Alamogordo Tennis

 

NOVEMBER DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

The last play day of 2022 will take place on December 3 @ 9:30.

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

ATA Christmas Party – December 3^rd
Where: The Morgan’s home at Amber Skies #154    See your earlier email for code
Time:  5:00pm, dinner at 6:00pm

This is a "potluck" party. The Morgan's will provide sodas, water, beer & wine. ATA will provide a spiral cut ham. Please contact the Morgan's and or Cathy Waggoner should you have any questions or would like to help. Gift exchange: if you bring a gift, you will get a gift. You are no obligated to participate in the gift exchange. 

It's Fall Y'all

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

WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING

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

2022 Roadrunner Junior tennis tournament

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. 

Alamo tennis

Kidz Summer Camp went great, we had 48 kids who participated during our 6 session camp. Evelyn and Janet attended each session and had 8 other helpers (all High School players). We averaged 32 kids attending per session with 6-7 adult helpers each session.  A huge thank you to Candace who helped us in so very many ways, we are thankful to her and the high school players who came out to help. We could not have had a successful camp without that help.  Also, many thanks to the ATA for sponsoring this program.

Play Day's :  We'd really like to bring these back, Volunteers for Play Days are needed, please email your ATA or speak to a board member if interested. 

SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 4TH, Wedding shower for Rachel & Jake, 6-8 at Pizza 9, more details to follow.

Wimbledon has begun, the Board would like to host a Play Day July 9th starting at 8:30, all participants are asked to wear white if you can. All members are welcome, please feel free to bring a treat or drink. PLEASE RSVP by Wednesday, July 6th. 

TENNIS HAPPENINGS

Congratulations to our High School Tiger tennis team with a great win over Organ Mountain HS this past Thursday. Next Friday & Saturday is their District Tournament over in Las Cruces, we wish all our Tigers a great tournament. 

If interested in improving your tennis skills, contact John Hattersley who is a High Performance Tennis Coach residing in Las Cruces and working out at Picacho Hills, his 1 on 1 clinics are amazing, as are his semi-private and group clinics.

Also as the flier shows, there is an adult tennis clinic May 14th, spaces may be limited. 

Men's and Women's league tennis has started up again, up now is 55 and over leagues, if interested please contact Allison Deputy, our SNM Leagues Coordinator, deputy@southwest.usta.com

HS Tennis has begun

Tiger Tennis team opened their season in Las Cruces, February 19 & 20. They competed in the Centennial/Organ Mountain Invitational (a lot of schools participated). Singles took place Friday and doubles were played on Saturday. Great job by all the schools and coaches as everyone was spread out between 3 locations. Results: the girls brought home First place and the boys took third, special congratulations to Eva Westover as she got the MVP, winning the singles bracket as well as doubles with her partner Evony. Great job Tigers, congratulations on your medals and trophy.

FYI, this coming Saturday, February 26th, all courts will be in use as the Tigers are hosting St. Michael's. If you can come out and watch and support some great young tennis players, it would be appreciated. 

Construction is under way for the Barbara Springer memorial building near court 7, the bleachers have been moved and the area is fenced in. You might have to use the outside gates to get to courts 7 & 8. 

February's play day was windy and a bit cold however it still took place, thank you Cormie's for hosting. 

Stay tuned for more info.