National Championships

Bob Kingsbury and John Mangan broke through to win the Men’s over the three time defending champions, Gray and Sammis. It was a dominating performance by Kingsbury and Mangan, taking the title without losing a set.

Gloria Dillenbeck and B.J. DeBree¹ repeated as Women’s champions, and the brother-sister team of John Beck and Susan Wasch won the Mixed.

In the Senior events, Charlotte Lee and Eleanor Hesseltine¹ repeated as winners of the Women’s 50+, Charles Baird and Edmund Swanberg won the Men’s 50+, and Walter Frese and Ken LaVine won the 60+ (Veterans).

Charles (Chip) Baird, Jr. won his fourth straight Junior Boy’s title.

Note 1: Historical Factoid:This was the second year in a row that Charlotte Lee won the Senior Women’s with Eleanor Hesseltine and also the second year in a row where she lost to Eleanor Hesseltine’s daughter, B. J DeBree, and her partner Gloria Dillenbeck in the Women’s Nationals