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

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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.