Congratulations to the members of Riverton Yacht Club on 66th running of the Governor’s Cup Regatta at Riverton Yacht Club as they celebrate their sesquicentennial – that’s their 150th anniversary, in case you don’t have a dictionary.
Here, Roy Vollmer narrates a short BCT video about the classic boat race established in 1949. http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/videos/local/video-governor-s-cup-regatta-in-riverton/html_d570d7c9-7496-5a24-9bf8-5a05bc75857f.html?mode=jqm&m=topstoriesnow
The clipping at left is from the pages of Riverton’s now defunct hometown newspaper, The New Era, which announced in late June 1949, the events planned around the first Governor’s Cup Regatta planned for the following July 2 and 3.
A week later The New Era provided coverage of the regatta in the clipping at right. In his remarks that day Governor Driscoll congratulated the Yacht Club for its part in teaching the youth of America the meaning of sportsmanship.
Today, no doubt, countless sailors far and wide have many memories and much to be grateful toward the RYC. Why not thank them or share a memory here?info@rivertonyachtclub.org https://www.facebook.com/rivertonyachtclub?fref=ts – JMc
