Category: Sports

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

The Fleming Flash – October 5

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.

Lunch will be available for purchase from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm provided by the Seabrook Island Club and breakfast will be available for purchase from 7:30 am – 11:00 am from Periwinkle Kitchen. The food will all be available 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

Be sure to check out the amazing raffle items on the porch of the SI Racquet Center. 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 5 –

Men’s Doubles:

65s –     Tillison/Mitchell vs Webster/Moore 12:30 pm SEA
              Williams/Barker vs Colonnese/Hodge 10:45 am KIA

              Bunch/Martin vs Strange/Beam 12:45 pm KIA

              Courtney/Stein vs Waud/Lijestrand 1:45 pm KIA

              McArthur/Palmer vs Phillips/Perry 3:45 pm KIA

75s-       Regensburg/Cherry vs West/Hendrix 3:00 pm sea

              Walton/Abbott vs Luce/Kennedy 3:00 pm SEA

Men’s Singles:

40s –      Polychron vs Vandegrift 9:00 am KIA

60s –      Hines vs Koehler 10:45 am SEA

70s-       Lijestrand vs Ratcliffe 10:30 am KIA

80s-       Johnson vs Brodie 9:00 am SEA

Women’s Doubles:

50s-       Elliott/White vs Duckworth/Bastian 12:30 pm KIA

              Lewis/Ross vs Medlock/Beal 12:30 pm KIA

              Lahey/Orr vs Shimada/Kaya Congleton 12:30 pm KIA

55s-       Stebbins/Kravec vs Cocchiola/Davis 11:45 am SEA

              Courtney/Walton vs Lahey/Taekman 1:00 pm SEA

              Faig/Steen vs Elliott/White 5:00 pm SEA

60s-       Orr/Conklin vs Abel/Moral 3:00 pm KIA

              Russo/Ewald vs Courtney/Walton 3:45 pm KIA

              Hosey/Watson vs Davis/Stebbins 3:00 pm KIA

65s-       Ruff/Armstrong vs Leventhal/Smith 12:00 pm SEA

Mixed Doubles:

50s-       Hines/Hines vs Heuple/Li 2:30 pm SEA

60s-       Gifford/Hancock vs Hotchkiss/Jones 12:00 pm SEA

70s-       Polychron/Bruce vs McGuire/Bradley 11:45 am SEA

              Bernard/Cherry vs Pinkerton/Clairborne 10:45 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.

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

The Fleming Tournament is Back and so is the Flash

The Fleming Flash is back!  And it’s tournament time starting today.  Stay tuned each day for a list of highlighted matches featuring Seabrook players and more.

Player registration starts this morning at 10:00 am, and play starts at 11:00 am on Seabrook Island.  Activities takes place on Seabrook with matches also being played on Kiawah starting Thursday morning.  Entry is free for spectators. Draws will be posted at the Seabrook Island Racquet Club, or on the USTA website by clicking here. Or, scan this QR code and it will take you to the USTA website. 

There are several Seabrookers playing in their first round matches today starting at 11 am, so come cheer them on! 

Starting on Thursday, breakfast will be available from 7:30 – 11:00 am and lunch will be available to players and guests each day from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. Periwinkle Kitchen will be bringing over some of their breakfast sandwiches and breakfast treats for the players.  The grills will be going by the Seabrook Island Club at lunch and you can get wraps, sandwiches, sides, desserts and drinks. Cash, credit card or a member number will be accepted.  

All players should be sure to have your QR codes with you when you come to check-in for the tournament.  And be sure to check in at the USTA desk about your matches and scores. You will also be asked if you want to continue playing in the consolation bracket if you lose your match so be ready to play some more tennis.

Players and spectators are asked to please ride your bike, walk, have someone drop you off, or carpool as parking spots are at a premium.  Be sure to keep your furry friends at home since they are not permitted at the Racquet Sports Center.

Don’t forget to check out our raffle with some great items benefitting the Seabrook Island Employee Assistance Fund.  To see a list of items, go to the Fleming Tournament website by clicking here. Raffle tickets will be on sale starting this morning and the winning tickets will be drawn at 4:00 pm on Saturday. Tickets are one for $25 or five for $100.

The tennis will be spectacular!  Come cheer on the locals as well as our many guests from across the country and internationally.

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

SC Stingrays Home Hockey Season Begins Oct 21 Against Orlando

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 play their first home game of the season on October 21, 2023 beginning at 6:05 pm. Their opponent for this first game is the Orlando Solar Bears.

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)

2023 Fleming Tennis Tournament Registration Begins August 1

The Alan Fleming Senior Clay Court Championship will take place October 4-8, 2023 at the Seabrook Island Racquet Club. Tennis players from across the US will compete in this annual, USTA sanctioned event, featuring Level 1 Mixed Doubles (ages 40+) and Level 3 Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles (ages 30+).

To register, visit usta.com, a $120 fee will apply for each player. The event is free to spectators and open to the public. Additional information is available at alanflemingtournament.net.

-Submitted by Mary Anne Rayfield

(Image credit: Fleming Tournament)

RiverDogs Next Home Series July 25-30 Against Augusta

The RiverDogs will kick off a home series with six games against the Augusta GreenJackets, July 25-30.

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, downtown Charleston, 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.)

For more information about the RiverDogs, their schedule, and how to purchase tickets click here.

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: Charleston RiverDogs)