Category: Sports

Billfishing Series Begins May 8-11

South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series is pleased to announce this year’s schedule:

  • May 8-11, Charleston Billfish Invitational
  • May 22-25, 56th Annual Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament
  • June 19-22, Carolina Billfish Classic
  • July 3-6, HMY Lowcountry Cup
  • July 17-20, Edisto Invitational Billfish Tournament

This year’s first event, Charleston Billfish Invitational (formally known as Bohicket Invitational) will be hosted at Seabreeze Marina, 50 Immigration Street, Charleston, May 8-11, 2024.

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: Seabreeze Marina)

SC Stingrays Home Games, Mar 13, 15 and 16

The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL’s Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum.

They will be playing at home against the Toledo Walleye on March 13, against the Orlando Solar Bears on March 15 and against the Florida Everblades on March 16. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the puck drops at 7:05.

If you’re interested in cheering on the Stingrays in person, you may click here for information and single-game tickets.

Go Stingrays!

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: stingrayshockey.com)

Get Ready for RiverDogs Baseball

It’s time to play ball! The Charleston RiverDogs will open the gates to fans for home opening night on Tuesday, April 5, 2024, at 7:05 pm at “The Joe” when they welcome the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers to the Holy City.  Plan to come out and cheer on the RiverDogs baseball team!

Coming off of three championships, and due to unprecedented demand for tickets, the RiverDogs announced Monday Jan. 29 that single game tickets are on sale now. Coinciding with that announcement, the Tampa Bay Rays Single-A affiliate unveiled dates for the top promotional highlights of the season as well. Tickets are available for purchase directly from the team at RiverDogs.com, and will be conveniently delivered and accessible on a mobile device.

The Charleston RiverDogs are the Single-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They play in the Joseph P. Riley Stadium, also known as “The Joe”, which sits near the Ashley River and catches the breezes from the river and adjoining marshland. It has been rated one of the best stadiums in the minor league and collegiate levels. (The Citadel baseball team plays there as well.)

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: Charleston RiverDogs)

Women’s Pro Tennis Comes to Charleston Mar 30 – Apr 7

The Credit One Charleston Open, the largest women’s-only tennis tournament in North America and the kickoff to clay season on the WTA Hologic Tour, will return for its 52nd year March 30 – April 7, 2024 on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. The highly anticipated tournament will feature more than 100 of the world’s top tennis players and welcome back fans to the recently renovated Credit One Stadium. Ticket packages and single session tickets are available for purchase by clicking here.

The 2024 player field already includes several top-ranked players. World No. 7, three-time Grand Slam finalist and 2023 Charleston champion Ons Jabeur will make her return to the Lowcountry, alongside World No. 5 Jessica Pegula and past champion Madison Keys.

Elevated on-site entertainment, upgraded food and beverage options and interactive activations will keep the action going beyond the court in 2024. Returning to the tournament grounds is the popular tennis-focused Fan Zone with USTA South Carolina, which will feature hands-on activities for both kids and adults. Under the large oaks, “Charleston’s Living Room” will host an upscale dining and lounging retreat featuring live music and lively conversation, sponsored by The Charleston Place.

Special discounts are available for juniors, seniors, USTA and military members. Juniors, 16 and under, are granted complimentary general admission seating, courtesy of Credit One Bank, with the purchase of an adult ticket.

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit:  creditonecharlestonopen.com

Plunging into 2024!

What a beautiful morning to welcome in the new year! The 7th Annual Polar Bear Plunge took place at North Beach on this chilly but brilliantly sunny and 51° New Year’s 2024 morning. The gathered crowd of more than 250 people was the largest ever for this event. Parking was at a premium – not a spare space could be found.

See below for a photo gallery
of the Polar Bear Plunge!

As the photos convey, it was a terrific morning on the beach and a good time was had by all, including four-footed friends. Thanks to The Lake House staff for organizing this event and thanks to all who made the plunge or cheered them on!

Continue reading “Plunging into 2024!”

SC Stingrays Home Against Greenville Swamp Rabbits, Dec 15

The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL’s Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum.

They will be playing at home on December 15, 2023 with doors opening at 6:00 pm and the puck dropping at 7:05. Their opponent for this game is the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

It is also Golden Ticket Night so fans with sweet tooths will enjoy searching for golden tickets which will be hidden all over the Coliseum, and fans who find them will win prizes! 

If you’re interested in cheering on the Stingrays in person, you may click here for information and single-game tickets.

Go Stingrays!

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: stingrayshockey.com)

Third Serve Rallies and Scores on Seabrook Island

Introducing tennis to children in the Charleston area while fostering an environment that facilitates growth on and off the court. 

Seabrook is now host to Haut Gap Middle School students who receive free tennis lessons.

Third Serve Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing no-cost tennis instruction to underserved youth in the Charleston Area.  Third Serve was co-founded in 2021 by Jonathan Barth, Director of Tennis on Kiawah and Bruce Hawtin, director of the Barth-Hawtin Tennis Academy.  Collaborating with Kiawah Island and E.L Frierson Elementary, Third Serve provides transportation for the students to the Roy Barth Tennis Center twice weekly for practice.  Thanks to Seabrook resident, Rich Goheen, Seabrook Island now partners with this program. 

Starting in mid-September and running through the end of November, 10-12 students from Haut Gap Middle School were transported to Seabrook Island courts for tennis lessons by our partners at luxury transportation service FootPrint Transit.   A group of dedicated and passionate Seabrook volunteers provided on-court instruction for this 8-week program. Fall practices were Wednesdays and Thursdays/Fridays from 3:00-4:30 pm. A spring session is planned for early 2024.

Your support is needed and requested! In an effort to accommodate a larger number of students this spring, funding is needed to cover the growing costs of transportation, equipment, educational materials and more.  If you are interested in making a donation, wish to volunteer, or would like to learn more, please visit our website.

-Submitted by Lucy Walton

Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic Basketball Tournament Nov 16, 17 & 19

Don’t miss the Lowcountry’s premier college basketball event!

The Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic is an early-season Division 1 college basketball tournament played each November at TD Arena in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The tournament, entering its 16th year in 2023, features a bracket format with 12 games over three days. Each team competes in one game per day regardless of results. The 2023 Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic will be played Nov. 16, 17 & 19 and feature Dayton, Houston, LSU, North Texas, St. John’s, Towson, Utah and Wake Forest.

For more information on this tournament and to check ticket availability please click here.

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: espnevents.com)

The Fleming Flash – October 8

The Fleming is finishing up with some exciting final matches today at the Seabrook Island Racquet Club. 

The Seabrook Island Club is having a pop-up event at the Racquet Club from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm for brunch and cocktails.  Be sure to bring your appetite!

Here are the highlighted final matches for Sunday, October 8:

Men’s Doubles:

  • 60s –      Jarck/Koelling vs Glassman/Watkins 12:45 pm SEA
  • 65s –      Oppenlander/Myser vs Phillips/Perry 1:00 pm SEA
  • 70s –      Richardson/Ashley vs Williams/Barker 1:15 pm SEA
  • 40s –      August/Montgomery vs Rojas/Polychron 1:00 pm SEA
  • 65s –      Bunch/Thomas vs Phillips/Perry 12:00 pm SEA
  • 75s –      Polychron/Ficarra vs Luce/Kennedy 3:00 pm SEA

Men’s Singles:

  • 30s –      Fraser vs Brodie 9:00 am SEA
  • 40s –      Hane vs Rojas 12:00 pm SEA
  • 60s –      Koelling vs Koehler FINAL 9:00 am SEA
  • 65s –      Ream vs Hebrank FINAL 9:00 am SEA
  • 70s –      Engelbrecht vs Richardson FINAL 8:30 am SEA

Women’s Doubles:

  • 30s –      McEntee/Lyford vs Easton/Munn 8:30 am SEA
  • 40s –      Waters/McEntee vs Butler/Hagood 1:30 pm SEA
  • 50s –      Hartsock/Rothschild vs Kaleel/Charlton 8:30 am SEA
  • 55s –      Rothschild/Stubbs vs Kaleel/Charlston 12:45 pm SEA
  • 60s –      Williams/Love vs Hollman/Young 1:00 pm SEA
  • 65s –      Dean/Smith vs Babb/Peiffer 10:30 am SEA

Women’s Singles:

  • 55s –      Dillon vs Hayes 10:15 am SEA
  • 60s –      Young vs Jones 9:00 am SEA

Mixed Doubles:

  • 40s-       Hagood/Hane v Waters/Peng 8:30 am SEA
  • 50s –      Williams/Williams vs Snow/Hollman 10:30 am SEA
  • 60s-       Love/Sawyer vs Nichols/Gordon-Carney 9:00 am SEA

If you want to see the full draws, you can click here; be sure to use the drop-down menu to find the correct age group and gender.

NOTE ABOUT OUR AMAZING PHOTOS – We’ve had some great tennis going on every day as part of the Alan Fleming Tournament.   If you haven’t been able to watch all the matches you were interested in, don’t forget that we have a large library of photos which are being published online on a daily basis.   Our volunteers’ goal has been to get a few shots of every player in every match.  We’ve probably missed a few, but most of the matches are well covered with high quality images.

Web-sized images (2048 pixels) are free for unlimited download.   Any profits on purchases of prints or wall art goes 100% to the Seabrook Island Employee Assistance Fund.    To view these photos just click here.  Images are organized by day and are chronological within each day. We also post some of the photos on the tournament website. You can see those by clicking here.

We think you will agree that we have photographic evidence that our tournament players have really been “leaving it all out there on the court”! 

-Submitted by Debbie Pickens, Alan Fleming Tournament Chairperson and Ellen Smith, Communications Chairperson

The Fleming Flash – October 7

Play continues today with some exciting matches! 

You’ll find several finals matches and many semi-finals. 

Breakfast will be available for purchase from 7:30 am – 11:00 am provided by Periwinkle Kitchen. Lunch will be available for purchase from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm provided by the Seabrook Island Club. The food can be found at the Racquet Sports Center on Seabrook Island.

Be sure to check out the amazing raffle items on the porch of the SI Racquet Center. These items are available thanks to many of our local businesses and all proceeds from the raffle benefit the Seabrook Island Employee Assistance Fund.  Tickets are one for $25 or five for $100.  The Raffle will close at 4:00 pm today so be sure to buy your tickets and put them in the boxes of your choice before then.

Here are the highlighted matches with Johns Island players and/or finals for Saturday, Oct 7:

Men’s Doubles:

  • 40s –      August/Montgomery vs Rojas/Polychron 1:00 pm SEA
  • 55S –      Williams/Hamilton vs Hall/Biedenharn FINAL 11:45 am SEA
  • 65s –      Bunch/Thomas vs Phillips/Perry 12:00 pm SEA
  • 75s –      Polychron/Ficarra vs Luce/Kennedy 3:00 pm SEA

Men’s Singles:

  • 30s –      Greathouse vs Fraser 10:45 am SEA
  •               Mendez vs Brodie 10:45 am SEA
  • 50s –      Tashiro vs Cagle FINAL 9:00 am SEA
  • 55s –      Hamilton vs Cagide FINAL 9:00 am SEA
  • 80s –      Roberts vs Sims FINAL 10:15 am SEA

Women’s Doubles:

  • 30s –      Ferreira/Reynolds vs Easton/Munn 1:15 pm SEA

Women’s Singles:

  • 65s –      FINAL TBA

Mixed Doubles:

  • 40s-       Kelly/Gray v Waters/Peng 12:45 pm SEA
  • 70s-       Dutton/Musgrave vs Babb/Steingold FINAL 1:30 pm SEA
  •               Bernard/Cherry vs Engelbrecht/Engelbrecht C-FINAL 1:30 pm SEA

If you want to see the full draws, you can click here; be sure to use the drop-down menu to find the correct age group and gender.

NOTE ABOUT OUR AMAZING PHOTOS – We’ve had some great tennis going on every day as part of the Alan Fleming Tournament.   If you haven’t been able to watch all the matches you were interested in, don’t forget that we have a large library of photos which are being published online on a daily basis.   Our volunteers’ goal has been to get a few shots of every player in every match.  We’ve probably missed a few, but most of the matches are well covered with high quality images.

Web-sized images (2048 pixels) are free for unlimited download.   Any profits on purchases of prints or wall art goes 100% to the Seabrook Island Employee Assistance Fund.    To view these photos just click here.  Images are organized by day and are chronological within each day. We also post some of the photos on the tournament website. You can see those by clicking here.

We think you will agree that we have photographic evidence that our tournament players have really been “leaving it all out there on the court”! 

-Submitted by Debbie Pickens, Alan Fleming Tournament Chairperson and Ellen Smith, Communications Chairperson

The Fleming Flash – October 6

Play is happening all day at both Seabrook and Kiawah, so plan on watching some great tennis!  All of the Kiawah matches are played at the Roy Barth Tennis Center.

Breakfast will be available for purchase from 7:30 am – 11:00 am provided by Periwinkle Kitchen. Lunch will be available for purchase from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm provided by the Seabrook Island Club. The food can be found at the Racquet Sports Center on Seabrook Island.

PLAYERS – If you have not checked in, be sure to stop by the check-in table inside the shop with your QR Code

Tonight is the Fleming Friday Night event at the Seabrook Island Beach Club Pool.  Be sure to have your wristband for yourself and any guests registered to join you.  It should be a fabulous evening of food, music and fun! The party starts at 6:00 pm.

Be sure to check out the amazing raffle items on the porch of the SI Racquet Center. These items are available thanks to many of our local businesses and all proceeds from the raffle benefit the Seabrook Island Employee Assistance Fund.  Tickets are one for $25 or five for $100. 

Here are the highlighted matches with Johns Island players for today, Oct 6 –

Men’s Doubles:

  • 60s –      Steen/Burroughs vs Larkin/Hall 4:00 pm SEA
  •               Glassman/Watkins vs Stein/Courtney 4:00 pm SEA
  • 65S –      Bunch/Martin vs Waud/Lijestrand 1:30 pm SEA
  • 75s –      Polychron/Ficarra vs West/Hendrix 4:30 pm SEA
  •               Walton/Abbott vs Regensburg/Cherry 3:00 pm SEA
  • 80s –      Bush/Vanderbilt vs Ward/Dear 12:15 pm SEA

Men’s Singles:

  • 30s –      Greathouse vs Adnan 12:15 pm SEA
  •               Mendez vs Sobel 12:15 pm SEA

Women’s Doubles:

  • 30s –      Ferreira/Reynolds vs Cavaggion/Swier 2:30 pm SEA
  •               Richey/Youngner vs Angel/Shepherd 8:30 am KIA
  • 50s-       Medlock/Beal vs Kaleel/Charlton 10:00 am SEA
  • 55s-       Cocchiola/Davis vs Rothschild/Stubbs 12:45 pm KIA
  • 60s-       Courtney/Walton vs Hollman/Young 11:15 SEA
  •               Davis/Stebbins vs Perry/Lilley 4:30 pm SEA
  •               Russo/Ewald vs Gerber/McCutcheon 12:00 pm KIA
  •               Orr/Conklin vs Faig/Cocchiola 3:45 pm KIA
  •               Steen/Jones vs Hosey/Watson 12:00 pm KIA
  • 65s-       Leventhal/Smith vs Bramlette/Ridings 1:30 pm SEA
  •               Meloy/Bruce vs Crolley/Corley 4:30 pm SEA

Mixed Doubles:

  • 40s-       Duckworth/Barth vs Kelly/Gray 2:00 pm SEA
  • 50s-       Hines/Hines vs Snow/Hollman 3:00 pm SEA

If you want to see the full draws, you can click here; be sure to use the drop-down menu to find the correct age group and gender.

-Submitted by Debbie Pickens, Alan Fleming Tournament Chairperson and Ellen Smith, Communications Chairperson