / ID #704105608 / Contact Ron Gwyn at 341-8647.

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