More Christmas Party 2011

Pictures from 2011 Christmas Party

Thank you to the Sampaths for hosting this year's party!!!

WTT December 10

Showing good form, the Alamogordo ACES WTT 4.0 team played at home on Saturday December 10 against the Las Cruces Dynamos. Alamo won by a total point score of 32-24.

December Playday

Thank you to Diane and Lee for sponsoring the December play day under difficult conditions. Because not everyone could play the same number of sets due to the condition of the courts, the play day prize winners were determined by a random drawing. We all also showed off our singing skills by singing a tennis version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

It was also great to see Harold out on the courts again!

Turkey Winners

Which one looks the most like a real turkey? Write the name of the player pictured above who looks the most like a real turkey on a canned food and bring it to the tennis shed to cast your vote.

2011 Turkey Shoot

Everyone had a great time at the 2011 Turkey Shoot, in spite of some outside interference, as can be seen in the pictures.

Message from our President:
Congratulations to today's Turkey winners: Diane, Laurie, Wolfgang and Dale. All I can say is, you're all a bunch of turkeys!!. Nice going.

Thank you Ken and Neoma for hosting and thank you Raymond for rescuing the turkeys from Ken and Neoma's car.

As mentioned at the courts this morning, we'd like to start a canned food drive for the rest of this month and into December. Just one canned food item would be greatly appreciated, or if you'd rather give a $$ donation, that would be fine too. We plan to donate all we collect to a local soup kitchen, (to be named later).

Where to bring/leave your canned food item? There will be a designated box inside the shed at the tennis courts. You may leave your item here, or should you wish to give a $$ donation, you may give it to Raymond or me. We appreciate your generosity.
--Janet Santackas

Report from World Team Tennis matches

This report on our WTT teams comes from Janet Santackas:
"The Roadrunners," our 3.5 team lost two close matches, there were some flashes of brilliance and lots of hopefulness for future matches. They lost their first match 26-32 and their second, 26-28. It was a learning experience and they are looking forward to their next match. This was Alamo RoadRunners first match and as of today they are tied for 2nd place.

The Alamo Aces, the 4.0 team, came out strong. There were some great shots made by many and we won our first match 36 games to 16. The second match we lost by 3 games, 28-31, these were the Aces' first two matches and it left us in 2nd place.

Turkey Shoot Postponed!!

Due to inclement weather, the Turkey Shoot play day planned for today has been postponed to next Saturday, November 12 at 9:00 am.

See you all then!

White Smoke

The Alamogordo Tennis Association has two new officers. Janet Santackas was elected as president and Raymond Montoya was named secretary.

Dale Emmert, Vice President, Bernice McRae, Treasurer and Diane Lee, Member at Large, will all serve on the board for one more year.

2011 Turkey Shoot

Everyone get ready to play in the annual turkey shoot, this Saturday November 5.

Ken and Naoma Smith have again generously volunteered to sponsor this play day.

Call for WTT teams

Hi all!

For World Team Tennis:

If you would like to play and don’t have a team go here: http://www.wttrec.com/recleag/league_info.asp?s=740&t=1&l=4614&f=2022&shw=reg and select “Participant – I need to be placed on a team” when prompted. If I don’t have a team for you by the time the season starts, I will switch your registration to Substitute. Or you can sign up as a sub. Subs pay only $5, no matter how many times they end up playing during the season. But then again, there is no guarantee they will get to play at all.

Questions? Concerns? Please email me here or call 541.510.6402.

Best Regards,

Ramey Newell

SNM Adult Mixed and Tri-Level League Coordinator

“Borderlands” WTT League Administrator

Tournament Results

Here are the finals results for the 2011 Otero County Closed Tournament

Men's Open Singles: Cameron Brace-Emmert def. Dennis Johnston 7-5, 6-1

Men's Senior Singles: Tom Springer def. Scot Key (withdrawal)

Men's Open Doubles: Cameron Brace-Emmert and Dennis Johnston def. Craig Quiroga and Matty Geary 6-1, 6-3

Men's NTRP Singles: Rick Button def. Steve Bagwell 7-6, 7-6

Men's Doubles NTRP: Joe Santackas and Raymond Montoya def. Dale Emmert and Allen Campbell, 6-3, 6-2

Women's Senior Doubles: Cindy Carey and Lois Whitmire def. Joy Gallent and Gail Richardson 6-0, 6-1

Women's NTRP Doubles: Sabine Berger and Cathy Waggoner def. Bernice McRae and Raewyne Wall 7-6, 7-5

Mixed Doubles Seniors -- Round Robin winners were Joy Gallent and Rick Sotak

Mixed Doubles NTRP -- Round Robin winners were Raymond Montoya and Raewyne Wall

Boys Singles -- Round Robin winner was Caleb Martin

Please let me know if you took pictures at the tournament, so I can post them here!

ATA Closed Tournament

The closed tournament is only a week and a half a way! Click here to read all about it in the Alamogordo Daily News.

Look about two entries below here for an entry form!

Middle School Tennis

ATA mid school tennis program, offered through the combined efforts of NMSU-A Community Ed and ATA, finished up mid September. In four weeks, excellent progress was seen in the 20 participants who were taught by 10 ATA volunteers, headed by Cameron Brace Emmert, lead instructor. Cameron's simple instructions and format, paired with kids each hitting hundreds of balls each session, resulted in student success! Special thanks to other ATA volunteers: Rick B, Bernice, John W, Linda, John & Evelyn, Janet, Laurie, and Grady. This is the 4th year that ATA/NMSU-A has offered this program.
(From John and Evelyn Genta)

Would You Like to be on the ATA Board?

Elections for two new board members will be held at the ATA Closed Tournament party. Please let John White or Dale Emmert know if you would like to serve on the board. WE NEED YOUR ENERGY AND IDEAS!!!

October 2011 Alamogordo Tennis Association Closed Tournament

Click here for an entry form to the Alamogordo Tennis Association closed tournament, to be held October 22-23. To participate, one must be either a member of the ATA, a resident of Otero County, or serving in the military.

Physical entry forms will be available September 16 at the courts in Alamogordo and at Holloman AFB.

Tennis Ladder

Janet Santackas is surveying players to find out how many would be interested in participating in tennis ladders.

To participate in a tennis ladder, one would need to be willing to play one match per week against the opponent he or she is paired with on the ladder. As the administrator of the ladder, Janet would be responsible to read the weekly match results as recorded by the competitors and then change the rankings accordingly.

For example, if Joe was ranked third, he would play the fourth ranked player. The winning player moves up in ranking on the ladder and the loser moves down.

Please let Janet know if you are interested in playing on a ladder, either in singles or doubles, call Janet at 415-3634 or talk to her at the courts!

Baby Shower for Raymond and Michelle

Several ATA members helped put on a baby shower for Raymond and Michelle.

September Play Day

Cameron and Dale were the top two scorers for the men. Janet and Cathy dominated on the women's side.

Thank you to John and Evelyn for sponsoring the September play day. The "everyone moves" format was used. Six courts were occupied and 26 total players participated. This was a great turnout and included some players who had never participated before.

August Play Day Winners

Everyone looking to have a good time was a winner at the August play day. These players won the playoff at the end of the day and took home prizes: Joy, Sabine F., Cameron and Steve

August Play Day

Here are some pictures from the August play day. We all had a great time, thanks to Janet and Joe!

Congratulations to Tom, Grady and Nell!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Tom Springer, Nell and Grady

for their fabulously great tennis play @ the Houston National Senior Olympics .

Tom Springer won the Gold Medal in men's 75 singles.

Nell competed in women's doubles and mixed doubles with Grady

Grady and Tom played together in doubles

Over 10,000 athletes came together in 20 sports to play in Houston. Nell , Grady and Tom should be so very proud for their contribution to the National Senior Games. We are sure proud for them and are certainly fortunate to have them part of the ATA family. (From John White, ATA President)

Middle School Program

Plans are being solidified for the ATA/ NMSU-A Community Education Middle School Tennis Program to be offered to students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades this fall.

This will be the 4th year that ATA has offered thiscommunity service program which helps introduce young players to tennis and also helps prepare interested players for the high school team.


Cameron Brace-Emmert will be the lead instructor this year, and the program will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 4 weeks, beginning Aug. 23rd, from 5:00-6:30 PM.

ATA volunteers are needed to help with instruction. This is a good opportunity for ATA to show our appreciation to the community for our courts and to promote tennis in Alamogordo. Please give this serious consideration. If you can help out (all or some of the sessions) please contact John White or Evelyn Genta.

Cameron will be conducting a training session for volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 18 (the week before we start the program) from 5:00-6:30 to show us how he wants to teach each skill and what drills he uses to do so.

Thursdays in Cloudcroft

Some ATA players have decided to play tennis on Thursday mornings at 9:00 in Cloudcroft during the hot summer months. Anyone is welcome to join us, and play will be like the T/Th play.

Last week some players went to the Sr. Citizen center for lunch which is only $2. They request reservations by 8:00 a.m. If interested in lunch, phone 682-3022; reservations can be made any time of day.

Mixed Doubles in Ruidoso!!

Our friends in Ruidoso are organizing a Mixed Doubles Mixer in Ruidoso on Saturday, July 16, from 9:00 to noon. They have 4 teams from Ruidoso and would like us to bring up 4 teams from Alamogordo. If you are interested in playing, please contact me, Evelyn Genta, at 437-2072, or jegenta@hotmail.com. Please do not respond to this email as I do not check the ATA email. This should be a good time.

Carlsbad Tournament Results

At the Cavern City Adult Open in Carlsbad over the July 4 weekend, some Alamogordo players had good results.

Thomas Springer defeated Grady Nicholson 6-1, 6-2 in the men's 75 singles finals.

Cameron Brace Emmert and his partner Jonathan Candelaria of El Paso played some great tennis, making it to the semifinals in Men's Open Doubles before losing a nail biter to the Loest/Vickery team from Las Cruces, 6-7, 6-1, 6-7. In Men's singles, Cameron lost in the quarterfinals to Marc Avalos of Tucson, 6-3, 6-4.

July Play Day!!!

Thank you to Joy and Darryl Gallent for hosting the July play day!

Pictured are men's and women's winners Joe Santackas, Shane Burns,

Gail Richardson and Diane Gustafson.

July Play Day

Just a reminder, the July 2nd play day is to be hosted by Joy and Darryl Gallent. We will have an 8:30 start time for summer play days.

--Dale Emmert

Upcoming Events

Be sure to mark your calendar for the following upcoming events:

June 18-- Doubles competition, organized by John White

June 19-- Going away party for Anke and Karsten Witak at the Gallent's residence at 4:00 pm.

Action Shots

Everyone enjoyed playing in the scenic and cool Cloudcroft environment!

June Play Day

Harold gets everyone organized.

June Play Day

June Play Day

Please don't forget that you are all invited to the

June 4th Play Day-- 9:00 am at the Cloudcroft tennis courts.

It will be hosted by Harold and Cathy Waggoner. After we play, there will be a picnic lunch and then homemade ice cream.

See you there!!

Las Cruces Exchange

Thank you to Diane for the pictures!!

Las Cruces Exchange

Harold, Cathy, Anke and Sabine B enjoy some KFC.
From Evelyn Genta, the coordinator of the Las Cruces Exchange:

Just to bring you up to speed---

Alamo sort of beat up on Las Cruces yesterday with final tally after singles results came in at 20 matches won by ATA to 5 by LC. Play went smoothly with almost everyone able to play 2 matches; each match was a pro set. 24 ATA players made the drive, and Las Cruces had just a few more, so play involved 50+ players. They sort of goofed up when they set the date, as many of their men players were at sectionals in Albuquerque. I doubt if they make that mistake again. Everyone was very gracious, and I believe everyone had a good time. LC provided chicken for lunch and we finished off around noon.
I appreciated Diane's help with the desk, which made it more enjoyable for those of us trying to organize.

I have the trophy and will get it inscribed before I give it to Sandy to remount on our door.

Ev

Las Cruces Exchange

Alamogordo kept the traveling trophy after the most recent exchange with the Las Cruces Tennis Association. A big thank you goes out to Evelyn and Diane for coordinating this event. More details and pictures to come!!

Exchange with Las Cruces

Please confirm your availability to play in the Las Cruces exchange on Saturday May 14 with Evelyn Genta. Do this ASAP, as she needs to plan the matches. The event is scheduled for 9:00 am at the Lions Club Courts. If you need directions, contact Evelyn or me.

Dale: 575 415 3927 505 306 2329 (cell)

May Play Day

May play day prize winners pictured are: Janet (2nd) John and Lee (tied for first) and on the far right, Anke, the women's top prize winner.
In the middle are Cameron and Dale, today's hosts.

New Senior Tournament

Alto Lakes Tennis Association has invited ATA to participate in the Raise a Racket for Ski Apache Disabled Skiers' Program Seniors Doubles Tennis Tournament. Click here for a tournament entry form. If you have questions about the tournament, contact Janice Fisher, fisheta@aol.com or call Judy Gasaway at 575 336 2727

Tournament Results

Rick Alarcon of El Paso defeated Cameron Brace-Emmert of Alamogordo 6-3 6-2 in the men's open final of the Alamogordo Tennis Association tennis tournament this past weekend. It was high quality, hard-hitting match and very much appreciated by the spectators.

Tournament director Grady Nicholson expressed his gratitude to Dr. Terry Marquardt, the event sponsor and all others who helped this year.

That was just a small part of the action of the tournament, however, since a total of twenty-four different competitions took place, some based on age category and others on skill level.

Here are some more scores from the event:

Men's open doubles competition saw Rick Alarcon and Eric Sasser take first and Cameron Brace-Emmert and Dennis Johnston take second.

In the women's open, Laurie Frappier won the round robin competition, with Victoria Griffith second.

In the mixed doubles open, Jim Gonzalez and Valerie Stuart d. Linda Moya and Richard Vickrey 3-6 6-3 6-1


The following are the age finals results:

Men's singles 35: Jim Gonzales d Jaime Lastra 6-2 6-2

Mens singles 50: Jaime Lastra d Sammy Soza 6-2 6-2

Men's Singles 55: Dennis Johnston d. Michael Herrera 6-2 6-3

Men's Singles 65: Charles Jurva d. Terry Cleveland 6-1 6-2

Men;s Doubles 45: Charles Jurva and Robert Jack First; Terry Cleveland and Steve Huebner Second in round robin competition.

Women's Doubles 40: Josephine Gallent and Janet Santackas d Nell Nicholson and Corlyn Satterllee 7-6 6-3

In Women's Doubles 60: Nell Nicholson and Carolyn Satterlee d Elizabeth Chase and Faye Stokes 7-5 6-4

Mixed Doubles 60 was won by Robert Jack and Elizabeth Chase over Jeff Murray and Carolyn Satterlee 6-4 6-0

Mixed Doubles 65 round robin competition was won by Duane and Victoria Griffith.

NTRP Events:

NTRP 4.0 men's doubles was won by Jeff Murray and David Kaleh over John Genta and Rick Sotak

NTRP 4.0 Women's Doubles: Crystal Messer and Terri Kothanek d. Cindy Carey and Lois Whitmire

NTRP Men's 3.0 doubles Pat Morgan and Salvador Olayo d Wolfang and NIck Fahl 6-2 6-2

NTRP Men's 3.5 doubles Steve Schuster and John White d. Dale Emmert and Joe Santackas 7-6 6-4

Cathy Waggoner and Wolfgang Fahl d Patrick Morgan and Nori Morgan in the combined 6.0 doubles mixed 7-5 6-4

The mixed 3.5 doubles was won by John Genta and Anke Witak over Tisdale and Waggoner.

Rick Sotak and Joy Gallent won over Laurie Frappier and David Kaleh in the mixed doubles combined 7.5

Joe and Janet Santackas d Robert Schreiner and Anke Witak 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the combined 7.0 mixed doubles.

Alamogordo Plays Tennis

ATA Open Tournament First Day Action

First day action!

Mailing List

I have received and made several corrections to the ATA Mailing list. A revised list will be mailed out soon!

Las Cruces Exchange

At 9:00 am on May 14, there will be an exchange with the Las Cruces Tennis Association. Many ATA players are anxious to play Cruces again.

Evelyn Genta has once again volunteered to coordinate this event. Please give her as much advance notice as possible if you will be available to play. Evelyn could also use volunteers to help coordinate this event.

Confidence

Laurie approaches every match with confidence.

More Pics from the Roswell Exchange

Click the picture to enlarge.

Senior Olympics

A note from Grady Nicholson about Senior Olympics:
Sign-up forms are now available for Senior Olympics at the Senior Center; complete the forms at the Center or take with you...due by April 12, 5 pm. The form must be notarized, which is free at the Center, Front Desk. Fee to compete is $15.

Local competition is the week starting April 18. I'll notify all re who plays whom, and then work out a schedule suitable to all. The first 6 qualifiers in each event are eligible to go to State, but not required to go (very hard not to qualify!). State will be in Las Cruces, 27-30 July (tennis may not require all four days).

Info: 434-1949 gnicholson@beyondbb.com

First Serve

Tom Springer and Rick Sotak make their first serves on a perfect day for tennis. Over 25 ATA players participated in the tennis exchange with Roswell on April 2. More details will be posted tomorrow.

Roswell Exchange

Remember, the Roswell Exchange is scheduled for April 2 and will be held here in Alamogordo. This will be a competition between ATA and Roswell Tennis Association. For more information, contact Steve Schuster.

St Patrick's Work Day!

Most did remember to wear green!

37th Annual Open Tournament

Click to images above to view and print an entry form to the 37th Annual ATA Open Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Dr. Terry Marquardt.

For the form as a pdf file (better quality) click here
After you see the form load on google docs, to print it out, go to "file" on the top left, then "download original." The file will download to your computer and open with your pdf reader.

Work Day-- We Need Your Help!!

We will have a work day - on Thursday March 17, starting at 8:30.

This will involve completing some court maintenance in order to keep our courts in good condition. If we have fourteen workers, the following projects can be completed in just two hours:

* Secure windscreens with zip ties and wire.
* Caulk the joints on the south facing hitting wall.

* Fill the groove between tennis court material and the cement walkway along courts 1 & 3 (This will prevent cracks in the concrete caused by frozen water expansion.)

If you have a caulking gun, please bring it with you. All other supplies will be provided.

Please study your Thursday March 17 schedule and let us know at alamotennis@gmail.com if you will be available to work.

-John White, ATA President

March Play Day

Beautiful weather, great fun and delicious food! The best apfelkuchen mit cranberries! Thank you to the Witaks for a great March play day.


Gail, Cameron, Cathy and Steve examine their prizes.

Second place for the women was a three way tie among Gail, Diane and Laurie. Gail's name was drawn to receive the prizes.

Be the first to answer our trivia questions and win a prize!!!

How do you say cranberries in German???
How do you say "deuce" in Spanish?
The Sacramento Mountains is an east-dipping fault block, made mostly of what kind of rock?


Send your answer in to alamotennis@gmail.com

Senior Olympics

2011 Senior Olympics Competition

There are singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events in 5 year age increments, starting at age 50.

LOCAL: Register between March 28 and April 12 (main registration day is April 12). Pick up the registration form at the Senior Center. Ask for Jean Duncan (mornings are better). Fill out the form there, or take it with you. There is a one time/cover everything local FEE of $15.

Actual competition will occur during the week starting Monday, April 18 (some leeway here). Grady Nicholson will layout the matches, based on the registration.

STATE: Qualifying players from the local play can play at the state competition, but its not an obligation (its really hard not to qualify). State will be held at NMSU, Las Cruces, during the last week in July, this year. A separate registration fee will apply to State. This is NOT a qualifying year for Nationals.

Click here for more general information about Senior Olympics competition.

Courts Occupied

The Alamogordo Tigers tennis team will be utilizing all of the courts from 8:00am until about 6:00pm on Friday, March 4 and 5^th for their annual invitational tournament. Instead of playing, why not go watch and support these great young tennis players?

February Play Day

Play day finalists Cameron, Joy, Diane and Jess stand between play day sponsors Laurie and Matt.

Many thanks to Matt and Laurie Frappier for a great February play day!
Everyone played three sets of women's or men's doubles. The players with the highest point totals played each other in a final face off of mixed doubles.

The food and drink were great!!!

Play Day Alert!!!

Play Day!!!

Saturday, February 12th at 9:00-- See You There!!!

Alamogordo 4.0 Team

ATA's Battle of the Clubs 4.0 Team:
Cindy, Darryl, Laurie, Cameron, Diane, Lee and Lois
Better make sure you eat your Wheaties if you have a match against any of these players!!!

Results of Battle of the Clubs

The official results of the Battle of the Clubs!