5.5s & Luke Jensen

TENNIS E-News

Aug. 06, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 88
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Holdover from Mobile
HHI 5.5s Going for USTA League Southern Sectional Championship
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The USTA League Southern 5.5 Men’s championships will be played Saturday (11th) in Myrtle Beach. Teams from Hilton Head Island, Greensboro NC and Charleston will be competing for the right to advance to National championships.
The HHI team consists of Chris Mireles, captain; Matt Wuller, Tom Coulton, Jeff Johnston, Mike O’Regan, Adrian Moghina and Mike Sutcliffe.
All other Adult and Senior divisions of the nine-state USTA section were played during the last week in July in Mobile AL.

Slots Still Open for Luke Jensen Clinic, Exhibition Aug. 15; Bluffton Courts To Benefit
BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Aug. 15 will be Luke Jensen Day at Bluffton High, with three clinics (singles, doubles and juniors) and a schedule that includes lunch with Jensen, an exhibition, Q&A, autograph/photo session, “Return the Jensen’s Serve” and “Bump the Chump” contest.
Reservations are required for the clinics. Contact Bob Brown at 290-2833. Can’t attend? Sponsor a local child. Net proceeds benefit the Bluffton court-building fund.

Island Club Needs Part-time Help in Tennis Pro Shop
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Island Club -- on the ocean off Folly Field Road -- needs pro shop part-time help to fill either 8 a.m.-1 p.m. shift or 1-6 p.m. shift on various days of the week. The club has six soft and three hard courts. "Nothing is in stone on which day it might be," Shop Manager Sandy Leath said. "It could be two people. And, if someone wanted to work Saturdays only, that could happen too. The Saturday person could be a high school student."
If interested, contact Sandy 785-8012 or 301-6769 or email sandy.islandclub@yahoo.com.

SC Championships Next Month
Anglers Clinch To Complete Adult Mixed Doubles Champions' List; Senior Mixed in Final Week
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The SC Yacht Anglers followed one 2-1 win with another to clinch the championship of the USTA League Adult 8.0 Mixed Division. Winning a vital third set at #1 doubles put the Anglers in the top spot and qualified the team for South Carolina championships next month.
All summer league championships -- Super Senior Combo and Mixed -- have been decided save one. The Spring Lake Odd Couples and Moss Creek Smoking Sixers are playing as we write to determine the Senior Mixed 6.0 top spot. The already-decided Senior 7.0s wrap up the summer schedule Wednesday, with Bluffton already in as champion.
Here are the standings to date as reported on TennisLink:
Super Senior Combo
Women's 6.5 -- 4 teams -- Wexford Ladies of the Net clinched at 5-1; schedule ended
Women's 7.5 -- 3 teams -- Indigo Run Hotshots clinched at 6-0; schedule ended
Senior Mixed
6.0 -- 4 teams -- Spring Lake The Odd Couples lead at 6-2
7.0 -- 14 teams -- Wexford Topspinners clinched at 8-0
Adult Mixed
5.0 -- 3 teams -- Wexford Wildcats clinched at 4-0, schedule ended
6.0 -- 7 teams -- Wexford 6.0 Adults clinched at 6-0, schedule ended
7.0 -- 7 teams -- Bluffton 7.0 clinched at 6-0, schedule ended
8.0 -- 4 teams -- SCYacht Anglers clinched at 5-1; one match to report

Back Issues Are Archived
Hallelujah, We're a Blog … Whatever It Is, We've Entered the Blogosphere
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Whenever you want to read TENNIS E-News or check a back issue of same, you need only to click on or go to www.tennisenews.blogspot.com . We have entered a blog new world, even though we really don't know what one is. Dennis in Bloggerland, skipping down the Yellow Cliche Road.
Beginning last week, each issue of TENNIS E-News is being blogged (is that a word?) by Justin Jarrett, tennis writer for The Island Packet. (Actually, he tried to explain it to me, but decided it would be best if he would manage it.) At the end of each issue you are able to post comments. Uh oh.
There are a couple graphic bugs to be worked out, but the blog can be accessed by anyone -- even those on AOL who have been blocked by AOL from receiving E-News. Tell your friends on AOL. It will take about two weeks of emailing for us to do so on an individual basis.
Meanwhile, welcome to our new whatever. You also can access TENNIS E-News at www.blufftontennis.com .

REPEATING A RULE OF TENNIS -- Let or No Let Between Serves
By request, TENNIS E-News is reprinting a rule concerning delays between first and second serves. To wit:
ITF Rules of Tennis #23. USTA comment 23.2: What happens when there is a delay between the first and second serves? If the delay is caused by the receiver (such as a broken string or contact lens problem), an official or outside interference, the whole point is replayed. If the server caused the delay, such as when the server breaks a string the server gets one serve. Note that a spectator’s call (“out”, “fault” or other), a spectator’s cellphone ringing or grunting on an adjacent court is not basis for replaying a point. Action should be taken to prevent further spectator interference.


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( ) Those smell things are my brother's. Or: Those smelly things are my brothers.
( ) The shop sells boys' and girls' clothing. Or: The shop sells boys and girls' clothing.
(___) -- from new book: "The Girl's Like Spaghetti" subtitled "Why You CAN'T Manage Without Apostrophes!"
By Lynne Truss, author of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"
-- Dennis Malick

Combo Rolling

TENNIS E-News
Aug. 02, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 87
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Growing The Game's Voices: The Chaplin Chatter (see below)
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LATE BREAKING NEWS
$5,000 Heritage Classic Foundation Grant Goes to PTI for Boys & Girls Club Programs
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Heritage Classic Foundation passed out $701,000 Tuesday to local charitable groups, and among the checks was $5,000 to Public Tennis, Inc., to continue PTI's tennis instruction programs at the Boys & Girls Club of HHI.
PTI President Jacque Houck accepted the check for funding the program now directed and conducted by HHI teaching pro Emmett Diggs.
The foundation, beneficiary of golf's annual Verizon Heritage Classic, parceled out the $701,000 to 84 charities. Additionally, 36 organizations earned $407,460 from the foundation's Birdies for Charity program, as reported by IPacket.

Changes in Original Schedule -- Check 'em
Combo Season Starts Friday; Total Teams Jump from 25 in 2006 to 36 This Year
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Men's and Women's Combo League seasons will get under way with first matches Friday and a record increase in teams participating.
Combo coordinator Kathy Foulkes shows 24 Adult and 12 Senior teams on TennisLink, a leap of 11 over last year's total of 25 teams. "We have seven flights this year with team increases in all but one," she said.
All schedules are now on TennisLink, but Foulkes cautioned captains to doublecheck their dates because some have changed since the initial posting. The first match is 7.5 Senior Women. State playoffs will be Oct. 25-29 at the Family Circle Tennis Center, Charleston. Sectional Championships will take place Jan. 25-28 in Baton Rouge LA.

Winners Posted in Hilton Head Island Junior Championships
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Chaplin Park Tennis Center hosted the annual Hilton Head Island Junior Championships last weekend, with 36 entrants including those in the parent/child competition.
Here are the finals, reported by Tournament Director Jedd Vance:
The Boys' 14 singles winner was Robert Steinebach, who defeated Michael Shaw in the final 6-1, 6-3. The Boys' 16 winner was Dave Steinebach, Robert's older brother, who defeated Tyler Dunn in the final 6-1, 6-0. The Girls' 14 winner was Samantha Droop over Magnolia Colket 6-0, 5-0 in a match ended by rain.
The biggest draw was the parent/child doubles division and the winners were Ben and Trey Hale. They beat Jaclyn and Job de Boer in the final 7-5, 6-2. In consolation matches, it was: Boys' 16 consolation winner -- Trey Hale; Girls' 14 consolation winner -- Melanie Reyes; Parent/Child consolation winner -- Caitlin and Julie Jilly.

Another Venue for What's Happening in Area Tennis: The Chaplin Chatter
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Chaplin Chatter started out as an e-newsletter for anyone playing out of Chaplin Park Tennis Center, but has expanded its coverage areawide, what with Chaplin teams and players competing wherever league and tournament schedules take them.
Tim Ryan produces The Chatter and has about 150 on his free email address list. If you are interested in receiving The Chatter, email Tim at chaplinroundrobin@hotmail.com. Oh, and if you would like to join in the Sunday afternoon mixed doubles round robins, let Tim know at the same address. A sample issue of The Chatter is an attachment to this E-News issue.

Hot Shots and the Company They Will Have Truckin' to Nationals
MOBILE AL (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- Just in case you might be wondering who ended up winning all those USTA League Southern Championships, in addition to Hilton Head Island league's Sun City Hot Shots, here's the rundown by playing division, with champion and finalist or runnerup listed:
Seniors
W3.0 -- SC/HHI Sun City Hot Shots; LA/Shreveport
M3.0 -- GA/Atlanta; SC(B)/Florence
W3.5 -- SC/Charleston; TN/Chattanooga
M3.5 -- LA(B)/Shreveport; LA(A)/Baton Rouge
W4.0 -- LA/New Orleans; NC/Charlotte
M4.0 -- AL/Birmingham; SC/Greenwood
W4.5 -- AR/Little Rock; NC/Charlotte
M4.5 -- LA/Monroe; TN/Memphis
Adults
W2.5 -- AL/Birmingham; AR(B)/Jonesboro
M2.5 -- GA(A)/Atlanta; NC/Downeast
W3.0 -- TN/Knoxville; GA(A)/Atlanta
M3.0 -- LA(A)/Baton Rouge; KY/Lexington
W3.5 -- SC/Charleston; AL/Birmingham
M3.5 -- GA/Atlanta; LA/Shreveport
W4.0 -- AL/Mobile; MS/Jackson
M4.0 -- LA/Lafayette; KY/Lexington
W4.5 -- NC/Lake Norman; MS/Jackson
M4.5 -- NC/Cary; GA/West Georgia
W5.0 -- KY/Louisville; NC/Raleigh
M5.0 -- GA/Atlanta; NC/Greensboro
Men's Open -- SC/Charleston; MS/Jackson

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( ) Bumpersticker on a van with a Georgia license plate (7/29):
( ) Dog is my co-pilot.
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-- Dennis Malick

Hot Shot Champions

Nationals Next Stop
Sun City Hot Shots Sweep Southerns
MOBILE AL (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- The Sun City Hot Shots that "came to Mobile to do three things: compete, win, and buy a round-trip ticket to Vegas" scored on all three by taking all three courts in the Senior Women's 3.0 finals today at the USTA League Southern Section Championships. The win qualifies the team for Nationals in the fall.
“We are expecting to come to Sectionals and win," Team Captain Sandra Maylen said in a story Thursday on http://www.southernleaguegtennis.com . "We have trained hard and are ready to endure the heat. We are going to take the whole thing; the other teams just don’t know it yet.”
True to their word, Maylen and partner Joyce McGaughan took a 6-3, 6-2 win at #3 doubles against unbeaten foe Louisiana/Shreveport. Things weren't quite so cut and dried on the other courts.
At #1, Karen Benedict and Jean Bergenthal took the first set 6-4, but dropped the second 7-5. Because USTA doesn't post actual scores of third-set match tiebreaks, all we know is that Benedict and Bergenthal won it "1-0". Maybe it was 10-1 or maybe 15-13. Whatever, they won.
On #2 court, Jerrilyn Brennan and Toni Valenstein fell behind and lost the first set 6-3, but then turned it around and won 6-3 in the second, following that up with a (you guessed it) 1-0 win in the match tiebreak.

What a roll for the Hot Shots! They took a 17-0 season record into sectionals, losing only one court all year … and that was during the South Carolina State Championship finals.

The Hot Shots' title was the only official one that the Hilton Head Island league teams captured at Southerns. Two other teams -- Senior Men's 2.5 Moss Creek Rat Pack and Senior Women's 2.5 Country Club of Hilton Head Volley Girls -- won South Carolina championships but had no teams from Southern's other eight states enter Sectionals, thereby "winning" their levels. Yes, we still are championing awards for our 2.5 champions.
The Long Cove Retreads, captained by Bill Cale, won States and three rounds in Southerns before losing to Louisiana champion Baton Rouge, which ended up falling 3-0 in the Senior Men's 3.5 final to Louisiana state runnerup Shreveport.
Here is the Hot Shots' trail to the championship:
Thursday the 26th
8 a.m. -- SW3.0 -- Sun City Hot Shots 3, TN (B)/Memphis Germantown Parks & Rec 0
#1 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 7-6, 6-3
#2 -- Sandra Maylen/Joyce McGaughan won 7-5, 6-2
#3 -- Toni Valenstein/Jerrilyn Brennan won 6-4, 6-1
Friday the 27th
8 a.m. -- SW3.0 -- Sun City Hot Shots 2, AR/Little Rock Burns Park 1
#1 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-4, 2-6, 1-0
#2 -- Sandra Maylen/Joyce McGaughan lost 4-6, 6-4, 1-0
#3 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 6-4, 6-2
1 p.m. -- SW3.0 -- Sun City Hot Shots 3, NC/Southport St. James 0
#1 -- Diane Craig/Karen Benedict won 6-4, 6-2
#2 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 7-5, 6-3
#3 -- Joan Eckhardt/Jean Bergenthal won 7-5, 6-3
Saturday the 28th
1 p.m. -- SW3.0 -- Sun City Hot Shots 3, MS/Southwest 0
#1 -- Diane Craig/Karen Benedict won 2-6, 4-4, retired
#2 -- Toni Valenstein/Jerrilyn Brennan won 6-2, 6-1
#3 -- Joyce McGaughan/Sandra Maylen won 6-1, 6-2
Today the 29th
8 a.m. -- SW3.0 -- Sun City Hot Shots 3, LA/Shreveport Miss Hits 0
#1 -- Karen Benedict/Jean Bergenthal won 6-4, 5-7, 1-0
#2 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 3-6, 6-3, 1-0
#3 -- Joyce McGaughan/Sandra Maylen won 6-3, 6-2.

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( ) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress,
( ) but then I repeat myself.
(___) -- Mark Twain

Combo & Prexy Seats

July 10, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 80 South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner Hilton Head Island SC

Pre-Registration of Teams for Adult and Senior Men's and Women's Combo Still Open
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- There is still time to pre-register for Combo league that will begin play next month, Coordinator Kathy Foulke says. She reports that 6.5 adult and senior women's leagues are filling up but more teams are being sought for 7.5 adult women's teams and more 6.5 and 7.5 men's teams.
The season will run through early October and culminate in division champions advancing to the South Carolina State Championships in late October. To pre-register a team or to get in contact with a team, call Foulke at 681-9649 or email kathyfoulke@netscape.net for pre-registration forms.

Fundraiser Tops $3,500
And the winner of the drawing for two USOpen Seats in the President's Box is …………..
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Public Tennis, Inc., raised more than $3,500 in its drawing for two seats in the 2007 USOpen President's Box, and the winner of Monday's ticket-draw at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center pro exhibition was Pieter Swarz of Van der Meer Tennis. Imagine that: a working person, here from South Africa, kicks in $25 toward public tennis courts on Hilton Head Island in the faint chance of getting a neat seat at the USOpen.
Swarz won from about 160 tickets sold from PTI's original lot of 200. Final accounting is not complete, but combine the totals of the HHI effort with that by PTI/Bluffton and about $5,000 has been raised to fund additional tennis courts at Chaplin Park and at Bluffton High School. Both drives are ongoing.

Two Teams Headed for State Chmps.
Villains Chased by Badcatz for Junior Team Tennis Title
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- With more than 50 kids participating, the USTA Junior Team Tennis Spring '07 season has ended with The Villains (Sea Pines Racquet Club Village, coached by Scott Nichols) in first place. The Bluffton Badcatz took second, coached by Robert Brown and Doc Molloy, The newly formed Chaplin Park Land Sharks, coached by Tim Austin and Cameron Everett, placed third and the Wexford Warriors, coached by Steve Black and Patrick Mason, ended in fourth place.
The Villains and the Bluffton team (from Fall 2006) will represent our area the weekend of July 20th at the State Championships in Sumter, with a chance to advance to a National title. The team format for "18 and Under Intermediates" (level 3.0 and below) featured boys and girls singles, boys/girls doubles and mixed doubles playing as a team accumulating the most games won as match criteria. This format, now in year three, is the area's largest league play outlet for youth from ages 6-18 and is played twice a year in between high school boys and girls seasons (May through July and November through January). "This is a great way to keep kids playing lots of tennis year round and is perfect for anyone wishing to play tennis for their school," said League Coordinator Robert Brown. More information is available at http://www.usta.com or by calling 290-2833.

USTA League Mixed Doubles & Super Senior Combo Standings
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The USTA League Adult and Senior Mixed Doubles and Super Senior Combo are back in action after the 4th of July fireworks.
Here are the standings to date as reported on TennisLink:
Super Senior Combo
Women's 6.5 -- 4 teams -- Wexford Ladies of the Net lead at 4-1
Women's 7.5 -- 3 teams -- Indigo Run Hotshots lead at 3-0
Senior Mixed
6.0 -- 4 teams -- SL The Odd Couples lead at 4-0
7.0 -- 14 teams -- Wexford Topspinners lead at 4-0
Adult Mixed
5.0 -- 3 teams -- Wexford Wildcats lead at 2-0
6.0 -- 7 teams -- Wexford Rackets tied at 3-0
7.0 -- 7 teams -- Bluffton 7.0 lead at 4-0
8.0 -- 4 teams -- SCYacht Anglers, Beaufort tied at 1-0

Parent-Child Doubles Included
HHI Junior Tennis Championships Coming Up July 27-29 at Chaplin Park
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News)-- Entry is open for the annual Hilton Head Island Junior Tennis Championships that will be played July 27-29 at Chaplin Public Tennis Center and satellite sites as needed. Play will be in boys and girls singles and doubles as well as parent/child doubles.
Entry fees are $25 for singles, $20 per person for doubles or $40 per person for singles and doubles. Water, soft drinks, T-shirts and continental breakfast included with entry fee.
Playing categories are 10 & under, 12 & under, 14 & under, 16 & under and 18 & under, as well as the Parent/Child Division. Matches will begin Friday and continue Saturday, with finals Sunday.
To enter, go to http://www.islandreccenter.org .org/> or stop by the Island Recreation Center. For information call Director of Tennis Cameron Everett at 681-7273. Tournament director is Jedd Vance.

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( ) Take a word of phrase, scramble the letters and come up with a new but related word of phrase:
( ) A decimal point: I'm a dot in place
(___) Eleven plus two: Twelve plus one
Mother-in-law: Woman Hitler
-- Columnist Bob Thomas
-- Dennis Malick

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