The Gil LaLonde Memorial Trophy
In the late summer of 1990, the Lake Shore Sail Club lost an avid supporter of JAM racing with the passing of Gil LaLonde. In recognition of his dedication to Lake Shore Sail Club and his commitment to the race program, Gil was awarded the USYRU Sportsmanship award posthumously. In Gil's memory, his wife Linda donated a perpetual award to be presented to a Lake Shore Sail Club member racing JAM, who compiles the best combined record in each year's Spring and Summer Sunset Series.
A pharmacist's mate in the U.S. Navy, Gil had to wait until he retired from the Service to get a steady berth on his own boat, a Tartan 28 with the name of Biwa-Ko, i.e., Lake Biwa, a lake near Tokyo, Japan. Whether it was the boat, computers, mechanics, or painting, Gil set many goals for himself, tenaciously pursuing each until he mastered them. Sailboat racing was one of those personal goals. Gil succeeded in his sailboat racing goals when he took 1st overall JAM honors in GLYC's 4th annual regatta and 2nd place in the LSSC's Spring Sunset Series JAM B fleet. Gil's personal style was to stress his own ability rather than capitalize on another's weakness. He was more apt to go for clear air and sail his own course than to press another boat's position. A very familiar sight in Lake Shore's races, Gil supported his love of sailboat racing with more than his presence. He was active in the formation of LSSC's racing rules and developed LSSC first computer scoring software.
1991	Dave Beard	2001	Norm Mallory	2011	no JAM class
1992	Andy Unger	2002	Norm Mallory	2012
1993	Andy Unger	2003	Norm Mallory	2013
1994	Norm Mallory	2004	Mike Mahar	2014
1995	Norm Mallory	2005	Norm Mallory	2015
1996	Norm Mallory	2006	Don King	2016
1997	Rick Romer	2007	Cary Poplawski	2017
1998	Brian Lang	2008	Cary Poplawski	2018
1999	Lothar Wald	2009	Cary Poplawski	2019
2000	Ron Whalen	2010	no JAM Class	2020