Accomplished sailor Louise Morton has won the 2010 Ladies Day Trophy award at Cowes Week; one of the UK’s longest running sporting events and the world’s best known sailing regatta.  Now in its fifth year, the Ladies Day Trophy celebrates the achievements and contributions of women in sailing.

Three times winner of the Women's Open Keelboat Championship, Louise truly deserves this award for her dedication to the sport.  As well as racing competitively, Louise has spent the past five years reviving the Quarter Ton class, with such success that in the last Quarter Ton Cup there were 35 entries.  She has also campaigned her own boat, Espada, at or near the front of the fleet with a crew composed entirely of girls.

“Over the last decade there has been a marked increase in female participation at Cowes Week with the number of female skippers leaping by 150 per cent since 2002, says Stuart Quarrie, CEO Cowes Week Limited.  “Our Ladies Day Trophy is in recognition of the outstanding contribution, commitment, or achievement of women in sailing – from the Corinthian sailor and those overcoming difficulties in order to succeed in sailing, to those who have undertaken remarkable challenges”.