Sue Pilling and Steph Romaniuk end lengthy Uncle Al Storer Trophy win streak

This year, the Storer Trophy, North America's top Wayfarer racing award has been won in most convincing fashion by North Bay's Sue Pilling and Steph Romaniuk in Chich. Storer scoring is done as follows: A boat's overall finishes in the  four majors of North American Wayfarer racing - the North Americans, the Canadian and U.S. Nationals plus the Ontarios - are treated like four race results and added up like a four-race regatta with no drops. A DNC in any of the four events scores points equal to the number of entries in that event plus one.

Thus, missing the U.S. Nationals - a disappointing five entries - did not cost this year's winners overly much as they easily wrested the Storer Trophy from Uncle Al and a parade of crews who had won the trophy every year since Fanshawe's Scott and Grant Town took it in 1997. Sue and Steph had a sparkling year in 2010, scoring a mere 11 points as they won the Canadian Nationals and placed 2nd in both the North Americans and the Ontarios.

Also shooting up in this year's standings was veteran racer, Mike Codd who sailed with his daughter, Lilly, at times, and with Kirk Iredale at others. Team Codd counted 3 (NAC), DNC (US Nats), 5 (C Nats) and 4 (Onts) for 18 points and 2nd overall in the Storer Trophy competition. Toronto's Heider Funck and Tom Wharton were undefeated in 2010, winning both the North Americans and the Ontarios, but placed no better than a tie for series 3rd after missing two of the four majors.

For defending champion, Uncle Al and an assortment of crews, it was all downhill after Al and Richard Watterson ran off a dazzling string of wins in the US Nationals at Rock Hall. Al placed 4th in the Canadians and a shocking 7th in the North Americans, and missed the Ontarios altogether due to a previous engagement at the Rebel Nationals in Michigan. Also suffering a sub-par year with an inexplicable case of the slows were Mississauga's brothers team of Mark and Paul Taylor who could do no better than 6-6-3 in the three events they sailed.


the 2010 Storer Trophy

RESULTS - 2010 Storer Trophy

Overall

Sailed:4, Discards:0, To count:4, Entries:28, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank SailNo Helm/Crew NAC US Nats
C Nats
Onts Total
1 397 Sue Pilling/Steph Romaniuk 2 6 DNC 1 2 11
2 4600 Mike & Lilly Codd/Kirk Iredale 3 6 DNC 5 4 18
3 7673 Mark & Paul Taylor 6 6 DNC 6 3 21
3 600 Heider Funck/Tom Wharton 1 6 DNC 13 DNC 1 21
5 3854 Al Schonborn/Nick Seraphinoff/'Richard Watterson/Roger Shepherd/John Kuntz
7 1 4 10 DNC 22
6 10137 Alastair & Andrew Ryder-Turner 16 DNC 6 DNC 2 5 29
7 1037 Kit Wallace/George Waller/David Weatherstone 5 6 DNC 13 DNC 6 30
8 3654 John Cawthorne/Robert MacDonald 4 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 33
9 4606 Dwight & Pat Aplevich 16 DNC 6 DNC 3 10 DNC 35
10 282 Dave Hansman/Dave Richardson 8 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 37
11 861 Anne & Gary Armstrong 12 6 DNC 13 DNC 7 38
11 938 Hans Gottschling/Tony Krauss 9 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 38
13 3137 Bob Stevenson/Jeffrey Hock 10 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 39
13 7351 John & Dolores de Boer 16 DNC 6 DNC 7 10 DNC 39
15 9667 Leo & Joanne Van Kampen 16 DNC 6 DNC 8 10 DNC 40
15 8261 Bob Brown/Graham Bakelaar/Lou Scaglione 13 6 DNC 13 DNC 8 40
15 1820 Colin & Heather Junkin 11 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 40
18 2458 Jim, Mark, Linda Heffernan 16 DNC 2 13 DNC 10 DNC 41
18 7380 Al Nichols/Ken Nethercott 16 DNC 6 DNC 9 10 DNC 41
20 7700 Roger Shepherd/Raewyn Perry 16 DNC 6 DNC 10 10 DNC 42
20 4105 Tony & Mary Krauss 16 DNC 3 13 DNC 10 DNC 42
22 8705 Frank Pedersen/Tom Fulton 16 DNC 4 13 DNC 10 DNC 43
22 8263 Scott Ramsay/Jan D'Ailly 16 DNC 6 DNC 11 10 DNC 43
22 3133 Ted Lacelle/Lou Scaglione 14 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 43
25 3469 Hazel Hewitt/Christine DeMerchant 15 6 DNC 13 DNC 10 DNC 44
25 8479 Kirk & Virginia Iredale 16 DNC 6 DNC 12 10 DNC 44
25 661 Jason Handerson 16 DNC 6 DNC 13 DNC 9 44
25 9913 Andy Douma/Linda Heffernan 16 DNC 5 13 DNC 10 DNC 44

Scoring codes used

Code Description
DNC Did not come to the starting area



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