South Shore Outboard Banquet

[Matt Dagostino]

Stan Armstrong Winner...............

I also won the Saddle as a teenager growing up in SSOA but most bizzar story is the year Stan the Man Armstrong won it! I believe the race was at Hartford, CT and a storm moved in. The wind broke a tree branch which dropped on Stan busting his head wide open and nearly killed him.

Thank goodness Stan recovered but if that Saddle could talk it would make for a great book on outboard miscues in the great Northeast over the last half century!

Matt

[BabcockBros38A]

reply to Matt

Matt
Yes i saw your name on it but didn't notice the date, that had to have been when you were in New Hampshire right? We all know Stan was pretty hardheaded!!!
Pete

[Matt Dagostino]

1971.................

Matt
Yes i saw your name on it but didn't notice the date, that had to have been when you were in New Hampshire right? We all know Stan was pretty hardheaded!!!
Pete

I believe the year was 1971 and i was a rookie in ASH. I flipped my Hedlund 12 out of 13 races and was the hands down winner of the SADDLE. My family was living in New Hampshire during my New England years as a child.
I remember being so embarrassed by the award that all i remember is everybody laughing! But i was soothed by Clark Maloof's words.......he said 'kid, if this is the worse thing that happens to you in racing then consider yourself fu**ing lucky'. Clark had such a way with words!

[modracer7b]

Honored to have missed that award

I must say I am very happy to have stayed in my boats most of my races and never got even close to the Saddle Award. Bill Rosado

[Silas_53A]

my rookie year I got the official saddle award runner up for flipping in both heats of the same race.

Side note, Sorry my dad and I couldnt make it.. looks like we missed a great time!

[B1PRORACER]

I won the saddle award in 1993 with only one flip! This was a local race between the PRO Nationals and World Championships. It was a blow-over in my 250ccH at Taunton, MA. It was just like Clark Maloofs blow-over at those same World Championships. The nose went up to about 70 degrees and climbed up about 30-40 feet into the air.... wasn't really a blow-over as much as a lift-off!

[racnbns]

Blow over

I won the saddle award in 1993 with only one flip! This was a local race between the PRO Nationals and World Championships. It was a blow-over in my 250ccH at Taunton, MA. It was just like Clark Maloofs blow-over at those same World Championships. The nose went up to about 70 degrees and climbed up about 30-40 feet into the air.... wasn't really a blow-over as much as a lift-off!

Was that X in the lower left for a pick of the blowover? I'd love to see that! I've only been to Tauton one time and enjoyed every minute of it.

Bruce

[TPLACE31]

More Pictures...

The Hardware
Family Spirit Award - the Arron Main Family
The Travelling Brewsters - 5,062 Region 1 Miles
Queen of NEODRA - Chrisitne Walkden
OSY400 - T. Morse, J. Main, B. Allen
DSH - P. Gevinski, A. Poliakoff, A. Main

[TPLACE31]

More pictures

CSR - Mike Cook & Paul Luippold, (Michael Rorke absent)
Those darn boots again
J Hydro - P. Crowley, A. Poliakoff, B. Audette, J. Cavanaugh
CSH - Morse, Thompson, Gonyea
25SSR- J. Thompson, Boots Cook, T. Noury
20SSH - Main, Morse, Allen

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ASR - O'Neil, Akerstrom, Dias
25SSH - Ellis, Engine Joe, Cavanaugh
ASH - Currier, Colleen, Dias, Kelsey & Sammy
250CCh - The Elder Schmidt, The Younger Schmidt, The kid from Qunicy
SSOA & Region 1 Rookie - Mikey W. Schmidt
The Ancient Mariner of SSOA

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The Bill Giles Award Winners
The Saddle Alumni that were present
Helen Szwicker with "Joe Travers" Award Winner Carole Terry
A speechless Master of Ceremonies

[ram95]

SSOA Banquet

SSOA.. it's a lot more that just an 'Association'.

Alex

[Christine Brewster]

Alex,
I agree SSOA represents family.

[CTerry]

It is a great club with a lot of hard workers over the years to keep it going. Thanks to all of them! I may live in NY but New England, SSOA and Region 1 will always be my home. Can't wait til next season. See you all then
Carole Terry

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Photo credits go to Twisted Sista....