A Brief History of the Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships

A Brief History of the Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships

by Brian Covernton, Gary Johnson, and John Lau

2007 Champions and Finalists Jen Holleran, Missy Smit, Berkeley Revenaugh, Lee Belknap

The history of Doubles Squash on the Pacific Coast began in 1964 when the first court was built at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon due to the generosity of Portland lumberman and Multnomah Athletic Club squash player Aubrey R. Watzek.  

The squash building contained two hardball singles court and one doubles court.

In the early 70’s, Portland enjoyed a doubles boom when courts were constructed at the Multnomah Athletic Club, at Reed College -  again due to the generosity of Watzek - and at Portland State University. The doubles court at Reed most notable feature was the beautiful unpainted natural ceiling evoking the environmental splendor of the Pacific Northwest.

Doubles Squash in Western Canada began in 1967 when the Men's Athletic and Recreation Centre in Vancouver constructed the first doubles court in its downtown squash complex. Soon after, in 1970, the Vancouver Racquets Club and the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club both expanded their facilities by constructing doubles courts. In 1987, the Chancery Squash Club built a court. In 1990,  Evergreen Squash Club built a court. 1994 included construction of a new court at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver.  In 2000 at Sports Central (new club built in Richmond B.C.) one more court was added to the Pacific Coast roster. Sport Central's doubles court closed in 2012.

The University Club of San Francisco built the first doubles court in Northern California in 1975 and added another in 2003.  The City’s Olympic Club is now in the fold of the Pacific Coast with their new doubles court built in 2006. Los Angeles' Jonathan Club boasts two courts.

Along with the number of courts, increased tournament play has been commensurate.

In 1969, Vancouver hosted the longest running international squash doubles event in the world: the Lapham Cup and Grant Trophy matches between the United States and Canada. The advent of courts on the Pacific Coast stoked the ambitions to host future national tournaments in doubles, singles hardball and singles softball on the Pacific Coast.  Up until then, for the most part,National Championships were played in the eastern part of North America.

Vancouver hosted subsequent Lapham-Grant matches in 1989, 1999 and 2013. The Lapham-Grant matches were also played in Portland in 1974 and in San Francisco in 1978, 1990 and 2004. (The event is now called the Lapham, Grant, Wilkens, and Crawford Trophy Matches.)

The Canadian National Doubles have been held 5 times in Vancouver, along with the Canadian Veterans Doubles Championship when that tournament was held as a separate event.   The Canadian Doubles Championships was held in Vancouver 1984 (VRC), 1990 VRC), 1994 (Evergreen/Hollyburn), 2000 (VRC), 2003 (Hollyburn/Evergreen), and 2009 (VLTBC). 

The Canadian Mixed Doubles was  hosted in Vancouver three times: in 1988 (VRC), 1993 (VLTBC) and 1997 (VLTBC).

In 1991, as one of the many significant events held during the Club's centennial year, the Multnomah Athletic Club hosted the U.S. National Doubles Tournament, The MAC again hosted the U.S. National Doubles in 2001 and the U.S. Mixed Doubles in 2005. 

First held in 1966, the longest running event on record and is still being contested has been the Oregon State Championships, now called the Wrightson Cup. 

The history of the Pacific Coast Championships began in Portland in 1972 and for the first five years, the event had just a Championship draw. 

In 1977, a men's 40+ division was added to the event; the same year that the Championship was played in San Francisco for the first time. 

While the Veterans tournament was played as a separate event, it was in 1981 in Vancouver when both the Championships and the Veterans Class were played together setting the stage for the current consolidated format with the tournament rotating every year between Portland, Vancouver and San Francisco. (There was one year when the Coast was held in Denver.)  

A Men's 50+ tournament was added in 1980. 

A Men's 60+ section was added in 1991. 

A Mixed event was added in 1981 (Vancouver) and a Women's class was added in 1985.  

Since 1972, a Division II class (C and D Players) has also been played most years.

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Many teams have distinguished themselves during the history of the “Coast”.  

In the 80's, San Francisco Bay Area's Kris Surano and Andre Naniche (a past President of US Squash), stood out above the rest. These two were ranked in the US Squash top twenty ten different times and achieved their highest ranking of #5 on four separate occasions. They were Coast Champions in 1981 and 1983 and have been Finalists in four other years.  

Paul Gessling, Field Pickering

The notable team in the 90's was Vancouver’s Brad Desaulniers and Eric Barclay with wins in 1991, 1995, and 1996.  Deasaulniers won with Boston's Tom Poor in 1990. He was also Canadian Doubles Champion with Poor in 1983, 1984, and 1990.

In the 90’s, the Women's Division was dominated by three Multnomah Club players, Trisha Harding, Kate LaGrand, and Marjin Wall rotating with one another in subsequent years.

In the first decade of the new millennium, the inter-regional team of Tony Catalan Jr. and San Francisco's Kevin Jernigan won 6 Coast titles.

The Pacific Coast Mixed event has put together some excellent mixed pairings over the years.

2016 Mixed Finals - Doug Prezzano, Ally Pearson, J.P. Rothie, Phoebe Trubowitz

In the 80’s, San Francisco’s Brett Elebash and Kris Surano were prominent, with each player winning the division twice, once each with other players. The preeminent Mixed team in the mid 90's was Vancouver's Scott Kidd and Portland's Marjin Wall winning four times - 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1999.  In 1996, Wall won with Tony Catalan Jr. Proving his mettle, Catalan won the Mixed with 4 different partners in 1992, 1996, 2002, 2003, and 2006.

Erik Wohlgemuth, Kevin Jernigan, Tony Catalan Jr., Alex Dean

Since the early ‘90s, 14 “Coasts” were won by teams or players from the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1994, John Lau and Steve Heath were crowned Champions. Keen Butcher and Richard Hashim in 1998 and 2004. Butcher again with John Lau in 2000.  Tony Catalan Jr. of Portland and Kevin Jernigan of San Francisco had a great run winning in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009 which was interrupted by Erik Wohlgemuth and Alex Dean winning in 2007 and 2008. Wohlgemuth and Jernigan teamed together to take the 2010 title. Eric Pearson won in 2011, 2012, and 2013.  Peter Karlen in 2012, 2013, 2016.

Eric Pearson

Will  Fratt, Peter Karlen

The Multnomah Club team of Chuck McGinnis and Ron Ragen were champions in 1978 and 1980 and made the finals on three other occasions, in addition to winning the 40+ event in 1982 and 1983 and the 50+ championship in 1990.  Another great Portland team was John Dennis and Jack Scrivens who won the championship in the early years of 1972 and 1973 and the 40+ event in 1978.

Another superb Multnomah Club team was the late Al McKeown and his partner Mike Davis. This pair won the Pacific Coast Championship in 1974 and 1976 and the 40+ event in 1986 and 1987. In that year, they were ranked first in the Veteran's class in the United States.

One other team has won twice. John Hungerford and Richard Jackson of Vancouver took the title in 1987 and 1988. Hungerford teamed with Victor Harding in 1979 for a third win.

Bart Mcguire, Lenny Bernheimer, Jim Gibbons, John Osburn

The fine 40+ team of Sandy Koski and Khalid Mir, the since retired Multnomah Club's teaching professional were champions in 1988, 1989, and 1990 before moving to the 50+ event.  Vancouver’s John Osburn has won the 40+ event four times and held the distinction of being National Champions in the U.S. and Canada in the 60 plus. Equally as notable is Nigel Amon and his six wins in the 40 plus category. Amon also was a 50+ Champion with Bob Puddicombe in the 2000 Canadian Nationals. As a Canadian team in that class, the best record is held by George Morfitt and Roger Ovens who were champions in 1987, 1988, 1989 and who were finalists in 1990.

There were a few Pacific Coast Champions that enjoyed national prominence.  

One team was Denver’s Rob Hill and Vancouver’s Andy McDonald. As Princeton teammates, they won the Pacific Coast Championship in 1984 and 1985 and the US Squash National Championship in 1984. From 1994 to 2000, San Francisco’s, Keen Butcher with the great Demer Holleran, won the US National Mixed - a staggering run of 7 consecutive titles. John Lau, also from San Francisco, was the US National 40+ Champion in 1998 with Buffalo’s Gordon Anderson.

Other notables:

In 2015, former US National Singles Champion, Julian Illingworth of Portland won the Men’s Open with the Olympic Club’s Jeff Young and the Mixed with Phoebe Trubowitz of Portland.

Sarah West, Ruth Castellino, Berkeley Revenaugh

2013, San Francisco

Berkeley Revenaugh of San Francisco is a six time Women’s Champion and four time Mixed Champion in the Coast.

With her sister Mary Belknap McKee, they were National Women's 40+ Doubles Champions. In 2013, she partnered with her other sister Lee Belknap to win the US National Women's 40+ Doubles Championships.

Portland's Phoebe Trubowitz won the Women’s and Mixed for five titles total.

Former World #1 and 2015 World Mixed Doubles Champion, Viktor Berg of Vancouver, with Jason Del Vicario, won the 2017 Open Championship.

Dick Rice, Bart McGuire

In the Veteran’s classes, nationally ranked Bart McGuire from Arizona, won three 50+, four 60+, and four 70+ Championships.

Ruth Castellino, Berkeley Revenaugh, Alex Dean, Justin Todd

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In 2017, the Pacific Coast Doubles Championships was held in Vancouver at the Hollyburn Country Club on the weekend of January 24-29. Around 110 players entered the event, with teams from Denver, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Portland, and Calgary.

The highlight or lowlight of the tournament was an unexpected fire drill on Saturday afternoon. To cap the day off, there was an excellent dinner at the Sylvia Hotel, which set the tone and prelude to nail-biting finals on Sunday.

It should go without saying to all of the volunteers who helped out over the course of the tourney - THANK YOU! It could not have been done without each and everyone of you.

Beryl Johnson, who organized the many volunteers was especially helpful. Jeff Boag, Cathy Covernton, Hollyburn Country Club, and the starting referees were instrumental in the success of the "Coast".

In 2019, the Coast was held in San Francisco at the University Club.  It was the most well attended and the most successful Coast ever to be held at the City by the Bay, in part because of the newly-constructed court at the Olympic Club which provided 3 courts in San Francisco for play; thereby allowing more court time for the timely completion of the tournament and a full complement of consolation play.   

A healthy turnout of over 80 players competed - as good of a sign as any that squash doubles is a growing sport on the west coast gaining popularity. Most notably, the success of the 2010 version of the Coast was the result of the large contingent traveling down the Pacific Coast from Vancouver, 20 players strong, that made their way down to San Francisco making the Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championship a bona fide international event.  An interesting side note of the event was that four of the finals (A, Women’s, Mixed, and 40) had a San Francisco team vs. a team from Vancouver with San Francisco winning all four finals.

James Clark, Peter Karlen, Porter Drake, Jeff Young

2016 Finals, San Francisco

In 2011, the "Coast" was held in Vancouver and drew 115 entrants.

2018 turned out to be an eventful year on the Pacific Coast. The “Coast” was held at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club and in Vancouver, the Canadian Doubles Championships was ably hosted by the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club.

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Peter Gaynor

Tom Wrightson, Brett Elebash

The inaugural Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships was held in 1972 in Portland, Oregon.  With each passing decade, notable stewards sheparded the continuation of the event. During the 70’s and 80’s, Portland’s Tom Wrightson and San Francisco’s Peter Gaynor, with their promotion and record keeping, actively kept the “Coast” uppermost in prominence in player’s minds and souls. 

 

With their passing, the Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships has since maintained it’s annual place on the calendar in January due to the vigilant efforts of three principle individuals: Vancouver’s Brian Covernton, Portland’s Gary Johnson, and San Francisco’s John Lau. These three have preserved its rare inter-regional vibe by maintaining the  tournament rotation held alternatively between Vancouver, Portland, and San Francisco.*

With his encyclopedic historical knowledge of Pacific Coast singles and doubles play aided by his exhaustive memory bank of match anecdotes, Vancouver’s Brian Covernton has been the embodiment of doubles squash on the Pacific Coast.  If one would ask him what the score of the semi-final B match played in 1997, he would know.

Steve Heath, Gary Johnson, Peter Lynch, Habib Rahman

When one speaks of squash in Portland, the name of affable Gary Johnson is spoken in the next breath.

Since the passing of Tom Wrightson, John Lau, the recently retired Squash Professional of San Francisco’s University Club, has been the historian of Pacific Coast singles and doubles lore for over 40 years.

Together, these three players have driven the annual Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships to be the most significant doubles event on the west coast.

Shirin Kaufman, Missy Smit, Berkeley Revenaugh, Phoebe Trubowitz

2018 Women's Open Finals. Portland (Trubowitz/Kaufman v Breukels/Castillino)

2020 Men's Open Finals, Vancouver games 1 & 2 Justin Todd/Mark Ridgeway v Viktor Berg/Duncan Maxwell

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*IMHO, the inter-regional "vibe" of the Coast doubles can be attributed to one constant factor - the continuation of the use of only one ball - the hardball. The Association was a hardball singles organization with it's first Championship played in 1940. The first Doubles Championship on record was played in 1972.

The last hardball Singles Championship on record was played in 1995. The country soon switched over to the softball and with it, in addition to a number of other reasons, came the demise of the Pacific Coast Hardball Singles Championship played in the U.S.

The Canadians officially switched to the softball a few years before the U.S. did. And with that, the Pacific Coast Singles Championship, without their partnership, became a tournament played only in Canada - as a softball event. It has recently been renamed The West Coast Classic.

To this day, the hardball version of the game in Canada and the U.S. continues with Doubles. And the game of Hardball Doubles on the Pacific Coast has continued vibrantly uninterrupted with it's original format, stewardship, and inter-regionality.

John

Dave Levy, Kevin Jernigan, John Lau, Will Fratt

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Photos

2004 Pacific Coast Doubles, San Francisco  

2007 Pacific Coast Doubles, San Francisco

2009 Pacific Coast Doubles, Portland
2010 Pacific Coast Doubles, San Francisco
2013 Pacific Coast Doubles, San Francisco

2016 Pacific Coast Doubles, San Francisco

          Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships Results 

Men's A Open		Winners	Runners-Up
1972	Portland	John Dennis/Jack Scrivens	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen
1973	Portland	John Dennis/Jack Scrivens	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen
1974	Portland	Mike Davis/Al McKeown	John Dennis/Jack Scrivens
1975	Portland	Chris Burrows/John Hutchinson	Mike Davis/Al McKeown
1976	Portland	Mike Davis/Al McKeown	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen
1977	San Francisco	Ted Gross/David Tepper	Tom Dashiell/Bob Mueller
1978	San Francisco	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen	Paul Gessling/Kris Surano
1979	Vancouver	Victor Harding/John Hungerford	Paul Gessling/Mike Roizen
1980	Portland	Ron Ragen/Chuck McGinnis	Paul Gessling/Mike Roizen
1981	Vancouver	Kris Surano/Andre Naniche	Bo Barker/Al McKeown
1982	Portland	Brian Covernton/Larry Armstrong	Kris Surano/Andre Naniche
1983	San Francisco	Kris Surano/Andre Naniche	Brian Covernton/Larry Armstrong
1984	Portland	Rob Hill/Andy McDonald	Kris Surano/Andre Naniche
1985	Vancouver	Rob Hill/Andy McDonald	Paul Gessling/Chris Morphy
1986	San Francisco	Jon Foster/Tom Poor	Brian Covernton/Keith Clark
1987	Portland	John Hungerford/Richard Jackson	Kris Surano/Andre Naniche
1988	Vancouver	John Hungerford/Richard Jackson	Brian Covernton/Bob Smart
1989	San Francisco	Rick Smith/Ed Dold	Brian Covernton/Gary Johnson
1990	Portland	Brad Desaulniers/Tom Poor	Kris Surano/Andre Naniche
1991	Vancouver	Eric Barclay/Brad Desaulniers	Larry Armstrong/Brian Covernton
1992	San Francisco	Tony Catalan/Gary Johnson	John Lau/Paul Gessling
1993	Portland	Mark Heaney/Kevin Johnson	Eric Barclay/Doug Whittaker
1994	San Francisco	John Lau/Steve Heath	Tony Catalan/Gary Johnson
1995	Vancouver	Eric Barclay/Brad Desaulniers	Alex Dean/Will Fratt
1996	Portland	Eric Barclay/Brad Desaulniers	Alex Dean/Will Fratt
1997	Denver	David Friedman/Rob Hill	Rick Smith/Jeff Mulligan
1998	San Francisco	Keen Butcher/Richard Hashim	Tony Catalan/Gary Johnson
1999	Vancouver	Winston Cabell/Scott Kidd	Mark HeaneyKevin Johnson
2000	Portland	Keen Butcher/John Lau	Greg Desaulniers/Eric Barclay
2001	Vancouver	Winston Cabell/Bob Smart	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan
2002	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan	Erik Wohlgemuth/Ross Revenaugh
2003	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan	Brian Covernton/Glen McNeil
2004	San Francisco	Keen Butcher/Richard Hashim	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan
2005	Vancouver	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan	Winston Cabell/Jason Guiffre
2006	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan	Erik Wohlgemuth/Alex Dean
2007	San Francisco	Erik Wohlgemuth/Alex Dean	David Vahlsing/Kevin Jernigan
2008	Vancouver	Erik Wohlgemuth/Alex Dean	Dave Goldsmith/Mike Lcckie
2009	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan	Erik Wohlgemuth/John Lau
2010	San Francisco	Erik Wohlgemuth/Kevin Jernigan	Justin Todd/Greg Cruickshank
2011	Vancouver	Alex Dean/Eric Pearson	Jason Del Vicario/Kevin Jernigan
2012	Portland	Eric Pearson/Peter Karlen	Viktor Berg/Jason Del Vicario
2013	San Francisco	Eric Pearson/Peter Karlen	Kevin Orphan/Ross Revenaugh
2014	Vancouver	Jason Del Vicario/Justin Todd	Tim Martin/Mark Heaney
2015	Portland	Julian Illingworth/Jeff Young	Mike Leckie/David Goldsmith
2016	San Francisco	Jeff Young/Peter Karlen	Porter Drake/James Clark
2017	Vancouver	Jason Del Vicario/Viktor Berg	Robert Johnson/Jeff Boag
2018	Portland	Justin Todd/Jason Del Vicario	Will Gruner/Mauricio Sanchez de la Paz
2019	San Francisco	Verdi Disese/Kenny Chan	Peter Karlen/Zeke Scherl
2020	Vancouver	Mark Ridgeway/Justin Todd	Victor Berg/Duncan Maxwell
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Justin Todd/Jason Del Vicario	Will Gruner/Julian Illingworth
2024	San Francisco	Justin Todd/Jason Del Vicario	Creighton Foules/Affeeq Ismail
Women's A Open
1985	Vancouver	Cathy Covernton/Sue Rose	Maureen Dones/Liza McDonald
1986	San Francisco	not held
1987	Portland	not held
1988	Vancouver	Julianne Harris/Joyce Maycock	Jane Cartmel/Linda Khan
1989	San Francisco	Tricia Harding/Marjin Wall	Brett Elebash/Emily Paakspuu
1990	Portland	Tricia Harding/Kate LaGrand	Brett Elebash/Emily Paakspuu
1991	Vancouver	Tricia Harding/Marjin Wall	Jane Cartmel/Linda Khan
1992	San Francisco	Kate LaGrand/Marjin Wall	Brett Elebash/Tricia Harding
1993	Portland	Kate LaGrand/Marjin Wall	Ruth Castellino/Penny Wedd
1994	San Francisco	not held
1995	Vancouver	Kate LaGrand/Marjin Wall	Jane Cartmel/Barbara Savage
1996	Portland	Kate LaGrand/Marjin Wall	Frances Frost/L. Punnett
1997	Denver	not held
1998	San Francisco	not held
1999	Vancouver	Frances Frost/Nicola Martin	Penny Wedd/Ruth Castellino
2000	Portland	Marjin Wall/Phoebe Trubowitz	Penny Wedd/Ruth Castellino
2001	Vancouver	Frances Frost/Nicola Martin	Karen Levine/Sue Kaffka
2002	Portland	Phoebe Trubowitz/Pochi Holdefer	Marjin Wall/Kate LaGrand
2003	Portland	not held
2004	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Phoebe Trubowitz	Lauren Holleran/Jen Holleran
2005	Vancouver	Frances Frost/Cathy Covernton	Penny Wedd/Ruth Castellino
2006	Portland	Frances Frost/Cathy Covernton	Jen Holleran/Gina Wilinson
2007	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Lee Belknap	Missy Smit/Jen Holleran
2008	Vancouver	Frances Frost/Cathy Covernton	Nicola Martin/Mel Jans
2009	Portland	not held
2010	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Sarah West	Ruth Castellino/Natasha Doucas
2011	Vancouver	Tessa Breukels/Michele Ramsey	Frances Frost/Melissa Troll
2012	Portland	Katherine Rowan/Phoebe Trubowitz	Tessa Breukels/Cathy Covernton
2013	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Sarah West	Katherine Rowan/Phoebe Trubowitz
2014	Vancouver	Berkeley Revenaugh/Phoebe Trubowitz	Cathy Covernton/Tessa Bruekels
2015	Portland	Katherine Johnson/Phoebe Trubowitz	Cathy Brown/Ruth Castellino
2016	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Phoebe Trubowitz	Shirin Kaufman/Missy Smit
2017	Vancouver	Emma Parke/Karyn Trombley	Ruth Castellino/Frances Frost
2018	Portland	Phoebe Trubowitz/Shirin Kaufman	Tessa Bruekels/Ruth Castellino
2019	San Francisco	Phoebe Trubowitz/Libby Eyre	Tessa Bruekels/Ruth Castellino
2020	Vancouver	Rachel Scherman/Phoebe Trubowitz	Lisa Norlander//Melissa Troll
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Rachel Scherman/Phoebe Trubowitz	Jamie Sonego/Elizabeth Macey
2024	San Francisco	Libby Eyre/Casey Wong	Phoebe Trubowitz/Rachel Scherman
Mixed Open
1981	Vancouver	Cathy Covernton/Glen McNeil	Jane Cartmel/John Cartmel
1982	Portland	not held
1983	San Francisco	not held
1984	Portland	not held
1985	Vancouver	Bob Armstrong/Joyce Maycock	Af Khan/Linda Khan
1986	San Francisco	Keith Clark/G.Hoatson	Evy Kavaler/John Lau
1987	Portland	Brian Covernton/Cathy Covernton	Khalid Mir/Marjin Wall
1988	Vancouver	Julianne Harris/Kris Surano	Steve Jacobs/Joyce Maycock
1989	San Francisco	Brian Covernton/Connie Lebrun	Brett Elebash/Kris Surano
1990	Portland	Brett Elebash/Kris Surano	Tony Catalan/Tricia Harding
1991	Vancouver	Brett Elebash/Glen Williams	Ruth Castellino/Greg Desaulniers
1992	San Francisco	Tony Catalan/Tricia Harding	Brett Elebash/Glen Williams
1993	Portland	Scott Kidd/Marjin Wall	Eric BarclayRuth Castellino
1994	San Francisco	Scott Kidd/Marjin Wall	Tony Catalan/Tricia Harding
1995	Vancouver	Scott Kidd/Marjin Wall	Tony Catalan/Tricia Harding
1996	Portland	Tony Catalan/Marjin Wall	Brett Elebash/Kris Surano
1997	Denver	Sara Luther/Luther	McWilliams/Wood
1998	San Francisco	not held
1999	Vancouver	Scott Kidd/Marjin Wall	Tony Catalan/Renee Henry
2000	Portland	Keen Butcher/Phoebe Trubowitz	Tony Catalan Jr./Kate LaGrand
2001	Vancouver	Kevin Johnson/ Nicola Martin	Tony Catalan Jr./Kate LeGrand
2002	Portland	Tony Catalan, Jr./Phoebe Trubowitz	Ross Revenaugh/Pochi Holdefer
2003	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Kate LaGrand	Matt Bassist/Marjin Wall
2004	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Ross Revenaugh	Keen Butcher/Phoebe Trubowitz
2005	Vancouver	Nicola Martin/Tim Martin	Kate LeGrand/Tony Catalan Jr.
2006	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Phoebe Trubowitz	Marvin Mizinski/Cathy Covernton
2007	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Alex Dean	Kevin Jernigan/Jen Holleran
2008	Vancouver	Nicola/Martin/Tim Martin	Cathy Covernton/Kevin Johnson
2009	Portland	Tim Martin/Cathy Covernton	Marv Mizinski/Tessa Bruekels
2010	San Francisco	Berkeley Revenaugh/Alex Dean	Ruth Castellino/Justin Todd
2011	Vancouver	Alicia Haneine/Robert Johnson	Habib Rahman/Katherine Rowan
2012	Portland	Mike Leckie/Katherine Rowan	Eric Pearson/Sarah West
2013	San Francisco	Eric Pearson/Sarah West	Alex Dean/Katherine Rowan
2014	Vancouver	Berkeley Revenaugh/Alex Dean	Ruth Castellino/Justin Todd
2015	Portland	Julian Illingworth/Phoebe Trubowitz	Alex Dean/Logan Greer
2016	San Francisco	JP Rothie/Phoebe Trubowitz	Ali Pearson/Doug Prezzano
2017	Vancouver	Robert Johnson/Frances Frost	Tim Martin/Cathy Covernton
2018	Portland	Justin Todd/Ruth Castillino	Phoebe Trubowitz/Jeffrey Young
2019	San Francisco	Justin Todd/Ruth Castillino	Niki Ahern/Paul Austin
2020	Vancouver	Morgan /Latremouille/Megan Picken	Justin Todd/Ruth Castellino
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Rachel Scherman/Kenny Chan	Justin Todd/Ruth Castellino
2024	San Francisco	Rachel Scherman/Kenny Chan	Phoebe Trubowitz/Justin Todd
Men's 40+
1977	Portland	Bill Adkisson/Dick Daly	Ed Marr/Murray Smith
1978	Portland	John Dennis/Jack Scrivens	Keith Barker/Jerry Jones
1979	Portland	Jim Larpenteur/Jim Perkins	Jerry Jones/Tom Hulme
1980	San Francisco	David Fleming-Wood/Tom Harrington	Ifon Evans/Bill Jones
1981	Vancouver	Werner Forster/Paul Leonard	David Foster/Sandy Robertson
1982	Portland	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen	David Cooke/Keith Valentine
1983	San Francisco	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen	Alan Fox/Jim Feutz
1984	Portland	Alan Fox/Jim Feutz	Larry LaBossier/Sandy Koski
1985	Vancouver	Reider Getz/Ken Cummane	Alan Fox/Jim Feutz
1986	San Francisco	Mike Davis/Al McKeown	Alan Fox/Jim Feutz
1987	Portland	Mike Davis/Al McKeown	Larry LaBossier/Sandy Koski
1988	Vancouver	Sandy Koski/Khalid Mir	Neil Desaulniers/Ken Mackenrott
1989	San Francisco	Sandy Koski/Khalid Mir	Loren Campbell/Len Stream
1990	Portland	Sandy Koski/Khalid Mir	Mike Carter/Andrew Hobbs
1991	Vancouver	Nigel Amon/Ted Blair	Dennis Cusack/Mike Davis
1992	San Francisco	Jim Gibbons/Jim Marver	John Campodonico/Jim Feutz
1993	Portland	Nigel Amon/Ted Blair	Peter Meurrens/John Osburn
1994	San Francisco	Peter Meurrens/John Osburn	Jim Gibbons/Jim Marver
1995	Vancouver	Kris Surano/John Lau	Glen Williams/Nigel Amon
1996	Portland	Kris Surano/Ed Dold	Brian Covernton/Nigel Amon
1997	Denver	Kris Surano/Ed Dold	Tom Poor/Sharif Khan
1998	San Francisco	Kris Surano/Ed Dold	Paul Gessling/Jim Marver
1999	Vancouver	Nigel Amon/Alex Allison	Bob Smart/Brian Covernton
2000	Portland	Brian Covernton/Nigel Amon	Marjin Wall/Gary Johnson
2001	Vancouver	Greg Desaulniers/Marvin Mizinski	Bob Puddicombe/Brian Covernton
2002	Portland	Brian Covernton/Nigel Amon	Marjin Wall/Gary Johnson
2003	Portland	Brian Covernton/Nigel Amon	Marjin Wall/Gary Johnson
2004	San Francisco	Paul Steele/Gordon Steele	Steve Lau/Patrick Halls
2005	Vancouver	Greg Desaulniers/Scott Kidd	Kevin Johnson/Patrick Halls
2006	Portland	not played
2007	San Francisco	not played
2008	Vancouver	Marvin Mizinski/Greg Desaulniers	Doug Buchanan/Mike Dodds
2009	Portland	Tony Catalan Jr./Kevin Jernigan	John Lau/Gary Johnson
2010	San Francisco	John Lau/Kevin Jernigan	Marvin Mizinski/Scott Kidd
2011	Vancouver	John Lau/Kevin Jernigan	Alex Dean/Jim Marver
2012	Portland	not held
2013	San Francisco	John Lau/Alex Dean	Sean Gaherty/Jim Marver
2014	Vancouver	Erik Wohlgemuth/Alex Dean	Mark Heaney/Kevin Johnson
2015	Portland	George Hale/Ed Sloop	Tony Catalan/Alex Dean
2016	San Francisco	not held
2017 w/50+	Vancouver	Jeff Boag/Mark Heaney	Rob Hill/Russ Welty
2018	Portland	Erik Wohlgemuth/David Vahlsing	Greg Desaulniers/Hugh Woolley
2019 w 50+	San Francisco	Kevin Orphan/Doug Prezzano	Alex Dean/William Ullman
2020	Vancouver	Jeff Boag/Jason Del Vicario	Adam Jinks/Tim Martin
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Gary Evans/Richard Wendell	Erik Wohgemuth/Adam Jinks
2024	San Francisco	Gary Evans/Richard Wendell	Nick Eaton/Andy Fremder
Men's 50+
1980	San Francisco	John Bennett/Floyd Svensson	Bill Anderson/Ross Hoy
1981	Vancouver	Jim Macken/Fred Baker	Sam Mislap/Bill Arnold
1982	not held
1983	San Francisco	Ed Marr /Jim Prigoff	Tom Wrightson/Bill Reed
1984	Portland	Les Harding/Ed Marr	Hans Grunbaum/Jim Archer
1985	Vancouver	David Cooke/Ross Gamble	Bruce Jaffary/Henry Tregillis
1986	San Francisco	Jim Brooksbank/Bill Kuross	Allen Hall/Tom O’Brien
1987	Portland	George Morfitt/Roger Ovens	Allen Hall/Tom O’Brien
1988	Vancouver	George Morfitt/Roger Ovens	David Cooke/Sandy Robertson
1989	San Francisco	George Morftt/Roger Ovens	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen
1990	Portland	Chuck McGinnis/Ron Ragen	George Morfitt/Roger Ovens
1991	Vancouver	Neil Desaulniers/David Haddleton	Ed Marr/Ted Trevor-Smith
1992	San Francisco	Mohibullah Khan/Joel Kozol	Don Bodo/Jack Sweeny
1993	Portland	Mike Jackson/John Osburn	Sandy Koski/Khalid Mir
1994	San Francisco	Bart McGuire/Sandy Koski	Neil Desaulniers/John Osburn
1995	Vancouver	Khalid Mir/Mike Davis	Jon Osburn/Ted Trevor-Smith
1996	Portland	Bart McGuire/John Osburn	Sandy Koski/Mike Davis
1997	Denver	Tom Poor/SharifKhan	Dennis Driscoll/MikeTramutt
1998	San Francisco	Mike Oliver/Mike Davis	John Campodonico/Monroe Townsend
1999	Vancouver	John Osburn/Ken Mackenrot	Pat Dunn/Richard Martin
2000	Portland	Gulmast Khan/Sandy Koski	Dennis Cusack/Nigel Amon
2001	Vancouver	Bob Puddicombe/Nigel Amon	Ken Mackenrot/John Osburn
2002	Portland	Gulmast Khan/Nigel Amon	Bart McGuire/John Osburn
2003	Portland	Bart McGuire/John Osburn	Dennis Cusack/Jim Marver
2004	San Francisco	Tom Metz/Gary Johnson	Jim Gibbons/Jim Marver
2005	Vancouver	Brett Elebash/Jim Gibbons	Bart McGuire/John Osburn
2006	Portland	John Lau/Gary Johnson	Brian Covernton/Nigel Amon
2007	San Francisco	not held
2008	Vancouver	Chuck Williams/Nick Wright	Charlie Maddison/George Maddison
2009	Portland	Ingus Silgailis/Steve Lawton	Brian Covernton/Nigel Amon
2010	San Francisco	Jim Gibbons/Jim Marver	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson
2011	Vancouver	Steve Lawton/Ingus Silgailis	John Lau/Peter Sidgwick
2012	Portland	Brian Covernton/Glen McNeil	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson
2013	San Francisco	Brian Covernton/Bruce MacFarlane	Habib Rahman/Derrick Cameron
2014	Vancouver	not held
2015	Portland	Brian Covernton/Rick Ng	Darwin Green/Derrick Cameron
2016	San Francisco	Dave Levy/Kevin Jernigan	John Lau/Will Fratt
2017 w/40	Vancouver	Jeff Boag/Mark Heaney	Rob Hill/Russ Welty
2018	Portland	not held
2019 w/40	San Francisco	Kevin Orphan/Doug Prezzano	Alex Dean/William Ullman
2020	Vancouver	Mike Carrier/Steve Lawton	Mark Levey/Erik Nilsson
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023		not held
2024	San Francisco	not held
Men's 55+
1994	San Francisco	Neil Desaulniers/Murray Smith	Ed Helfeld/Ed Marr
2007	San Francisco	Jim Gibbons/Jim Marver	Bart McGuire/Dick Rice
Men's 60+
1991	Vancouver	Lionel JInks/Ian McNeil	Harry Bell-Irving/Ed Marr
1992	San Francisco	Ed Helfeld/Ed Marr	Don Boyko/Joel Kozol
1993	Portland	Ed Helfeld/Ed Marr	Dick Portwood/Henry Swigert
1994	San Francisco	not held
1995	Vancouver	David Cooke/David Haddleton	Neil Desaulniers/Murray Smith
1996	Portland	Neil Desaulniers/Paul Fisher	Ed Helfeld/Ed Marr
1997	Denver	David Matthews/Bill Jones	Manson/Kemper
1998	San Francisco	Hank Bruce/Ed Marr	Ed Helfeld/Ivan Glover
1999	Vancouver	Ted Trevor-Smith/Fred McKeon	Neil Desaulniers/Keith Valentine
2000	Portland	Ted Trevor-Smith/Hank Bruce	Jim Perkins/John Herman
2001	Vancouver	Ted Trevor-Smith/Hank Bruce	Neil Desaulniers/Frank McKeon
2002	Portland	Bart McGuire/John Osburn	Hank Swigert/Khalid Mir
2003	Portland	Hank Swigert/Khalid Mir	John Herman/Richard U'ren
2004	San Francisco	Taylor Quick/Dick Rice	John Amos/Graham Sharman
2005	Vancouver	Bart McGuire/John Osburn	Lynn Broman/Mike Jackson
2006	Portland	not held
2007	San Francisco	not held
2008	Vancouver	Robert Forrest/Ken Mackenrot	Casper Dejong/Richard Martin
2009	Portland	Bart McGuire/Dick Rice	Frank Schmidt/Jim Gibbons
2010	San Francisco	Garrett DeGraff/Dick Rice	Bart McGuire/David O’Loughlin
2011	Vancouver	Jim Gibbons/Jim Marver	Ed Berwick/Lynn Broman
2012	Portland	Bart McGuire/John Osburn	Jim Gibbons/Dick Rice
2013	San Francisco	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson	Don Livingstone/Chuck Williams
2014	Vancouver	Clark Amos/Jim Gibbons	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson
2015	Portland	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson	Chuck Williams/Dennis Cusack
2016	San Francisco	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson	Peter Lynch/Steve Heath
2017	Vancouver	Brian Covernton/Bruce MacFarlane	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson
2018	Portland	Brian Covernton/Bruce MacFarlane	Habib Rahman/Gary Johnson
2019	San Francisco	David Barker/Alan Dille	Brian Covernton/Bruce MacFarlane
2020	Vancouver	Jack Hoogstraten/Danny Shannon	Dan Allard/Ingus Silgailis
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Derrick Cameron/Rick Ng	Brian Covernton/Bruce MacFarlane
2024	San Francisco	Rick Ng/Derrick Cameron	Dennis Foreman/Will Stipout
Men's 65+
2004	San Francisco	Keith Barker/Ivan Glover	Hank Bruce/Simon Blattner
2005	Vancouver	not held
2006	Portland	Ivan Glover/Keith Barker	John Herman/Richard U’ren
2007	San Francisco	Bart McGuire/Ted Marmor	Keith Barker/Ivan Glover
Men's 70+
2009	Portland	John Herman/Jim Perkins	Hank Palmer/Ivan Glover
2010	San Francisco	David O’Neal/Dick Silbar	Hank Palmer/Ivan Glover
2011	Vancouver	Mike Jackson/Ward Morrison	John Day/John Herman
2012	Portland	Bart McGuire/James Archer	David O’Neal/Dick Silbar
2013	San Francisco	Bart McGuire/Ted Marmor	Jose Alonso/Ivan Glover
2014	Vancouver	not held
2015	Portland	Terry Eagle/Alan Fox	George Meyer/Peter Susskind
2016	San Francisco	Bart McGuire/Dick Rice	George Meyer/Monroe Townsend
2017	Vancouver	Bart McGuire/John Osburn	Mike Jackson/Martin Kaffka
2018	Portland	Mike Tramutt/Randy Waesche	Dave Jubitz/Mike Houghton
2019	San Francisco	Jim Gibbons/John Osburn	Bart Mcguire/Leonard Bernheimer
2020	Vancouver	Dennis Cusack/Gordon Pybus	Jim Gibbons/John Osburn
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Doug MacDougall/Gordon Pybus	Dennis Cusack/Clark Amos
2024	San Francisco	Gary Johnson/Habib Rahman	Charlie Maddisson/Will Stipout
Men’s 75+
2023	Portland	Mike Houghton/Dave Jubitz	Tom Usher/John Osburn
Men’s B (Div I)
1995	Vancouver	Matt Bassist/Chuck Williams	Greg Dawe/Pat Dunn
1998	San Francisco	Bob Tyndall/Hank Bruce	Jim Gibbons/Murray Smith
1999	Vancouver	John Osburn/Ken Mackenrot	Gary Bombay/Mike Charalambous
2000	Portland	Ashley Kayler/Andrew Nichols	John Smart/Garth Edgar
2001	Vancouver	Costa Penn/Tim Martin	John Smart/Garth Edgar
2002	Portland	Tom Usher/Dennis Thompson	Ceci Usher/Gordon Usher
2003	Portland	Charles Couch.Geoff Wagner	Robert Gibbons/Frank Schmidt
2004	San Francisco	Matt Trevithick/Frank Schmidt	Bruce Callander/Hank Bruce
2005	Vancouver	Dave Goldsmith/Adam Albright	Lynn Broman/Ed Berwick
2006	Portland	Charlie Maddison/George Maddison	Patrick Johnson/Don Livingstone
2007	San Francisco	Peter Fader/Dennis Bernholz	Bill O’Leary/Doug Prezzano
2008	Vancouver	Jim Gibbons/Robert Gibbons	John King/Mike Neilson
2009	Portland	Ben Andrew/Dominic Daprile	Frank Schmidt/Peter Fader
2010	San Francisco	Ben Andrew/Scott Matagrano	Dillon Rogers/Tony Pett
2011	Vancouver	John King/Bevan Moss	Mike Neilson/Casper De Jong
2012	Portland	Ben Andrew/Jon Philpot	Jeff Young/Scott Matagrano
2013	San Francisco	Jeff Isenstadt/Ray Bertrand	Jim Gibbons/Terry Eagle
2014	Vancouver	Rick Ng/Derrick Cameron	Bruce Pope/Brian Gulayets
2015	Portland	Jim Gibbons/Scott Matagrano	Alex Reyes/Mark Bogdanoff
2016	San Francisco	Jim Gibbons/Robert Gibbons	Chris Davies/Dan Allard
2017	Vancouver	David Canning/Chris Davies	Robert Ockeloen/Dan Allard
2018	Portland	Mark Levey/Jong Ho Kim	Niki Ahern/Chuck Williams
2019	San Francisco	Brett Camarda/David Yang	Devon White/Muroe Drummond
2020	Vancouver	Gary Evans/Adam Terheege	Carl McCreath/Rick Ng
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Will Potter/Alex Kurth	Mark Levey/Carl MacCreath
2024	San Francisco	Bevan Moss/Hussein Salemwala	Jongo Kim/Mikhail Din
Men's C (Div II)
1972	Portland	Bill Buckingham/David Cooke	Crary/Steinbacher
1973	Portland	not held
1974	Portland	Bud Morris/Stuart Stout	Charlie McCormick/David Sloan
1975	Portland	Andy Kerr/Bub Morris	David Cooke/Ian McNeil
1976	Portland	Jeff Alden/John Wall	Mike Kuratli/David Sloan
1977	San Francisco	not held
1978	San Francisco	H. Gaffin/Paul Pelosi	R. Hoy/M. Poole
1979	Vancouver	not held
1980	Portland
1981	Vancouver
1982	Portland	Jim Archer/Bob Dorscheimer	Harry Gunther/Ray Potter
1983	San Francisco
1984	Portland
1985	Vancouver	Ken Cross/Nick Wright	Blake Pottinger/John West
1986	San Francisco
1987	Portland
1988	Vancouver	David Cooke/Ross Gamble	Murphy Costello/Derek Laurillard
1989	San Francisco	not held
1990	Portland	Jim Beetle/Mike Dodds	Zan Hamilton/Dan Pollock
1991	Vancouver	Blake Pottinger/Ned Pottinger	Neil Johansen/Chris Wallace
1992	San Francisco	Zan Hamilton/Dan Pollock	Terry Eagle/Alan Fox
1993	Portland	Andrew Cunningham/Dennis Fontaine	Mark Fitkin/Sherm kellar
1994	San Francisco	not held
1995	Vancouver	Don Smerch/Tim Thistle	Roger Soane/Simon Harskamp
1996	Portland	not held
1997	Denver	Burton/Kemper	Bob Weight/Crawford
1998	San Francisco	not held
1999	Vancouver
2000	Portland	Costa Penn/Tim Martin	Mike Fletcher/Byron Grant
2001	Vancouver		Alan Toon/Hiram Mok
2002	Portland	not held
2003	Portland	not held
2004	San Francisco	George Meyer/James MacPherson	Barton DeLacy/Reid Hutchins
2005	Vancouver
2006	Portland
2007	San Francisco	not held
2008	Vancouver	Ben Andrew/Dominic Daprile	Gordon Pybus/Moon-Kwan Ho
2009	Portland	not held
2010	San Francisco	Andy Gomez/Doug Watson	Peter Susskind/Jonas Svallin
2011	Vancouver	Bruce Pope/Albert Troll	Tony Goodson/Michael Gillanders
2012	Portland	Bill DeLacey/J. Jared Kennedy	Wendy Comstock/Ann Witzil
2013	San Francisco	Dan Karnowsky/Dick Silbar	Bill Smith/Dave Kilmetz
2014	Vancouver	not held
2015	Portland	not held
2016	San Francisco	Dan Karnowsky/John Rinlaub	Jim Saafield/Paul Robbie
2017	Vancouver	Aaron Lakhani/Snehal Lakhani	Keith Martin/John Maclean
2018	Portland	Brian Maclean/Dan Karnowsky	Sue Kaffka/Martin Kaffka
2019	San Francisco	Mark Cohen/David Lee	Eraj Siddiqui/Juliet Lamont
2020	Vancouver	Michael Birch/Mikhail Din	Dennis Forsman/Everett Forsman
Women Div I (B)
2005	Vancouver	Allison Eaton/Deb Soo Lm	Jackie Hayes/Kathy Bergman
2006	Portland
2007	San Francisco
2008	Vancouver
2009	Portland	Ceci Usher/Ellen Zuharchuk	Wendy Comstock/Marcia Wood
2010	San Francisco	not held
2011	Vancouver	Pam Brunswick/Diane Grady	Monica Szpak/Sandra Zigman
2012	Portland	not held
2013	San Francisco	not held
2014	Vancouver	not held
2015	Portland	not held
2016	San Francisco	not held
2017	Vancouver	Monica Szpak/Pamela Brunswick	Stacy Hall/Monica Beaumont
2018	Portland	not held
2019	San Francisco	not held
2020	Vancouver	Julienne Joe/Olivia Maxwell	Brett Elebash/Sue Kaffka
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Jillian Anderson/Olivia Maxwell	Sue Kafka/Cecilia Usher
Women’s Div II (C)
2020	Vancouver	Ana Laureano/Andrea Guerrero	Marcia Wood/Amy Gaddis
Mixed B (Div 1)
2009	Portland	Reid Hutchins/Marcia Wood	Ann Johnson/John Day
2010	San Francisco	not held
2011	Vancouver	Jennifer McKinley/Bevan Moss	Anne Kirbyson/Mike Nielson
2012	Portland	Andrea Bowen/Habib Rahman	Derrick Cameron/Kate Slott
2013	San Francisco	not held
2014	Vancouver	Diana Hardy/Bruce Pope	Brooke Macey/Chris Wallace
2015	Portland	Courtney Davies/Kate Slott	Derrick Cameron/Wendy Comstock
2016	San Francisco	not held
2017	Vancouver	Donna Pakulak/Glenn Sorensen	Laura Letourneau/Michael Letourneau
2018	Portland	Frances Frost/Josh Hilton	Dennis Forsman/Julienne Jo
2019	San Francisco	not held
2020	Vancouver	NIck James/Jamie Sonego	Michael Letourneau/Tessa Breukels
2021		not held due to COVID pandemic
2022		not held due to COVID pandemic
2023	Portland	Joshua Hilton/Dulce Rameriz	Mark Levey/Elisha Liu
2024	San Francisco	Elisha Liu/Mark Level	Juana Chaus/Michael Din
Mixed C (Div II)
2020	Vancouver	Damien Kayra/Ana Laureano	Michael Birch/Andrea Guerrero
2024	San Francisco	Kunal Jham/Jose Molina	Terry Eagle/Peter Susskind