Muffin Recipe

Here is the recipe for the muffins that Dale shared at Thursday's play day.

Moosewood Muffins

Preheat oven to 350

Grease a 12 cup muffin tin. (I use a tin that makes four giant muffins.)

Streusel topping

1/3 cup unbleached flour
1 1/2 tablespoons of butter
1 1/2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1/4-1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
pinch of salt

Wet Ingredients:

6 tablespoons of butter
1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of milk
(I use soy milk)
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Two cups chopped fruit, and/or nuts and/or chocolate chips

(One batch of the muffins I made had dates, bananas, dried cranberries and chocolate chips. The other batch had strawberries, almonds and chocolate chips.)

Dry ingredients:

2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Sift together the dry ingredients.
For the wet ingredients: cream together the butter and sugar; beat in the egg then the milk and vanilla; fold in the fruit, nuts,etc.
For the streusel: blend all of the ingredients with a fork or pastry cutter until the butter is pea sized or smaller

To assemble: Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir. Spoon into muffin cups. Sprinkle streusel topping on each muffin.

Bake 30-35 minutes. Smaller muffins might take a little less time.

March Play Day

Please note that the upcoming March play day is scheduled for March 10, not March 3.

On March 3, please come out and watch our Alamogordo High School tennis team play in their invitational tournament.

Saturday Afternoon NJTL

Gabriela, Alicia and Selena participate in the ATA sponsored NJTL program on Saturday afternoons. Their coach is Carl Jones.

More NJTL

Adrian is an enthusiastic, up and coming future star of the Alamogordo Tigers tennis team!

Work Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow at around 11:30 after everyone has finished playing, we need four or five volunteers to help repair nicks and scratches in the court surface on courts 1-4. Also, remember to stay around to watch our 3.5 WTT team play on courts 5-6.

NJTL

Gabriella and Janette are both freshmen at Alamogordo High School. They are active participants in the ATA National Junior Tennis and Learning program and future stars of the Alamogordo High School tennis team!

Pay Your Dues!

To avoid a late fee, please pay your dues by March 31. Dues can be paid to Bernice or any other ATA board member.

If you would like to mail in your dues payment, send it to: P.O. Box 684 Alamogordo, NM 88310

$29 for a family and $15 for single members

Southwest Slam Tennis

We have received last minute information about a new series of adult tournaments in the Southwest Section. It is a series of four tournaments called the Southwest Slam. Each tournament is on a different court surface: indoor, clay, grass and hard court. Details are at http://www.southwest.usta.com/Adults/southwest_adult_slam_series/ .
The indoor event is Feb 10-12 in Santa Fe at Shellaberger Tennis Center.

NJTL Update

The NJTL program is now at full capacity. There are twelve participants currently receiving instruction from Cameron Brace-Emmert and Carl Jones.

The culminating event for NJTL will be a small gathering at which participants will read their essays and awards will be given.

Upcoming Play Days

Don't forget to come to play day 9:00 am on February 4th. Darryl and Joy will be the hosts and everyone is invited to Pat and Nori's house for gumbo afterwards.

The March play day is scheduled for 9:00 am on March 10th.

March 3rd is the date for the Alamogordo High School invitational tournament. Please come out and support the team on that day!

ATA Open Tournament Scheduled for April

The annual ATA open tennis tournament has been scheduled for April 14-15. Grady Nicholson is the tournament director.

Look for more information, including entry forms, here on this blog.

Work Day to Repair Nicks on Courts

There are numerous nicks in the surface of the courts that need to be fixed. John White is organizing a work day at 9:00 am on Saturday March 17th. He will instruct everyone in repair techniques. This is fairly tedious work, so we need as many people as possible to volunteer.

Senior Olympics

This is a qualifying year for Senior Olympics, which means that if a player wins at the state level, he or she can qualify to compete in the national event. Watch this blog for more information specifically about tennis.

For more information about Senior Olympics in general and the sports in which you can compete, contact Ms. Jean Duncan (575) 439-4287.

Mardi Gras in Cloudcroft

Mark your calendars to go to Cloudcroft for the Mardi Gras celebration. Click the image to enlarge it.