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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 Eventdivision 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in
honor of the international
a cclaim brought to the Commonwealth by the Head Of
The Charles Regatta.

Metropolitan District Commission Cup Presented
annually to the Massachusetts 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 contribution to local high-school
rowing.

Coleman Cup Presented annually to the winner of Men’s
Lightweight Fours, in memory 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 annually to the Grand-Veteran
sculler that posts the most
competitive (ratio to fastest)
time in Senior-Veteran Singles, in memory of Thomas E.
Crosby, for decades, perennially the Head Of The Charles
Regatta’s senior-most competitor.
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. Congress.
Duncan Cup Presented annually 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 memory of Louis B. Hawes, longtime leader of the Cambridge
Boat Club’s rowing program
and former President of the
N. E. Amateur Rowing Association.
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 MacMahon Cup, shall be presented
annually to the “non-nationalteam” institution (e.g., a club,
school, college or university)
that demonstrates overall
supremacy at the Regatta, by
compiling the highest number 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-Master competitor and long-time
supporter of the Head Of The
Charles Regatta.
Olrich Cup Presented annually to the winner of Men’s
Veteran Singles, in memory
of Jerome Olrich, twelve-time
Head Of The Charles goldmedallist and leading “mover
and shaker” in the Regatta’s
early growth and development.
Peggy Hawes Cup Presented annually to the winner
of Women’s Club Singles,
in honor of Margaret E. M.
Hawes, inspiring and indomitable 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 Championship 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 America.

Schaefer Cup Presented
annually to the winner of
Men’s Championship Fours, in
honor of the broad and varied corporate support, which
helped keep the Head Of The
Charles Regatta afloat and
thirsting for success during
its embryonic years.
Singer Cup Presented annually to the winner of Women’s
Lightweight Singles, in honor
of Edward Singer, national
rowing advocate and, for
twenty years, the distinguished 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 instigator of perennial Canadian
participation in the Head Of
The Charles Regatta.
Talbot Cup Presented annually 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 master rowing at the Cambridge
Boat Club.
Wade Trophy Presented annually to the winner of Men’s
Senior-Veteran Singles, in
memory of Leonard “Zeus”
Wade, perennial Senior-Veteran 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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