Archive for January, 2012

Peter Cruz Update

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Hi all, just wanted to post some more complete information about the Peter Cruz gatherings. Viewing is tonight. Click in the link below for a PDF with complete and current info.

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Peter Cruz Remembered

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

The following is from LATA member Mike Kalvoda, a friend of LATA member Peter Cruz, who sadly passed away last weekend. Viewing and funeral information is here.

From an email sent by Peter Cruz III, January 21, 2010: (more…)

Club Tournament Roundup

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Hello LATA Members!

Despite some tense moments caused by a grim Saturday forecast and a morning of rain, the club tournament came off this weekend, thanks to everyone’s patience, the accommodating staff at the Burbank Tennis Center, and the tireless efforts of our Tournament Director Steve Sax. There were seven divisions this year, A through G; the results with pictures and interviews are after the jump (with apologies that I couldn’t get to talk to everyone): (more…)

Very Sad News

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

I’m very sorry to announce that Peter Cruz, an LATA member since 2009, passed away this weekend. Viewing services for Peter will be held this Friday, January 27th at 7pm, and funeral services will be held this Saturday, January 28th at 11:30am. LATA sends its deepest condolences to Peter’s family.

Both services will be held at Our Lady of Peace Church at 15444 Nordhoff St., North Hills 91343.

Further info may be found at Peter’s Facebook page.

If anyone would like to write his own remembrance of Peter, please send it to newsletter@lataweb.com and I’ll post it.

— John Ramos, Score Editor

Winter League Is Full!

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The last two Monday spots have been nabbed, so the Winter Team Tennis is completely full. Thanks to everyone who signed up! If you have any questions about league play, please email our Team Tennis Director, Paul Yates, at teamtennis@lataweb.com. See you out on the courts!

Only 2 More Monday League Spots Open!

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Hello LATA Members!

Paul Yates, our Team Tennis Director, gives us the following updates about league signups:

MONDAY: There are 14 people signed up, and we are shooting for 16. So if you’re interested, please grab one of those last two spots!

WEDNESDAY: We’ve hit our goal of 48 signups, so this night is CLOSED!

Again, if you’re looking to play Winter League, and why wouldn’t you, Monday night is your last chance. Please log in on the LATA website and sign up — it’s great for your game and lots of fun!

President’s Message — January 2012

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Thank you all for re-joining LATA for 2012!

We hope to make it a great year filled with lots of tennis and social opportunities.  Publicity Director Jeff Sheng has already hosted our first successful social event at Gym Bar last Sunday – the Winter Team Tennis Kick-Off. Forty-five new (and old!) club members were on hand to meet and greet and watch the football playoffs.  Of course the drunken beer-pong players and free beer for the tennis club didn’t hurt one bit (thank you MillerCoors!).

Last Chance For Winter League!

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Hello LATA Members!

Paul Yates, our new Team Tennis Director, gives us this update on the league signups: Since the leagues start next week, he needs to start making the draws by tomorrow —  Wednesday, January 18th. So if you want to play in a league for which you haven’t signed up yet, you need to get your application in TODAY — that’s today, Tuesday January 17th, by 8PM. To sign up, log in to your account, go to the member dashboard, and click on the link that says “Renew Membership/Join Winter Team Tennis.” It’s easy! (more…)

Welcome To The Online Edition Of The Score!

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Hello there, and thanks for checking out The Score, the LATA’s newsletter, now in blog format! The Score is going to be an up-to-the-minute source for LATA news — anything involving tournaments, leagues, ladders, social functions, and more! In addition, we’ll have entries about what your fellow members are up to, which is always fun. If you’d like to get automatic notifications when The Score is updated, sign up for the RSS Feed (there’s also a link on the blog’s sidebar). Also, we have a Facebook account and a new Twitter account (links also on the sidebar), so if you’re a social-media person, please friend and/or follow us for more updates! If you have any questions or suggestions for the blog, or if you’re interested in contributing, please feel free to leave a comment, or you can email me at newsletter@lataweb.com. I hope to see you all out on the courts soon!

— John Ramos, Editor, The Score

Welcome to LATA-Mixer Event today

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Dear new LATA Members,

Thank you to many of you who came out yesterday for ranking day, and on behalf of me, LATA president James Carroll, and the rest of the LATA board, we wanted to welcome you to the league and invite you to today’s casual LATA mixer/social event.  The mixer is today 3-6pm at Gym Bar in West Hollywood, at 8737 Santa Monica Blvd.  We would love to see you today! (more…)