While the first Canadian singles championship was held in 1929, the first Canadian championships,
doubles only, were held in 1927! The doubles were very popular and were held every year during
the "Royal Winter Fair era" of the Canadians (i.e.: 1927 to 1938). There was also a County and Rural Doubles championship,
regrouping the winners of various County Fair horseshoe competitions. That competition was started in 1928 and continued up to 1932.
The doubles were revived in the 1950s but for some of those years
(like 1957 and 1958), they involved only players who failed to qualify for the top singles classes.
Canadian Doubles Champions 1927 Bill Struthers & Walter Kane, Sarnia 1928 Norm Brown & William Coulter, Toronto 1929 John Riley & Stan Riley, Christiana 1930 Bill Struthers & Tom Buckingham, Sarnia 1931 Fred Harburn & Paul Boa, Hensall 1932 George Walwin, Whitby & Joseph Golden, Mt Dennis 1933 George Walwin, Whitby & Joseph Golden, Mt Dennis 1934 George Craggs & James Daniels, Toronto 1935 no tournament 1936 record missing 1937 record missing 1938 George Craggs & Joe Jeffries, Toronto 1951 Stan Woodward & ???, Toronto 1954 Harold Blackman & Cecil Shields, East York 1955 record missing 1956 Dean McLaughlin, Oshawa & Harvey Clendenning, Stouffville 1957 Ed Willis, Lorne Park & Richard Mathias, Port Credit 1958 John Karges, Kitchener & Mr Wrightsen, Kitchener Canadian "County and Rural" Doubles Champions 1928 Herbert A. Howson & Sellew S. Kent, London, Ont. 1929 Norman Brown & William Coulter, Toronto, Ont. 1930 Harley G. Brady & E.S. Brady, Fenwick, Ont. 1931 Fred Harburn & Paul Boa, Hensall 1932 Robert "Lefty" Ferris & Charles Woodward, Toronto, Ont.
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