Female National 12 Owners

[ken goddard]

It is good to read of Louisa's pride of ownership in her newly acquired Twelve. In reply to her question, "how many female helms are there sailing Twelves?", at Trent Valley, over the last three seasons, we have had a lady owner sailing regularly, Ann Britton, N.3192, and she is making very promising progress in mastering the skills needed to sail our fascinating boats.        
Nearly four decades earlier we had at Trent Valley another lady owner/helm, the expert Jean Gill, who won lots of races and prizes. We hope that Ann will establish her own reputation in due course.
As far as I am aware, the Money Cup at Burton Week is the only trophy in the class which is specifically awarded to lady helms but I wonder whether there are any Open Meetings in our calendar which have  awards for lady helms. Can Caroline Martin advise?
Ken Goddard, N.2300