50th Anniversary National Championships

1978 Men's Nationals Program Brochure
1978 Men's Nationals Program Brochure
Screen Shot 2013-11-11 at 2.39.09 PM Professional tennis instructors Hilary Hilton (left) and Louise Gengler teamed together to win the Women’s Nationals in 1977 and 1978 Professional tennis instructors Hilary Hilton (left) and Louise Gengler teamed together to win the Women’s Nationals in 1977 and 1978 Screen Shot 2013-11-28 at 8.30.33 AM

1978

FMTC hosted the event (its 41st National Championship) commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of platform tennis.

The highlight of the afternoon was the presentation of sterling silver trays by APTA President Dick Hornigold to members of the “first families” of platform tennis, Mrs. Fessenden Blanchard and Do Cogswell Deland.
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In the Men’s, Herb Fitz Gibbon and Hank Irvine won their second straight title as did Hilary Hilton and Louise Gengler in the Women’s. Paddle Talk covered the event

Clark Graebner (Russell’s partner in the Men’s final) and Louise Gengler (Hilton’s partner in the Women’s) won the mixed over Russell and Hilton.

In the Senior’s, Bob Brown won his first of many Senior titles with George Reynolds over the winners of the past two years, Baird and Lankenau.

Source: Paddle Talk Vol. 3 No. 5 (April-May)