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Annual Award Winners

2014 Winners

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Club Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernard Friel

     – Participation, performance, versatility, service 

Michael O’Keefe Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heidi White

John English Spirit Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Hunnewell

E. Van der Leur Seamanship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Slaight

Monmouth Museum Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernard Friel

     – Winner of the Fall Series in the biggest fleet

Miltenberger Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Winters

    –  Winner of the novice race

Women’s Championship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie Cattanach / Eileen Ewing

One Design Bridge Race Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Vought

Cruising Bridge Race Series – Cruising 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Pezzutti

Cruising Bridge Race Series – Cruising 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Pezzutti

Laser Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Larry Nociolo

     – Best 24 races on the Navesink

Flying Scot Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernard Friel

     – Best 24 races on the Navesink

Lightning Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Harrington

     – Best 24 races on the Navesink

Wood Pussy Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No boat qualified

     – Best 24 races on the Navesink

Sanderling Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No boat qualified

     – Best 24 races on the Navesink

Rowing Fleet Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Levinson

Borden L. Hance, Jr. Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No boat qualified

     – Winner of the Wood Pussy Spring Series

Howard L. Hathaway Memorial Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No boat qualified

     – Winner of the Wood Pussy summer Series

Cox Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Harrington

     – Winner of the Lightning Summer Series

Bob Howson Wood Pussy Bridge Race Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No boat qualified

     – Performance and participation in the Bridge Race Series

Neil Clifton Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No boat qualified

     – Winner of the Wood Pussy Fall Series

Lars Olsen Plaque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Randy Dickerson

     – Winner of the Lightning Spring Series

Joe Focarile Spinnaker Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Markoff

     – Donated by the Cruising Fleet to honor fleet members in four categories

Dr. Edwin Field Navigator Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David & Marilyn Cheslow

Flying Scot Bottom’s Up Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Bill Thonack

      – Awarded to the most recent Flying Scot to show it’s bottom

Goofball Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Luard

     – Awarded to the member who did something goofy on the water

Screwball Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Awarded

     – Awarded to the member who did something screwy on land