Summary George Kelly Award Past Presidents
During early spring of 1993, a small group met at Steve Cicoria's house to talk about the details of starting a new fishing club. They ended the meeting by kicking in $15 dollars each as seed money. Based on the first newsletter (April 1993) and Steve's best recollection the original organizers were made up of (Steve Cicoria, Curt Nelson, Dick Sablitz, Dave Burnside, Jerry Van Duinen, Charley Muscarella, George Kelly, Art Brooks, Jeff Pollard and Stuart Cole. Other early supporters were: Bill Podoba, Bill Sheridan, George Terpenning, Ron Wojcik, Tom Fordyce, Barry Adams, Jim Conaty, Roland Straub, Jerry Plaaten, Billy Gunn, Ted Reich, Lou Dutra, Tom Haggerty, Tom Bogue, Charlie Utz, Charlie Kelley, Wayne & Steve Aguiar, Don Avery and Bob Salerno who printed our first newsletters.
The original club structure was setup based on Robert's Rules of Order and the constitution made it clear that the club would be focused on having fun not on supporting political and/or environmental causes.
The meeting was at the "Box Office Eatery" (now defunct) in Niantic on May 6th of 1993. By the end of June CT/RI had 60 paid members and by December paid membership was up to 78.
Our first Christmas party was held on January 1994 and George Kelly was awarded a special gift for supporting most club functions and for bringing so many new members.
By Steve Cicoria
The George Kelly Award is given annually to the club member who has given exceptional service to our club.
| George Kelly | 1997 |
| Ron Whiteley | 1998 |
| Rose Marie E. Boyd | 1999 |
| Rick Davidson | 2000 |
| Tom Boyd | 2001 |
| Bruce & Rose Marino | 2002 |
| A. J. Hocking | 2003 |
| Ron Gedney | 2004 |
| Ron Caulfield | 2005 |
| Joe Canzanella & Dick Tremblay | 2006 |
| John Crowe | 2007 |
Steve Cicoria (Founder and 1st "President) |
Tom Boyde |
John Springer |
Ron Whiteley |
Tom Boyd |
A.J. Hocking |
| Ernie Beckwith |
| John Crowe |
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