Thursday, May 23, 2019

NorCal's National Champions

For a sagacious appreciation of squash's history in one of the game's western outposts in the U.S., it's vital for our current group of players to link our present with it's storied past. From time-to-time, players need to be reminded of their heritage lest it fade away, is overlooked and thereby bury the significance of a bygone era. The following is a glorious part of NorCal's.

The least that current players can do is carry on their legacy.

John

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NorCal's National Champions

    

Berkeley Belknap Revenaugh 
Mary Belknap McKee 2014, 2015, 2016 
National Women's 40+ Doubles Champions,
2013 Women's 40+ Doubles Champion w/ Lee Belknap

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Walter Pettit 1990, 1991 National 70+ Singles Hardball Champion 
Member of the Pacific Union Club

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Ed Helfeld 1998 National 70+ Singles Hardball Champion
 1996 National 70+ Doubles Champion w/ Del Fuller

Member of the University Club

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Dick Daly and Floyd Svensson

Floyd Svensson '74, '75 U.S. Nat'l Sr's Singles Hardball Champion
1975 Canadian National Seniors Hardball Singles Champion
1975 Mexican National Seniors Hardball Singles Champion
Member of the Orinda Squash Club

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John Lau 

1983 #7 ranked Open Player in the U.S.
1990 35+ Singles Hardball Finalist
1991, 1992 National 35+ Singles Hardball Champion 
1993, 1994 National 40+ Singles Hardball Finalist
1998 National 40+ Doubles Champions w/ Gordon D. H. Anderson
1999 Canadian Nat'l 45+ Dbls Semi's w/ Gordon D. H. Anderson
1999 National 40+ Doubles Finalists w/ Gordon D. H. Anderson 
2009 National 55+ Doubles Finalists w/ Stan Dorney 
2010 National 55+ Doubles Semi-Finalists w/ Stan Dorney
2010 National Century Open Semi-Finalists w/ Kevin Jernigan

Member and former Teaching Pro at the University Club of SF

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Friends with Ed Helfeld and Paul Fisher

Paul Fisher & Michael McBean '04, '06 Nat'l 70+ Dbls Champions
Member of the University Club

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John Callander & Edward Helfeld 2003 Nati'l 70+ Dbls Champions

Members of the University Club

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Eric G. Pearson 2008, 2009, 2010 National Open Hardball Champion
1998 Under 19 Boy's Champion

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Sam Jernigan & Kevin Jernigan 2007 Father-Son Century Champions

Member of the University Club

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Todd Wirsching 2008 National Softball 5.5 Skill Level Champion 

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Gareth Webber 2008 National Softball (6.0) Skill Level Champion
Teaching Pro at the Olympic Club

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Richard Hashim 1987 National A Skill Level Hardball Champion

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Jim Gibbons, Brett Elebash, Robert Gibbons

Brett Elebash, 2001 Women's 45+ Softball Champion
Robert Gibbons, 2001 National (2.5) Skill Level Softball Champion 

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Andy Fremder, Jim Marver, Alex Dean, Kevin Jernigan

Alex Dean & Patrick Miller 2015 Nat'l Century A Doubles Champions
w/ Jim Marver 2010 National Century A Doubles Champions
w/ Alex Darrow (Yale) 1990 Men's Intercollegiate Dbls Champions
w/ Erik Wohlgemuth (Yale) 1989 Men's Intercoll. Dbls Champions

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Keen Butcher, Kevin Jernigan, Berkeley and Ross Revenaugh

W. Keen Butcher & Demer Holleran 
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 National Mixed Open Champions




w/ Roy Rubin (Princeton) 1988 Men's Intercollegiate Doubles Champions

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Photo taken by Col. Bud Thompson

David Levy 1993 National 30+ Singles Softball Champion

Member of the Olympic Club

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Colleen Fehm & Daniel Judd (Penn) 2013 Mixed Intercollegiate Doubles Champions

Member of the University Club

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Julieanne Harris 1984 Women's 5.5 Champion. 
1991, 1992 Women's Open Doubles Champions w/ Gail Ramsay
1995 Women's Open Doubles Champions w/ Joyce Davenport 
2005, 2007 Women 40+ Doubles Champions w/ Joyce Davenport

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Kim Clearkin 2010 National Women's 45+ Softball Champion


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Kristin Zwart 1998 National Women's 3.5 Skill Level Softball Champion

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Dan Rubin '87 National Men's 2.5 Skill Level Softball Champion

Karen Lang '99 National Women's 4.0 Skill Level Softball Champion

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