US National Doubles: Top Seeds Quick and Park Win Men's Open Title, Third-Seeded Hewitt/Quick Claim Women's Crown
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April 1, 2012 - Preston Quick of New York City and Greg Park of Ocean City, New Jersey, held off second seeds Trevor McGuinness and Whitten Morris in a furious three-game final to capture the 2012 US National Open Doubles championship at the Apawamis Club in Rye, New York.
On the women's side, Meredeth Quick of Brooklyn teamed with Steph Hewitt of Toronto to upend #1 seeds Natarsha McElhinny and Narelle Krizek in a four-game final to win the Open title. Quick and Hewitt had straight-setted second seeds Dana Betts and Emily Lungstrum in the semis.
In a rich Men's 40s draw that included ISDA stars Chris Walker, James Hewitt and Eric Christiansen, it was Toronto veteran Scott Dulmage teaming with Rich Thomson to win it all over Hewitt/Jeff Mulligan 15-11 in the fourth.
The Women's 40s and 50s winners were not posted on the US Squash online draws at press time.
In Mens's 45s action, Doug Lifford and Chris Spahr of Boston consolidated their top seeding with a 15-9 in the fifth final-round win over #2 seeds Ed Chilton and Andrew Slater.
The Men's 50s winners were not posted at press time.
Sandy Tierney and Sean Mcdonough of Boston were staight-game finals victors over Steve Berliner and Kip Gould of New York in claiming the Men's 55s.
In the Men's 60s, Brian Murray of Toronto and Steve McIntyre came from two games down to score a dramatic five game win over Canadians John Boynton and Tim Griffin.
The Men's 65s found Tony Swift of California and Molson Robertson of Toronto defeating the legendary team of Tom Poor and Lenny Bernheimer 15-12 in the fifth for the title.
In Men's 70s play, third seeds Bart McGuire of Tucson and John Osburn won it all with a 15-11 in the fifth finals effort over Don Mills and Ted Marmor.
In the Men's 75s, it was Peter Holland of Quebec and Norman Seagram of Toronto winning the title in five over Barry Abelson and Fred Bracher.
And in the Men's 80s, Charlie Butt of Maine and Scott Fraser of Quebec captured the round-robin format title over Edward Helfeld and John Bickel in five games.
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