Race Cups
Janeway Cup (Stratton Mountain)
Named after the late Vermont State Senator, Edward Janeway, who also served on Stratton Mountain’s board of directors, the Janeway Cup is awarded to the fastest man and women over the age of 40. This race has been a long time favorite on the New England Masters circuit, dating back to at least 1970. A quick glance at the past winners of this perpetual trophy reads like a Who’s Who of masters ski racing.
| Janeway Cup Winners | ||
| Year | Men | Women |
| 1999 | Bob Hill | Nadine Price |
| 2000 | Pepi Neubauer | Nadine Price |
| 2001 | Pepi Neubauer | Margaret Vaughn |
| 2002 | Doug Tucker | Lisa Densmore |
| 2003 | Scott Hardy | Sally White |
| 2004 | Patrick McNamara | Sally White |
| 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Scott Hardy | Nadine Price |
| 2007 | Scott Hardy | Nadine Price |
| 2008 | Bob Hill | Carolyn Beckedorff |
| 2009 | Bob Hill | Carolyn Beckedorff |
| 2010 | Patrick McNamara | Carolyn Beckedorff |
| 2011 | Patrick McNamara | Lisa Densmore |
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| 2018 | ||
| 2019 | Mark George | Polly Schmid |
Bunny Bertram Memorial (Suicide Six)
Established in 1974, this annual slalom race is held at Suicide Six Ski Area in honor of Wallace “Bunny” Bertram. Bunny not only owned Suicide Six from 1936 to 1961 (he sold it to the Rockefellers!) but he is credited with developing the first continuously operating ski tow in the United States. Bunny also pioneered the first NASTAR type races, developed the first certification test for ski instructors in 1948 and installed the first poma type lift for New England in 1954. He also assisted in setting up the first youth racing program in America.
The Bunny Bertram Award is presented to the three fastest men and women overall.
| Bunny Bertram Memorial Winners | ||
| Year | Men | Women |
| 2019 | Matt Dodge | Cinthia Audet |
| Eric Vitiello | Eliza Phillips | |
| Mark George | Nadine Price | |
| 2018 | Matt Dodge | Jackie Levy |
| David Lozeau | Margaret Vaughn | |
| Terence Fogarty | Cynthia Berlack | |
Lobstah Cup (Shawnee Peak)
The newest cup on the New England Masters circuit. The Lobstah Cup was created in 2016 to not only celebrate the first New England Masters races at Shawnee Peak but to pay homage to one of Maine’s most well-known commodities, the Lobster.
The Lobstah Cup is awarded to the man and women with the fastest combined time on the day. No handicapping, no points … just speed baby! In addition to having their names forever etched in New England Masters history, the winners of the Lobstah Cup also receive a gift card to a specialty lobster shop in Maine so they can celebrate victory over their very own lobster dinner.
Previous Winners:
| Lobstah Cup Winners | ||
| Year | Man | Woman |
| 2016 | Ace Tarberry | Taylor Knortz |
| 2017 | Ace Tarberry | Taylor Knortz |
| 2018 | ||
| 2019 | Alec Tarberry | Beata Wiktor |
Beer League Challenge (Ragged Mountain)
In addition to Masters races, many of our racers also participate in night/beer leagues at various mountains around New England during the week. Being the competitors that we are, there has been a long standing debate around which league is in fact the best.
Established in 2015, the Beer League Challenge is a race to settle all doubts about which mountain has the best beer/night league team each season. As one of only two “team” races on the NEMS schedule, the Beer League Challenge has quickly become one of the more popular races on the circuit with the winning team not only receiving ultimate bragging rights but also taking home a delicious case of beer in addition to number other prizes worthy of only the best of the best.
Below are the rules:
- Teams of six racers (male/female/mixed)
- The men’s overall finish results are divided into four quarters
- The women’s overall finish results are split into halves
- Each of the quarters and halves is scored using old World Cup scoring
- All finisher’s points are added up for the team they are on
- The team with the highest points wins the ultimate bragging rights to best beer league in New England!
Previous Winners:
| Beer League Challenge Team Champions | |||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Women of Wachusett | Women of Wachusett | Dilly Dilly | |
| Lisa Marien | Lisa Marien | Mark George | Matt Mitsis |
| Lauren Bennett | Lauren Bennett | Kevin O’Brien | |
| Kate Parhiala | Kate Parhiala | Leonard Kwan | |
| Shannan Budde | Shannan Budde | Kate Parhiala | |
| Martha Hanright | Sara Melekian | ||
| Jackie Levy | Cynthia Berlack | ||
Hochgebirge Cup Challenge (Cannon/Mittersill)
**Coming soon!**
Gibson Cup
The Gibson Cup was organized by Harvey Dow Gibson and his wife Helen to stimulate ski racing interest in the Eastern Slope Ski Club. The history of the Gibson Cup stretches back to the winter of 1940 and is named after one of Cranmore’s founding fathers, Harvey Dow Gibson. Gibson cleared the first trails on the slopes of Mount Cranmore in 1937 and was key in the relocation of Austrian Hannes Schneider to North Conway who later became known as “the father of American skiing” and the director of the Cranmore Ski School.
The Gibson Cup has had a number of formats over the past 75+ years. From 1940-1966 the race served as a premier racing event attracting many of the top racers in the East. In 1989 the Gibson Cup was revived as a Masters event. Race organizers used a format which divided racers’ times by their ages for the event.
More recently, the Gibson Cup was awarded to the overall winner of a two day combined race for New England Masters (NEMS) Series. The weekend long event was comprised of a Giant Slalom and a Slalom race. The overall winner of the 2-day event would have their names inscribed upon the Trophy that still hangs on the wall of Zip’s Pub. The names on the Trophy are familiar to the ski racing community and include former US Ski Team members, Olympians and World Cup and Pro Tour Racers; but the race has not been held as a NEMS event since 2011.
In 2017, the Gibson Cup made its return as a 5-Race series held in conjunction with, but separate from, Mountain Meisters. For more information on the current Gibson Cup race series please visit the Cranmore Mountain Meisters Race page.
Previous Winners:
| Gibson Cup | ||
| Year | Men | Women |
| 1940 | Toni Matt | Margaret Phillips |
| 1941 | Toni Matt | Susan Sise |
| 1942 | Toni Matt | Paula Kann |
| 1943 | Toni Matt | Paula Kann |
| 1944 | Robert Berring Jr. | Paula Kann |
| 1945 | Robert Savard | Paula Kann |
| 1946 | Kristofer Berg | Paula Kann |
| 1947 | Toni Matt | Paula Kann |
| 1948 | Kalle Nergaard | Ann Dodge |
| 1949 | Tor Arnenerg / George Macomber | Anne Johnson |
| 1950 | Gale Shaw Jr. | Anne Johnson Jones |
| 1951 | W. Douglas Burden | Ellanor Sharpe / Betsy Strong |
| 1952 | Edi Mall | Jimmie Snively |
| 1953 | Othmar Schneider | Anne Johnson Jones |
| 1954 | Charly Furrer | Anne Johnson Jones |
| 1955 | Chiharu Igaya | Inger Jorgensen |
| 1956 | Edi Mall | Leona Reny |
| 1957 | Tom Corcoran | Penny Pitou |
| 1958 | Edi Mall | Mary Lind |
| 1959 | Tom Corcoran | Sally Deaver |
| 1960 | Don Henderson | Betty Ann Bell |
| 1961 | Skip Bryan | Mary Stowell |
| 1962 | Norton Webber Jr. | Marsha Fletcher |
| 1963 | Roger Buchika | Mary Stowell |
| 1989 | Herbert Schneider | Pam Fischer |
| 1995 | Richard Wright | Kim Wolff |
| 1996 | Lisa Densmore | |
| 1997 | Bill McGrath | Meg St John |
| 1998 | Tyler Palmer | Lisa Densmore |
| 1999 | Brian Dewsnap | Lisa Densmore |
| 2000 | Pat McNamara | Melissa Patterson |
| 2001 | Chris Johnson | Karen Nash |
| 2002 | Susanna Witcher | |
| 2003 | Sean Florian | Jessie McAleer |
| 2004 | Sean Florian | Carolyn Beckedorff |
| 2005 | Tip Kimball | Carolyn Beckedorff |
| 2006 | Alex Gadbios | Jessie McAleer |
| 2007 | Matt Aschliman | Jessie McAleer |
| 2008 | Brent Grygiel | Carolyn Beckedorff |
| 2009 | Luke Hiebert | Jessie McAleer |
| 2010 | Terrance Fogarty | Jessie McAleer |
| 2011 | Luke Hiebert | Jessie McAleer |
| 2017 | Ace Tarberry | Maggie Flynn |
| 2018 | Ace Tarberry | Maggie Flynn |
Legends Cup (Finals Venue)
The Legends Cup was established as way to remember and honor all those passed racers that impacted Masters Racing in a meaningful way as well to pass our heritage onto the younger racers among us.
Different from our other races, the Legends Cup is a handicapped race and the female/male winner is determined on a net time basis.
| Masters Legends | ||
| Rod Aller | Jane Hough | Dick Prentice |
| George Anderson | Ginny Hunt | Arne Rostadt |
| Alan Beck | Keith Jones | Al Sise |
| Bob Butler | Woody Jones | Hub Sise |
| George Caner | Cynthia Lathrop | Marshall & Joan Skiff |
| Dick Comey – Comey Comets | Chris Leuci | Rod Taylor |
| Jim Cook | Curt Lipke | Jack Tobin |
| Fred Crane | Tom Maynes | Larry Voelker |
| Cheeb Everitt | Billy Mcgrath | Harold Wescott |
| Bob Fisher | Egil Nillsen | Heinz Paul Wieser |
| Nate Grifkin | Frasier Noble | Dick Wood |
Sise Cup Trophy
Named in honor of Al Sise, the father of alpine masters ski racing and a member of both the Vermont Ski Museum Hall of Fame and the National Ski Hall of Fame. The Sise Cup is the most prestigious award within the New England Masters and is bestowed to the top man and women points holders at the end of each race season.
| Sise Cup Champions | |||||
| Year | Men | Women | Year | Men | Women |
| 1971 | Brooks Dodge | 2001 | Will Withington | Caroline Beckedorff | |
| 1972 | Rodger Buchika | 2002 | Chris Johnson | Jessie McAleer | |
| 1973 | Rodger Buchika | 2003 | Bob Hill | Jessie McAleer | |
| 1974 | Brooks Dodge | 2004 | Matt Aeschliman | Jessie McAleer | |
| 1975 | Rodger Buchika | 2005 | Bob Hill | Caroline Beckedorff | |
| 1976 | Rodger Buchika | 2006 | David Wolff | Jessie McAleer | |
| 1977 | Rodger Buchika | Debbie McLane | 2007 | Mark George | Caroline Beckedorff |
| 1978 | Rodger Buchika | Debbie McLane | 2008 | Randy Detrick | Caroline Beckedorff |
| 1979 | Jeff Jacobs | Debbie McLane | 2009 | Ben Green | Jessie McAleer |
| 1980 | Peter Cater | Debbie Carter | 2010 | Ben Green | Jessie McAleer |
| 1981 | Peter Cater | Susan MacNeil | 2011 | Mark George | Jessie McAleer |
| 1982 | Peter Cater | Susan Fisher | 2012 | Ben Green | Katie George Green |
| 1983 | John Macomber | Debbie Carter | 2013 | Ben Green | Katie George Green |
| 1984 | John Macomber | Debbie Carter | 2014 | Ben Green | Lisa Marien |
| 1985 | Bob Rose | Debbie Carter | 2015 | Matthew Dodge | Alex Mitchell |
| 1986 | Bob Rose | Susan Fisher | 2016 | Kevin O’Brien | Jackie Levy |
| 1987 | Rich Wright / David Dodge | Joan Crane Barthold | 2017 | Kevin O’Brien | Taylor Knortz |
| 1988 | Bob Hill | Joan Crane Barthold / Kathy-Rae Presby | 2018 | Matthew Dodge | Jackie Levy |
| 1989 | Rich Wright | Joan Crane Barthold | 2019 | Matthew Dodge | Alex Mitchell |
| 1990 | Wayne Wright | Kathy-Rae Presby | 2020 | ||
| 1991 | Bob Hill | Lisa Feinberg Densmore | |||
| 1992 | Bob Hill | Joan Crane Barthold | |||
| 1993 | William McGrath | Lisa Feinberg Densmore | |||
| 1994 | William McGrath | Lisa Feinberg Densmore | |||
| 1995 | Tyler Palmer | Kim Wolff | |||
| 1996 | William McGrath | Lisa Feinberg Densmore | |||
| 1997 | William McGrath | Brooks Axelson | |||
| 1998 | Chris Johnson | Brooks Axelson | |||
| 1999 | Chris Johnson | Lisa Feinberg Densmore | |||
| 2000 | Chris Johnson | Melissa Patterson | |||
Season Awards:
Tobin Award:
Named in honor of ski racing legend Jack Tobin, this award is given to an Eastern Masters racer (New England, New York or Mid-Atlantic divisions) for “outstanding contribution to Eastern Masters Ski Racing”.
| Jack Tobin Award | |||||
| 1990 | Al Sise | 2000 | Marshall & Joan Skiff | 2010 | George Caner |
| 1991 | Faith Middleton | 2001 | David “Duffy” Dodge | 2011 | George Merrill |
| 1992 | Gary Colwell | 2002 | Bob & Pam Fisher | 2012 | Pepe Neubauer |
| 1993 | Jane Hough | 2003 | Dick Prentice | 2013 | Pete Donaghy |
| 1994 | Bob & Cheryl Risberger | 2004 | Bob McGrath | 2014 | Horst Locher |
| 1995 | Alan Beck | 2005 | Bromley Outing Club | 2015 | David Strang |
| 1996 | Fraser Noble | 2006 | Paul Rich | 2016 | Peter Cornish & Okemo Mt. Race Crew |
| 1997 | Cynthia Lathrop | 2007 | Ski Club Hochgebirge | 2017 | |
| 1998 | Dick Comey | 2008 | George Anderson | 2018 | Anne Nordhoy |
| 1999 | Jim & Jane Cook | 2009 | Bill McCollom | 2019 | Hubert Schriebel |
George Anderson Spirit of Masters Award:
Named in memory of beloved NEMS legend, George Anderson, who passed away suddenly in 2008, this prestigious award is given to the NEMS competitor who truly exemplifies the spirt of Masters racing in New England. Selected annually by the Board of Directors, the recipient of this award can be easily characterized by each of the below criteria. The racer must:
- Excel in participation
- Always be cheerful and congenial
- Values and honor the friendships forged through Masters
- Knows almost everyone and greet everyone with a smile
- Be quick to lend a hand to anyone who needs one and
- Always carries at least double his or her weight in coats at each race!
| George Anderson Spirit of Masters Award | |||||
| 2009 | Justin Rubinstein | 2013 | Dale Maynard | 2017 | Mike Suriani |
| 2010 | Tom Lahaise | 2014 | Alphonse Sevigny | 2018 | Matt Dodge |
| 2011 | Katie George | 2015 | John Spooner | 2019 | Eric Vitiello |
| 2012 | Patti Lane | 2016 | Chuck Thorndike | ||
Endurance Award:
Established in 2018, this award is given to NEMS racers who compete in every scored NEMS race during the season. While each season is different, a typical NEMS season can have between 15-21 races across 3-5 states! Competing in every single race requires the highest level of commitment, both physically and mentally that deserves to be recognized.
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| Mark George | Hans Truckenbrod | ||||
| Margaret Vaughn | |||||
| Eric Vitiello | |||||
Rookie of the Year Award:
Established in 2019, The Rookie of the Year award is bestowed to a new NEMS racer who attends a meaningful number of races, and has a positive impact on the season.
| Rookie of the Year | ||
| 2019 | Andrew MacPherson | Susan Bradshaw |
Comeback Racer of the Year Award:
Established in 2019, The Comeback Racer of the Year award is presented to a racer who was forced to miss a significant portion of a race season due to injury, but was able to return to racing and preform at a high level.
| Comeback Racer of the Year | |
| 2019 | John Spooner |
