Archive for May, 2012

Club Doubles Tournament! Registration Closes Saturday!

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Hello LATA Members!

The singles portion of the Mitch Nutick Club Championship was a lot of fun back in January and produced some great tennis — in case you missed the write-up, here it is. And now it’s time for the doubles half! The doubles tournament will be held June 16-17, with registration closing this Saturday, June 2. If you’re planning to play, now’s the time to enter Here’s the latest from our awesome and underappreciated tournament director Steve Sax:

We’ve had a couple hiccups with the online registration, so I’m going to include a hard copy application for everyone.  This application will also be on the LATA homepage.  You can mail or scan/email the application to me.  Payments can be made by check or Paypal like before.  Any combination is fine.  You can still sign up online at the following link: http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=023D63EF-C595-4F9E-9DC0-95E8D34F6863.  I’d suggest that if you’re having difficulties signing up online to go ahead and fill out the hard copy application.   

I’ve had a couple people ask me about the number of matches to expect.  Every team is guaranteed two matches.  If the draws are eight teams or less, I’ll do my best to have a round robin format to give everyone as many matches as possible.  You can see who has signed up by clicking on the link above and going to “events”.  Then click on each division to see who has registered.  I’ll update this page every day or so.

My apologies to anyone who’s had problems with the online registration.  The main goal is to make things run smoother for all of us in the long run. Unfortunately, we sometimes we hit rough patches along the way to get to the end result.

As always, if you have any questions then don’t hesitate to ask.

Winter Team Tennis Wrap-Up!

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Hey LATA Members! The below is from Paul Yates, our new Team Tennis Director, who did a fantastic job running his first season. And as he says, Summer League signups are open, including the new Saturday league at Cheviot. Don’t wait until everything’s filled up! — John Ramos, Score Editor

Winter 2012 Team Tennis is in the books. Thanks to everyone who played!

Special, special thanks to all the commissioners and scorekeepers for the leagues, the unsung heroes who make Team Tennis run so effortlessly.

Summer Team Tennis signups are open now and leagues start July 22nd. Ranking day is July 14th. Deadline for refunds is July 8th. Go to lataweb.com to sign up!

Congratulations to all our winners who received a $25 voucher to their next LATA activity.

Monday Team Winners

TEAM D

Brian Burkle
John Huang
Steven Smith
Larry Breeding

Tuesday Singles League Winners

POOL A – Jeff Sheng
POOL B – Harold Boger

Tuesday Doubles League Winners

POOL A – John Ramos/Steve Sax
POOL B- Tony Minutelli/Rocco Pascale

Wednesday Team Winners

TEAM  B

Bryant Edwards
Matt Whitfield
Lee Winterstein
Bridget Trumpet
Jonathan Hughes
Fernando Bonilla

Thursday Doubles Winners (Photos Below!)

POOL A – Shawn Dougherty
POOL B – Mike Kalvoda
POOL C – Koko Lytie
POOL D –  Alex Lane

Sunday Team Winners

TEAM E
Chris Bland
Tony Minutelli
Jose Escobar
Theoda Sing
Manuel Lopez
Jongo Yuk

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn Dougherty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Kalvoda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Koko Lytie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alex Lane

 

Graphic Designer Needed!

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Hello LATA Members!

We’re looking for someone with graphic design skills who would be willing to help us out pro bono to make a kick-ass flyer for the Center Court tournament. We really want to start promoting it soon, so if you’ve got those skills and are willing to help, please email Steve Sax directly at tournament@lataweb.com. It would really help us out, so thanks in advance!

Check Out Our LA Open Videos!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

We promised you a lot more photos from the LA Open, and thanks to a lot of work from  — who else — Steve Sax, we’ve got two video montages to share with you. Thanks again to all the photo contributors. And get those comments coming! — John

Part One

(URL here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1tjPnrn5I)

Part Two

(URL here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstNvsJVa8U)