Thursday, December 08, 2005

UFTA going bigger....


With United Filipino Tennis Association going bigger and bigger according to the founding members as per Manny's message last night. We encourage every member to invite tennis players including enthusiast and beginners who are not members yet to join our group (free tennis clinic will be provided for beginners and for those who want to learn the sports). Ladies are encouraged too, so we could start a mixed doubles tournament for them.

We stand "United" as the name implies, I personally promote and would like to invite Filipino Tennis Players (non-UFTA members) in Edmonton to join us for an "open tournament" this coming late spring or early summer on a long weekend. I would like to accomplish this before my term ends as your President.

Please spread the word and this may be a sort of a survey so we could determine the number of participants including fees. The earlier we could hear from them the better we could plan and get organized. Group representatives could contact the following persons:

Name Phone Email
Manny Cerin 468-6152 epcerin@shaw.ca
Louie Monsod 486-2665 louiemonsod@msn.com
Joon Abana 490-7052 aabanajr@gmail.com

Maraming salamat po.

Joon Abana
UFTA President 2005

Ho..Ho..Ho.. Enjoyed the 1st X'mas Party of UFTA Kapamilya



The first ever X'mas party of UFTA since its birth in 2001 was held last night at Rolymie Restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta. Tennis player's kids got some X'mas presents from Santa and enjoyed claiming for their prizes out of their games . A few lucky wives received some prize money (Cash from fund) from 1 cent to $100.00 with Manny's game like "Pera o Bayong".
The first eight original founding members attended the party and were presented by Manny with his "Founding of UFTA" story. (watch out for the picture soon to be published on this site). On our raffle draw, yong "Ulo ng Lechon" was taken home by a lucky new member ( Ben Natividad) who helped us a lot on trophy discounts and logo design last summer tournaments.

Di lang pala malakas mag-serve at marunong mag-back hand ang mga tennis partners natin kundi magagaling din kumanta, mag-karaoke at mag-jamming with Louie Monsod breaking the ice.


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