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13th October 2010

Round Ireland Winner is RORC's Yacht of the Year

The Royal Ocean Racing Club in London announced that Holland's Piet Vroon's Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens 3 is the 2010 Yacht of the Year.

Piet has been racing with the RORC for 50 years and during that time has achieved many notable successes including winning the Rolex Fastnet Race. Now 80 years young, he competed in eight RORC races this season including the Conway Media Wicklow's Round Ireland and the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

Tonnerre de Breskens 3 takes the Jazz Trophy for the overall winner of the Season's Points Championship (when all races count); the Trenchemer Cup for winning IRC Zero; the Stradivarius Trophy for the best overseas yacht in IRC and also the Somerset Memorial Trophy for outstanding racing achievement by a yacht owned or sailed by a RORC member as voted for by the Main Committee. It was a spectacular season from a veteran campaigner and great supporter of RORC racing.

Niklas Zenstrom's JV72, Rán 2, was awarded the Dennis P Miller Memorial Trophy for a British Yacht Overseas. Rán travelled all over the world and has an impressive list of victories which included the Mini-Maxi Rolex World Championships, winning her divisions in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race; Antigua Sailing Week; Newport Bermuda Race; Onion Patch Series and Copa del Rey.

Also of note are the team on British Soldier who were second overall in the Season's Points Championships and won the Serendip Trophy for the best series produced yacht in IRC. The boat provides much needed 'R and R' for war veterans and through the Toe in the Water tri-services initiative, introduces many disabled servicemen to sailing.

A full list of all the RORC trophy and award winners:

RORC Annual Challenge Trophies and Special Awards

2010 YACHT OF THE YEAR - TONNERRE DE BRESKENS 3 (KER 46) PIET VROON

Winning the SOMERSET MEMORIAL TROPHY
For outstanding racing achievement by a yacht owned or sailed by a RORC member as voted for by the Main Committee.
In recognition of not only winning IRC Overall by a huge margin, but in particular for supporting and winning RORC races for over 50 years.

ASSUAGE TROPHY - FOGGY DEW (JPK 10.10) NOEL RACINE

CHAMPIONSHIP FOR RORC MEMBERS
For the yacht with the most points in IRC overall in the Cherbourg Race plus her best three races taken from Cervantes, Morgan Cup, Myth of Malham and Cowes-Dinard-St. Malo races

ALAN PAUL TROPHY - BRITISH SOLDIER (A 40) ARMY SAILING ASSOCIATION, LT COL TIM HILL

For consistent high performance in IRC. Based on consistent high scores plus a bonus for number of races completed.

Class Championship Tropies

IRC Overall	Jazz Trophy	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon
IRC Super Zero	Europeans Trophy	John Merricks II (TP 52)	British Keelboat Academy
IRC Zero	Trenchemer Cup	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon
IRC One	Emily Verger Plate	Visit Malta Puma (Reflex 38)	Sailing Logic, Philippe Falle
IRC Two	Grenade Goblet	Foggy Dew (JPK 10.10)	Noel Racine
IRC Three	Cowland Trophy	Iromiguy (Nicholson 33)	Jean Yves Chateau
Two-Handed Division	Psipsina Trophy	Psipsina (HOD 35)	John Loden & Patrick Cronin

David Fayle Memorial Cup	For the best Sailing School Yacht in IRC	Visit Malta Puma (Reflex 38)	Sailing Logic, Philippe Falle
Haylock Cup	For the best British Service Yacht in IRC	British Soldier (A40)	Army Sailing Association, Lt Col Tim Hill
Stradivarius Trophy	For the best Overseas Yacht in IRC	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon
Serendip Trophy	For the best Series-produced Yacht in IRC	British Soldier (A40)	Army Sailing Association, Lt Col Tim Hill

Special Awards

Freddie Morgan Cup	For a Classic Yacht in IRC	Winsome (S&S 41)	Harry Heijst
Dennis P Miller Memorial Trophy	For a British Yacht Overseas	Rán 2 (JV 72)	Niklas Zennström
Arambalza Swan Cup	For the highest scoring Swan in the race season	Selene (Swan 44)	Adrian Lower
Peter Harrison Youth Trophy		John Merricks II (TP 52)	British Keelboat Academy
Duncan Munro-Kerr Youth Challenge Trophy	For the youngest crew member on board a yacht which on Season's Points finishes in the top three of her IRC Class	Floris R. W. Oud sailing on Winsome
Red Funnel Prix D'Elegance		Antix (Ker 39)	Anthony O'Leary
RORC Salver	Morgan Cup Race - First Yacht Home	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon

2010 RORC Points Championship

RORC Medallions: Gold – 1st, Silver – 2nd, Bronze – 3rd, 4th & 5th

IRC Super Zero
1st	John Merricks II (TP 52)	British Keelboat Academy
IRC Zero
1st	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon
2nd	John B (Grand Soleil 54)	Charles Ivill
3rd	Erivale III (Ker 39)	Mike Greville
IRC One
1st	Visit Malta Puma (Reflex 38)	Sailing Logic, Philippe Falle
2nd	British Soldier (A 40)	Army Sailing Association, Lt Col Tim Hill
3rd	Coup de Coeur (First 40)	Marc de Saint Denis & Géry Trentesaux
IRC Two
1st	Foggy Dew (JPK 10.10)	Noel Racine
2nd	Psipsina (HOD 35)	John Loden & Patrick Cronin
3rd	Winsome (S&S 41)	Harry Heijst
IRC Three
1st	Iromiguy (Nicholson 33)	Jean Yves Chateau
2nd	Ultreia! (JPK 9.60)	Matthias Kracht
3rd	Pyxis (X 332)	Kirsteen Donaldson & Judith Eastwood
Two-Handed Division
1st	Psipsina (HOD 35)	John Loden & Patrick Cronin
2nd	Solan Goose of Hamble (A 35)	Peter Olden
3rd	Diablo-J (J 105)	Nick Martin
Class 40 Division
1st	Concise 2	Ned Collier Wakefield
2nd	Orca	Tom Hayhoe & Natalie Jobling
3rd	Merena	Alexis Guillaume

IRC Overall
1st	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon
2nd	British Soldier (A 40)	Army Sailing Association, Lt Col Tim Hill
3rd	Visit Malta Puma (Reflex 38)	Sailing Logic, Philippe Falle
4th	Psipsina (HOD 35)	John Loden & Patrick Cronin
5th	John Merricks II (TP 52)	British Keelboat Academy

Assuage Tankards
Cervantes Trophy Race	Visit Malta Puma (Reflex 38)	Sailing Logic, Philippe Falle
Myth of Malham Race	Tonnerre de Breskens 3 (Ker 46)	Piet Vroon
Morgan Cup Race	Psipsina (HOD 35)	John Loden & Patrick Cronin
Cowes-Dinard-St. Malo Race	John Merricks II (TP 52)	British Keelboat Academy

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