Since 1991 the Opening Day Tournament has been played for the Don Helm Trophy. In years previous, it was played for the Liberty Bell.
Winners prior to 2001 unknown
2001 J. Lewer
2002 C. O’Brien
2003 Not Played
2004 Vinod Kumar/G. Paul
2005 C. Baclay/D. Waddington
2006 Gary McGregor/Tony Keal
2007 Gary McGregor/Debee Lane
2008 Liz Rayne/Zach Niederhauser
2009 Marcel Niederhauser/Willy Fachtmann
2010 Dave Waddington/Ichiro Ito
2011 Junko Wilkinson/Yoko Lum
2012 Hans Pauli/Masumi Turney
2013 Kazuko Yasuda/Shinya Fujiwara
2014 Ichiro Ito/N. Inomata
2015 Jun Adachi/Ichiro Ito? (TBC)
2016 Willy Fachtmann/Satish Tandon
2017 Jun Adachi/Ichiro Ito? (TBC)
2018 Jun Adachi/S. Kushida
2019 Tomohiro Hamada/Marcel Niederhauser
2020 (“Re-Opening Day” after COVID closure) Toshiaki Arai/Ichiro Ito/Shigemitsu Itoh
2021 Not Held (COVID)
2022 Shinya Fujiwara, Yasu Kojima, Shigeo Yasuda
Lawn Bowls 