April 2022

HUGO DAVIES (NZL)

 Nomination
What hope is there for the rest of us? Is it something in the Kiwi drinking water? Team Davies, the old boy on the wire and 10-year-old Hugo on the stick, waltzed their way to this year’s Cherub title in New Zealand, ending the 10-race series with a perfect score (yes, they did discard a race win). To runners-up Brad and Merrick, commiserations, that’s some hot fleet you got going down there. Hell of a job, Hugo, hell of a job! (And to the Opti parents, maybe join the 21st century?)
 Why they won
‘Sorry, Boris, this is a race you can’t win!’ – Rainer Wilhelm; ‘Ray Davies, for being a good crew to Hugo?’ – Howard Spencer; ‘A bright future awaits’ – Tink Chambers; ‘Little legend’ – Grandad Graeme; ‘Even more impressive having to lump his old man around’ – Cameron Dunn; ‘Apples and trees’ – Morgan Larson; ‘Mother’s genes!!!’ – Marieke Poulie; ‘It’s hard enough getting a 10-year-old away from the TV’ – Tom Weaver.