Waglan Prize-giving

The Aberdeen Boat Club's Waglan Series 2024-25 began on Sunday, the 6th of October 2024, and ended on Sunday, the 23rd of March 2025. A series prize-giving was held on Thursday, the 10th of April, in the club's Harbour Room attended by some 80 sailors, their families and friends. A table laden with silverware provided a glittering backdrop to the presentation of cups and trophies while two large monitors flashed memorable images of racing during the six-month series.

  
   
 

 

The evening began at seven o'clock with a welcome from marine services manager, Alex Johnston, who is well known among sailors for his role as principal race officer in the club's many keelboat events. As MC for the occasion, he joked that it was going to be a long night with nearly 80 awards to be made!

Club commodore, Chris Pooley, then welcomed everyone and congratulated the sailors, thanking them for making the series such a success. Steve Perret, rear commodore sailing, also praised the staff and supporters for their contributions.

  
   
 



Awards were made to a total of 19 boats – an impressive number by any account. Single awards went to Neo One, Intrigue, Ti'Punch, Tipsy Easy, Generations and Shun Shui. Multiple awards went to Kikukie's Dream II, Next, Wild Card, Arcturus+, Witchcraft, Zesst, Concorde, DBX2, Easy Breezy II and Rising Sun while a staggering 10 awards each went to Skywalker and Five O One! Well done all.

  
   
 

 

Along with the prizes for positions, were some unusual, often amusing, awards such as the Uptight Trophy won by Intrigue, the Perseverance Plate won by Tipsy Easy, the Apple Pie Trophy won by Skywalker and the Butterfly Trophy won by Five O One.

 
   
 

 

Another special award was made for Line Honours. The Aberdeen Boat Club is the only club in Hong Kong that still uses starting guns. Most competitors will agree that the sound of a gunshot when jostling for position on the start line adds to the excitement but what should be done with the empty cartridges. The club came up with the idea of using the percussion caps to seal shot glasses and to 'embed' two of these glasses on a wooden base. A perfect prize for Line Honours, won in 2024-25 by Wild Card, Zesst, Skywalker and Five O One.

  
   
 

 

For the record, Overall results for the series were as follows:

IRC 1

1st           Wild Card                             Glenn Smith

2nd          Next                                     Eddy Lee

3rd           Kikukie's Dream II               Stanley Tse

 

IRC 2

1st           Zesst                                     Henning Mueller

2nd          Witchcraft                              Nick Burns

3rd           Arcturus+                              Dennis Chien

  
   
 

 

PHS A

1st           Skywalker                              Pascal Martin

2nd          DBX2                                    Thomas Wong

3rd           Ti'Punch                                Francois Najean

 

PHS B

1st           Five O One                            John Berry

2nd          Rising Sun                             Bulgin / Orams / Trouve

3rd           Easy Breezy II                       Alfred Lau / Castor Kong

 

These results cover 10 race days, 12 races for both PHS divisions, and 14 races for both IRC divisions. For full results visit https://www.abclubhk.com/Waglan24-25.aspx

  
   
 
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