What a beautiful morning it was at the courts, thanks for coming out to participate, 4 courts of tennis. Thank you Steve and Krista. In October (Date TBD) we will host another play day and we hope the Tiger High School Tennis team will come out and participate as well as ATA. Hope to see you there.
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February 17-19 is Mixed 55+ sectionals
March 13 - June 4 is 18+ Spring USTA league
March 15-19 is the Rudolph Cars Tennis Classic
March 25-27 is the Sun City Jr. Masters Level 4
April 7-9 is the Westside Spring Challenger l6
Impact Team Tennis formerly known as World Tean Tennis
The layout for ITT is as follows:
50 and Over
Team • Teams 2.5 – 4.5 players
• Minimum 3 men & 3 women;
Maximum 10 players.
Format
• 1 line men’s & women’s doubles • 1 line men’s & women’s singles
• 2 lines mixed doubles,
6 game pro set, 9-pt tie break
at 5 games all. 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 winners advance
60 and Over
Team • Teams - 2.5 – 4.0 players
• Minimum 3 men & 3 women;
Maximum 10 players. Format
• 1 line men’s & women’s doubles
• 2 lines mixed doubles, 8 game pro set, 9-pt tie break
at 7 games all
3.5 and 4.0 winners advance. If you are interested in forming or participating on a team
Contact Allison Deputy at deputy@southwest.usta.com. Deadline for show of interest is February 28, 2023.
18 and over team numbers are now available. To request a team number email Jerry Pippens at pippin@southwest.usta.com. He will need the following information from you if you wish to captain a team. 1. Captain's name, 2. Phone number, 3. Level of play, 4. Playing site. Registration is already open. Deadline for the initial roster is 2/19, No numbers will be given out after 2/19. Play for the league beings on 3/13, first matches will vary depending on level of play.
Congratulations to Brayden Money. On January 28th at 1:00pm his parents are inviting everyone to the courts for a signing ceremony. Brayden will be signing his letter of "intent to play" at LeTourneau. Those of you that have had the chance to play with or against Brayden know how talented he is on the courts. He is also a pretty talented "kicker" for the Alamo HS Football. We wish him all the best for his bright future.
January Birthday get together: Cathy has made arrangements for dinner at the 19th hole at the golf course. Hope to see you there, dinner is at 5:00pm since the restaurant closes at 7:00pm.
League Tennis: Currently the 40+ all levels, 18 and over all levels. There is a Westside Challenger Jr L6 taking place January 20-22. February 4-5 is the Las Cruces Jr. Open L6, February 17-19 is the Mixed 55+ sectionals.
If you are interested in playing league tennis, please contact Allison Deputy for more information: deputy@southwest.ustal.com
2023 Play Days: The ATA would love your help with Play Days. If interested in hosting a play day, please contact a board member. It's easy to host, pick your Saturday and time and format. Janet & Cathy will host a February 11th play day.
NOVEMBER DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
Annual
Meeting 11/19/22: There was no interest from any members to run for a term on the board, therefore, Candace Cormie, Greg
Richardson and Carl Jones will serve another term on the ATA board as well as
Janet Santackas (1yr left) and Cathy Waggoner who has volunteered to take over
Denise Buchan’s spot for 1 year. Turkey
winners: Congratulations to the 4 turkey winners: Evelyn Genta,
Patsy Common-Pearce, Joy Gallent and Pat Morgan. Thank you to those members who showed up
in the cold this morning to participate.
2023 membership dues: As announced at the Annual Meeting, the board has decided that due to the past 2 years with the Pandemic and the very little ATA events, there will be no dues for current ATA members for the 2023 year. We sure hope to have more tennis fun on and off the courts.
The Kidz Summer and Fall Camp was a huge success this year. Huge thank you to Candace and Garrett Cormie for spreading the word. Another huge thank you to our awesome volunteers; Tyden Spencer (director), Tristen Montoya, Maddie Glass, Mayce Cooler and Raegan Leslie, all were and still are High School tennis players volunteering their time throughout the year. We are super proud of these volunteers and what they have accomplished in this sport.
League Tennis - Let Allison know, if you would like to participate on any of these teams, at snmleagues@gmail.com, or contact Alliston Deputy, League Coordinator at deputy@southwest.usta.com.
To find tennis tournaments in our area: click here. USTA / Tournaments
The dates for the remaining 2022 play days: Coffee, hot beverages and tennis. All members encouraged to come out and play as well as bring something to accompany their hot beverage.
September 9/3/22
October 1, 2022
November -11/5/22
December 12/3/22
Some pictures from October 1st play day. Thank you to those that showed up.
Fall Kidz Camp: run by Evelyn, Tyden Spencer and Janet started September 20th and will run for 9 weeks. Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00pm ages 5-9 and Thursdays 4:00-5:30 ages 10 and up. We greatly appreciate the help we are getting from some of the high school players, Tristen Montoya, Maddie Glass and Mayce Cooler and Candace Cormie, we couldn't continue this camp without their help so we thank you.
SNM’s first Regional Scramble, October 15, 10:00-1:00pm, free to all. You must sign up or register to be included to play. The scramble will be in Alamogordo and will include round robin competition, food, prizes, and an opportunity to make more friends. The scramble is sponsored by USTA Southern New Mexico. You can contact Jamie Borsodi for more questions.
USTA Leagues and World Team Tennis. There are two USTA Leagues still left to play this year, Tri-Level and 65+. We would also like to offer World Team tennis (WTT) this fall. There are three levels for WWT, 18+, 40+, 50+ and 60+. The minimum team size is 4 – 2 men and 2 women, the recommended maximum is 8. Let Allison know, if you would like to participate on any of these teams, at snmleagues@gmail.com., or contact Alliston Deputy @deputy@southwest.usta.com
To find tennis tournaments in our area: click here USTA / Tournaments
The Free Kidz Fall Summer Camp will be starting up this September 19th. Our summer camp was a huge success, we hope to have another great turnout this fall. If interested in helping Evelyn and Janet or you have questions, please email kidztennisalamo@gmail.com or contact Evelyn or Janet directly at this email.
Alamogordo Tennis Association's Socials are back, the 1st Saturday of the month the board will host a Coffee & Hot Beverage morning of tennis starting at 9:00am. All members are welcome to participate.
Cottonwood Tournament: October 1-2. You can register online, look for Cottonwood Tournament, Alamogordo, 2022. You can also talk to your board members.
Regional Scramble: On October 15th there will be a USTA Regional scramble here in Alamogordo. All SNM adult and advanced junior players are welcome to join in. Food, prizes and awards will be given. Registration information will be available soon. Please contact Sintra Sampath for any questions or more information. ruthvendr@msn.com
The tournament was a success, we had 32 kids register with 30 playing. Beautiful August morning for tennis. Thanks to Jamie, Emory, Carl, Candace, Denise, Kiah and Joseph for their help. Kids had a great time.
