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Monday, Nov. 08, 2010         Vol. IX,  No.147                          Winner of the South Carolina Media of the Year Award                                    Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

YEAR-END RATINGS MESSAGE FROM TENNIS-LINK: "The 2010 year-end rating calculation process is currently under way. It will include matches played from Nov. 2nd 2009 thru Oct. 31st 2010. The expected date of publication is November 29th 2010."

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135 Entrants from Here and Afar

     Champions Cool It at Wild Wings' Nutty Buddy

        HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- While HHIslanders and Coastal Carolinians were piling up team championships at Super Senior States at Wild Dunes, locals and a host of off-islanders were going for individual doubles titles in the 16th annual Wild Wing Cafe "Nutty Buddy" Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center -- 135 players in the total draws. Finals were completed Sunday.

    The championships were spread over an array of winners from HHI as well as visiting players from across that bridge in Georgia. HHI's Bill Sturm was winner in the Men's 4.5s (with Brian Kiggans) and 5.0s (with Bobby Tillison). Kristen Finlen of Garden City GA also won two championships: Mixed 4.5s (with Matthew Wallace of Pooler GA) and Women's 4.5s (with Zsofia Golopencza of Pooler).

    Here are the Sunday results. Players are Hilton Head Islanders unless otherwise noted.

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Final
    Nick Akers, Daufuskie Island, SC - Greg Ratledge, Charlotte, NC d. Tom Cambron, Bluffton, SC - Kevin Carpenter, Bluffton, SC 6-0; 6-4
Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Final
    Bob Fulton - Paul Rankin d. John Bauer, Chaplin, SC - Justin Rodgers, Chapin, SC 6-4; 3-6; 6-1
Men's 4.5 Doubles -- Final
    Brian Kiggans - Bill Sturm d. Bobby Tillison - Matthew Wallace, Pooler, GA 6-3; 3-6; 6-2
Men's 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 3
    Bill Sturm - Bobby Tillison d. Rob Ellison - Mark Sheaffer 7-5; 6-4
    Pat Child - Chris Mireles d. Scott Clements - Mike Uchno 6-0; 3-6; 6-4

Mixed 3.0 Doubles -- Final
    Suzanne Richer, Embrun, Ontario - Wray Thompson, Ontario d. Gary Black, Marietta, GA - Ashley Kuykendoll, Marietta, GA 3-6; 7-5; 6-0
Mixed 3.5 Doubles -- Final
    Robert Bunch, Hardeville, SC - Missy Sperling, Savannah, GA d. Kim Spackman, Atlanta, GA - Mark Spackman, Atlanta, GA 6-3; 6-4
Mixed 4.0 Doubles -- Semifinals
    Suzanne Burns, Beaufort, SC - Mike Upchurch, Beaufort, SC d. Chantay Foley, Canton, GA - Paul Marino, Canton, GA 6-1; 4-6; 6-4
    John Bauer, Chaplin, SC - Leighann Pingree, Beaufort, SC d. Geri Novia, Princeton, MA - Jack Novia, Princeton, MA 6-4; 6-0
    Final
    Bauer - Pingree d. Burns - Upchurch 6-4; 4-6; 6-3
Mixed 4.5 Doubles -- Final
    Kristen Finlen, Garden City, GA - Matthew Wallace, Pooler, GA d. George Walter, Woodstock, GA - Jill Walter, Woodstock, GA 6-0; 6-1
Mixed 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 3
    Pat Child - Jill Wilson, Beaufort, SC d. Laura Adams, Savannah, GA - Rob Ellison 7-5; 6-7; 6-2
    Scott Clements - Robin Fulton d. Claire McCarthy, Savannah, GA - Tim Smith, Savannah, GA 6-2; 6-2

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 3
    Bonny Bauer, Chaplin, SC - Raine Cherry, Chapin, SC d. Ashley Kuykendoll, Marietta, GA - Kim Spackman, Atlanta, GA 6-3; 5-7; 6-4
    Anne Middleton - Susan Rankin d. Jessica Iannuzzi - Nova Iannuzzi 6-2; 6-0
Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Final
    April Reed - Yza Shady d. Amy Abernathy - Alene DeLoach 3-6; 6-1; 6-4
Women's 4.0 Doubles -- Final
    Sandy Gillis - Jennifer Stupica d. Donna Bierschenk, Bluffton, SC - Sue Carpenter, Bluffton, SC 6-1; 7-5
Women's 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 3
    Kristen Finlen, Garden City, GA - Zsofia Golopencza, Pooler, GA d. Chantay Foley, Canton, GA - Jill Walter, Woodstock, GA 6-0; 6-0
    Robin Fulton - Laura Adams, Savannah, GA d. Julie Child - Mary Jackson 3-6; 6-2;

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 Heading to Dec. 3-5 Sectionals on HHI

    HHI, CCTA Parade of 8 Champions Leads Rest of State at SC Super Seniors  

        ISLE OF PALMS SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Two Hilton Head Island teams and one from Coastal Carolina won championships Sunday in the USTA South Carolina Super Senior States at Wild Dunes Resort, adding to four titles won earlier in the week of playoffs to determine teams advancing to the Southern Sectionals Dec. 3-5 on Hilton Head Island. CCTA had another champion in earlier play.

    Competing in the 60s, 70s and 75s, HHI teams showed their best strength in the 4.0s, winning the 60 Men's Sunday and earlier the Men's and Women's 70s. One HHI and one CCTA women's 4.0s finished as level semifinalists.

    Taking championships Sunday were the 60 Men's 4.0 Port Royal, captained by Dave Partington, and the 60 Women's 3.0 Sun City Racquettes, captained by Ruby Murray, and 75s Men's Indigo Run Flyers, captained by Bob Pentz. On Saturday, the 60s Men's 3.0 CCHH Aces, captained by Ivan Bennett, won that championship. In the 70s that finished Friday, the Men's 4.0 Indigo Run, captained by Paul Williams, and Women's 4.0 Port Royal Senior Senoritas, captained by Chris Iulo, won their round robins. The Men's 75s 3.0 championship already has been played, with the Sun City Spoilers, captained by Dale Trimpe, winning the title.

    The 60s Men's 3.5 Sun City Dirtballers had to take on their in-house rival Sun City Challengers in Sunday's semifinal. The Dirtballers, captained by Stephen Cico, won that, but in the final lost 2-1 on two third-set match tiebreaks. HHI's PRRC Senior Moments and CCTA's BIP MVP's made it into this morning's semifinals but got no farther.

    Overall, HHI teams were far and away the top winners, capturing six team championships and finishing second in four. Coastal Carolina had two champions and four second-place finishes. Closest to that among all the other SC districts was Low Country (Charleston area) with three champions and one second place. Lexington, Upper Piedmont, Columbia and Pee Dee each had one champion. Grand Strand had three finalists, Upper Piedmont had two and Aiken had one.

    In addition to the champions, six more South Carolina teams will advance to the draws at Sectionals -- one being HHI's 70s Men's 3.0 Fiddlers Cove USTA B4s and another the 60s Men's 3.0 CCTA Sun City Baseliners. Other SC team getting wild cards: 60s Women's 3.5, 70s Men’s 4.0 and Women's 4.0. Also competing will be the Hilton Head Island 60s Men’s 4.5 Yankee Islanders advancing straight to Sectionals because no other teams entered States on that level.

    SC Super Senior Coordinator Bonnie Sue Duncan had 116 teams in the draw at States. "Although the 60s men's 3.0 numbers were lower (team wise), our 4.0 number of teams -- both men and women -- were up," she said, adding "and for the first time there are 4.5 men's and women's teams in the 60s and 3.5 and 4.0 70s team numbers were up. The competition was the best ever and SC will be well-represented at Sectionals."
 

    Here are the champions and finalists with captains in (parentheses):  

 (Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CCTA = Bluffton to Beaufort area; CTL = Columbia ; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood ; GSTL = GrandStrand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/CharlestonArea; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence; SATL = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville)

Super Senior 60s

W3.0  -- CCTA #1/Sun City Racquettes (Ruby Murray) champion; GSTL/Conway Prestwick Divas (Stella Facini) finalist

M3.0 -- HHI/CCHH Aces (Ivan Bennett) champion; CCTA/Sun City Baseliners (Frank Frankel) second

W3.5 -- LATA/Over (Not Under) the Hill Gang (Becky Hipp) champion; UPTA #1/Riverside Mystery Team (Betty Carter) finalist

M3.5 -- UPTA/Keowee Key Kobras (David Harvey) champion; CCTA #1/Sun City Dirtballers (Stephen Cico) finalist

W4.0 -- LCTA/Kiawah Super Women (Sophia McAllister) champion; GSTL #1/Prestwick Super Women (Andrea Stanford) finalist

M4.0  -- HHI/Port Royal (Dave Partington) champion; AATL/Harris (Sandy Harris) finalist

W4.5 -- LCTA/Lowcountry Ladies (Ann Munday) champion; HHI/Long Cove Club (Julie Vaglienti) second

Super Senior 70s

W3.0 -- HHI/Sea Pines CC (Mary Dempsey) champion; CCTA/Sun City Golden Girls (Sondra Goldberg) second

M3.0 -- CTL/jRockbridge (Edward Griswold) champion; HHI/Fiddlers Cove USTA B4s (Bob Costantino) second

W3.5 -- PD/Florence (Fransue Bertels) champion; HHI/Spring Lake Stingers (Mary Ellen Arboe) finalist

M3.5 -- LCTA #1/Snee Farm O.T.H. Gang (Robert Roehl) champion; GSTL/The Grand Stranders (Jack Kerns) finalist

W4.0 -- HHI/Port Royal Senior Senoritas (Chris Iulo) champion; LCTA/Low Country Grande Dames (Margaret Heyd) second

M4.0 -- HHI/Indigo Run (Paul Williams) champion; UPTA/Spindle Tree Has-Beens (Larry Druffel) second

Super Senior 75s

M3.0 -- CCTA/Sun City Spoilers (Dale Trimpe) champion; HHI/Wexford Old Crocs (Briggs Jones) second

75M3.5 -- HHI/Indigo Run Flyers (Bob Pentz),  CCTA/Sun City Aces (Larry Wiener) second

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Canada Championships

     End of the Winning Streak for Riske

        HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The win streak had to end sometime, and it did for Alison Riske, Hilton Head Island women's tour pro, in the $50,000 Toronto Championships. Riske had won three consecutive tournaments in Europe before returning to Canada last week where she had last lost.

    Riske won her Round of 32 match against Brittany Augustine of El Segunto CA 6-4, 6-0, but lost in the Round of 16 to Lauren Albanese of Parkland FL 7-6(6), 6-4. Her streak ran for 16 matches and 20 of her previous 21 matches. Her last loss was in the final of the $50,000 Saquenay Championships to Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-4, 6-7(4) 6-6(5). Marino, who has been a protege of HHI's coach Yves Boulais, also was on a win streak of 18 matches before losing in the Toronto semifinals. 

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