THE 2020 AWARDS For the second year running, COVID-19 prevented our Club from holding an Annual Dinner at which to present the annual Awards. However, three – the OCC Seamanship Award, the OCC Award (members) and the OCC Barton Cup – were presented ‘virtually’ following the AGM. At the time of writing it is hoped that the 2022 AGM and Annual Dinner will take place in Annapolis on Saturday 2nd April, and if all the winners from 2019 and 2020 attend, in addition to those for 2021, we can anticipate quite a party! Note that the OCC Award (open), the Events and Rallies Award and the Australian Trophy were not awarded this year. Thanks are due to Eoin Robson, Chair of the Awards Sub-committee, for receiving the award nominations and overseeing the judging panel, the third year he has handled this sometimes challenging task. Further details of the The Club Silverware history and criteria for all the awards, together with information about how to submit a nomination online, can be found at https://oceancruisingclub.org/Awards.
THE DAVID WALLIS TROPHY Presented by the family of David Wallis, Founding Editor of Flying Fish, and first awarded in 1991, this silver salver recognises the ‘most outstanding, valuable or enjoyable contribution’ to the year’s issues. The winner is decided by vote among the Flying Fish Editorial Sub-committee. There were several very worthy contenders for the 2020 David Wallis Trophy, with Dag and Ma Theresa Hoiland finally emerging as winners for their article Voyaging with Vetle which appeared in Flying Fish 2020/2. In October 2018, during their son Vetle’s fourth birthday party in Stavanger, Norway, Dag and Ma Theresa announced to family and friends that they were planning an extended cruise aboard their Beneteau First 47.7 Escape, which they’d already sailed many thousands of miles. Their mantra is ‘Explore – Learn – Share’, a philosophy they are working hard to pass on to their son. 4
