AFTA celebrates 20th anniversary with tennis tournament at the Swedish residence in Washington, D.C.

Posted by Susanna at 3:29 PM, May 19, 2010 (Comments)

Category: Events

The winners of the tournament and exhibition players together with the Swedish ambassador Jonas Hafström during the awards ceremony.

AFTA - the Arts for the Aging, Inc. (www.aftaarts.org) - celebrated its 20th anniversary with the annual tennis tournament and benefit. It was a well-attended, very successful event, with semifinals, finals and exhibition matches at the courts on the lawn of the Swedish residence in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Sunday, May 16. Earlier in the day, the tournament started out with round-robin mixed doubles matches at different private courts throughout the Washington metropolitan area.

THE PLAYERS at the exhibition were Elise Burgin, Fred Drilling, Chi Wan Kim, WJLA, Channel 7 lead weatherman Bob Ryan, H'Cone Thompson, Hai-Li Kong and Jordan Portner. Afterwards there was an awards ceremony at the residence where the tournament winners were presented their trophies, and a cocktail reception and a fabulous buffet followed. The honorary chairs of the tournament were Swedish ambassador Jonas Hafström and his wife Eva.

Eva Hafström, wife of the Swedish ambassador Jonas Hafström, and Janine Tursini, Executive Director of AFTA (Arts for the Aging, Inc.).

Gunilla Ramella; Bob Ryan, WJLA, Channel 7 weatherman, Washingtonian of the Year and Emmy Award winning former chief meteorologist of NBC4 News in Washington; and Eva Lamb.

Rhoda M. Septilici and Kristin Guiter

Leighton P. Roper Jr. and Mary Rentschler

Guests at the reception at the Swedish residence

Kuni Matsuda and Ross Peddicord, publisher of Maryland Life.

Agnes Li and Darrell Rico Doss

Professional tennis instructor and former Jugoslavian tennis star Luka Bambulovic

Bruce A. Neal and Cherie Orteza

Andrew Sostek, Heather McCabe and Rhoda M. Septilici