Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

Sailor of the Year - Shaan Mutreja

The ‘Young Sailor of the Year’ award for 2022 went to Shaan Mutreja. Shaan is a committed and passionate sailor who was rewarded by winning the Laser 4.7 class at the Southside regatta last year, in what was the only event he was able to participate in locally last season. Halfway through the season, Shaan was promoted to the Hong Kong Sports Institute team. Shaan is also someone who encourages and helps his fellow teammates as much as possible. In his spare time, he is one of our best assistant instructors for sail training courses and also likes to sail 29ers, Waszps and J80’s. The Tom Larmour ‘Young Sailor of the Year’ trophy was presented to Shaan Mutreja.

Most Promising Sailor - Kai Storey

The Commodore advised that the criteria for the next award, ‘Most Promising Young Sailor’, are that the candidate should have a very high attendance as a competitor in dinghy races, show great improvement in race results throughout the year and be a keen learner who shows a great commitment to sailing. This award went to Kai Storey. Kai is a dedicated youth Sharks sailor who attended every training session and was often found at Middle Island outside training hours taking himself out Optimist or Bic sailing. Kai was one of two sailors who were promoted from Optimist Gold Squad to Optimist Performance/Development team halfway through last season due to his very quick improvement and fantastic attitude. Kai’s result at his first Optimist regatta in the open fleet at the recent Optimist nationals was 18th out of 36 sailors. The Tom Larmour ‘Most Promising Young Sailor’ trophy was then presented to Kai Storey.

Sharks Performance Sailor of the Year - Emily Polson

The Commodore advised that the purely results-based ‘RHKYC Sharks Performance Sailor of the Year’ award went to Emily Polson this year. Emily was promoted to the Hong Kong Sports Institute 29er team early in the season where she started sailing with Maddalena Di Salvo, who also started sailing originally with the Sharks. The pair managed a second place in the Hebe Haven Regatta this year and then had a very successful summer in Europe, placing 52nd out of 127 sailors at Kieler Woche regatta, 39th and 4th girls team out of 165 sailors in the 29er European Championships and 5th out of 17 sailors in the Youth World Championships where they narrowly missing out on 3rd place after a protest in the final race. The RHKYC Sharks Performance Sailor of the Year award was then presented to Emily Polson.

2022 Tom Larmour Awards

Sailor of the Year - Shaan Mutreja

Most Promising Sailor - Kai Storey

Sharks Performance Sailor of the Year - Emily Polson

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