2008 GRYC Awards

These trophies were awarded at the GRYC Annual Awards Banquet on October 4, 2008.

	Trophy	Description	Awarded to
Club Open Boat Series & Events
Spring Series:
	Harley Trophy	Best Helm - Single Handed across the Spring Series	Geoff Erskine
	Molson Trophy	Best Helm & Crew in crewed boats across the Spring Series	Warren & Sam Place
	Henning Trophy	Best Junior across the Spring Series	Paul Place
Summer Series:
	Strutt Trophy	Best Helm - Single Handed across the Summer Series	Dan Gray
	Olympic Ski Shop Trophy	Best Helm & Crew in crewed boats across the Summer Series	Warren & Sam Place
	Sealy Trophy	Best Lady Helm across the Summer Series	Alli Crapper
	Silver Jubilee Trophy	Best Junior across the Summer Series	Paul Place
Frostbite Series:
	Wilde Trophy	Best Helm - Single Handed across the Frostbite Series	Geoff Erskine
	O'Keefe Trophy	Best Helm & Crew in crewed boats across the Frostbite Series	Chris & Zoe Rogers
	Parkinson Trophy	Best Junior across the Frostbite Series	Paul Place
GRYC Inviational Regatta
	Laser Fleet Invitational	Best Club Member in the Laser Fleet	Geoff Erskine
	Young Tray	Best Club Y-Flyer	Marc & Louie Ranger
	Olympic Ski Trophy	Best Club Member in the Open Class	Tie: Dan & Cal Gray; Neil Rask & John Russell
	Coupe du Vice Commodore	Best Junior Club Member	Tie: Emilie Macfie; Paul Place
Special Events
	Morisset Cup	Single Handed in normally Crewed Boat	Paul Place
	Medland Shield	New Helms - Family Regatta	No contest 2008
	Evans Shield	Ladies' Club Race	No contest 2008
	The Carling Trophy (Fleet Captains Challenge)	Moonlight Madness	John Crook
Other Club Awards
	420 Trophy	Junior Racer who exhibited constant and motivated participation in GRYC races	Tyler Gray
	The Fleet Captains Cup	For their independent work and valued support to the sailing program.	Pat Curry & Todd Evans
	The Fleet Captains Learn to Sail Trophy	Awarded to the student(s) in the LTS program who showed the greatest combination of diligence, improvement, and enjoyment of sailing.	Christine Denis & Marie Schingh
	Hansum Transum	.. (description is on trophy - essentially it's service to the club over and above the call of duty)	Tony Lahey
	Husky Muskie	Most number of laps swum around the GRYC Islands by a member in a single season	Anne Burbidge (unless someone else can contend)
	Virgin Sturgeon	The biggest fish story, the biggest whopper, the least believable assertion or for the most memorable imbroglio, whopper, prank, really stupid move.	Thomas Yeo
Club Championships
	Diane Pethick's Roziepantz Cup (Lady Season Champion)	For the lady helm with the best overall score across all three club series and all classes	Janey Crook
	Wood Trophy (Laser Season Champion)	For the Laser helm with the best overall score across all three club series	Geoff Erskine
	Thompson Trophy (Albacore Season Champion)	For the Albacore helm with the best overall score across all three club series	N/A
	CJOH Trophy (Open Class Season Champion)	For the helm with the best overall score across all three club series other than Laser	Warren Place
	Junior Shield (Junior Season Champion)	For the junior helm with the best overall score across all three club series and all classes	Paul Place
	Wakefield Inn Trophy (Club Champion Runner Up)	For the helm with the second best overall score across all three club series and all classes	Warren Place
	Eidelweiss Cup (Overall Club Champion)	For the helm with the best overall score across all three club series and all classes	Geoff Erskine	special note: Dan Gray only sailor to complete all 27 races!
	Voyageur Cup	Best performance away from the club	Leo Landry & Alex Felso	Leo:4th place at Fruibowl, Alex at Master laser
Club Big Boat Series
	The Rear Commodore's Opener "Whiskey A-Go-Go" Fathers' Day Challenge		Skipper: Neil Rask Crew: John Russell	CT 2:28:49
	The "I AM Canadian" Big Boat Challenge		Skipper: Warren Place Crew: Dan Gray	CT 1:47:01
	The "Wine Dark Sea" Big Boat Challenge		Skipper: Neil Rask Crew: John Russell	CT 1:30:53
	The "Yo-Ho-Ho" Big Boat Challenge		Skipper: David Newing Crew: Suzy Newing & crew	CT 1:57:40
	The "Irish Whiskey" Big Boat Challenge		Skipper: David Newing Crew: Suzy Newing & Rich Childs	CT 2:19:30
	The "Roaring Fourties" Big Boat Challenge		Skipper: David Newing Crew: Greg & Suzy Newing	CT 1:56:58
	The Commodore's Cup Runner Up	The second best overall score across all Big Boat Challenges of the season	Skipper: Neil Rask Crew: John Russell
	The Commodore's Cup	The best overall score across all Big Boat Challenges of the season	Skipper: David Newing Crew: Greg & Suzy Newing