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awards & trophies/
Boat Club, in recognition of
the Club’s leading role in the
development of women’s
sculling. rowing and to the inspiration
they gave to early developers
of the Head Of The Charles
Regatta. E=the Entry’s time, and F=the
Fastest time in the Event-
division in which the entry
competed.
Cambridge Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Women’s Lightweight Fours,
by the City of Cambridge, in
honor of its role as “Co-host
City” of the Head Of The
Charles Regatta. Governor’s Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Women’s Championship
Eights, by the Office of the
Governor of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, in
honor of the international
acclaim brought to the Com-
monwealth by the Head Of
The Charles Regatta. Metropolitan District Com-
mission Cup Presented
annually to the Massachu-
setts high school that posts
the most competitive (ratio
to fastest) time in Youth
Fours or Youth Eights, by the
Department of Conservation
and Recreation (previously
the Metropolitan District
Commission), in honor of the
Cambridge Boat Club’s con-
tribution to local high-school
rowing.
Coleman Cup Presented an-
nually to the winner of Men’s
Lightweight Fours, in mem-
ory of Charles P. Coleman,
inspiring member of St. Paul’s
School and Yale University
crews and prominent early
supporter of the Head Of The
Charles Regatta.
Cromwell Trophy Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Championship Doubles,
in memory of Seymour “Sy”
Cromwell, world-renowned
sculling champion, Head Of
The Charles enthusiast, and
highly respected leader of
the greater Boston rowing
community.
Crosby Cup Presented an-
nually to the Grand-Veteran
sculler that posts the most
competitive (ratio to fastest)
time in Senior-Veteran Sin-
gles, in memory of Thomas E.
Crosby, for decades, perenni-
ally the Head Of The Charles
Regatta’s senior-most com-
petitor.
Curtis Trophy Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Championship Singles,
in memory of the Honorable
Lawrence Curtis, courageous
and inspiring Cambridge
Boat Club sculler, war hero
and member of U. S. Con-
gress.
Duncan Cup Presented an-
nually to the winner of Men’s
Youth Fours, in recognition
of Roger and Mary Duncan’s
outstanding contribution to
New England interscholastic
Louis Hawes Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Club Singles, in memo-
ry of Louis B. Hawes, long-
time leader of the Cambridge
Boat Club’s rowing program
and former President of the
N. E. Amateur Rowing As-
sociation.
McIntyre Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Club Eights, in memory
of Howard D. McIntyre, MD,
Cambridge Boat Club rowing
program leader, co-founder
and key launcher of the Head
Of The Charles Regatta.
MacMahon Cup Regatta
Point Trophy Presented
annually to the club, school,
college or university that
demonstrates overall rowing
supremacy at the Head Of
The Charles Regatta, in honor
of D’Arcy G. MacMahon’s role
in the design and founding
of the Regatta. The MacMa-
hon Cup, shall be presented
annually to the “non-national-
team” institution (e.g., a club,
school, college or university)
that demonstrates overall
supremacy at the Regatta, by
compiling the highest num-
ber of points as determined
by the following formula for
each sweep-oared (Fours/
Eights) entry P=100 divided
by [1 +10(E/F - 1)], where
P = the number of Points
awarded to the institution
represented by the entry,
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION
Mowatt Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Grand-Master Singles,
in memory of H. H. “Mo”
Mowatt, erstwhile Grand-Mas-
ter competitor and long-time
supporter of the Head Of The
Charles Regatta.
Olrich Cup Presented annu-
ally to the winner of Men’s
Veteran Singles, in memory
of Jerome Olrich, twelve-time
Head Of The Charles gold-
medallist and leading “mover
and shaker” in the Regatta’s
early growth and develop-
ment.
Peggy Hawes Cup Pre-
sented annually to the winner
of Women’s Club Singles,
in honor of Margaret E. M.
Hawes, inspiring and indomi-
table advocate for youth and
recreational rowing at the
Cambridge Boat Club.
Pierson Trophy Presented
annually to the Women’s
Collegiate Crew that posts
the most competitive time
in the Women’s Champion-
ship Eights, in recognition of
Gail Pierson Cromwell’s years
of service to the Cambridge
Boat Club and her pioneering
contribution to the growth
and development of women’s
rowing in Amer ica.
Schaefer Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Championship Fours, in
honor of the broad and var-
ied corporate support, which
helped keep the Head Of The
Charles Regatta afloat and
thirsting for success during
its embryonic years.
Singer Cup Presented annu-
ally to the winner of Women’s
Lightweight Singles, in honor
of Edward Singer, national
rowing advocate and, for
twenty years, the distin-
guished Starting-Line “voice”
of the Head Of The Charles
Regatta.
Swayze Trophy Presented
annually to the winner of
Women’s Championship
Doubles, in memory of Craig
Swayze, late President of St.
Catharines (Ontario) Rowing
Club and prominent instiga-
tor of perennial Canadian
participation in the Head Of
The Charles Regatta.
Talbot Cup Presented an-
nually to the winner of Men’s
Master Fours, in memory of
Samuel S. Talbot’s selfless
work on behalf of the Head
Of The Charles Regatta, his
omnipresent sense of humor,
and his contribution to mas-
ter rowing at the Cambridge
Boat Club.
Wade Trophy Presented an-
nually to the winner of Men’s
Senior-Veteran Singles, in
memory of Leonard “Zeus”
Wade, perennial Senior-Vet-
eran stand-out and a driving
force in the launching of
the Head Of The Charles
Regatta.
Witte Trophy Presented
annually to the winner of
Women’s Senior-Veteran
Singles, in memory of Edward
and Eleanor Witte, beloved
leaders and members of the
senior rowing community at
the Cambridge Boat Club.
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