Congratulations and Good Luck!

to the Alamo High School Boys - they are in Albuquerque playing in the 2013 state tennis tournament.

May's Play Day

Thanks to Rick and the Genta's for Saturdays Play day. Four courts were filled with players, along with good weather, good food and good tennis. The winners were: Crystal, Terry M., second place went to Parish, with Patsy and Sandy tied for the women.  Congrats and thanks for being there.

2013 Play Day's

May     Rick
June    Linda
July     The Waggoner's in Cloudcroft
Aug     We still need a sponsor. James is checking in with our Ruidoso members to see if they'd be interested in hosting up in Ruidoso.
Sept    Joe and Janet
Oct      No play day due to Fall Tournament
Nov     Ken Smith (not yet confirmed)
Dec     James
If you are interested in hosting a play day, please contact James McCleland 491-6419

May's Board Mtg.

May 1st - Board Mtg. 12:15, 456 Cielo Grande, all are welcome.

Local tennis icon Tom Springer celebrated his recovery from recent heart surgery by winning another title, in the 70-year-old age bracket of this year's Alamogordo Open.  Springer, a former college player and a retired physicist, has won many awards, including Southwest Section player of the year.   Cameron Brace-Emmert defeated Edward Maidment of Roswell to take the Men's Open title.  Brace-Emmert played for the Alamogordo Tigers and recently became a USPTA certified tennis coach.  Richard Vickrey and Floyd Ransom of Las Cruces won the Men's Open doubles competition; Cindy Carey and Lois Whitmire of Ruidoso dominated in women's doubles. Miguel Carter II and Eric Roche finished first and second in the youth competition.

Eighty players from four states participated in the tournament, played on April 20th and 21st.  Players were grouped by age categories, NTRP ratings and an open category for the highest skill level.

The following are the results of event finals:
Men's 50 doubles:  Leon Redman and Steven Huebner of Roswell def. Dziamka Kaz and Rudy Trujillo of Glenwood, Colorado.
Men's 50 Singles:  Michael Herrera of Albuquerque def.  Steven Huebner of Roswell.
Men's 60 Singles:  Bob Scott of Albuquerque def. Dziamka Kaz
NTRP Men's Open:  Miguel Carter of El Paso def. Rudy Trujillo of Glenwood, Colorado.
NTRP Men's Open Doubles:  John Genta and Rick Sotak of Alamogordo def. Jeff Murray and Jeff Lazar of Phoenix.
Mixed Open Doubles:  Cameron Brace-Emmert and Cindy Carey def. Richard Vickrey and Martha Trost of Las Cruces
Mixed 50 Doubles:  Sal Olayo and Janet Santackas of Alamogordo def. Roger Larson and Melinda Mosser of Albuquerque.
Mixed NTRP Open:  Darryl and Joy Gallent of Alamogordo def. Mark King and Lois Whitmire of Ruidoso.
NTRP Mixed 6.0:  Allen Campbell and Sintra Sampath of Alamogordo def Dale Emmert of Alamogordo and Cathy Waggoner of Cloudcroft.
NTRP Mixed 7.0:  Joe and Janet Santackas def. Robert Schreiner and Patsy Comon-Pearce of Alamogordo.

First and second place trophies were beautiful hand made pieces of pottery, made by local artist Rick Sotak.

Alamogordo / Roswell Exchange

June 8th is the date. 

Roswell is very excited to get back to the exchange. Saturday, June 8th, Roswell is coming here, the ATA will provide lunch, but first we need to get players. If you are interested in playing, please send an email to the ATA or tell a board member. Format: men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles with a twist.

Thank you.

April Happenings

       

April 13th & 14th - April Fools doubles tournament in Las Cruces (mens and womens doubles) this is a non-sanctioned, all are invited.

April 15 - June 8 - The 18 & over USTA league starts.

April 20th & 21st - 39th annual Alamogordo Open

Happy Easter everyone.