The RIYC Sailing Awards took place in the Club on Saturday, 27th January 2018.
This is the event when we can highlight our Members and celebrate their acheivements on the water.
This year the Members themselves were invited to put forward nominations for each category, there were many nominations to chose from;
The nominees were:
| CATEGORY |
NOMINEES |
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| Helm/Boat of the Year |
Saskia Tidey |
Rockabill |
Joker 2 |
| Cruiser of the Year |
Hugh Pilsworth |
David Cullen |
Drewry Pearson |
| Best International Racing Result |
Saskia Tidey |
Halloween |
Lisa |
| Best IRC Result |
Cartoon |
White Mischief |
Peridot |
| Best Cruiser Racer Echo Result |
WOW |
Billy Whizz |
White Mischief |
| Best Dinghy |
Darach Dineen |
Jill - P.Mangan & P. Smith |
Moosmie - D.McFarlane |
| Best One Design Result |
Bad Kilcullen |
Elandra |
Billy Whizz |
| Best White Sail Result |
Persistence |
The Great Escape |
Effex 2 |
| Contribution to Sailing |
Henry Leonard |
Michael Boyd |
Tim Goodbody |
| Rear Commodore's Award (special) |
Charles Broadhead -Persistence |
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| Volunteer of the Year - House |
Anne Mills |
Bernice Duffy |
Winifred McCourt |
| Volunteer of the Year - Sailing |
Gill O'Connor |
Brendan Farrell |
Gill Gibson |
THE WINNERS ARE:
| CATEGORY |
WINNER |
| Helm/Boat of the Year |
Saskia Tidey |
| Cruiser of the Year |
Drewry Pearson |
| Best International Racing Result |
D. Hayes, D. O'Connor, John Sisk - Hallowe'en |
| Best IRC Result |
Sybil Mc Cormack & Ken Lawless - Cartoon |
| Best Cruiser Racer Echo Result |
Tim Goodbody Richard Goodbody - White Mischief |
| Best Dinghy |
David McFarlane |
| Best One Design Result |
Jerry & James Dowling - Bad Kilcullen |
| Best White Sail Result |
Pat Rigney - The Great Escape |
| Contribution to Sailing |
Michael Boyd |
| Rear Commodore's Award (special) |
Charles Broadhead - Persistence |
| Volunteer of the Year - House |
Anne Mills |
| Volunteer of the Year - Sailing |
Gill O'Connor |
Congratulations to the winners and nominees.
Best wishes to the four members nominated for Irish Sailing/ Afloat Sailor of the Year: Michael Boyd, John Maybury, Paul O'Higgins and Saskia Tidey!