Awards Night 2010!

From Left to Right: The C.W. Bourke Trophy, The Fleet Captain's Cup, The Douglas Cup, The Lipton Cup, The Norman R. Gooderham Trophy, The Alan Townsend Trophy, The Viscount Alexander of Tunis Trophy, and The Crew Race Trophy

The 2010 CDA Awards Night (cleverly disguised as a night at the pub), was a great success.  More than 30 people crowded into the Crown & Beaver Pub at the RCYC to see the awards, which is as good a turnout as our summer regattas!  Special thanks go out to Kara Johnson for the photos, and the staff at the RCYC for putting on a great show.

In no particular order, I'm proud to present our 2010 CDA trophy winners:

Peter Hayward (Right) and Marco Koechli (Centre), winners of the Itchenor Trays for the best score on day 1 of the CDA Championships.  The Itchenor Trays were presented by the British 14' dinghy team in 1969.

Jason Lemieux (Right) taking home the Viscount Alexander of Tunis Trophy, for winning the last race of the CDAs.  Graham Lockett (absent) was the winning crew.  The "Viscount A." was first presented in 1949.

The Charles W. Bourke Memorial Trophy was awarded to Peter and Marco, as the overall winner of the CDA Championships.  This was Peter's fifth time winning this trophy: 1995, '99, '01, '03, and now 2010.

Marco also won the Bob Davis Memorial Trophy, awarded to the winning crew of the CDA Championships.  The Davis Trophy was first awarded in 1976, for the winning crew of the CDA Championships.  Considering crews do all the work on the '14, it's a much sought-after award.  Unfortunately, Marianne & Paul Davis were unable to make the trip to Toronto to present the trophy.

The Norman R. Gooderham Trophy, circa 1900.  Since 1948 it has been presented to the 14 foot dinghy class RCYC Club Champion.  This year's winner was Andrew Yates; your president gladly accepted the trophy on his behalf! 

This year's CDA Championship Series, the "Racing formerly known as the Lipton Cup", was won by Peter and Marco.  The CDA Series Champion is determined by the combined score of five major regattas held across the CDA (Calgary anyone?!?!) with one regatta as a drop.  This year's events were the Ottawa Skiff Grand Prix, the RCYC Open, the Cassidy's Bay Invitational, the RCYC Skiff Regatta, and the CDA Championships.

Thanks to everyone for a great season.  Hopefully someone will step up and keep Marco and Peter from sweeping next year's awards, as competition heats up in advance of the 2011 World Championships in Weymouth, UK!