Award, R.Nichols Trophy

Historical information

In the 1950s speedboat racing was popular at Paynesville. The Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club has loaned the trophies of the time to PMM to display.
This trophy is the R Nicholls trophy that was won three years successively by George Legg in "Revanche" George Legg was a remarkable person,managing to compete and win races without his hands which were blown off in an accident in World War Two.

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