In the ATA news

Pictures from February's play day hosted by Laura, great job, also February's birthday dinner at Si Senor's.

 

Evelyn and Janet's KIDZ TENNIS CLUB will take place this coming Friday, February 22nd. The kids are loving it. Feel free to come out and assist Evelyn and Janet, we think John G might appreciate a break, as he's been coming out since we started. Joe came out on the 8th (he's on call for another week of Jury duty), hopefully he'll be able to attend this week. 

 

Our March Cottonwood Tournament is just around the corner, time to sign up. March 23rd and 24th.  Entry forms can be found in the mailbox at court 3.

 

League Tennis: The 55+ leagues will run from March 31 – May 5 with Sectionals September 13-15 in El Paso. If interested in playing, contact Allison Deputy, SNM Leagues Coordinator, snmleagues@gmail.com, lots of fun, competitive tennis.            

 

 

 

 

ATA February news

 

  January's birthday gathering at Si Senor's was a big hit so February 12th will be the February birthday dinner, see you on the 12th at Si Senior’s at 5:30.
   February play day: February 2, will be hosted by Laura, see you there.
   The new shed should be arriving soon and volunteers are needed to help assemble the new shed. Please contact Charles or Fred, or any board member if you are able to help assemble the shed when it arrives on site.
   Janet and Evelyn's new KIDZ TENNIS CLUB was a hit. They had a great turnout on the 25th despite at least a half a dozen who couldn't make it. They will be doing this 2x a month and they are quite excited about this program. February's dates are the 8th and 22nd.
   SAFETY CONCERNS: Last week a tennis bag was stolen from the courts. Thankfully for quick thinking of parents and modern technology, the bag and its contents were found and the thief was apprehended by the authorities. We might want to keep an eye out for unusual behavior by folks we don't know while at the courts.
   The Cottonwood Tournament is quickly approaching on March 23 &24 so be thinking of partners and spread the word. This is open to all players and levels so we look forward to another fun and challenging tournament.
   As always, we would love to hear from all members with your questions, comments, concerns or things you’d like for the board to consider.

January, what's going on.

Happy New Year everyone. It's been so nice having snow, it's been a long time. Hope you skiers and snowboarders are enjoying your outings.

January Play Day: this Saturday, January 5th, starting at 10:00am due to the cold weather. ATA board members are your host.

Birthday dinner for January: 1/15, Tuesday at 5:30, Si Senor's.

Kidz Tennis Club  -  2019
WHEN:  Fridays, twice monthly from Jan. 2019 through April or May, from 4:00pm - 5:30 pm. Please note that the exact dates will be announced the month before and would be coordinated with school schedules and HS team schedules. 
Planned Start Dates; January: 18th & 25th, February: 8th & 22nd.
Janet and Evelyn are the coordinators, we're hoping our husbands will lend a hand, we welcome all help. Currently, we have no idea how many kids we are talking about. Once we do, we'll have a better idea how much help we need, please contact Evelyn or Janet if you are interested.

Other tennis coming up.

 

SNM league tennis: Great opportunity for Alamo to put a team together, 1/2 the matches would be played right here in Alamo.  If you are interested in playing, contact Allison Deputy, SNM Leagues Coordinator

snmleagues@gmail.com

 

January 21st-March 10th; 40 and over league tennis. For this league, if anyone is interested in playing 40 and over tennis, please contact Jacquie Porter, at jporter@nmsu.edu.

March 31st-May 5th; 55 and over league tennis.

March 23rd; Alamogordo Cottonwood Tournament

For a master list of league and tournament information click below:

http://www.southernnewmexico.usta.com and

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-New-Mexico-District-USTA/177286374229. 

December

Happy Holidays everyone.
The December play day was packed with jolly folks, wonderful baked goods, 5 courts in total and the Fahls' were able to keep the windy/cold weather at bay.

Some ATA members are heading to Surprise, AZ this coming week for their 65 and over sectionals. Congratulations to Linda and Joe, good luck to both teams.

 

Christmas party is Sunday, December 16th, 5:00pm, Sintra and Ruthven's home. Reminder to bring a side dish and a "tacky, yet nice gift".

 

SNM league tennis: Great opportunity for Alamo to put a team together, 1/2 the matches would be played right here in Alamo.  If you are interested in playing, contact Allison Deputy, SNM Leagues Coordinator

snmleagues@gmail.com

 

January 21st-March 10th; 40 and over league tennis.

March 31st-May 5th; 55 and over league tennis.

March 23rd; Alamogordo Cottonwood Tournament

For a master list of league and tournament information click below:

http://www.southernnewmexico.usta.com and

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-New-Mexico-District-USTA/177286374229. 

                              

December happenings

December play day: 12/1/18, hosted by Sabine and Wolfgang.

ATA Christmas party: Sunday, December 16 at 5:00pm, Sintra and Ruthven's home. ATA will provide meats and some drinks, everyone is asked to please bring a side dish. There will be a $10 tacky, yet nice gift.

League Tennis:
The SNM is having a Captain's meeting set for Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the NMSU Tennis Center for all interested for the 40 & Over and the 55 & Over Adult Leagues for the 2019 season.
If anyone is interested in playing on a Women's or Men's 40 and over league, now's the time to think about it, as the 40 and over will begin in January.  One can contact Allison Deputy altennis21@hotmail.com 


                                                           

 

November Happenings

November Play day, November 3^rd, was for Turkeys and was hosted by Lee and Diane.  5 courts were full of players and the Turkey winners were: Sky (1st), David (2nd), Petra (1st), Gail (2nd); Nori and Fred took home bug zappers for their scores.

Regarding the elections, there were only 3 nominees: Greg and Charles agreed to run for another term, Diane Gustafson was the only member who wished to run. Therefore, there was no election needed for the 3 board positions. Come January 1, 2019 Diane will be our newest board member.

November 5^th @ 5:30/6:00pm for the Birthday celebration will be at the Cloudcroft Brewery, (behind the High School).

44th Annual Alamogordo Open Tennis Tournament

Non-Sanctioned Results
Men's Doubles Final - Rios, Rey/Sosin, Louis def Burns, Shane/Sawangacharatorn, Sky, 6-3;6-1

Men's Doubles Consolation Final - Pickering, Randy/Santackas, Joe (1) def Nicholson, Grady/Wells, Ron, 6-0;6-3  
Men's Singles Final - Schneider, Chris def Burns, Shane, 7-6;6-0
Men's Singles Consolation Final - Klump, John (1) def Nicholson, Grady 6-1;6-1
Mixed Doubles Final - Sampath, Sintra/powell, charles (1) def. Pickering, Randy/Pickering, Tammy, (2) 6-4;6-1
Mixed Doubles Consolation Final - Morgan, Nori/Morgan, Pat def Waggoner, Cathy/Wells, Ron, 7-5;6-1
Women's Doubles Final - Sampath, Sintra/Schneider, Petra def Gallent, Josephine/Jun, Melanie (1), 4-6;7-5;10-6
Women's Doubles Consolation Final - Pickering, Tammy/Taplen, Debra def Comon-Pearce, Paciencia/Tillery, Sue (2), 6-4;6-2
Sanctioned Results
Men's 35 Singles Final - Melville, Dustin (2) def. Crawley, Curtis (1) 6-0; 6-4
Men's 35 Singles Consolation - powell, charles def. Herrera, Michael 6-4; 6-3
Mixed Open Doubles Final - Jun, Melanie/powell, charles def. Gallent, Josephine/Jack, Robert 6-3; 6-3
Mixed Open Doubles Consolation Final - Tillery, Sue/Trujillo, John def Matteucci, Amy, Melville, Dustin - Def 

Congratulations to all entrants and winners and the Tournament Director Linda Gilliland.
Thanks to Greg for, well, you'll see in the picture, and Ron for all the shade