1. Bill Klebe Award for Good Sportsmanship

The Bill Klebe Award for Good Sportsmanship

The Bill Klebe Award, sponsored by the St Charles Canoe Club, St Charles, IL and approved January 10, 1999 by the USCA Board of Directors, was established to recognize "good sportsmanship."

Bill Klebe was an active member of the St Charles Canoe Club until his death from cancer in 1984. Bill and his wife Jean were avid canoe racers and good sportsmanship was one of his major characteristics. It is fitting therefore that an award which honors good sporting behavior during the week of USCA Nationals be named for Bill Klebe.

The traveling trophy was donated to the USCA, along with a fund for its maintenance, by the St Charles Canoe Club.

Articles about the Bill Klebe Award itself and about recipients of the Award will be uploaded here in due course.

Award Recipients
1999 None.
2000 Tom Yarosh (NY) & Jim Mallory (NY) at the Lafayette Nationals, IN.
2001 None.
2002 None.
2003 Don Stoneman (ON) & Craig Creighton (ON) at the Warren Nationals, PA.
2004 Teresa Stout (PA) & Ray Quick (MI) at the Oscoda Nationals, MI.
2005 John Edwards (FL) at the Warren Nationals, PA.
2006 Guy Gilman (IN), at the Peshtigo Nationals, WI.
2007 None.
2008 Tom Thomas (IN) at the Bristol Nationals, IN.

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1. Bill Klebe Award for Good Sportsmanship

The Bill Klebe Award for Good Sportsmanship

The Bill Klebe Award, sponsored by the St Charles Canoe Club, St Charles, IL and approved January 10, 1999 by the USCA Board of Directors, was established to recognize "good sportsmanship."

Bill Klebe was an active member of the St Charles Canoe Club until his death from cancer in 1984. Bill and his wife Jean were avid canoe racers and good sportsmanship was one of his major characteristics. It is fitting therefore that an award which honors good sporting behavior during the week of USCA Nationals be named for Bill Klebe.

The traveling trophy was donated to the USCA, along with a fund for its maintenance, by the St Charles Canoe Club.

Articles about the Bill Klebe Award itself and about recipients of the Award will be uploaded here in due course.

Award Recipients

1999 None.
2000 Tom Yarosh (NY) & Jim Mallory (NY) at the Lafayette Nationals, IN.
2001 None.
2002 None.
2003 Don Stoneman (ON) & Craig Creighton (ON) at the Warren Nationals, PA.
2004 Teresa Stout (PA) & Ray Quick (MI) at the Oscoda Nationals, MI.
2005 John Edwards (FL) at the Warren Nationals, PA.
2006 Guy Gilman (IN), at the Peshtigo Nationals, WI.
2007 None.
2008 Tom Thomas (IN) at the Bristol Nationals, IN.

Tom Thomas, Bill Klebe Award 2008
Tom Thomas wins Bill Klebe Award, 2008

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