For the second year in a row, Riviera Tennis Club hosted the USTA Combined Age National Hardcourt Husband & Wife Championships last Wednesday through Sunday and several local duos participated in one of three age divisions: 100, 120 and 140. Pacific Palisades pairs Claudia Kahn and Anthony Foux, Mani and Noushin Morshed, Sue and Bob Blakely and Dede and Jerry Swartz played, along with Barbara and John Leonard, who won bronze balls in the 140 age division. The Leonards are Riviera members and longtime Palisadians. Barbara plays in the Westside Ladies League, having just captained Riviera to the A-1 Division title. Sybil and John Totten of Studio City won the 140 division while their son and daughter-in-law won the consolation draw in the 100s. Hilary Hilton Marold and her husband Charlie played two divisions, winning the 120. Hilton grew up in the Palisades, playing tennis at Riviera and paddle Tennis at the Beach Club. The Marolds, who now live in Corpus Christi, Texas, came into the tournament unseeded. In the combined 100 age group, Ann and Andrew Stanley of Lake Sherwood took the gold, Hilton and Marold won the silver and Sue & Todd Sprague of San Diego took the bronze.
This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access.
