Fijicicle Trophy

Early in 1994 the club was asked by Mr Brian Wiles of the Sedgemoor club to host a One Metre class meeting for the benefit of Mr Mark Steele, Regional Director of the Fiji Visitors Bureau in Auckland, New Zealand, who was on a part business, part pleasure, visit to this country. The One Metre class was requested because of its popularity in New Zealand and its combined promotion with Fiji tourism by Mr Steele. Sunday 13th of February 1994 was the date selected which turned out to be an extremely cold but dry day with a good wind. Twenty-three yachts competed. Mr Steele was loaned a boat for the day by one of our members and managed to sail it into last place in every race. Nevertheless the day was a great success, so much so that in 1995 Mr Steele gifted a trophy to the club, together with a medal for the winner to keep, and requested that it be used for an annual event to be known as the "Fijicicle" meeting - a humorous reference to the conditions during the event. The trophy is an outright gift to the club and is the property of the Solent club. The 1994 meeting winner is included in the winners list for interest only, 1995 was the first year for the Fijicicle trophy.

Year	Winner	Year	Winner	Year	Winner
1994	(P.Wiles)	1995	P.Wiles	1996	G.Maguire
1997	K.Binks	1998	D.Wilkinson	1999	I.Copsey
2000	I.Copsey	2001	(not awarded)	2002	M.Houlton
2003	K.Tyson	2004	?	2005	?
2006	Martin Houlton	2007	Bob Hoare	2008	Bob Hoare
2009	Peter Dawson	2010	Robin Clabburn	2011	Martin Houlton
2012