Dear Sailors, Volunteers & Supporters,

Last weekend we braved the storm but from within the CCYC club house but we can’t thank every one enough for this year. Through out the year, we’ve had the best sailing conditions for learning and supporting each other and growing the team, followed by an amazing evening on the Saturday evening for our ACF team in the Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club with such amazing food made by the wonderful Sally Cass from the Duke of York.

The evening was our first ever yearly awards night. Starting off with some lovely speeches by Andy Cassell, Patron and founder of ACF, whose kindly presented our trophies.

We also had the honour of Barry Hocking (Elizabeth Wood’s Father) who also kindly present our brand new memorial trophy in her name. He was supposed to be in person but was unable to attend due to the ferries were not running.

This inspired the many who did not make it for the same reason to join us on Zoom and be part of the night where we gave the large screen over to Barry to present this fantastic award. Certainly something i think will do more of in the future.

A summary of the awards and winners are;

ACF Determination Award (in memory of John Garlick) – Jack Keen
ACF HIGHEST Performing Helm Award – Laurence Greenough
ACF Commitment Award – Helen Casey
ACF Wooden Spoon Award – Sylvia Evans
ACF Most Valuable Volunteer Award – Mark Young
ACF Cake Off Award – Caroline Keen
ACF Best Shore Support (Sailing Support) – Liz Mangles
ACF Best Shore Support (Non-Sailing Related) – Sharon and Roger Corbin
ACF Crew Member of the Year Award – Jon Evans
ACF Golden Shackle Award (Enabling Growth) – Mark Matthews & Liz Mangles
ACF Top Fundraiser Award – James Mitchell
ACF Most Improved Sailor of the Year (In memory of Elizabeth Wood) – Stephen (Jock) Lamont
ACF Cowes Week Daily Awards – ACF Dolphin 1st x1 2nd x3 3rd x1, ACF Limbitless 3rd x1.
ACF Cowes WEek Team Overall – ACF Dolphin 3rd, ACF Limbitless 7th, ACF SparePart 10th.
UK Sonar Nationals Championships – ACF Dolphin 2nd, ACF Limbitless 3rd, ACF SparePart 7th.

Additional thank you’s too;
1. Sally Cass – The Nights Meal
2. CCYC – Host Venue (collect by Bar Team).
3. Barry and Kathleen – Furthers distance travelled and impart.

To see the reasons behind the awards open this article in a web browser and click on the attachment (presentation of the night).

Thank you all again and we look forward to the season ahead.

Yours sincerely,

All of us at the Andrew Cassell Foundation.

Location

Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club, 39 Birmingham Rd, Cowes PO31 7BH, UK