Dodson, Hainline and Geary Qualify for State

The girls doubles team of Emily Dodson and Kelly Hainline  won second place at the district tournament held Saturday in Alamogordo.   Matty Geary finished in third place in boy's singles.  All three of these players are now qualified to compete this week in the state tournament.  Congratulations and good luck!

Tournament Results

Cameron Brace-Emmert of Alamogordo defeated Rodney Ladd of El Paso to win the men's open singles championship of this year's Alamogordo Open Tennis Tournament. Numerous events were played in the two day event at the Oregon Tennis Courts. Here is a list of the winners of the various events:

In men's singles age category events, Rodney Ladd won the 45+, Michael Herrera won in 50+, Kaz Dziamka was the champion in 60+ and Jesse Blough won in the 65 and older group.

In NTRP rated events, Rick Sotak won in the 4.0 category and Raymond Montoya won the 3.0 event.

In men's doubles, the Clint Loest/Richard Vickrey team won in the open championship, Kaz Dziamka and Michael Herrera won in 50+, John Genta/Rick Sotak were champions in the NTRP 4.0 and Joseph Santackas/Raymond Montoya won in 3.0.

Amy Badger won the women's 45+ singles championship and Sabine Berger won the 3.5 NTRP event.

The women's doubles 4.0 NTRP event was won by Cindy Carey/ Lois Whitmire. The Gail Richardson/ Joy Gallent team won the 40+ age group event.

In the open mixed doubles event, Cameron Brace-Emmert and Cindy Carey teamed up for the championship.

Contact: Dale Emmert ATA Vice President
505 306 2329

Support the Tennis Team

Tuesday, April 10th, 3:00pm, Alamogordo vs Mayfield at Oregon Tennis Courts. The kids love our support, so if you can come out and cheer them on, they'd appreciate it.

Tournament Help and Party Reminders!

Just a reminder that the tennis party will be held at the Desert Palms Community Center, 2000 First St., on Saturday 4/14 at 6pm. This is a Pot Luck and a BYOB party.

Also, John has arranged for the courts to be washed on Friday, April 13th at 7:30, volunteers are needed to help the city with this, if you can help, please bring any squeegees you may own, leaf blowers and brooms.

Open Tournament Entry Deadline

Reminder:

Entry deadline for our Open Tournament is this coming Saturday, 3/7, midnight. A drop box will be set up at 401 Sunset Ave. for last minute entries. AND Applications for Senior Olympics tennis are available at the Sr Center. Best time to register is this Thursday, 4/5, 1 pm.

INFO on both events can be found at ... http://alamogordotennis.blogspot.com/