11.3.20 A standing ovation greeted the announcement that Sandy Lawson of Rapunzel had won this year’s Tuesday Twilight Inspiration Award. The 2019 recipient Genevieve Slattery (left) presented Sandy (right) with the beautiful trophy, first donated by the late Jan Williams, which recognises women over 55 who have either started to sail later in life or returned to our sport after a hiatus.
Sandy has competed in every Tuesday Twilight competition since its inception and has provided the opportunity for other women, often lacking experience, to sail on Sydney Harbour and in Pittwater during the Annual Cruise.
Captain Karyn Gojnich welcomed Chris Paspaley to the stage for the series presentation. ‘Thank you once again to Paspaley for supporting our series, their fifth with RSYS. Their support has contributed to the expansion of our Ladies sailing and Tuesday Twilights community – as evidenced by the capacity crowd in the Carabella Room tonight. It is always a pleasure to welcome Chris Paspaley to our prizegiving event, tonight he will present four pairs of Maxima stud earrings to the overall winners and an additional four pairs to the lucky draw winners.’
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The Ladies One Design Division spinnaker
Main Series – the Lady Helm trophy
1st The Jackal – Amy Gojnich
2nd Holly – Elyse Guevara-Rattray
3rd Elliott 4 – Nikki O’Shea
Amy Gojnich (The Jackal) with Chris Paspaley
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The Ladies Division non-spinnaker
Main Series – the Jan Rowed trophy
1st Trilogy – Eve Sheppard
2nd Lively – Sophie Nelson
3rd Kookaburra – Jill Hammond
The crew of Trilogy with Chris Paspaley.
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The Open Division non-spinnaker
1st James Merrington, Mercier
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The delighted ‘participation’ recipients were L to R: Linda Bell (Viva la Vita), Courtney Harris (Elliott 2), Genevieve Slattery (Genovefa), Kim Ketelbey (Elliott 1) with Chris Paspaley.
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Trophy Series
Within the Tueseday Twilights we have a ‘mini series’ made up of three races and these were sailed on 17 December, 11 February and 10 March.
The Bluebird trophy awarded in the Ladies One Design Spinnaker division
1st Mojo – Kirstin Reblin
The crew of Mojo collected the Blue Bird trophy
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The Gypsy Moth IV trophy awarded in the Ladies non-spinnaker division
1st Trilogy – Eve Sheppard
Eve Shepherd helming Trilogy
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10 March / Race 12 prizes
Ladies One Design Spinnaker Division
1st Mojo – Kirstin Reblin
2nd The Jackal – Amy Gojnich
3rd Holly – Elyse Guevara-Rattray
Mojo and Holly
Ladies Non Spinnaker Division
1st Trilogy – Eve Sheppard
2nd Lively – Sophie Nelson
3rd Genovefa – Genevieve Slattery
Sophie Nelson helming Lively
Open Division
1st Gail Force – Graeme Smith
Best Start Coco – Kate McCann (.01)
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The 2020/21 Tuesday Twilight series will commence on 10 November 2020. See you then!
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