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2014 Tasar Victoria presentation

by Chris Payne on 1 Aug 2014
Alistair Murray and Pat Pedicini present Charlotte Birbeck and Peter Ellis with te "Top Ranked" Trophy - Tasar Victoria Presentation 2014 Darren Eger
With the season about to kick off, the Victorian Tasars got together for the 2013/14 presentations. Between a highly competitive trivia quiz presented by Ronstan CEO Alistair Murray and a marshmallow/spaghetti building competition, most of the talk amongst the sailors was training plans for the up coming worlds in Busselton, Western Australia (tasar2015.com).

The winners of the trophies were:

Overall Season Winner (Peter Ellis/Charlotte Birbeck - Sandringham Yacht Club) - Beat the most number of boats in sanctioned events over the whole season.



Participation Winner (Chas and Lorraine Thompson - Cairn Curran Sailing Club) first competitor who competed in all sanctioned events around the state (plus a few more) - big thanks to Martyn Sly for providing a brand new jib as the prize.

2013/14 - Victorian State Titles - Super Grand Masters (Tony and Julie Creak - Royal Geelong Yacht Club) the inaugural presentation of the SGM.

2013 -Victorian Winter Series (Martyn and Sue Sly- Mordialloc Sailing Club).

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