Old Guard Trophy

The Old Guard Trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual Old Guard Race, an event open to members of the Old Guard who are the top fifty people who have maintained their memberships for the longest period of time. We continue to search for early Old Guard records. We do know that the race and its trophy were reactivated in 1970, held in M-20s that year, but stopped after 1983 for 20 years. The Old Guard Trophy, a silver vase in use for this purpose since 2009, is awarded to the Old Guard member at the helm of the winning boat. The trophy is engraved “First Prize Lake Geneva August 8, 1896.” Its past is a mystery, but from 1982 to 2003 the vase was called the First Prize Trophy and was awarded to the winner of a championship series race in the J-24 Class. In 2009, it again assumed new life when Trophy Committee Chairman Robert E. Pegel found it in the Yacht Club basement and recommended it to the Board of Directors as an appropriate trophy for the Old Guard Race.

J-24 Class, Championship Series Race winner

1982 Clayton Gaylord
1983 Tom Fiedler
1984 Don Frankel
1985 Don Frankel
1986 Don Frankel
1987 Clayton Gaylord
1988 John Mick
1989 Steve Schalk
1990 Peter King
1991 Steve Schalk
1992 John Mick
1993 John Mick
1994 Steve Schalk
1995 John Mick
1996 John Mick
1997 Wendell Sherry
1998 John Mick
1999 Ron Bjurstrom
2000 Ron Bjurstrom
2001 Ron Bjurstrom
2002 Tony Trajkovitch
2003 No race

Old Guard Race

1970 George H. Kiefer Jr.
1971
1972 Andy Carlson
1973 George H. Kiefer Jr.
1974 George H. Kiefer Jr.
1975 George H. Kiefer Jr.
1976 Katie Deeley
1977
1978 Andy Carlson
1979 Andy Carlson
1980 Andy Carlson
1981 Andy Carlson
1982 Andy Carlson
1983 Andy Carlson
2004 Jim Smith
2005 Chris Goes
2009 Jim Smith
2010 Bob Winter
2011 George Kummer, Jerry Millsap, Ron Schloemer
2012 No race
2013 No Race
2014 No Race
2015 Bill Freytag, Jerry Millsap, John Zils
2016 No Race
2017 No Race
2018 No Race
2019 No Race
2020 No Race
2021 No Race
2022 No Race
2023 No Race