L.W. MacDonald Trophy

Object/Artifact

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Royal Hamilton Yacht Club

Name/Title

L.W. MacDonald Trophy

Entry/Object ID

0014

Use

Awarded to the junior sailing member (18 and under) making the greatest achievement in National, International or Olympic events.

Category

Trophy, Awards Night Special Recognition Awards

Dimensions

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

11 in

Depth

11 in

Research Notes

Notes

Larry MacDonald Sr. - OSA President and Junior Sailing Mentor. Larry was President of the OSA and Vice President of the International Lightning Class Association. He initiated the three-person OSA Championship and the World Youth Championship to be sailed in Lightnings. He mentored the RHYC’s team of Marty Essig, Tory Crowder, and Todd Fedyszyn who won the World Youth Championship in 1994, He and his son Larry Jr., and his daughter Susan were members of the Hamilton Sports Wall of Fame. Larry was a recipient of the Ontario Special Achievement Award for his contribution to the fields of fitness and amateur sport and was a member of the Ontario Advisory Committee on sport Funding. Sailing with John Stewart and Don Allen, he won a bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games. Inducted 2025.

General Notes

Note

1989 - Marty Essig 1990 - Marty Essig 1991 - Marty Essig 1992 - Marty Essig 1993 - Larry McDonald Sr. (?), Adam Scott, Bernard Luttmer, Cameron Farrell 1994 - Marty Essig, Tory Crowder, Tod Fedyszyn 1995 - Marty Essig 1996 - Gabe Crowder, Adam Dunn, John Vickers 1997 - Ontario's Team at the Canadian Games - Marty Essig, Gold - Tory Crowder, Bronze - Gabe Crowder, Adam Dunn, Gold - Kate Nelson, Carol Luttmer, Gold 1998 - S. (Steven) Boleantu 1999 - Steven Boleantu - Byte, 5th Worlds - 4th North Americans - 2nd Canadian - 3rd Canadian Youth 2000 - J. (Jessica) Broe-Vayda, R. (Roslyn) Dakin, P. McCallum, L. Neumann 2001 - Roslyn Dakin, Jessica Broe-Vayda 2002 - Chris Hewson, Trevor McEwen 2003 - Emily Hill 2004 - Greg Clunies 2005 - Greg Clunies 2008 - Michael Panna 2013 - Ian Hill 2014 - Dale Whitmore 2015 - Dale Whitmore 2016 - Evan DePaul, Will Jones 2017 - Dale Whitmore 2018 - Zoe Follsetter 2020 - Covid Pandemic 2021 - Covid Pandemic 2022 - Evan DePaul & Will Jones 2023 - William Bickerton and Sean Canfor 2024 - Liam Nelson 2025 - Liam Nelson & Reid Hodgson