Battle of the Clubs

Here is the information on the Battle of the clubs this February. Click on the read more portion for the entry information. as always, have fun.

December Playday

Wish the lucky winners of the december playday a great job. These four won out of sixteen participants. The event was hosted by the ATA board.

ATA CHRISTMAS PARTY

Thank you to everyone that has participated in the ATA christmas party. It was a total knock out of a good time with a great many people coming. Just click on the read more portion to check out the joy. As always, have fun!

notices notices and events.

During an unanimous vote, it has been decided that the ATA would try to have every third Friday be Fun Friday at Five. The hope is to try and a fun social event later on for afternoon players and change things up a little. We will start on January 17 of the upcoming year.

Steven Will be asking people at the Annual ATA christmas party if people would like to host any particular playday. If anyone wants to volunteer themselves please contact or talk to him at the party.

The February 7th – 9th, 2014 Battle of the Clubs was discussed.  As of this time, ATA has two teams for sure.  Sintra is the Capt. for a 3.5 team and Joy is Capt. for 4.5.  Cindy Carey is working on putting together a 4.0 team.  She needs more women for her team in order for this team to be a go.  Sintra is Alamogordo’s point of contact for more of this activity.

James McCleland is Attempt to organize an ATA Ladder for all ATA member. We hope for a resounding success for the ladder and wish as much participation as possible. for more information on how the Ladder is going to organized, contact James McCleland.

As always, everyone have fun and play well. Have a wonderful day!

The Dues are Due

December 2013

Dear ATA members,

DUES ARE DUE! 

ATA annual membership dues are due Jan. 1, 2014.  Dues remain a bargain at $15/individual and $29/family!  Dues will be accepted from now to Feb. 1, 2014 and can be given to John Genta or mailed to ATA, PO Box 684, Alamogordo, NM  88310.

“Why should I pay dues when I can get all the information about local tennis on the web site?” you might ask. 

Yes, we have a great web site (alamogordotennis.blogspot.com) that gives updates on tennis in the area.

So why might you want to pay your dues?

1.     Dues support ATA which is the only organized tennis club in Otero and Lincoln Counties

2.     Paying dues gets your name on the roster so others can contact you.  This roster will be revised early next year and non paying players will be deleted

3.     Paying dues allows your name to remain on the ATA email list where continuous emails are sent to inform and remind players of upcoming events.  This list will also be revised early next year.

4.     Paying dues makes you eligible to play in monthly PLAY DAYS and other events.

Also, please note:  after July 1^st ATA charges half price for NEW MEMBERS only.  This is an incentive for new members to join, not a discount for old members who prefer to join for only 6 months.  It simplifies recordkeeping to only add new members to the roster and email list, so please don’t ask for a 6 months membership.

Thank you for your continued support for ATA.

ATA Board

Battle of the Clubs Official Flyer

If anyone has interest in the tournament, whether it be a captain or player position or questions, feel free to contact Sintra Sampath at (575) 430-9989.

Happy birthday

Everyone wish Sandy a great 78th Birthday. What great day for her! For more pictures click on the read more portion.

Turkey Shoot after-party

After the Turkey shoot, a majority of the participants headed on down to a gumbo lunch at Pat and Nori's place. Everyone had a wonderful time. if you would like to see for yourself, click on the read more portion to see everyone enjoying themselves

November Turkey Shoot Play-day

Thank Neoma and Ken smith for the November Play day Turkey Shoot. There were four full courts of participation for this year and everyone had a wonderful time. For the first time, Two couple had won all of the turkeys. 1^st place winner for male and female was Joy and Darryl Gallent and 2^nd was Petra and Christian Schneider.Give them both a round of Applause for both couples volunteered a turkey to the ATA Christmas party. For the rest of the photos of the tournament and winners click on the read more portion of the post underneath the text.

     The 2013 December Play Day will be held on Saturday,November 7th between 9 a.m. and  12 p.m. This month will be hosted by the entire ATA Board of Directors. As always, everyone have fun!

Membership Dues

For all ATA members, membership dues are requested starting January 1, 2014. the fees can be given early. any board member can accept these fees or they can be paid at the Christmas party. It is $15 for a single person or $29 for a family.

November announcements

• Linda is the new secretary, so everyone welcome her to the board next time you see her.
• The December play-day is going to held on December 7th with the ATA board as its host and the Christmas party is going to be held during the evening 
• Battle of the clubs  is coming up in a few months. players and captains are needed for teams. the categories are 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5.. There is a minimum of six players per team and a maximum of eight. For more information or interest in Battle of the Clubs, contact a board member.

November Board Meeting

This month's Board meeting is held on the sixth at Margo's. All ATA members are welcome to attend. Linda Gilliand will be appointed to the board during this meeting.

November Turkey Shoot Play-Day

It is time for the November Play-day with a turkey as a prize. All ATA member are encouraged to come out and enjoy some quality tennis. The playing will start at nine a.m. and is hosted by ken and Neoma Smith. As always have fun!!

October Events

Otero County's October Tournament, 26-27th. Followed by a pot-luck dinner at the Desert Sands Community center, 2000 1st street. ATA new board member elections to be held at this pot-luck dinner. As always, make sure to have fun and play some good tennis!

2013 Otero County Closed tennis tournament

Click on the read more section to have the entry form appear.

September playday

The 09/07/13 Play Day went down to a tie breaker.  The tie breaker decided First and Second Place for the Women, and 2nd Place for the Men.  The tie breaker was Parish/Nori vs. John G./Joy.  First Place Men: PatSecond Place Men: ParishFirst Place Women: NoriSecond Place Women: Joy. More pictures are presented on the following page. To viewthem click on the pictures shown. As always have fun playing!

September Playday

James Will be hosting the September playday.

ATA Agenda

1.  September play day currently, there is no host, should this change, and email will go out.
2.  Alamo/Las Cruces Exchange: if we get the players, it will be in Las Cruces (more on this later)
3.  October Tournament: October 26 & 27th.
4.  Work day for the screens the Saturday before the tournament,  Oct. 19th, (more on this later)

Thanks.

August Playday

August Play Day was a huge success!  Four full courts of players and a half dozen spectators enjoyed tennis in the cool mountains of Cloudcroft.  Delicious hot dogs, hamburgers, and other goodies followed at the Piney Woods picnic area.  Afterward we got a personal tour of Mike’s casa and other buildings, which he has built and restored.  Thanks to Mike and Joe, and to all the players who played and brought goodies! MIKE & JOE PUT ON A GOOD SHOW.  People are already asking if this is going to be an annual event!!!

tennis lessons for the kids is back

Starting Saturday, August 3rd at 9 a.m., lessons for kids will start up. This will continue every Saturday (Unless Something comes up) through the middle of September.

Blough Family / Cody Independence Day Tourney

What an example Jess Blough sets for tennis players!  He not only continues playing fine tennis himself, but his three grandchildren, Trey (17), Taylor (16), and Tessa (12)  have joined him in playing the Cody Independence Day Tournament.  There is not enough room to mention all the events they played in and results, but it is significant that Tessa won championship in both her singles and girls doubles events.  It is safe to say that the Blough family was tired by the completion of the tournament!!

Well done Blough family!!

July Play Day

Thanks for coming out today. Congrats to the winners, Dale, Sandy, Eddie and Megan.
Thanks to Joy for the melons.

 

Senior Summer Olympics

The Sr. Summer Olympics were held this past week in Roswell. There were 50 participants from Alamogordo. Congratulations to the following ATA members.

Tom Springer; took home two gold for men's singles and men's doubles with Grady
Nell Nicholson; took home silver for mixed doubles with Grady
Grady Nicholson; took home two gold for men's singles and men's doubles with Tom and a silver for mixed with Nell
Linda Gilliland; took home the gold for women's doubles with Gail
Gail Richardson; took home the gold for women's doubles with Linda
Joe Santackas; took home gold for mixed doubles with Janet and silver for men's singles
Janet Santackas; took home gold for women's singles and gold for mixed with Joe

2013 Cody Tournament

ATA member, Jess Blough, and his 12 year old granddaughter, Tessa Blough, recently competed in the 2013 Cody Doubles Tournament. As a mixed doubles team, they were eliminated in the semi finals, but Tessa and her women't doubles partner (ages 11 & 12) placed 2nd! Jess and his mens doubles partner also placed 2nd! Congratulations Jess & Tessa!!!

Alamo/Roswell Exchange

Thanks to all those that came out this morning to play. Sammy Soza from Roswell and I really appreciate it. We are sorry that not all of the Roswell players showed up, that made it a little confusing, but after scrambling, we got things going.

Best of all, Alamogordo keeps the trophy. A big thanks to Rick Sotak who played on NO sleep, after driving all night to get back to Alamo, I definitely owe you some beers and Sintra too. :)

Thanks to all of you for playing and winning, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

Next event other than the July Play Day, is another possible I-70 Exchange, that all depends on peoples interest, as Alamogordo would have to go to Las Cruces this year. 

Good luck to everyone playing in the Senior Summer Olympics next week in Roswell.

June play day results and pics

Hi folks,

Thanks from Harold and Cathy to all those that played, it was nice to see some new faces on the courts.  The results are in: Chrys had the most points for the men and Janet and Joy tied with most points for the ladies.  As always, the Waggoners had 3 different flavors of ice-cream for dessert and the weather was perfect.

June Play Day

Hi folks,

Hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day. Thanks to all that served in our Armed Forces, you will always be appreciated.

The Annual Waggoner Play Day is this coming Saturday in Cloudcroft - 9am, the Waggoners have asked that you plan on doing what you want for lunch, ie., brown bagging it, eating at several of the places in Cloudcroft.

After lunch, Cathy and Harold would like you all to head to their place for their delicious home-made ice cream.  Their number is 682-3648, 304 Chautauqua Canyon Blvd., Cloudcroft.

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    The Waggoner's in Cloudcroft
July     ????
Aug     ????
Sept    Joe and Janet
Oct     No play day due to Fall Tournament
Nov     Ken Smith
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.



Entry Form for the April Tournament

The Tournament starting on the 16th of April is coming up soon! So if you want to join in on the fun, come out and turn in the entry form found at the tennis courts and on this post. Thank you for your participation.

March Happenings

March 6th - Board Meeting @ 12:15, Conference Rm at the Premiere Fitness Building on Indian Wells.

March 9th - Play Day @ 9am, hosted by Steven Bagwell

Mark your calendars for the popular April Tennis Tournament: 4/20 & 21st.   The party will be on the 20th of April, it will be a Pot Luck and BYOB; at the Rec Center at Desert Palms @6:30.  More on this after the board meeting.

Senior Olympics - New age this year, 50 and over. See Grady's email for more information, or you can contact Jean Duncan at the Senior Center.

 

February Happenings here and there

2013 Southwest Southern New Mexico Calendar (February)

Feb 1 -  Las Cruces Junior Tennis Tournament L6

Feb 2 - Play Day, hosted by James, 9am

Feb 6 - Board Meeting, 12:15 @ Premiere Fitness Conf Rm, Indian Wells Rd

Feb 17 – April 7   -  40 & Over USTA league - if interested, contact Emery Borsodi @ egborso@yahoo.com

Feb. 23 - 24 -  Las Cruces TPA Valentine's Singles Tournament Non-Sanctioned

Chance and his students

The kids are loving the program as well as Chance, here are just a few pictures.

                                                  Stretching on a cold morning.

                                         Getting their fingers &  hands flexed

Battle of the Clubs

CONGRATULATIONS to the Ruidoso 4.0 team (White Noise) who had Cameron and Gail playing with them, won first place in their division. The 3.0 team (Alamo 3.0) captained by Sintra Sampath took second place and the 3.5 team (The Scrubs) captained by Janet Santackas came in 3rd.   Great job everyone! Fun was had by all!

                                                                4.0 White Noise

                                                                  Alamo 3.0

3.5 The Scrubs

¡Juguemos al Tenis!

¡Juguemos al tenis! program participants also braved the cold weather Saturday.

Youth aged 9-13 are being introduced to the game of tennis through this program, funded by the United States Tennis Association.   ATA members Chance Schimel, Raymond Montoya and Janet Santackas are the coaches working with these kids.  Stay tuned for more updates about the program!

January Play Day Winners

 The car's temperature read 29 degrees, but the sun made it feel warmer. Thanks to all that came out to support Dale's Play Day.   There were 4 courts of players and a good time was had and of course Dale's pies were delicious. The winners were: Evelyn, John, James and Diane.

January Happenings / Announcements

                                                 
Play Day - January 12th, hosted by Dale and Cameron. See you there at 9am.

Dues Reminder: Don't forget to pay your dues. ATA PO Box 684, Alamogordo, NM 88310.

We're hoping to officially kick-off the Latino Outreach Program on the 19th of January. Chance is in need of teaching help and Raymond and Janet have volunteered to do some teaching. If you know of any 9-13 year olds looking to learn a new sport, contact Dale for information.

Battle of the Clubs: January 26-27th.

Racquet left behind.  On Sunday, 12/30 a Head Metallix Flexpoint racquet was left behind. John White has placed it in the shed, should you know who it belongs to, please let the board know.

Thanks and Happy New Year.

Alamogordo Tennis Association

We had a great weekend at John Newcombe's Tennis Camp with Lee and Diane and Jamie and Emory Borsodi(Picacho Tennis Club). Lots of tennis, good camaraderie, good food and lots of fun. Congrats to Joe for winning a trophy for winning the doubles tournament.

Joe, Adrian(teaching pro) and Joe's partner Pedro