Shields Class Sailing Association
Shields National and Ocean-Great Lakes Regatta Awards
Shields National Championship Trophy
Sterling silver Chippendale tray donated by Cornelius Shields and awarded each year to the winner of the Shields National Championship Regatta.
Enlarged Image of Perpetual Award
James B. Moore Jr. Memorial Prize
In recognition of James B. Moore, Jr.’s invaluable service to the Association as President, as Founder of Fleet No. 2 and in numerous other capacities, the Long Island Sound District, consisting of Fleets Nos. 1 (Western Long Island Sound), 2 (Manhasset Bay) and 5 (Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club), instituted in 1991 a prize to be awarded each year to the crew of the winning yacht to recognize their efforts in attaining the goal.
Cornelius Shields Memorial Prize
Shields half-model donated by Fleet #1 of Western Long Island Sound and the Larchmont Yacht Club in 1982 in memory of Cornelius Shields and awarded at the Shields National Championship Regatta to that skipper that achieves the greatest improvement in his standings from the previous Shields National Championship Regatta.
Senior Skipper Award (Moore Trophy)
Pewter tray donated in 1981 by James B. Moore Jr. of the Manhasset Bay Fleet #2 and awarded for the best performance among the five oldest skippers in the Shields National Championship Regatta (excluding the winner of the Shields National Championship Regatta).
Junior Skipper Award
Pewter Chippendale tray donated in 1981 by James B. Moore, Jr. of the Manhasset Bay Fleet No. 2 and awarded to the best performance among the five youngest skippers in the Shields National Championship Regatta (excluding the winner of the Shields National Championship Regatta).
Take A Bow Trophy
Fully rigged bow section of a Shields Yacht mounted on a teak door. It was donate in 1985 by the Commodore and membership of Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club, and later refurbished by Brian Ladouceur, Graham Quinn and the crew of Shields No. 46, of the Buzzards Bay Fleet No. 10. It is awarded each year to an individual or individuals selected by a special committee to reward and celebrate dubious achievement during the Shields National Championship Regatta. This honor is awarded to the person, team or entity who has been selected by a committee of their peers whom have earned this trophy in the past. If no such committee is in attendance, the National Championship Committee may select the winner or delegate the selection to the host club's bartender(s) using any criteria they deem fit. Criteria for being selected could be but not limited to these suggestions: committing an offense that normally would be considered completely unnecessary and warrants being brought to the attention of their Shields peers; not tipping the bartenders; not buying the race committee their favorite beverage; being afraid of getting wet while racing; poking a hole in your own boat with your dinghy, etc...
Gordon L. Benjamin Memorial Newcomer Award
It is to be awarded to the top finishing skipper sailing in his/her first Shields Nationals as skipper. Gordon was a long time member of Fleet #9 and the 1976 Shields National Champion.
Kap-Dun Trophy (Fleet Trophy)
Donated in 2008 by Fleet #21, Tred Avon Yacht Club, awarded to the winning fleet calculated by the fleet's top three finishers with a minimum of three boats racing in order to qualify. The Kap-Dun Trophy is named after the historic first name of the Tred Avon Yacht Club. On June 17, 1931, a group of men met in Oxford, MD., and voted to establish the Kap-Dun Racing Association. By July 15, they voted to change the name to the Kap-Dun Yacht Club. According to a written history by Jerry Valliant, elected as president of the club in 1931, the name Kap-Dun was first used as the name of a club established in a small building just east of the ferry dock as a swimming and canoeing club. When the sea nettles (jellyfish) arrived, they quickly changed the focus to a club which would promote sailboat racing. Thus the Kap-Dun Yacht Club was born. The club later changed to Tred Avon Yacht Club, after the name of the river the club sits upon. The name Kap-Dun comes from an old English spelling of the word Cape (point) and Dun meaning Town. The club being located on a point, near the town of Oxford.
Ocean - Great Lakes Challenge Cup
First offered by Chicago Yacht Club in 1915 to encourage competition between the club and eastern yacht clubs. The first club to accept the challenge was Indian Harbor Yacht Club of Greenwich, CT. Addison Hahan skippered the P Class yacht Josephine to victory for IHYC and the cup went to Greenwich. In 1946, at the suggestion of IHYC, the competition was reinstated using Luders L-16’s and continued for eight years. The challenge was re-started in Shields in 2014.
Sparkman Stephens - Concourse Award
Presented to the participating yacht that has been restored or maintained in the most Bristol fashion.
