Inside Fleet Trophies | Trophy description | 2019 Winner | 2021 Winner | 2022 Winner | 2023 Winner | 2024 Winner |
Diamond Seamanship | Wooden boat – Diamond plaque | Henry Crisp | 1st Charlie Bradshaw & Harry White
2nd Jennifer Simpson & Dylan Sutton-Reid 3rd Thomas Child & Ben Kettley |
1st Angus Cock
2nd Chloe Charlton 3rd Cody Macdiarmid |
1st Zac Cowell
2nd Sienna Faulkner |
1st Sebastian Wormell
2nd Alfie Patenden |
Diamond Trophy | Medium silver trophy “RHS Trophy Mersea Cadet Week Optimist Diamond Fleet” | Kyan Jowers | Port Fleet
1st Thomas Child 2nd Jack Marfleet 3rd Jennifer Simpson 4th Max Faulkner 5th Elliot Simmons
Starboard Fleet 1st Rory Woods 2nd William Marfleet 3rd Lyra Doyle 4th Spencer Ready 5th Lucas Day |
1st Chloe O’Neill
2nd Fearne Wiseman 3rd Freddie Tyler 4th Jack Sharpe 5th Amy Filtness |
1st Hannah Child
2nd Harry Daniels 3rd Max Hurst 4th Hugo Langley 5th Olivia Lovegrove |
1st Henry Sydenham
2nd Violet Saward 3rd Archie Provan 4th Ava Day 5th Poppy Birkin
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Emerald Seamanship | Wooden boat – Emerald plaque | Izzy Kelly | 1st Harriet More
2nd Megan Daniels 3rd Monia Bellomo |
1st Clark Kelly
2nd India Wheeler 3rd Elliot Simon |
1st Amy Filtness
2nd Chloe Charlton |
1st Lily French
2nd Leyton Berriman
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Emerald Trophy | Small silver trophy, “Mersea Cadet Week Optimist Fleet” | Sam Cook | 1st Charlie Cook
2nd Will Grout 3rd Isobelle Alcharbaji 4th Grace Gothard 5th Megan Daniels |
1st Willow Mastin
2nd Dylan Sutton-Reid 3rd Elliot Hopkins 4th Ben Ketley 5th Jack Marfleet |
1st Freddie Tyler
2nd Angus Cock 3rd Cody Macdiarmid |
1st Charlie Cowell
2nd Isaac Parrott 3rd Zachary Cowell |
Ruby Seamanship | Wooden boat – Ruby plaque | Olivia Goodwin | 1st Zachary Minnis
2nd James Richardson 3rd Freddy Lowe |
1st Isobelle Alcharbaji
2nd Blake Ludgrove 3rd Lyra Doyle |
1st Max Faulkner
2nd Finn Walsh |
1st Angus Cock
2nd Livy Lovegrove |
Ruby Trophy | Squat medium silver trophy with 2 tier base | Izzy Bartlett | 1st Scarlett MacLennan
2nd Thomas Blackmore 3rd Kyan Jowers 4th James Richardson 5th Zachary Minnis |
1st Thomas Child
2nd Charlie Cook 3rd Charlie Bradshaw 4th Naomi Berryman-Watts 5th William Marfleet |
1st Lucas Day
2nd Lyra Doyle 3rd Jenny Simpson |
1st Hugo Langley
2nd Madeline Drewell 3rd Cody Macdiarmid
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Bronze in Ruby | Small squat silver trophy with marble base “West Mersea Yacht Club Cadets” | Charlotte Granger | Thomas Blackmore | Thomas Child (1st Emerald in Ruby) | 1st Ben Ketley
2nd Jack Marfleet 3rd Finn Walsh |
1st Hugo Langley
2nd Max Hurst 3rd Spencer Purdie |
Gold Seamanship | Small Shield: C.A.T.S. trophy | Matilda Millgate | 1st Charlie Eales
2nd Harry Bowman 3rd Joel Simpson |
1st Harry Bowman
2nd George Burr 3rd Sam Cook |
1st William Marfleet
2nd Elvi Coates |
1st Finn Walsh
2nd Rory Woods |
Gold Trophy | Large silver trophy with coppery lid “The Daily Express” | Charlotte Allen | 1st Sonny Simpson
2nd Charlotte Granger 3rd Izzy Bartlett 4th Harry Bowman 5th Sam Cook |
1st Scarlett MacLennan
2nd Oscar Coates 3rd Kyan Jowers |
1st Oscar Coates
2nd Thomas Child 3rd Charlie Bradshaw |
1st Lucas Day
2nd Blake Ludgrove 3rd Jenny Simpson |
First non traveller (in Gold) | Large, light silver trophy | Dom Gozzett | Charlotte Granger
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Kyan Jowers | N/A | N/A |
Endeavour | Small Shield “Maid of Mersea” | William Jones | Henry Crisp
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Jake Stanton | Blake Lovegrove | Chloe O’Neill
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Jacob’s Trophy | Fearne Wiseman | N/A (Given out during Sunset Series) | Archie Montgomery | |||
Most improved Optimist sailor | Glass Optimist logo | George Burr | Mortimer Mastin (21 place improvement)
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Ben Ketley (up 12 places) | Max Brand | Spencer Purdie |
First Tollesbury Sailor (Inside/Outside) | Large wooden Tollesbury shield | Oscar Coates | John Clarke (based on cadets who entered as Tollesbury rather than Dabchicks) | John Clarke | ||
“Most helpful” Cadet (Inside/Outside) | Medium silver trophy with new wood base “West Mersea Yacht Club Cadets” | Charlotte Allen | Will Gibson | James Humphreys | Most “positive” cadets: Alex Bartlett & Janey Clarke | Charlotte Sanderson |
Tomato – Most number of 1sts | Wooden tomato | Kyan Jowers | Scarlett McLellan | Sonny & Joel Simpson (7 out of 10 races) | Lucas Day | Henry Sydenham |
Outside Fleet Trophies | Trophy description | 2019 Winner | 2021 Winner | 2022 Winner | 2023 Winner | 2024 Winner |
Slow fleet | Silver plate: “Mersea Cadet Week: The Sunrise Trophy” (2019); Silver goblet (2021); Oversized silver WMYC Sheffield trophy | Charlie Jacobs | 1st Denis Richardson
2nd Archie Dobson 3rd Alice Jones |
1st Sonny & Joel Simpson
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Sonny & Joel Simpson | 1st Will Grout |
Feva | Huge silver Feva shaped boat
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Lucy Aird-Brown/Amy Struth | 1st Matilda Milgate & Rufus Cock
2nd Orla Clifford & Willa Rogers 3rd Dominique Granger & Layla Yuzen |
1st Sonny & Joel Simpson
2nd Ollie Daniels & Charlie Eales 3rd Dominique Granger & Layla Yuzen |
1st Sonny & Joel Simpson
2nd Scarlett MacLennan & Issy Bartlett 3rd Sam Cook & Zac Minnis |
1st Kyan Jowers & Charlie Cook
2nd Sam Cook & Zac Minnis 3rd Janey Clarke & Hannah Green |
Topper | Silver goblet (2019)
Large silver cup no handles, double base; “WMYC Cadet Class I” (2022) |
Mary Richardson | N/A
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1st Matilda Milgate
2nd Jacob Green 3rd Denis Richardson |
1st Izzy Kelly
2nd Sofia Bellomo 3rd Zac Murrell |
N/A |
Laser 4.7 | Silver mug | Gabby Clifton | 1st Daisy Weston
2nd Dominic Gozzett 3rd Madison Allen |
1st Charlotte Allen
2nd Dom Gozzett 3rd Izzy Bartlett |
1st Morty Mastin
2nd James Blackmore 3rd Jacob Green |
1st Will Grout
2nd James Blackmore 3rd George Burr |
Medium Fleet: Overall | Silver plate: “Mersea Cadet Week: The Sunrise Trophy” (2021) | N/A | Daisy Weston | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Fast fleet: 1stdouble hander | Oversized silver trophy “WMYC presented by Mrs Sheffield” | Tim Crossley/Harry Chatterton | 1st Gabby Clifton & Theo Clifton
2nd Alex Canham & James Humphries 3rd Charlotte Allen & Juliet Martin |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
Fast fleet: 1stsingle hander | Medium trophy “Mersea Cadet Week Single Hander handicap” | James Brosnan-Wren | Ben Milgate
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
1st Laser Radial | Large ornate silver trophy “The D.S.C. Cadet Bradwell Trophy” | Freddie Rogers | 1st William Gibson
2nd Joe Purdie 3rd Sam Grout |
1st Theo Clifton
2nd Sam Grout 3rd Alex Canham |
1st Alex Canham
2nd Sam Grout 3rd Muiris Capon Telford |
1st Morty Mastin |
1st Laser Standard | Large silver cup no handles, double base; “WMYC Cadet Class I” | James Brosnan-Wren | 1st Ben Milgate
2nd Drew Bessey 3rd Eddie Latham |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
1st Fast fleet overall | Tall silver trophy “Mersea Cadet Week Daniel Child Cup” | Tim Crossley/Harry Chatterton | Ben Milgate | 1st Theo Clifton | Alex Canham | 1st Morty Mastin
2nd Sam Grout 3rd Sonny Simpson |
Hannah Stodel Endeavour Trophy | Boxed glass boat with wooden base | Lucy Aird-Brown/Amy Struth | Eddie Latham | Evie Simmons | 1st Willum Taylor Green
2nd Florrie Golding |
Archie Dobson |
Good sportsmanship | Gold Trophy “DSC: The Essex Playing Fields Association Cup 1983” | Laura Ferneyhough (not engraved) | Toby Rolin
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Alex Thomson | Harry Fuller | Dom Gozzett |
Good seamanship | Arthur Sainty shield | Johnny Barnes/Cameron Dix (not engraved) | Emily Stanton | Alice Kelly | N/A | Scarlet MacLennan
Joel Simpson |
Viking Trophy | Silver Viking boat in a glass box | Tim Crossley/Harry Chatterton | Daisy Weston (12) | Scarlet MacLennan | Sonny Simpson | Morty Mastin |
Best Dressed Boat | 1st: “Nemo” – Isobel Lovegrove
2nd: “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” – Eddie Hall 3rd: “Jaws” – Hayden Andrews |
1st Jessica Hobson
2nd Eliza Parr 3rd Ethan Simmons |