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2023 Results

For the second time since its inception the USA won both the men’s and women’s trophies at the 2023 CAN-AM Cup. The overall CAN-AM win was cemented late Saturday afternoon, even before the start of Sunday’s mixed doubles matches. The CAN-AM was hosted entirely at The Maryland Club’s three courts the weekend of October 26-28, 2023. Canadian team members hailed from Vancour, Calgary, London, Toronto, Montreal and Nova Scotia. US players came from Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore.

The weekend started out with a casual get together on Thursday night at the Maryland Club where the players were able to get in a practice hit before Friday morning start of the matches. Friday mornings matches were tightly fought. At the time of the opening ceremonies at 5:00 p.m. the men’s matches were tied at 6 a piece while the US women held a 8.5 to 2 point advantage over their Canadian counterparts. Friday evenings matches did not go as well for the Canadian team with the US women winning 2 out of 3 matches and the US men winning 5 out of 6. At the end of the first day the US men were leading 11-7 and the US women were leading 11-3 with the overall score being held by the US at 22-10. Friday’s matches were highlighted by Canada’s Potter/Wheeler 5 game win over American’s Tatum/Rice as well as the Deratney/Hewitt 5 game win 15-14 in the 5th over America’s Chilton/Hoffberger. In addition, Canadians Griffin/Mee came back to beat Americans Rosen/Sharff 3-2 after being down two games to love and the US team of Hamza/Patterson had a big five game win over Canadians Baglio/Drew.

Friday’s women’s matches were highlighted by tough 5 game wins for America’s Wong/McConnell, Rux/Greene and Canada’s Multamaki/Brown’s 5 game win over America’s Schdmit/Greer, 15-14 in the 5th. Saturdays matches were highlighted by 5 games by Americas Hill/Parkhurst, Bolling/Bostick (15-14 in the 5th), and Chilton/Hoffberger, Anderson/Harrity and Ullman/Stanley. These 5 game matches won by the US were decisive in clinching the event.

Friday night The Maryland Club hosted a reception and cocktail party/dinner which was attended by the players and patrons alike. The bar was flowing with alcohol as matches were being completed. Hundreds of spectators watched matches and cheered on their country’s teams.

Saturday morning brought some bleary-eyed players as matches started at 8:30 a.m. with the Canadian men winning three of the first four matches and thus bringing the score much closer (US now leading 12.5-11.5). The next seven men’s matches were won by the US and by the end of the day they had clenched the Bernheimer-Bell men’s trophy with a 29-16 point lead. Similarly, the US women dominated Saturdays play and clinched the Gullian-Pierce trophy in the early afternoon winning 20-12 over their Canadian counterparts.

Saturday night brought together all of the players, patrons and sponsors for a phenomenal black tie dinner dance. The band hired by The Maryland Club to perform was exceptional. The players and patrons danced and drank through the night. The Maryland crabcakes were exceptional as always. Speeches were given and trophies were handed out to the American teams.

Sunday morning brought the mixed doubles matches. Given the fact that the American teams had already won all of the events, the mixed doubles matches were modified so as to allow some fun and more personal matches to occur. Shirin Kaufman Marver and her husband Jim as well as Jeff Stanley and his daughter Lindsay competed in the mixed doubles matches as teams. The Americans won 5 of the 8 mixed doubles matches on Sunday morning to end the weekend with the score of USA 54-Canada 31. The US men won the Bernheimer-Bell trophy 31-19 and the US women won the Gillan-Pierce trophy 23-12.

The next addition of this bi-annual event will be held in Canada in 2025 at a site to be determined.

Dated: November 9, 2023

CAN-AM Cup Committee, Michael P.J. McGorry, USA CAN-AM Captain

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2023 Sponsors

Title Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

 

Bronze Sponsors

The Cromwell/McConnell Family

 

Douglas Hoffberger and Beth Elser

 

Catherine and Slater Ottenritter

 

Rencourt Foundation

 

Bob and Arden Travers

 

Mary Jean & Oliver Travers

Sarah and Ned Walton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patrons

Michael Ballo
Rick Berndt
Jon Cusson
Rob Deans III
Michael Dockman
Chris Feiss
Barrett Freedlander
Greg Hurlbrink
Dan Kallaugher
Steve Leary – American Business Forms
Orlando Springs
Lissen Tutrone

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2018 Can Am Cup – Toronto

The 10th Anniversary of the Can-Am Cup Doubles Squash Matches will be hosted by the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club October 26 – 28, 2018. 10 years of memorable matches, each played at the standard of the Canadian or U.S. Championship finals, has built the reputation of the Can-Am as being one of the handful of most important doubles fixtures on the schedule.

The Can-Am Cup began in 2008 as a biannual doubles squash competition between Canada and the United States.  Although the weekend exemplifies the very best spirit of sportsmanship, the Can-Am Cup is at its core a competition-based event. Team Captains are selected more than a year in advance and charged with bringing leadership, and the ability to recruit and motivate their country’s top doubles players, with the goal of producing a successful team result.

The Can-Am is divided into 3 competitions:  the Men’s Bernheimer/Bell Trophy, the Women’s Gillen/Pierce Trophy and the overall Can-Am Cup.  Canada and the U.S. field their best 2 pairs in 15 categories from Men’s Open to 75+ and Women’s Open to 60+. The North American rankings are used to identify the top ranked right and left wall players in each category, each who receive an invitation to their country’s team.  The Canadian and U.S. Doubles Championships are recognized and any player winning their own country’s most recent championship receives an invitation to their country’s team.

Remaining selections and team pairings are made by the Captains based entirely on merit.  A player that has teamed exclusively with the same partner may find themselves invited but not their partner.  A player that has always successfully competed in younger age categories may be assigned to play in their own age division to ensure their team wins those matches.  The Can-Am Cup is not about matching opponents to create competitive games. The Can-Am Cup is about winning convincingly and establishing their country’s dominance of North American doubles.

Day 1 of the Toronto 2018 matches will pit the #2 team from each country against the #1 team of the other in each division. Day 2 features the #1’s and #2’s facing off against their counterparts.  New this year and a return to the original Cup format, Day 3 will feature 6 Mixed Doubles matches: one from the Open, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+ and 60+ categories.  The Mixed match results will only apply to the overall Can-Am results and not the Men’s and Women’s competitions.

The inaugural Can-Am in Boston 2008 saw the U.S team win convincingly.  Two years later at Toronto 2012 the US team retained the Can-Am Cup despite the Canadians winning the men’s division. Buffalo 2012 saw Canada finally taking the Can-Am Cup by a mere 3 points but in Montreal 2014 the US recaptured it. At Wilmington 2016 the US retained the Cup despite losing the Bernheimer/Bell Trophy.  The US has held the Cup for 8 of the 10 years it has existed, surrendering it only in Buffalo and hinting Hurricane Sandy somehow tilted the balance in favour of Canada.

The Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club is looking forward to hosting the best doubles players from Canada and the U.S. for 3 days and 66 matches under one roof.  Canada is overdue to hoist the Cup!

 

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2016 Can Am Cup – Wilmington, DE

The Can-Am Cup is a biennial doubles squash competition between the United States and Canada, and is usually referred to as the “Ryder Cup of Squash”. The Top 60 doubles players from each country will be converging on Wilmington, Delaware to compete for the Can-AM Cup. The best two teams in each age group, which includes, Open, 40+,45+,50+,55+,60+,65+,70+, and 75+ for men and women play three matches each. It is a remarkable tournament that has the excitement of a very close “Ryder Cup”, and makes for a very memorable experience.  Plenty of National flag waving and patriotism with terrific competition and camaraderie. This will be the 5th edition of this competitive rivalry. The men play for the Bernheimer-Bell Trophy and the women play for the Gillen-Pierce Trophy. The overall winners win the Can-AM Cup. USA was victorious in 2008 in the first running of the event in Boston. In Toronto, Ont. (2010), USA edged out Canada in the overall score despite the US men losing their division. In 2012, Canada won by just 3 points in Buffalo, NY (a snow storm sent some Americans scrambling to get back state side on Saturday night), and in Montreal, the USA reclaimed the cup in 2014. Now on October 28-30, 2016, the player representation from both countries looks to be shaping up for a real barn burner of a tournament in Wilmington, DE.

Each countries respective Captains select team members based upon a player/teams ranking by US Squash and Squash Canada.  Those players who win the US National Doubles Tournament as well as those players ranked #1 in their respective age group on their respective walls are automatically invited to play. Each team selected for the event shall play two matches as well as a lightning round match. This years Canadian Captain is Chris Wheeler, and his Vice Captains are Pat Richardson and Al Hunt as well as women’s Vice Captains Stephanie Hewitt and Cathy Covernton.  USA Captains are Mike McGorry, Len Bernheimer and Morris Clothier.  USA Women’s Captains are Molly Pierce, Lee Belknap and Emily Lungstrum.

Can-Am Cup Scoring

Lightning Round

Within groups, teams are randomly selected to play one game against each other. Scoring: 0.5 points per game. 15 Points Total

Round 2

Each division will pit the #1 team of one country against the #2 of the opposite country, and the #2’s versus the #1’s in best of five matches. Scoring: 1.0 points per match. 30 Points Total.

Round 3

Each division will play their #1 team against the #1 team of the opposite country and the #2 against the #2 in best of five matches. Scoring: 1.5 points per match. 45 Points Total.

A total of 90 points is possible, the first team to score 45.5 points wins the Can-Am Cup.

54 Total/27.5 Wins for Men; 36/18.5 Wins for women.

 

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