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Hello LATA Members!

The GLTA Center Court tournament was played over Labor Day weekend. It was a hot one, but our tournament organizers, Steve Sax and Travis Siems, as well as several other volunteers, worked overtime to get all the matches on, and the players battled the high temperature and produced some great tennis. Unfortunately, I was on court for most of Monday, and as such wasn’t able to grab any interviews with the winners. But LATA represented well, as usual, and here are the results:

Open Singles

#1 James Dao (l.) d. #3 Gordon Paitimusa 6-3 6-4

Open Singles Consolation: Chris Tomlin d. Eric Geiger 6-3 3-6 6-0

Open Doubles

#3 Jose Sambas/Joseph Vidaurretta (r.) d. #2 Brad Spencer/Roy Rillra 6-1 6-1

A Singles

#7-9 Jonathan Luu (above) d. Loc Van Nguyen 6-3 6-3

A Singles Consolation: #7-9 Jeff Sheng d. Sayon Syprasoeuth 6-7 6-4 6-3

A Over 40 Singles

Graham Richard Kaye (l.) d. #1 George Byrd 6-0 6-1

A Over 40 Singles Consolation: Mark Riddle d. Sam Chua 7-6 retired

A Doubles

#2 Tony Hughes/David Michael Drury (l.) d. #5 Jeff Sheng/John Ramos 6-3 6-4

B Singles

#2 Tim Chulanand Thianthal (l.) d. #6 Michael Vasquez 6-2 6-1

B Singles Consolation

Juan Tafolia (r.) d. Jonathan Afalia 6-1 6-1

B Doubles

#4 Will Pitharn/Dennis Nakata (l.) d. Scott Williams/Dennis Holmes 6-4 6-0

C Singles

#7-8 Michael Sengmanivong (l.) d. Kevin Kim 6-4 7-6

C Singles Consolation

Matt Whitfield d. Steven Dunbar (not pictured) 6-2 6-4

C Over 40 Singles

#1 Ray Duenez (l.) d. #2 Casey Weitzman 7-5 6-3

C Doubles

Jury Candelario/Nick Truong (r.) d. James Patacsil/Lee Winterstein 6-3 3-6 7-6

D Singles

#1-2 John Vida (l.) d. #1-2 Shane Que Hee 6-0 4-6 6-0

D Singles Consolation

Winner Lynda Lefever

D Doubles

Round Robin Winners: #1 Mike Kalvoda/Jon Marinas

Thanks to everyone who participated, and we look forward to seeing you at the LA Open in 2013! Full results for Center Court 2012 can be found here.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Koko Lytie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alex Lane

 

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…)

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…)