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1959-2006
The regatta was originally funded by Mrs. Katherine Conroy. She contributed five
thousand dollars and a cup to Rod Beebe so that he could organize the regatta
for the first time. Four schools entered the event. The first regatta took
place in 1959 and was rowed on the other side of the lake, the New Preston
side, over a three-quarter mile course. It was won by the Gunnery boys' team.
The early years of the regatta were dominated by the South Kent School and the
Buckingham Brown and Nichols teams. In fact, these runs of victories were
not broken until 1976 when Salisbury fired down the course, beating all
opposition to lift the Founder's day trophy. In 1975, three schools tied
as winners, when St. Mark's tied with SKS and BB&N for first place.
In 1978, girls' teams were introduced to the event with a race length of 1000m.
In the same year the race was moved from the New Preston side of the lake to
the State Park side. Salisbury completed a trio of wins, proving the distance
change from 3/4 mile to 1500m was no great adjustment for their team. At this
point there were eight different schools competing in the regatta.
During the 1980s, the regatta grew in size as more schools were introduced to
the event. Institutions like Groton, Pomfret, and St. Marks all met with
success at the regatta, lifting the trophy in different years. In the 1990s
Groton maintained their dominance in the event by winning six out of nine
possible regattas.
Boys' Points Trophy Winner
| 1959 |
Gunnery |
1982 |
Pomfret |
2005 |
Cancelled (weather) |
| 1960 |
SKS |
1983 |
Salisbury |
2006 |
Kent |
| 1961 |
BB&N |
1984 |
Salisbury |
2007 |
Kent |
| 1962 |
SKS |
1985 |
Salisbury |
2008 |
Kent |
| 1963 |
BB&N |
1986 |
Groton |
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| 1964 |
BB&N |
1987 |
St. Mark's |
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| 1965 |
SKS |
1988 |
St. Mark's |
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| 1966 |
SKS |
1989 |
BB&N |
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| 1967 |
BB&N |
1990 |
Groton |
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| 1968 |
BB&N |
1991 |
Pomfret |
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| 1969 |
BB&N |
1992 |
Groton |
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| 1970 |
SKS |
1993 |
Groton |
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| 1971 |
SKS |
1994 |
Groton |
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| 1972 |
SKS |
1995 |
Groton |
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| 1973 |
SKS |
1996 |
Groton |
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| 1974 |
BB&N |
1997 |
Salisbury |
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| 1975 |
BB&N/SKS/St. Mark's |
1998 |
Cincinnati |
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| 1976 |
Salisbury |
1999 |
Cincinnati |
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| 1977 |
Salisbury |
2000 |
Cincinnati |
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| 1978 |
Salisbury |
2001 |
Gunnery |
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| 1979 |
SKS |
2002 |
Choate |
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| 1980 |
Cancelled (weather) |
2003 |
Choate |
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| 1981 |
Cancelled (weather) |
2004 |
Salisbury |
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We are looking for overall trophy results for the girls' competition. If you
have access to these results or know someone who does, please let us know.
Contact: Robert Reinhardt
reinhardtr@gunnery.org
(860) 946-6606
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