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Samuel Watson, Monday, 21 June 2010 Victoria's sailor of the year was announced at Yachting Victoria's Champions and Awards Night 
Jono Neate, from Mornington Yacht Club, has won Victorian Sailor of the Year, for the first time, which he adds to his International Contender World Championship in an amazing 2009-2010 sailing season.
Jono has had a very successful last 12 months, finishing 2nd in the International Contender Pre-Worlds in Travemuen-de, Germany, 2nd in the Worlds in Sonderborg, Denmark, 2nd in the Nationals at RQYS, Australia, and 1st in the Worlds at RQYS, Australia.
Jono won Sailor of the Year in front of members of the Victorian sailing and boating community, at Life Saving Victoria, Port Melbourne with the audience enjoying Port Phillip Bay as the backdrop.
Other major individual winners on the night were Andrew Gillies and James Sly winning Youth Sailors of the Year, Jack Graves and Jack Felsenthal (Joint Winners) Junior Sailor of the Year and finally Andy Hunting, Malcolm Botterill and David Haw all were acknowledged for their Services to Yachting.
The Leader Newspaper was presented the Media & Publicity Award for their coverage of the Go Sailing Day. Donna Carton, who wrote a fantastic article on sailing for the first time, was there to collect the award.
The winning clubs on the night were McCrae Yacht Club who won Yachting Australia Training Centre (YATC) of the Year and Albert Sailing Club who won Yacht Club of the Year to round out Yachting Victoria Awards.
Helly Hansen presented vouchers to the Victorian Catamaran, Dinghy, Nav Rally and Trailable Champions to start the night off. The combination of Ronstan CEO Alistair Murray and Yachting Victoria President Graham Cunningham working together throughout the night announcing and presenting awards kept the evening moving.
Although the Keelboats had their awards at the Club Marines Series Presentation Night previously, Alistair acknowledged winners in both the Club Marine Series and the Association Cup, concluding by presenting Rear Commodore of the Royal Yacht of Victoria, Andrew Munro with the Association Cup.
Entertainer Nick Morton wowed guests with his magic of the mind performance, which left many of the audience asking themselves “How did he do it?” It was a shift in the format of the Yachting Victoria Champion and Awards night, which in the past has just focused on awards and has had no entertainment, however now is also a great night for entertainment and social networking.
For more information
Sam Watson
Yachting Victoria
M 0408 629 785
List of all winner at the Yachting Victoria Champions and Awards night below
Yachting Victoria Awards 2010
Services to Yachting award
David Haw
Andy Hunting
Malcolm Botterill
YATC of the Year
McCrae Yacht Club
Media and Publicity Award
Leader Newspaper
Junior Sailor of the Year
Joint winners
Jack Felsenthal
Jack Graves
Youth Sailor of the Year
James Sly & Andrew Gillies
Male Sailor of the Year
Honorable mention
Michael Hiatt
Glenn Ashby
Winner
Jono Neate
Yacht Club of the Year
Albert Sailing Club
Victorian Champions 2009-2010
Victorian Dinghy Championship
3rd Sam Hannah
2nd Sean Bly
1st Alan Riley
Victorian Catamaran Championship
3rd David Brewer
2nd Ben Deed
1st David Hart
Victorian Trailable Championships
Division 2 Winner
3rd Phil Clements
2nd Terry Caldwell
1st Herman Van Ree
Division 1 Winner
Colin Theodore
Boating Victoria Nav Rally Championship
3rd Chris Ackerman/ Ben Ackerman
Royal Victoria Motor Yacht Club
2nd Kevin Ezard/ Tony Graham
Royal Victoria Motor Yacht Club
1st Owen Smart/ Erin Smart
Royal Victoria Motor Yacht Club
Club Marine Series Major Winners
Division 3
1st EHC
Firefox – Kim Beveridge/ Howard Davis
1st AMS
Rhiannon – Lowa Paszko
1st IRC
Intrusion – Luke Reinehr
Division 2
1st EHC
Stitched Up – Peter Jackson
1st IRC, 1st AMS
Apache – Paul O’Driscoll/ Duncan Russell
Division 1
1st IRC, 1st AMS, 1st EHC
Executive Decision – Grant Botica
Division 0
1st EHC
XLR8 – Ray Shaw
1st IRC
Cougar II – Alan Whiteley
Association Cup Winner
Royal Yacht Club of Victoria
Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta
1st IRC, 1st AMS
Top Gun
1st PH Winner
Nouannie
Victorian Schools Team Racing Championship
St Bedes College
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