Jordan Rippee, DI 8th grader, was the winner for the competitive division. Randall Heffron, SR and captain of BE tennis team, was the runner up.

The BE Boys Tennis Team held a ping pong tournament as a team fundraiser at the BE gym on April 24. The gym looked awesome with 12 ping pong tables covering the floors and banners from the sponsors hung on the walls. Sixty-four people participated in a day of family fun, with players ranging in age from 11 to 65.

First place winner of the recreational division was BE junior Rob Snyder. The runner up was Banks Haygood. First place winner of competitive division was Daniel Island School 8th grader Jordan Rippee, runner up was Randall Heffron, captain of the BE tennis team.

Sponsors of the tournament included Subaru, Subway of Daniel Island, Celek and Celek Construction, Merrill Lynch, Carolina One, Joe Griffith, Inc., Carolina Counseling, Sonitrol, Sweetgrass ACE Hardware, Equilibrium Endocrinology and Sandy’s Cleaners of Daniel Island

Drew Bogert and Clint Veach directed the tournament. Drew & Clint are involved with competitive table tennis. Drew will be opening the Red Crown Table Tennis Club in Summerville. Clint is in charge of the North Charleston Table Tennis Club.

Raffles included a tennis lesson given from Daniel Island Club tennis pro Ann Harrah, a Family Circle Cup hoodie, badminton set, quick start tennis set, surf t-shirts, two Sandy’s Cleaners dry cleaning gift certificates, tennis shirt, frog tog towel, tennis bags, items donated by Carolina One and of course a ping pong set.  

The tables were donated by Zero Pong and from players on the tennis team.

Several gently used tennis items were donated to the nationally recognized Inner City Youth Organization "Courting Kids", a program that provides low cost tennis instruction for children five to seventeen years of age. The coordinator of the courting kids program, Delores Jackson, was thrilled to receive the items as well as two tennis hoppers that the BE tennis team purchased and donated to the program.

The BE Boys Tennis Team thanks its sponsors and the community for supporting the event. The BE tennis team members are Randall Heffron, Walker Heffron, Rivers Colyer, Max Wurthmann, Stephen Griffith, Joseph Kennedy, Orlin Sergev, Rowe Hicks, Steven Weaver, Matthew Csernica, Misha Scarafile, Tristan Fletcher, Coach Skip ReVille and Coach Allen Moore.