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Smoke Tree Ranch
March 12-17, 2023

It rained in Palm Springs during our week at Smoke Tree Ranch. This was unheard of but with a determined group and Phong’s manipulations, we rearranged the CME schedule and got all the CME and Tennis in for the week. We thank all the CME lecturers for their flexibility.

The AMTA meeting had first time members from all over. Brent Brotzman, MD from Austin, TX, Summer Douban, MD from the island of Kauai, HI, Ken McCarron, MD, John and Monique Vallee from Lafayette, LA, and Marc McKenna, MD from Wyndmoor, PA. Some new people took part in the WMTS Orlando and STR- Adrienne Sprouse, MD from NY, NY and Thomas Hei, MD (Angela) from Newcastle, WA. After a ten year absence Jim Krueger, MD from Newport Beach, CA came back for an AMTA meeting and Canada let Jacqui Davis, MD out of the country for our meetings. Welcome back.

Other than the morning rain on Wednesday, we had good weather for tennis. New champions were crowned and some familiar folks won, but everyone had fun and enjoyed the week. We have confirmed Smoke Tree Ranch for next years meeting. The dates will correspond to the second week of the BNP Paribas Tournament as usual: Sunday March 10 – Thursday March 14, 2024. Also, we want to remind our members that the World Medical Tennis Society meeting and tennis tournament will be held in Jurmala, Latvia July 22 – 28, 2023. Registration is still open until 5/31/2023. Jurmala is a resort town with a great beach on the Baltic Sea. The tennis will be on red clay with excellent facilities. Riga, the largest city and capital of Latvia, is only a short distance away. Riga is a UNESCO World Heritage site that was founded in 1201. Go to wmtstennis.org for forms to register.

Hope to see you at the next meeting,
Jim and Kay Coghlan, Executive Directors, AMTA