CBYA Awards Banquet

On Monday, January 21, the Costa Blanca Yacht Assocation (CBYA) held its annual Awards Ceremony for the year 2018, to honour some of the members for their sailing skills, abilities and participation.

The Costa Blanca Yacht Association offers various opportunities for all levels and experience in sailing, with achievement levels for those who dingy sail, TOMs racing, cruising, and overall achievements and contributions of expertise. The awarded CBYA members were: TOMs Ladder Series

3rd place: Keith Leary 2nd place: Barry McCrae 1st place: Dave Reid Racing Trophy – Cruisers – Best CBYA local cruiser racing results in local regattas:

Barry McCrae and sailing yacht ‘Blade’ and crew

Racing Trophy TOMs – Best CBYA TOMs Racing Results in the RCNC TOMs Liga: Hugh Epsom Crewing Award – Best Improved crew/ overall regular crewing support on CBYA events:

Roger Roberts Cruising Award – Most significant cruising experience during last 12 months

Richard Jones for his 2018 ARC and and Caribbean cruising crewing aboard s/y Chantana

TOMs Award – Best regular, all round support for all CBYA TOMs events: Keith Leary Powerboat Award – Best regular support for CBYA Powerboat activities:

Rose and Mike Sparshott-Worley

Dinghy Award – Best support of the CBYA Dinghy Section during the last 12 months: Peter Knowles Maurice Pilkington Award – The Award of Merit of Longstanding service to the club presented to the CBYA by Maurice Pilkington in 2013.

This award was posthumously presented to Karlheinz Witte for four years dedicated CBYA service on the Committee as Boating Officer. Starting and running the monthly CBYA day charters and maintaining CBYA sailing statistics. Accepted by his widow, Aura Marina.

Karlheinz Trophy – Presented to the CBYA in 2018 by member John Allison, in memory of the CBYA former Boating Officer, Karlheinz Witte. The Karlheinz Award is for who has achieved the ‘most on the water service’, for the benefit of CBYA members, during the past 12 months.

Richard Evett: for the large amount of work he has done to support CBYA members on the water, both on dinghies , and on the TOMs during the last 12 months.

A dinner at Nau Nau Restaurant and Club Nautica de Javea was held before the Awards Presentation, as well as a silent auction of various paintings and sailing gear, donated by Karlheinz Witte for proceeds to charity

Racing Trophy Cruisers: Presented by Tanya English to sailing yacht Blade crew, Chris DeBoer, Dave Reid, and Hans Sleutjes

Karlheinz Trophy: Presented by Tanya English and CBYA Chairman Hugh Epsom to Richard Evett

Table of Trophys

Maurice Pilkington Trophy awarded to Karlheinz Witte, presented by Tanya English to Aura Marina

TOMs Ladder Race 1st place: Presented by Tanya English to Dave Reid

Crewing Award presented by Tanya English to Roger Roberts