Tournament director Jim Westhall seen with wife, Vera, at one of the clambakes they would host during the Volvo International Tennis Tournament. (COURTESY SUZANNE WESTHALL)
LEFT: Rod Laver played at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods in 1972. (COURTESY OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON RESORT) ABOVE: A boy hangs a flower baske with crossed rackets from a telephone pole n North Conway circa 1975. (RUSS ADAMS PHOTO)
Tournament director Jim Westhall seen with wife, Vera, at one of the clambakes they would host during the Volvo International Tennis Tournament. (COURTESY SUZANNE WESTHALL)
LEFT: Rod Laver played at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods in 1972. (COURTESY OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON RESORT) ABOVE: A boy hangs a flower baske with crossed rackets from a telephone pole n North Conway circa 1975. (RUSS ADAMS PHOTO)
Jim Westhall and Ben Wilcox seen at Cranmore in this undated shot. (SUN FILE PHOTO)
By Karen Cummings, Special to The Conway Daily Sun
CONWAY — The Volvo may be gone, but the memories aren’t, For those of us who lived or visited here during the 10 Volvo years, having an international tennis tournament in our backyard provided an amazing brush with fame as well as a lot of fun.
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