ICYRA Trophies

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Leonard M. Fowle Trophy
Awarded annually to the college with the greatest number of Fowle Trophy points, compiled from the results of the six ICYRA Championships: Dinghy, Team Racing, Women's, Singlehanded (men's and women's), and Sloop.
History:  The Fowle Trophy honors the late Graduate Secretary of the New England District and Executive Vice President of the ICYRA/NA.  Len served in both posts from their creation until his death in 1973 and his devotion to college sailing is without peer.  College sailing today had its very beginnings in the organizational ability and personal drive of this one man. 
 
Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy
Awarded to the school with the best combined scores for the two divisions.  This regatta must be sailed in two person dinghies not less than 11 feet, nor more than 15 feet.  The regatta is run in the two division fleet racing format that has been most commonly used in the ICYRA's 50 year history. 
History:  The North American Dinghy Championship Trophy is a memorial to the late Henry Morss, Boston Yachtsman and 1907 Bermuda Race winner, who was an MIT  alumnus and benefactor.  The Morss Trophy was presented in 1937 by Charles Francis Adams, Edwin A. Beardman, Charles P. Curtis, Chandler Hovey, and Gerald B. Lambert, nationally known yachtsman.  The early competitions were sailed at MIT on the Charles River, but since 1946 the site has been rotated throughout the member districts of the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association. 
 
Walter Cromwell Wood Bowl
Awarded annually to the college who wins the North American Team Racing Championship.  A full round-robin series is sailed with each college racing all opposing colleges once.
History:  The Walter C. Wood Trophy was donated by MIT graduates and friends in honor of Walter C. "Jack" Wood of MIT for his outstanding contributions to intercollegiate sailing.  Jack was MIT first sailing director and, in conjunction with Len Fowle, was founder of college racing. 
 
Gerald C. Miller Trophy
Awarded annually to the first place team in women's nationals.
History:  In 1961, the New England Women's Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEWISA) was formed when New England no longer permitted women to sail in varsity regattas.  Eventually NEWISA, and her sister organization, the Middle Atlantic Association of Women Sailors (MAAWS), organized the first women's nationals in 1967.  Policies and procedures for the event were set at the ICYRA annual meeting in 1970, and in 1978 the results of the Women's Nationals were first included in the scoring for the Leonard Fowle Trophy.  Gerald Miller was the coach at Boston University in the late 1960's and was one of the originators of the first women's nationals. 
 
The Cornelius Shields Sr. Trophy
Awarded annually to the winner of the North American Intercollegiate Sloop Championships by the ICSA.
History:  The ICYRA/NA Sloop Championship was inaugurated in 1972 with the first championship held at the University of California, Irvine in the Shields class sloops.  To commemorate that event, the Pacific Coast I.Y.R.A. donated the Cornelius Shields Trophy.  The trophy was named in honor of Mr. Shield of Larchmont, New York, who was one of the most well known sailors of his time, and was one of the largest benefactors of collegiate sailing.  He donated more than 80 of the Shields class sloops to colleges throughout the U.S. and was named to the collegiate Hall of Fame in its initial Year 
 
Glen S. Foster Trophy
Awarded annually the winner of the ICYRA North American Singlehanded Championship
History:  This regatta, originated in 1963, is given in appreciation to Mr. Foster for his interest in collegiate sailing and devotion to singlehanded competition, particularly in the Finn class. 
 
The Everett Morris Memorial Trophy
Awarded annually to the best collegiate sailor as selected by the ICYRA of North America.
History: The U.S. Naval Academy and the executive committee of the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association annually present this trophy to the "Best Intercollegiate Sailor."  Captain Everett B. Morris was a world renowned yachting journalist and editor and a member of the Naval Academy's FALES Committee. 
 
Robert M. Allan Sr. Trophy
Awarded annually to the winners of the "A" division in the ICYRA Dinghy championship.
History: The Robert M. Allan Sr. Trophy was donated in memory of Robert M. Allan, Sr, who timeless to collegiate yacht racing is represented in this trophy. 
 
Robert M. Allan Jr. Trophy
Awarded annually to the winning skipper in the "B" division in the ICYRA Dinghy Championship.
History: The Robert M. Allan, Jr. Trophy 
 
Oxford University Yacht Club Trophy
Awarded annually to the second place team in the ICYRA Dinghy Championships.
History: This trophy was presented to the ICYRA by the Oxford University Yacht Club team and its Captain Jeremy Thomas in 1954 on the occasion of the first of a continuing series of British Universities vs. North American Colleges regattas held alternately in the United States and Great Britain every two years.  The trophy has become emblematic of the second place team in the ICYRA Dinghy  Championships. 
 
Metropolitan Sailing League Trophy
Awarded annually to the third place team in the Dinghy Championship.
History: This Trophy was a first presented in 1971 and is awarded to the third place team in the ICYRA Dinghy Championship. 
 
The Madeline Cup
Awarded annually to the winner of the ICYRA women's championship in the "A" division.
History: This trophy, along with the Judy Lawson Trophy, were first given in 1967.  The Madeline Cup is awarded to the low point skipper of "A" division in the ICYRA Women's Dinghy Championship.  Ms. Madeline was the graduate secretary of MAAWS and helped initiate the first women's nationals. 
 
The Judy Lawson Trophy
Awarded annually to the winner of the ICYRA women's championship in the "B" division.
History: This trophy, along with the Madeline Cup, was fist give in 1967.  The Judy Lawson trophy is given to the low point skipper of the "B" division in the ICYRA Women's Dinghy Championship 
 
The Kleckner Trophy
Awarded annually to the second place team in the ICYRA Women's Dinghy Championships.
History: This trophy along with the Miller Trophy was established in 1967.  It is given to the second place team in the ICYRA  Women's Dinghy Championships and honors Nancy Kleckner, the first graduate secretary of NEWISA 
 
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Trophy
Awarded annually to the winner of the National Collegiate Large Yacht Championship.
History: The John F. Kennedy Memorial Trophy was presented to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1965 by Mr. C. Robert Yeager in behalf of the many friends of the late President.  President Kennedy's love for sailing is perpetuated in the annual competition for the trophy. 
 
Sir Thomas Lipton Memorial Trophy
this trophy was given for the purpose of encouraging international and intersectional team racing between bonafide colleges and associations thereof.  The challenge of the competition shall be comprised of not less than three or more than six crews
History:  From the estate of Sir Thomas Lipton (1850-1931) this memorial trophy was offered to the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association of North America (ICYRA of NA) by Robert Bartly Smallwood in 1952 for Intercollegiate Yacht Racing to perpetuate the bonds of friendship and sailing forged by the famous British sportsman. 
 
The John Lord King Trophy
Awarded annually to the winner of the match racing series between two teams with three races comprising the series. 
History: This trophy, along with the British-America, Lipton, and Performance Sailcraft trophies, was established in 1967.  It is usually sailed in larger yawls and more recently in the Navy 44's. 
 
The British America Trophy
Awarded annually to the winner of the British and American team racing championship.
History: This trophy, presented in 1954 by Mr. Kenneth H. Preston, Commodore of the Oxford University Yacht Club, is intended to promote the sport of team  racing in yachts between the Universities of Great Britain and the United States of America. 
 
The Janet Lutz Trophy
Awarded annually to the winner of the ICYRA North American Singlehanded Women's Championship.
History: This regatta, first held in the fall of 1994, was named in appreciation of Janet Lutz.  Janet graduated from Bouve, Boston in 1952 and then went on to receive her masters in education from Syracuse in 1958.  Janet became a teacher as well as teh sailing coach at Pembroke where in 1961 she was one of the founders of NEWISA.  She remained at Pembroke, which later merged with Brown University, for 32 years.  Janet retired in 1990. 
 
The Ann Campbell Trophy
Awarded annually to the third pace team in ICSA National Women's Championship.
History: Ann Campbell has been a long time graduate secretary for the MAISA Collegiate Sailing District.  The award was created to recognize Ann's many years of exceptional service to Collegiate Sailing. 
 
The George Griswold Trophy
Awarded annually to the second place finisher in the ICSA National Singlehanded Sailing Championship. 
History: The award was established in 1995 to recognize George Griswold for his three decades of outstanding service to Collegiate Sailing.  George was the graduated secretary for the MCSA District and led many schools in the formation and development of their teams throughout the Midwest and United States.