NY Wing Drill Team History

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NY Wing Drill Competition History (top)

New York Wing has won more national competitions than any other wing in CAP with 12 to their credit (See the CAP NHQ NDC History page). We have a long and proud history of successful drill teams, most notably from 1980 to 1991 with 6 championship titles, and an 11 year stretch (1978-1988) of Northeast Region titles. One could even say that we are the "Montreal Canadiens" or (ironically) the "New York Yankees" of drill teams.

For much of the 1980's, the battles were between Bronx and Manhattan groups within the wing, and the New York rivalry with New Jersey wing developed at the same time. In 1993, and continuing until 2001, NY Wing did not field a team at region competition.

A remarkable fact about the FLG team is it was the first non-NY City (Bronx, Queens or Manhattan) team in 22 years (since 1979) to represent the wing at Region competition, first non-NYC team to win NCC (and win more than once) and only the second to win on their first visit. Take a look at the complete history below...

Roster of Champions
1948
Westchester Group
National Champions
1949
??
 
1950
Westchester Group
Region Champions
1951
Manhattan Group
National Champions
1952
Praetorian Guard1
Region Champions
1953
Manhattan Group
National Champions
1954
Manhattan Group
Region Champions
1955
Manhattan Group
Region Champions
1956
Manhattan Group
Region Champions
1957
Manhattan Group
Region Champions
1958
Manhattan Group
National Champions
1959
Bronx Group
Region Champions
1960
Bronx Group
 
1961
Manhattan Group
Region Champions
1962
Queens Group
 
1963
Manhattan Group
 
1964
Manhattan Group
 
1965
Queens Group
 
1966
to
1972
No Competitions Were Held
1973
Manhattan Group
 
1974
Queens Group
 
1975
Queens Group
Region Champions
1976
Niagara Frontier Group
 
1977
Queens Group
 
1978
Queens Group
Region Champions
1979
Niagara Frontier Group
Region Champions
1980
Bronx Group2
National Champions
1981
Bronx Group
Region Champions
1982
Bronx Group
National Champions
1983
Bronx Group
Region Champions
1984
Bronx Group
National Champions
1985
Bronx Group
National Champions
1986
Bronx Group
Region Champions
1987
Manhattan Group
Region Champions
1988
Bronx Group
National Champions
1989
Manhattan Group
 
1990
Bronx Group
 
1991
New York City Group
National Champions
1992
New York City Group
 
1993
and
1994
No Competitions Were Held
1995
Long Island Group?
 
1996
to
2000
No Competitions Were Held
2001
Finger Lakes Group
 
2002
Finger Lakes Group3
National Champions
2003
Finger Lakes Group
Region Champions
2004
Finger Lakes Group
Region Champions
2005
Finger Lakes Group
National Champions

1 - Praetorian Guard was a combined Manhattan & Bronx Group Team. After 1952, a Bronx Group Team competed separately and the Manhattan Group Team used the Praetorian Guard name into the 90s. In 1991, the New York City group was created out of a consolidation of the borough groups (Bronx, Manhattan, etc.) and the team was then comprised of cadets from across the city.

2 - The Bronx Group Drill Team was the first non-chartered unit (i.e. not a squadron/group/wing) in CAP history to receive a Unit Citation for their National Championship in 1981. They later earned a total of 5 Unit Citations for their 5 Championships.

3 - Finger Lakes Group is the first non-NY City group in NY Wing history to compete at Northeast Region back to back. They are also the first non-NY City group to win at the NCC, and only the second to do so on their first try (joining the 1980 Bronx team).


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