TOURNAMENT DATES FOR 2018-2019 SEASON:
August 13, 2018
September 10, 2018 – Favorite Sports Team Theme
October 15, 2018 – Halloween Theme
November 12, 2018 – Bazaar
December 10, 2018 – Christmas Theme
January – NO FUN TOURNAMENT
February 11, 2019 – Mardi Gras Theme
March 11, 2019
April 8, 2019
May 13, 2019 (Member/Guest)
2018 Service Award Recipient – Stephen Magnon
WOW! Attendance this month was the greatest in my four years as a board member!!! Thanks so much for all of you who played and to all of you who invited a guest to experience BRWTA! Weather was great, very warm, but beautiful day! This is our last tournament of the 2017-2018 Tournament season and my last month as BRWTA President. It has been a privilege to serve on this board for the past four years, two as Vice President and two as President! Our board members have made my job very easy and I appreciate everyone who volunteers to serve and grown our tennis around the Baton Rouge area! We appreciate all of our court captains and hope they enjoyed their t-shirts as a token of our appreciation. Just a reminder that our Annual dues will increase on June 1, 2018 to $25.
Here are the MAY winners:
3.0 Highland Park – Court Captain – Julie Waguespack
1st place – Alison Williams and Julie Zartman
2nd place – Susan Lefever and Wendy Elliott
3.0 Independence – Court Captain – Leslie Fernandez
1st place – Sybil Rhodes and Jennifer Oliver
2nd place – Teri Meliet and Kaci Massett
3.5 Highland – Court Captain – Julie Purdy
1st place – Cathy Bass and Suzanne Wortmann
2nd place – Julie Waguespack and Alena Prejean
3.5 Forest Park – Court Captain – Lisa Raiford
1st place – Kim Elston and Jeannette Braud
2nd place – Brenda and Cindy Keith
50s 3.0 Independence – Court Captain – Debbie Schott
1st place – Rhonda Rayborn and Clynda Vowart
2nd place – Judi Allen and Barbara Bahlinger
50s/3.5 Forest Park – Court Captain – Nancy Garland
1st place – Elizabeth Delaney and Connie Atkinson
2nd place – Janice Casaday and Faye Aydell
7.5 City Park – Court Captain – Mindy Lovell
1st place – Mindy Lovell and Kelly O’Brien
2nd place – Renee Simoneaux and Shawna Gardiner
Have a safe summer and we will see you in August!
Julie Waguespack, BRWTA President 2016-2018
Mindy Lovell, BRWTA President 2018-2020
| Office | Name | Cell Phone | |
| President | Mindy Lovell | mailto:netninja66@gmail.com | 225-324-1579 |
| Vice –President | Rhonda Searcy | dblfault2@aol.com | 225-939-0416 |
| Secretary | Lisa Thomas | BRLisaT@yahoo.com | 225-978-5936 |
| Treasurer | Terri DuCote | terriducote@cox.net | 225-772-6790 |
| Historian/Publicity | Susan Barry | stephenbarry@cox.net | 225-953-0037 |
| Membership | Jackie Westerfield | jwesterfield3@cox.net | 225-505-8367 |
| Awards/Prizes | Rhonda Rayborn | rhondarayborn@cableone.net | 601-757-7388 |
| Tournament Director | Julie Purdy | purdyfamilyemail@gmail.com | 225-405-6636 |
| Publicity Asst. | Lisa Marie Raiford | scottrayslove@gmail.com | 225-955-0019 |
| Past President | Julienne Waguespack | juwag@etigers.net | 225-278-1311 |
Thanks to all of you who came out and played in the April Fun Tournament. The weather was a little different than expected, but it turned out to be a cool and enjoyable day! Next month will be our last tournament for the 2017-2018 BRWTA Season. The May tournament will be held on May 14th and will be a MEMBER/GUEST tournament, so please get some of your tennis friends and teammates introduced to our organization and signed up to play! Our membership has really been down since the flood and we are looking for ideas and new ways to increase membership. We will have comment cards at next month’s luncheon so that our members can give any feedback on how we can improve and grow!
Just a reminder that due to tax law changes and new requirements, BRWTA incurred expenses hiring a tax attorney and CPA to file for non-profit status on our behalf with the Secretary of State and the Internal Revenue Service. These expenses as well as computer updates/expenses has depleted our small savings forcing us to increase our annual membership dues for next season. Currently, annual membership is $21 and will remain at that rate for the end of this tournament season which ends in May. Annual dues will increase on June 1, 2018 to $25.
You won’t want to miss the May tournament luncheon, as we will be honoring annual selected service award winner and introducing new board members for the 2018-2019 season. We will also be giving a special “thank you” gift to all of you who were court captains during the 2017-2018 season. We appreciate all of our court captains!!!
Here are our April winners:
3.0 Highland Park – Court Captain – Carol Moore
1st place – Carol Moore and Trish d’Aquin
2nd place – Damona Guillera and Gloria Murphy
3.0 Forest Park – Court Captain – Terre Powers
1st place – Elizabeth Delaney and Rhonda Searcy
2nd place – Lisa Thomas and Vicki Proffitt
3.5 Highland – Court Captain – Julie Purdy
1st place – Julie Waguespack and Julie Purdy
2nd place – Ingrid Osuna and Patti Nelson
4.0 Highland – Court Captain – Jackie Westerfield
1st place – Mindy Lovell and Jackie Westerfield
2nd place – Amber Owens and Betsy Bernhard
50s/3.0 Forest Park – Court Captain – Terri Ducote
1st place – Rhonda Rayborn and Terri Ducote
2nd place – Susan Lafever and Wendy Elliott
50s/3.5 Forest Park – Court Captain – Nancy May
1st place – Nancy Kora and Diane Pirello
2nd place – Faye Aydell and Janice Casaday
See you next month,
Julie Waguespack, BRWTA President 2016-2018
We are very thankful for a beautiful, but windy March fun tournament. We appreciate all of you who played and attended the luncheon, and especially to our subs who filled in at the last minute so that we could fill all of our courts! Please remember that if you register and must cancel, please try to find subs, especially if the courts and brackets have been assigned. Members pay to play a minimum of three sets and a team cancellation causes people to have to sit and miss out on playing one of their sets. We also have a no refund policy for cancellations. We must pay for a minimum number of dinners no matter if we have that many or not, so your luncheon spot is counted when you register. We realize that some cancellations are unavoidable, but it really helps if you can find a sub!
Due to tax law changes and new requirements, BRWTA incurred expenses hiring a tax attorney and CPA to file for non-profit status on our behalf with the Secretary of State and the Internal Revenue Service. These expenses as well as computer updates/expenses has depleted our small savings forcing us to increase our annual membership dues for next season. Currently, annual membership is $21 and will remain at that rate for the end of this tournament season which ends in May.
Thanks again to all of our court captains!!! Our next tournament is on Monday, April 9th, we hope to see all of you there!
Here are our March winners:
3.0 Highland Park – Court Captain – Julie Purdy
1st place – Rhonda Rayborn and Rhonda Searcy
2nd place – Debbie Hymel and Paily Lightsey
3.0 Independence – Court Captain – Leslie Fernandez
1st place – Alison Williams and Alysia Graves
2nd place – Linda Williams and Lisa Sanner
3.5 Highland – Court Captain – Julie Waguespack
1st place – Kimberly Jones and Lisa Raiford
2nd place – Mary Kay Devillier and Carol Naquin
3.5 Independence – Court Captain – Nancy Garland
1st place – Audrey Braud and Nancy Garland
2nd place – Cathy Bass and Angela Angelloz
50s/3.0 Forest Park – Court Captain – Terri Ducote
1st place – Diane McGowan and Missy Ryan
2nd place – Barbara Chalmers and Judi Allen
50s/3.5 Forest Park – Court Captain – Carol Moore
1st place – Patti Nelson and Ingrid Osuna
2nd place – Wendy Elliott and Arlene Brignac
7.5 Highland – Court Captain – Amber Owens
1st place – Amber Owens and Betsy Bernhard
2nd place – Heidi Morton and Lissa Gaffney
See you next month,
Julie Waguespack, BRWTA President 2016-2018
We have board openings for the 2018-2019 Fun Tournament Season. If you are interested in giving about an hour or so each month to Baton Rouge Women’s Tennis Association, please contact one of the board members at brwta@brwta.com!
Thanks for your consideration!
Julie Waguespack, 2016-2018 President
Mindy Lovell, Vice President
Thanks everyone for playing in the February fun tournament. The weather was chilly but I think everyone enjoyed the day! As always, we’d like to say thanks to our court captains! We appreciate you each and every month. Also, a BIG THANK YOU to those of you whose partners had to cancel and you found a sub! A lot of work goes into coordinating courts and brackets, reserving courts, etc. One team dropping after the brackets are done, throws all registered teams in that bracket off, so if you have to cancel, we’d love for you to find a sub and let us know. Please remember, if you and your same partner win a bracket twice, you are required to play up the next tournament. If you win three times without the same partner, you are required to play up next tournament. This is only in effect for the current tournament year. Our system cannot monitor that, so we rely on all of you to keep it in mind when registering.
Here are our February winners:
3.0 Forest Park – Court Captain – Carole Wilkins
1st place – Debbie Schott and Crystal Welch
2nd place – Alison Williams and Alysia Graves
3.0 Highland – Court Captain – Carol Moore
1st place – Carol Moore and Trish dAquin
2nd place – Darla Kling and Donna Barbier
3.5 Forest Park – Court Captain – Sandra Rubenstein
1st place – Ingrid Osuna and Patti Nelson
2nd place – Audrey Braud and Terri Bond
3.5 Highland – Court Captain – Julie Purdy
1st place – Lissa Gaffney and Roz Landes
2nd place – Gerry Mackay and Lesley Halphen
4.0 Highland – Court Captain – Julie Waguespack
1st place – Betsy Bernhard and Amber Owens
2nd place – Jackie Westerfield and Heidi Morton
50s 3.0 Highland – Court Captain – Diane McGowan
1st place – Diane McGowan and Susan Barry
2nd place – Sybil Rhodes and Rhonda Searcy
Our next tournament is scheduled for March 12th!! League coordinators have ok’d Senior captains to reschedule courts for players wanting to play BRWTA.
See you next month,
Julie Waguespack, BRWTA President 2016-2018
It is hard to believe that our season is already half over. There will be no January tournament, next tournament will be February 5th! Thanks so much for the TOYS 4 TOTS donations! We are very proud to partner with them every year and help make Christmas a little happier for those families needing help!
Have any of you ever considered serving on our BRWTA Board? We will have a position open for the 2018 season and would love to have some fresh ideas join us! We also appreciate feedback from our members and have heard that many of the long-time members are interested in playing new people. We have gotten a few requests to host a combo tournament and are working towards a member/guest combo format possibly later in the season if our tech support guys are available to add combo levels on the registration drop down menu. Keep those ideas coming, we are listening and love hearing from you. Great tournament this month….here are the winners:
3.0 Highland – Court Captain: Diane McGowan
1st Place – Lisa Raiford & Melissa Thompson
2nd Place – Debra Sledge & Tippy Thomassie
3.0 Forest Park – Court Captain: Leslie Fernandez
1st Place – Claudette Bourque & Paily Lightsey
2nd Place – Gloria Murphy & Meghan Middleton
3.5 Highland – Court Captain: Julie Waguespack
1st Place – Brenda Felps & Debra O’neil
2nd Place – Keri Gauldin & Lisa Thomas
50s/3.0 Forest Park – Court Captain: Damona Guillera
1st Place – Rhonda Searcy & Sybil Rhodes
2nd Place – Damona Guillera & Vicki Proffitt
50s/3.5 Highland – Court Captain: Nancy Garland
1st Place – Patti Nelson & Terri Ducote
2nd Place – Nancy Garland & Arlene Brignac
4.0/7.5 – Highland – Court Captain: Julie Purdy
1st Place – Mindy Lovell & Heidi Morton
2nd Place – Shawna Gardiner & Kyle Barker
Thanks for a great month! Julie Waguespack, BRWTA President 2016-2018