Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

There’s still a time to book your table for the SANDHOPPER QUIZ NIGHT this Friday 13th Jan…

…but please be quick if you don’t want to miss out!

Tony and Janet will be your quizmasters starting at 7:30 so please arrive by 7 to get to the bar prior to the kick off.

Cost is only £5 per person and includes a Ploughman’s to refresh you at half time!

Please book with Janet in the club office on 01702 587 563 or email secretary@tbyc.org

Cheques made out to TBYC please.

teams / tables of 6 people and there are of course prizes !!!

Starters
Roasted Tomato & Basil Soup
or
Deep Fried Camembert & Cranberry Sauce
or
Pollo Indiano

Main Course
Salmon fillet with a Lemon buttersauce
or
Chicken, Ham & Leek pie
or
Lamb Shank in a spiced spinach & tomato sauce

Dessert
Mulled wine poached Pear with Mince pie Ice cream
or
Profiteroles with warm chocolate sauce
or
Cheese & Biscuits

£12.50 for 2 courses, or £15.00 for 3 courses

Please book by Thursday 3pm by calling Gary on 07854 22 99 39 or through the kitchen.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I would like to thank Debbie Kilkelly and all her helpers, especially Santa himself, for making the Christmas Party great for all our cadets.

It was a wonderfull occasion enjoyed by 64 cadets and many parents – Well done.

Nick Elmore
Commodore

Celebrate New Years Eve this year with family and friends at TBYC.

Groovy Tunes DJ will be playing fantastic music from 8pm through til

1am New Years Day 2012….

Tickets are selling fast at only £5!  Available from the bar or TBYC Secretary -

call 01702 587586 or email secretary@tbyc.org.

This Hopper is in pretty good shape with all the boxes ticked, no nasty surprises, looking good and ready to sail and win

1. All 3 Hyde sails pretty much brand new – late 2010 – and only been used 4 or 5 times

2. New Superspar mast and boom.

3. Just professionally resprayed

4. New floor

5. Self launching pole system

6. Milanes lightweight rudder.

7. Past Championship winner- against 28 entries

8. C/w Outboard Motor

£3950.00

Contact Ian Stobart – 01702 587894 – e-mail istobart@hotmail.com

A reminder to all cadet parents that tickets are available behind the bar for this Sunday’s Christmas Party – the ticket price of £5 includes a gift from Santa, party nibbles and games and music with Groovy Tunes DJ.  All ages welcome.  The Commodore’s bar will be open for parents.

Please remember to buy your tickets in advance so that Santa knows how many gifts to bring!

For further information, please contact Debbie Kilkelly 07887 802659.

Race Notice

Winter Sunday Race 5 programmed to start at 15:00 hours on Sunday 18 December 2011 is cancelled.

Reason: dusk is less than an hour after the programmed start time and it is not feasible to move the start time forward and not appropriate to run what would otherwise have to be a very short race.

This notice is posted in accordance with Section 3 of the Sailing Instructions.

Graham Dare
Rear Commodore (Racing)

All tickets for the New Years Day Brunch are now sold…..apologies if you missed out this time.

The bar will also be open to non-diners serving your usual tipples together with New Years Day specials of Virgin Mary, Bloody Mary and Bucks Fizz.

There are still some tickets available for our New Years Eve Party but they’re selling fast so hurry!

Stephanie

On a very cold Saturday last, we completed our second RYA Powerboat Level 2 training course this autumn, with five more Club members successfully gaining their certificates.  They are Izzy Duce, Janet Willsmer, Adrian Bunting, Allen Burrell and Brant Chapman.  Well done!

Since we registered as an RYA Training Establishment in 2009, we have trained 33 people up to Level 2.  Before that, with the support of SMAC we helped a further 20 members gain this valuable qualification.

Our team, Tony Clarke, Toby Speller and Ken Clarke, get a huge buzz from teaching on this course and as a result, we know that we are adding to the pool of skilled powerboat drivers in the Club, providing safety cover for our racing.  Without that cover, we cannot race.

If you would like to join this group and get your Level 2 qualification, contact any one of us through the office or email ken@sandstorm.abel.co.uk and we will endeavour to sign you up for one of our 2012 sessions.  The charge of £25 covers the cost of training materials and contributes to the cost of fuel for the practical part of the course.