The Tanner Cup is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 sailing competition sailed annually. It is sailed in P Class

P-class yacht

The P-Class is a type of small single sail dinghy, popular as a training boat for young people in New Zealand. This class is famous for being the sailing trainer vessel for many new entrants into the sport, and virtually every famous New Zealand yachtsman, including Sir Peter Blake and Russell...

 yachts. It is an Inter-Provincial Competition with one sailor from each region competing. It was first sailed in 1945. Many of New Zealands top sailors have competed in and won the Tanner Cup. Previous winners include Russell Coutts

Russell Coutts

Sir Russell Coutts, KNZM, CBE is a competitive sailor. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup four times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and...

 and Dean Barker. The Competition is named after George Tanner who donated the trophy. The Tanner Cup is closely related to the Tauranga Cup

Tauranga Cup

The Tauranga Cup is an annual New Zealand sailing competition for P Class dinghies which began in 1940. Many of New Zealand's top sailors have won the Tanner Cup, including Dean Barker, Chris Dickson and Leslie Egnot. The Tauranga Cup is closely related to the Tanner Cup. The competition is named...

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List of winners

Year	Winner
1945	William Hayman
1946	Graham Mander
1947	Graham Mander
1948	Not Sailed due to polio epidemic
1949	William Nalder
1950	Des Townson Des Townson Des Townson, MNZM was a New Zealand yacht designer. He was responsible for designing some of the best-known classes in New Zealand sailing, including the Starling, Zephyr and Dart classes....
1951	Jimmy Gilpin
1952	Jimmy Gilpin
1953	Jimmy Gilpin
1954	M. Sellwood
1955	Rob Denniston
1956	Rob Denniston
1957	Ron Beetson
1958	Melvin Tyson
1959	Lex McGrath
1960	Lex McGrath
1961	Mark Patterson
1962	Mark Patterson
1963	Mark Patterson
1964	Rodger Granic
1965	Robert Webber
1966	Brian Baker
1967	Ian Williams
1968	John Moyes
1969	John Moyes
1970	Murray Thom
1971	Tom Stevens
1972	Craig Gilbert
1973	David Barnes
1974	Gavin Auld
1975	Trevor Cox
1976	Brett Foster
1977	Chris Dickson Chris Dickson (sailor) Christopher Stuart Dickson, born 3 November 1961 in Auckland, is an internationally known sailor from New Zealand. He was world youth champion three years in succession and later became world match race champion three times...
1978	Russell Coutts Russell Coutts Sir Russell Coutts, KNZM, CBE is a competitive sailor. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup four times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and...
1979	Craig Greenwood
1980	John Irvine
1981	Greg Flynn
1982	Terry Nicholas
1983	Craig Monk Craig Monk Craig Monk is a former competitive sailor who won a Bronze medal in the Finn Class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Monk also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta after narrowly beating Dean Barker for selection in the New Zealand team. He finished 13th. Monk has since been...
1984	Jon Bilger
1985	Jon Bilger
1986	Simon Patchett
1987	Ramon Davies
1988	Dean Barker
1989	Zane Gifford
1990	Andrew Estcourt
1991	Peter Waring
1992	Simon Cooke
1993	Fraser Milne
1994	Ben Coutts
1995	Derek Scott
1996	Mike Bassett
1997	Carl Peters
1998	Mark Kennedy
1999	Michael Bullot
2000	Brad Thom
2001	Adam Minoprio
2002	Jo Aleh
2003	James Williamson
2004	Riley Dean
2005	Paul Snow-Hansen
2006	Carl Evans
2007	Thomas Saunders
2008	Logan Dunning-Beck
2009	Oscar Rorvik
2010	Erica Dawson
2011	Isaac McHardie