Derby/Shelton Rotary Club

Rotary Celebrates Thanksgiving Day Rivalry

The 2011 luncheon was held at the Russian Lodge in Shelton on Tuesday, November 20.

Shelton Won 27-21

Steve Balog, past president of the Derby/Shelton Rotary Club hands the Rotary trophy to Shelton coach Jeff Roy following one of the closest, most exciting games in the long history of the series. More pictures from the game here

George French

Glenn Gaetano

Ed Sheehy

Jeff Roy

Ken Roberts

The Derby/Shelton Rotary Club continued one of its great traditions on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 when they hosted the senior members of the Derby and Shelton High School football and cheerleading squads. The rivalry dates back more than 100 years, and the Rotary Club honors the friendly rivalry by bringing everyone together to break bread prior to the game. This year's game will be played in Shelton on Thanksgiving morning at 10:30 am.

Rotarian Ed Sheehy, who played for Derby High School in the game years ago, served as Master of Ceremonies for the event. The two head coaches spoke briefly and introduced their players and also their guest speakers. Glenn Gaetano was the Derby alum while Ken Robers spoke for Shelton.

Click here to watch Glenn Gaetano's talk

Click here to watch Ken Roberts' talk

Tony Branca, a former head coach at Shelton High who designed and built the Rotary trophy pictured above was also in attendance. The winning team on Thanksgiving Day will get to keep the trophy for a year. When a team gets 10 wins, it gets to keep the trophy permanently. Shelton has now won both of the games since this new trophy was put in play. The tradition of the trophy dates back to the first one put in play way back in 1947 when it was known as the Shelton Looms trophy.

Click here for the all time game results

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