Tennis Association of Farmingdale Holds Another Successful Season

The Tennis Association of Farmingdale (TAF) is an adult (18 and over) tennis league that provides its members the opportunity to play outdoor competitive tennis during the months of April through October.

A member of the USTA Community Tennis Association, the TAF is made up of seven individual sections (ladders). These are the top three finishers in each of the league’s seven ladders.

Men’s Singles

1) Adam Waterhouse

2) Alvaro Amato

3) Gary Simeone

Women’s Singles

1) Shirley Ng

2) Lily Tang

3) Margie Tanner

Men’s Doubles

1) Gary Simeone/Larry Pleener

2) Joe Krebs/Scott Wiss

3) Adam Waterhouse/Rich Hume

Women’s Doubles

1) Kitty Anderson Galvez/Zabeeda DeSouza

2) Aki Bowman/Kathy Rzonca

3) LaDonna Tousha/Wendy Wagner

Men’s Senior Singles

1) Robert Santoro

2) Rich Gucciardo

3) Vladimir Galatsky

Women’s Senior Singles

1) Claudia Cala

2) Rosa Montoya

3) Barbara Canton

Mixed Doubles

1) Cari Solomon/Larry Pleener

2) Christine Wiss/Scott Wiss

3) Angel Pipitone/Lewis Sigelakis

The TAF was formed in 1976, so the league is celebrating its 48th year in 2023.

“The intent of the founding members was to create a community based, grass roots organization to afford its members the opportunity to enjoy and grow the game they love. The significance of the “Farmingdale” in the name of TAF is simply that most of the founding members came from the Farmingdale area,” said Rich Hume, President of the TAF. “Today, the TAF includes members throughout the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and even a few hardy souls from Queens and Brooklyn. The ladder is made up of a wide variety of players, both in age and experience.”

The current membership is over 200 players, with 90 of those individuals joining for the first time in 2023.  That influx of new members is reflective of the resurgence of interest in tennis that we’ve seen in the last few years both regionally and nationally.

In addition to the 2,000 matches that have been played to date this year through all the various ladders, the league also runs annual group events – a Kich Off in April, which is basically a meet and greet and play tennis to introduce new members to the TAF, and an annual picnic in June which includes lots of fun doubles play.

The league is always looking to add new members, and anyone who is interested in obtaining more information about the TAF can visit www.taftennis.org to learn more, or you can also visit them on Facebook.com/TAFTennis or on Instagram @TAFTennisOrg.