Tauranga Cup
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The Tauranga Cup is an annual New Zealand national open sailing competition for under 17 year-olds, sailing P Class dinghies. Many of New Zealand's top sailors have competed in and won the Tauranga Cup, including Dean Barker, Chris Dickson and Leslie Egnot.
The competition was first sailed in 1940, and the name comes from the fact that P Class yachts were originally sailed in Tauranga.
The national inter-provincial P Class competition for the Tanner Cup is normally sailed at the same venue.
List of winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Ron Nalder |
| 1941 | W. Bean |
| 1942 | Not sailed due to World War II |
| 1943 | Not sailed due to World War II |
| 1944 | Owen Mackay |
| 1945 | William Hayman |
| 1946 | Graham Mander |
| 1947 | Graham Mander |
| 1948 | Not sailed due to polio epidemic |
| 1949 | David Mander |
| 1950 | Don Dixon |
| 1951 | Jimmy Gilpin |
| 1952 | Jimmy Gilpin |
| 1953 | Jimmy Gilpin |
| 1954 | A. Brown |
| 1955 | Rob Denniston |
| 1956 | Rob Denniston |
| 1957 | Wayne Innes |
| 1958 | Melvin Tyson |
| 1959 | Wayne Innes |
| 1960 | Lex McGrath |
| 1961 | Mark Patterson |
| 1962 | Russell Bowler |
| 1963 | Mark Patterson |
| 1964 | Rodger Granic |
| 1965 | Ron Watson |
| 1966 | Geoff Moyes |
| 1967 | Brian Baker |
| 1968 | John Moyes |
| 1969 | John Moyes |
| 1970 | Alan Moyes |
| 1971 | Alan Moyes |
| 1972 | Greg Palmer |
| 1973 | David Barnes |
| 1974 | Paul Francis |
| 1975 | Brian Jones |
| 1976 | Stuart Mills |
| 1977 | Chris Dickson |
| 1978 | Len Davies |
| 1979 | Leslie Egnot |
| 1980 | John Irvine |
| 1981 | Terry Nicholas |
| 1982 | Terry Nicholas |
| 1983 | Steven Cotton |
| 1984 | Jon Bilger |
| 1985 | Jon Bilger |
| 1986 | Geoff Senior |
| 1987 | Ramon Davies |
| 1988 | Dean Barker |
| 1989 | Zane Gifford |
| 1990 | Chris Main |
| 1991 | Simon Cooke |
| 1992 | Simon Cooke |
| 1993 | Alistair Tate |
| 1994 | Simon Lee |
| 1995 | Derek Scott |
| 1996 | Kevin Burrows |
| 1997 | Carl Peters |
| 1998 | Mark Kennedy |
| 1999 | Sam Fenwick |
| 2000 | Scott Kennedy |
| 2001 | Scott Kennedy |
| 2002 | Alistair Thompson |
| 2003 | Scott Morrison |
| 2004 | Thomas Olds |
| 2005 | Paul Snow-Hansen |
| 2006 | Carl Evans |
| 2007 | Thomas Saunders |
| 2008 | James Turner |
| 2009 | Oscar Rorvik |
| 2010 | Jayvee Buchanan |
| 2011 | Trent Rippey |
| 2012 | Isaac McHardie |
| 2013 | No cup awarded. (Leonard Takahashi-Fry)[1] |
| 2014 | Kate Stewart |
| 2015 | Scott McKenzie |
| 2016 | Robbie McCutcheon |
References
- ^ A minimum of four races are required to award the cup, and a minimum of five to designate the winning competitor the P Class national champion. In 2013 only one race was sailed, won by Leonard Takahashi-Fry, so the cup was not awarded.