South County Community Tennis Association: Welcome
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Registration now open.
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We are here to help GROW the sport of TENNIS in Charlestown, Exeter, Jamesto
wn, Narragansett, North Kingstown, South Kingstown and Westerly. We are very proud to be a part of the USTA New England family. 2009/2010 PROGRAMS
USTA Jr. Team Travel Tennis; RI & SE MA League - 18 & under and 14 & under - commpetitive Intermediate & Advanced teams
Summer: June thru August, matches are played on League matches are scheduled on Fridays from 1-3 p.m, and two Wednesdays in July.
Fri, July 3 Fri, July
10 Wed, July 15
Fri, July 17 Fri, July 24 Wed, July 29
Fri, July 31 Fri, Aug 7
Winter: November 2009 thru March 2010, matches are played on Saturday or Sunday afternoons this 2009 Winter we have "3" teams to play on two 18's and one 14's. Play starts November 14! You can register at any point during the season
Jr. Team Tennis; Recreational League - Local team leagues for 16 & under, 10 & under, and 8 & under - beginners thru intermediate players . It is our belief that using scaled down equipment, courts and scoring methods will have a positive impact on children by providing a successful environment coupled with the fun of playing on a team.
Summer: June 19 thru August 1
Fall: September thru October
Recreational Coaches Workshop - is an interactive, on-court training program designed for Parents seeking the basics in coaching and organizing team tennis, Players seeking part-time teaching jobs, and anyone that wants to work with players at the recreational level. It is taught by a specially trained, certified teaching professional. Lunch and snacks will be provided! 
May 30, 2010 at Village Green Courts, Peace Dale, RI from 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
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Who is eligible for PTR on Campus? Full time students age 16-23 with at least a 4.0 NTRP rating

JUNE 5-6, 2010 at Village Green Courts, Peace Dale, RI from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Southern RI Junior Travel Tennis League - players 10-16 years that want to travel to local tennis clubs in southern Rhode Island and have an opportunity to play in a casual recreational setting. Matches are Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00 pm
Ladies Doubles Travel Team - ladies doubles summer travel team practices on Friday mornings at 8 am and plays matches at other clubs around Rhode Island on Wednesday mornings. Team members are ranked from 2.5 thru 4.5+.
Southern Rhode Island Challenge Ladder - Adult and Juniors can participate on seperate ladders and can compete regionally in Southern Rhode Island. Ladders will allow all tennis players, from the beginning novice to the serious, experienced player, to meet and play other tennis enthusiasts at their own skill levels. Whether you play only occasionally, "just for fun," or prefer to compete several times a week, you can meet others at your level. You will also have the opportunity to improve your play by challenging others who are slightly more advanced. 
You can register and play at any point during the season.
Junior Challenge Ladders - Co-ed Open
Southern RI Jr Ladder will start June 1 and run thru October
Providence After School Alliance (PASA) - is a public/private venture that is working to expand and improve after school opportunities for the youth of Providence by building a system of after school supports - AfterZones. South County Community Tennis Association (SCCTA) together with the Blackstone Valley Tennis Association (BVTA) are providing tennis to a possible 6,000 children throughout Providence. These local providers, with the cooperation and leadership of the National and New England offices of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) provide tennis programming in 5 of the cities AfterZones which consist of 11 middle schools.
Tournaments 2010:
Pilot Pen Family Classic Championships: June 26, 2009
Solfire®/Norm Shapiro Memorial Tournament: July 9th thru 11th
Carr/Mook South Kingstown Junior Championships: July 23th thru 25th
Judy Brucks Memorial USTA Scholarship Tournament: TBA - Slater Park
Fundraising - Tennis Breakfast at Applebee's @ South County Commons in Wakefield, come have breakfast with the Boy's & Girl's South Kingstown High School Tennis Team. Tickets are $5 and pancakes will be served by the teams from 8:00-10:00 am. See a High School player, coach or Sandy for tickets (401) 932-9345. Another breakfast is being planned for June!
April 25th, 2010 at Applebee's - SEE YOU THERE!
Junior Olympics - FREE opportunity to participate in USTA RAPID RALLY, the tennis portion of the U.S. Jr. Olympic Skills Competition as well as Basketball, Soccer and Track & Field. Participation is FREE for any youngsters ages 8 to 13 and boys and girls compete separately.
Local events: TBA at Broad Rock Middle School from 6-8 pm
Regional Event: TBA, Broad Rock Middle School 9 am
Quickstart Tennis™ Clinics - Have children ages 6 to 14 and want to learn the new and exciting way to learn to play tennis FAST? It is an exciting social event and offers an age-specific tennis program with practice and match play. This will get you ready to join once of our Jr. Team Tennis Leagues that will run programs in the Spring, Summer and Fall. If there is enough interest we can even offer a winter league. If you attend one of our introductory clinics, we will apply your clinic fee towards your league registration fee, should you decide to join one of the leagues.
TBA at Broad Rock Middle School, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Welcome Back to Tennis™ - are you 50+ and want to stay active! Instead of winding down, reinvent yourself! A Welcome Back to Tennis event gives new and returning players of similar age an opportunity to commit to a healthier lifestyle by providing them with an exciting social event and offering an age-specific tennis program.
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| 2006 Participants |
135, youth particiapted in 2008, 100 local youth participated in 2007, we were able to donate $2,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Rhode Island. In 2006, 70 local youth were able to donate $1,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Rhode Island.
Entry fees: $35.00 per event
Divisions: Boys & Girls
21 & under 18 & under 16 & under 14 & under 12 & under 10 & under
For more information or to register Call Sandy (401) 932-9345 or email: sccta@aol.com
There really is nothing better than to see our local youth working together to help other kids.

Thursday, October 15
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Thursday, October 15
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| Congratulations to Elizabeth & John! |
At the 2006/2007 annual Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boy's Tennis Banquet the very first $500 scholarships were awarded to Elizabeth Harrington of Westerly High School and Jonathan Burke of South Kingstown High School.
In 2007/2008 tennis banquets the scholarships were awarded to Missy Ferry of Mt St Charles High School and Aaron Carey of South Kingstown High School.
In 2008/2009 tennis banquets the first $1,000 scholarships were awarded to Emily Pieterzak of Narragansett High School and TBD High School.
On hand to help pass out other awards to the individuals and teams during the evening were USTA Rhode Island's President Mike Gorman and board member/scholarship committee member Sandy Sweet from the South County CTA. USTA Rhode Island Vice President John Jasionowski (also the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Tennis President) was the master of ceremony.
RI USTA $1,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
USTA Rhode Island, the state association of the sport’s national governing body of the United States Tennis Association is proud to be able to offer a $1,000.00 college scholarship to one Male & one Female Rhode Island state high school tennis player.
Your high school tennis coach and guidance counselor will need to sign off on your application for it to be processed. You must be entering either a two or four year college program in the Fall 2009 term. This scholarship is not solely based upon sport performance, academic performance or financial need.
The primary focus of the USTA Scholarships is to help participants in USTA youth tennis programs and independent tennis programs receive college assistance and/or purchase college textbooks and materials. Your honest evaluation of the applicant will be of assistance to the Scholarship Selection Committee.
This scholarship is guaranteed not to interfere with any NCAA rulings in regards to college sport participation, and all scholarship funds will be sent directly to the corresponding college or university’s student account.
Scholarships will be awarded at each of the respective RIIL tennis banquets, the girl’s in November and the boy’s in June.
Instructions for completing this scholarship application:
High School Coach & Guidance Counselor will only need to sign off on the application:
Both your coach and your counselor need to give us their contact information and agree to be interviewed if need be by the state scholarship committee.
Student Nominee:
Complete the Student form, Write your essay. Completed form and essay should be signed
Mail application to the USTA Rhode Island in an envelope postmarked no later than October 25, 2008 for Girl’s and May 25, 2009 for Boy’s seasons.
MAIL TO: USTA Rhode Island Scholarship
c/o SCCTA
476 Main Street
Wakefield, RI 02879
Monday, April 28
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| 08 SK High School JV Players; L to R: James Anderson, Matt Beatrice, Adam Littlefield, Kevin Babcock, Jon Gorman Ben Barbera, Andrew Sharkey, Vishakh Gopu, Justin Gennari, Ross Bouchard, Gabe Plummer, Coach Jerri DiCamillo |
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| Kevin Babcock & Adam Littlefield; Winners Ben Barbera & Andrew Sharkey; Finalist |
Thirty Four teams participated from 9 RI High Schools - Cumberland, LaSalle, Wheeler, Cranston West, Notrh Kingstowb, Barrington, South Kingstown, Mount St Charles and Prout.
Winners - Front - l to r Kevin Babcock/Adam Littlefield versus - Behind l to r Ben Barbera/Andrew Sharkey 8-5
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| Gabe Plummer & Ross Bouchard; Consolation Winners |
Sunday, May 25
High School Sports News 01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, May 25, 2008
South Kingstown boys tennis coach Andy Carr, left, consults with Cliff Bueno deMesquita, one of his players during Friday’s state title match.
The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson
You can’t plan on becoming a high school coaching legend at 38 years of age.
Legends are built over a period of time, usually a lifetime.
You need to direct a lot of your teams to state championships to become a high school coaching legend and normally there isn’t enough time to do it before your 40th birthday — especially if you’re coaching at a public high school these days.
You can’t expect to develop the type of hometown reputation where, even though you’re still in your 30s, everybody from grammar school kids to grandparents knows you’re the coach.
You can’t, that is, unless you’re South Kingstown’s Andy Carr.
Friday afternoon, Carr, the head coach of the South Kingstown boys tennis team, directed the Rebels to their 10th consecutive Division I state title.
It’s the longest string of undisputed, consecutive state titles by a public high school sports team in the 70-plus years that the R.I. Interscholastic League has been holding state team competition. True, Coventry High has 16 straight state championship wrestling banners hanging on its gymnasium wall, but in 1990, the ninth year of that string, the Oakers shared the state crown with Warwick Vets.
The South Kingstown tennis team has been the only Division I champion for a straight decade.
You don’t win state team tennis titles without some great individual players, and Carr certainly has had some of the best players in Rhode Island in his lineup over the years. In six of the last nine years, a South Kingstown player has won the state singles title. But ask the South Kingstown players, the parents, school administrators, even opposing coaches, why the Rebels keep winning and they will tell you the foundation of their amazing success is Carr.
He’s now in his 13th year as the Rebels’ mentor and has directed his teams to titles in 11 of those 13 seasons. In his first year as head coach in 1996, South Kingstown won the Division II state title. A year later, the Rebels moved up to Division I, and in 1999 they began their record title run.
He takes teenagers who have been playing the individual sport of tennis since they were in kindergarten and gets them to think in terms of team pride, even with some teammates who hadn’t picked up a tennis racket before they reached high school. The star singles players have provided numerous points through the years, but several times the deciding points in state-title matches have come from singles or doubles players who didn’t start playing tennis until Carr, a South Kingstown middle school teacher, introduced them to the sport in either middle or high school.
Carr doesn’t have a name for it, but for a decade South Kingstown tennis players haven’t had any problem understanding his coaching philosophy.
“It’s the expectations he puts on his players. He expects you to excel in school and outside of school. I’m not sure other coaches do that,” said Kyle Burke, the Rebels’ top singles player and the defending state singles champion.
“Everyone is serious at practices because he expects you to behave as an adult,” Burke continued. “That’s what makes the difference in terms of maturity when we come out on the court and are ready for the pressure. We have been put under pressure all season by the team, the coach and the legacy we are trying to fulfill.”
Somehow, a member of Generation X with a Greatest Generation work ethic has convinced New Millennium teenagers to buy into the philosophy that hard work can be enjoyable.
“It’s very important to his kids. They really care,” Terry Lynch, South Kingstown athletic director, said about Carr’s quest for constant improvement. “He does all the little things. You go to one of his practices in the gym when it’s raining out and it’s just like being choreographed. They are doing all kinds of things to get better. He just works at it so hard. It’s very important to him, and his kids really respect him. What he says is gospel.”
In a sense, it’s a coaching career that may have been predestined. After all, he grew up as a coach’s son.
His father, Ray Carr, had a 30-year coaching career that included coaching football, wrestling and tennis at North Kingstown High, as well as a highly successful tenure as the Community College of Rhode Island tennis coach in the 1980s and early 1990s.
“My father has been the biggest influence on me by far, but I first got into it because I love the sport,” said Andy Carr, who started his coaching career as a South Kingstown assistant a year after he graduated from the URI in 1993.
“I had no idea what it was going to be like,” said Carr, an All-State tennis player at Narragansett High. “You get into it because you like athletics, and I like to compete. It’s another way of competing, even though you’re not playing. But I appreciate it so much more now than I did when I first started in the ’90s. The experience and the influence you can have on kids. … It’s definitely worth all the time we put in.”
He never planned it to be more than an athletic exercise, but in the process he and his players have done more than simply put a bunch of championship hardware in the South Kingstown High trophy case. The high school tennis team has become a South Kingstown source of pride.
“Our town rallies around us,’ said Burke. “If anyone mentions tennis in our town they immediately think of our high school team. I think the community should rally around the high school, and I don’t think you get that with private schools.”
“We have good people who support the program and are excited about tennis,” said Carr. “They have a good [recreation] program down in South County. If you can get a few good athletes every year that get into it, you have a good program.”
And, if you have a 38-year-old coaching legend.
South Kingstown boys tennis coach Andy Carr, left, consults with Cliff Bueno deMesquita, one of his players during Friday’s state title match.
Sunday, May 25
High School Sports News 07:23 AM EDT on Saturday, May 24, 2008
Andrew Burnap after clinching a win at 3rd singles
The Providence JournaL / Glenn Osmundson
PAWTUCKET –– It never seems to come easy, but in the end the state’s top boys high school tennis title always comes to South Kingstown — at least for the past decade.
The Rebels made it 10 in a row yesterday as they completed a perfect season with a 5-2 victory over Barrington in the title match of the Division I state tourney at Slater Park.
The Rebels picked up the four points they need for the title by sweeping the four singles matches then added another point with a victory in the second doubles match en route to their 16th victory in 16 matches this season.
In the past couple of years, the Rebels won the state title match after losing to their title-round opponent during the regular season. This year, South Kingstown defeated Barrington twice during the regular season, but just like their 4-3 victory in the first regular-season meeting, nothing came easy for the Rebels yesterday.
Heck, even the Rebels’ top player –– state singles champion Kyle Burke –– was forced to work longer than normal before he registered South Kingstown’s first point of the match.
Burke, who will play in the title match of the state singles tournament tomorrow, rolled to a 6-0 victory in the opening set of his first singles match against Will Conaway and also took a 4-1 lead in the second set. But then Conaway began slicing and chipping his way back into contention.
Employing an extremely effective slice backhand, Conaway battled back to deadlock the set at 5-5. Then, after Burke took a 6-5 lead and had match point in the 12th game, Conaway battled back and even the set again at 6-6.
Conaway actually was only two points away from deadlocking the match as he took a 5-4 lead in the 12-point tiebreaker. But Burke, who is undefeated this season, closed out the match by winning three straight points.
Burke’s victory evened the team score at 1-1. Barrington had jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead when the Eagles’ top doubles team of Sam Jerome and Ben Lucock posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over the Rebels Aaron Carey and Andrew Shumate.
Burke’s straight-sets victory took better than 90 minutes and it was more than 30 minutes later before another match finished. Finally, Andrew Burnap gave South Kingstown a 2-1 lead with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 victory over Matt DelSesto at third singles. A few minutes later, Jake Bueno-deMesquita upped South Kingstown’s lead to 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jeff DeNunzio at second singles.
“Those were huge victories,” South Kingstown coach Andy Carr said of Bueno-deMesquita and Burnap’s triumphs. “Those were two matches that on paper could have gone either way. When we got those two points, along with Kyle’s victory, that put a lot of pressure on Barrington.”
The honor of clinching the title went to sophomore Cliff Bueno-deMesquita and he certainly put in a full day’s work en route to his victory at fourth singles. Bueno-deMesquita, the younger brother of Jake, posted a 6-3 decision in the first set of his match with Gates Jerome, but then Jerome evened the issue with a 7-5 victory in the second set. Jerome also battled back and sent the third set into a tiebreaker after trailing by as much as 4-1. But Bueno-deMesquita quickly took the lead in the tiebreaker en route to a 7-4 victory.
That gave South Kingstown a 4-1 lead and the title. A few minutes later the Rebels second doubles team of Eric Troob and Mike Mulroy made it 5-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory. The duo of Pat McLaughlin and Sam Triebwasser registered Barrington’s second point with a straight sets victory at third doubles.
“They came a long way,” Carr offered about the 2008 Rebels who lost four starters from last year’s state championship team, including two of last year’s top four singles players.
Burke, SK def. Conaway, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5); J. Bueno-deMesquita, SK, def. DeNunzio, 6-3, 6-4; Burnap, SK, def. DelSesto, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; C.Bueno-deMesquita, SK, def. G. Jerome, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4); S. Jerome-Lucock, B, def. Aaron Corey-Andrew Súmate, 6-1, 6-3; Troob-Mulroy, SK, def. Chris Robinson-Tom VanHentenryck, 6-3, 6-4; McLaughlin-Triebwasser, B, def. Yosuke Kurokawa-Alex Kam Division I Boys Tennis
S. Kingstown 5 v Barrington 2
Andrew Burnap after clinching a win at 3rd singles
The Providence JournaL / Glenn Osmundson
Sunday, May 25
High School Sports News 07:24 AM EDT on Saturday, May 24, 2008
PAWTUCKET –– The Exeter/West Greenwich boys tennis team has gone from taking tennis lessons to celebrating tennis championships.
“The program is relatively new, probably about eight years. We struggled for numbers for years, but now we spend more time practicing rather than teaching,” Exeter/West Greenwich coach John Krom said after the Scarlet Knights captured the Interscholastic League Division IV title with a 4-3 victory over Woonsocket yesterday at Slater Park.
“I’m so excited for the seniors,” Krom continued. “Last year we only won three matches. This year we had an abundance of freshmen come in and they just all jelled together.”
The Scarlet Knights, who finished third in Division IV-South during the regular season with a 9-4 record, settled the issue quickly yesterday with victories in the four singles matches.
The four Exeter/West Greenwich singles victories came in straight sets. Freshman Ryan Gouveia gave the Scarlet Knights their first point with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Martin McGeehan at first singles.
Jim Glendinning and Reid Brackenbury, two of the Scarlet Knights’ seven seniors, followed with 6-4, 6-2 and 7-5, 6-1 victories at second and third singles respectively. Freshman Sean Farrell then clinched the title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at fourth singles.
“Our singles really came up strong for us,” said Krom. “Woonsocket is such a tough team. My number three was down five-love in the first set and came back and won it, 7-5. Then (he) won the second set, 6-1.”
Exeter/West Greenwich had earned its berth in yesterday’s title with a 5-2 victory over West Warwick, the IV-South regular-season co-champion, in the semifinal round.
“I’m just so proud of those guys. They continued to battle,” said Krom.
Woonsocket picked up its three points by sweeping the doubles after Exeter/West Greenwich had clinched the title.
Gouveia, EWG def. McGeehan, 6-3, 6-1; Glendinning, EWG, def. Chris Vongkameko, 6-4, 6-2; Brackenbury, EWG, def. Alvin Loud, 7-5, 6-1; Farrell, EWG, def. Daniel Robillard, 6-3, 6-4; Dan Southising-John Chansyna, W, def. Jake Peterson-Matt Laperriere, 6-4, 6-1; Damien Whitfiels-Jon Leak,W, def. Isham Picillo-Kyle Farrell, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 10-3; Andrew Sounraj-Mike Inthisensouk, W, def. Dan Barbour-Brendan Dumican, 6-3, 6-2.Division IV Boys Tennis
Exeter/WG 4 vs Woonsocket 3
Monday, March 17
Tennis Breakfast to beneift South Kingstown Tennis, March 29th at Applebee's!
Saturday, March 1
Saturday, March 1
| High School Coach of the Year | Andy Carr | South Kingstown HS | RI |
| School Tennis Program of the Year | Central Falls HS | Central Falls | RI |
| State Association Volunteer of the Year | |||
| Rhode Island | Mike Gorman | Greenville | RI |
USTA New England has a comprehensive awards program that recognizes excellence on and off the tennis court. Each year, we honor deserving players, programs, volunteers and facilities at our Awards Luncheon in March and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in June.
We accept nominations for our annual awards year-round. To make a nomination, simply print and will out the nomination form below and return it to our office by January 1, 2009 (submission instructions included on the form). You may nominate one person/program per award, and may only nominate each person/program for one award per year. Make sure to include information about why you feel your nominee is a good choice for the award. Our awards committee will use the information in its decision making process. Incomplete or missing information can affect a nominee's eligibility!
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| PASA - NE NJTL of the Year: South County CTA is one of the providers in this program! Hillary Salmons (PASA), Ron Friedman USTA NE President Joeley & Billy from Gilbert Stuart Middle School |
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Andy Carr - NE HS Coach of the Year from |
Wednesday, March 11
Singles players can be either 2.5 or 3.0
| 5.5 | 2.5 + 2.5 |
| NTRP level | 2.5 + 3.0 |
Example: double combinations. Singles players can be either 3.5 or 4.0
| 7.5 | 3.5 + 3.5 |
| NTRP level | 3.5 + 4.0 |
| 3.0 + 4.0 or 3.0 + 3.5 |
Match format:
Ø Match format is 1 singles and 2 doubles (1D, 2D) positions
Ø Matches are best 2 out of 3 sets with a match tie break (1st to 10 by 2) in lieu of a 3rd set. At 6-6 in any set a set tie break (1st to 7 by 2) is played. Ad scoring.
Ø Matches will be allotted 2 hours to complete the match
Ø Matches are played outdoors
Team formation:
Ø The minimum number of players on a team roster is 5, but to avoid defaults a roster may have 8-10 players registered.
Ø The league coordinator will assist players in forming teams based on geographic area.






