Governor's Cup History & Past Winners
The Riverton Yacht Club Governor's Cup trophy was donated by New Jersey Governor Alfred Eastlak Driscoll in 1949 as a perpetual trophy to encourage the skippers of each racing class to have a greater number of boats entered each year and keep them sailing in every race. While in office the governor made the trophy presentations.
Governor Driscoll (b.1902, d.1975) was one of the few New Jersey governors that resided in South Jersey. His residence was in Haddonfield. Driscoll was very popular and had a long list of accomplishments while governor that affect our everyday lives.
2009 Winners
Gary Swangler, RYC, THREE AMIGOS J-24
STAR FLEET 1st Keith Donald SSA 2nd Bob Lippincott SSA 3rd Laura Beigel SSA J-22 FLEET 1st Jim Irwin RYC 2nd Ted &Terry Rapp RYC 3rd Greg Maute & Ryan Lippincott RYC LIGHTNING FLEET 1st Pete Denton RYC 2nd Allan Crew RYC 3rd Bart Nicholson RYC MARINER FLEET 1st Frank Pelosi RYC 2nd Dave Oldham RYC 3rd Dan Walsh RYC PHRF FLEET (A & B combined) 1st Gary Swangler RYC J-24 2nd Joe Devaney J-27 3rd Fred White RYC Merit 25
Governors Cup Champions
1949 Robert C. Thompson Star 1950 Howard F. Lippincott Comet 1951 Robert C. Thompson Star 1952 J. Robert Seidleman Comet 1953 Al Williams Thistle 1954 Robert L. Lippincott Star 1955 David C. Oberg Moth 1956 Albert J. Williams Thistle 1957 Howard F. Lippincott Star 1958 Norman D. Freeman Thistle 1959 Howard F. Lippincott Star 1960 Ed Walsh Thistle 1961 Robert Hohlefelder Celebrity 1962 Kaighn Smith Thistle 1963 Frederick Steiner Star 1964 Robert Seidleman Lightning 1965 Ed Walsh Thistle 1966 Jim Greenfield Star 1967 Larry Rodgers Sunfish 1968 J. Morton Sork Celebrity 1969 Ed Walsh Thistle 1970 1971 1972 Jim Lippincott Star 1973 George Stewart Celebrity 1974 Ted Rapp Star 1975 George Stewart Celebrity 1976 John Morton Star 1977 Franz Schneider Lightning 1978 David C. Oberg Comet 1979 David C. Oberg Star 1980 Ray Szuluzewski Mariner 1981 John Mendes Duster 1982 Bill Washington Mariner 1983 Ted & Terry Rapp Cruising 1984 Harry Loeb GP-14 1985 John A Mac Causland Comet 1986 Richard Martin Star 1987 Huck Eltonhead Cruising 1988 Jim Greenfield J-24 1989 Huck Eltonhead Cruising 1990 Bob Seidleman J24 1991 Hank Croft Cruising 1992 Terry & Ted Rapp Cruising 1993 Robert Bush Lightning 1994 Don Hoefle Cruising 1995 Michael Greeberg & Bob Me GP-14 1996 Mike Hecky Cruising 1997 Dave & Dave Oldham Mariner 1998 Stephen Metteldorf Cruising 1999 Ted Rapp & Bill Graff Mariner 2000 Rob Seidelmann Cruising 2001 Dave & Dave Oldham Mariner 2002 Dave & Dave Oldham Mariner 2003 Jon Burnham Cruising 2004 Rich Martin Mariner 2005 Gary Swangler / Three Amigos Cruising 2006 Chris Fretz Mariner 2007 Rob Seidelmann Cruising 2008 Dave Oldham Mariner