Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

It has come to light, that the window of the men’s changing room has sustained some damage, due to footballs being kicked against it. Therefore, with immediate effect, all ball games will be banned from both the front and back car parks of the clubhouse.
Any member, who is found disregarding this ruling, will be severely reprimanded and may be suspended.

Introduction video for new members

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

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.

Hi All, for all you armchair sailors, and following popular demand I am sponsoring a trophy for the best placed TBYC virtual boat in the game. For those of you who have not entered or who do not know about it, then here are a few facts. The virtual race mirrors the actual Volvo ocean race covering 8 legs over 9 months. The game has in excess of 120000 virtual boats. leg 1 is complete but we will run each leg as a race in a series and load the entrants on Hal’s racing programme as a series. The series will have 2 discards for the 8 legs to enable newcomers to join in and possibly win!!!. After the first leg the top five TBYC boats were 1st Daren Fitchew, 2nd Jeremy Sandford, 3rd Steve Healey, 4th Steve Hopper and 5th David Hopper.

The next leg starts on Sunday 11th Dec 2011 so get registered and join in the banter and fun!!!

You can register at http://www.volvooceanracegame.org/play

Then please leave a comment on this article so we can enter you and your boat in the regatta.

Happy armchair sailing Steve Hopper

Hi All, Due to other sailing commitments for a large number of our cadets it was not possible for them to be at the official TBYC prize giving this year. So following our Cadet committee meeting last night it was decided to hold a Cadet Prize Giving Thursday Evening 8th December at 19.30 at TBYC We all look forward to seeing you at this celebration of our young cadets

Steve Hopper

Sunday 18th December – 4pm to 6pm
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Disco and Party Games by Groovy Tunes
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Drinks, Nibbles and a Gift from Santa
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Tickets only £5. Available now from behind the bar.
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Please bring your ticket with you to give to Santa’s helpers.
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The Commodore Bar will be open for parents.

Congratulations to Alex Warrington and Laura Lloyd who have been selected for National Squad training by the UK National Cadet Class. This involves training through the winter with a view to competing at the highest level next season to try and win selection for the UK National team. If successful this would see them competing in the Cadet Class World Championships in Tasmania over Christmas 2012.

Hi all,

Thank you so much for the positive messages of support last night and welcoming me into my new role.

I know you will all agree that I have a tough act to follow, Rupert has done a fantastic job and I am very grateful that he has agreed to share his wisdom, supporting me as I settle into the role.

I am really looking forward to the next year and hope that with the support of my fellow committee members and most importantly from all the cadets we can have a fantastic year. I would like to thank Johnno Gillies and Matt Waters for offering their assistance and also to Ellie Kilkelly who has agreed to represent the girls alongside Max Duce for the boys.

With the ongoing support of Debbie, Steve, Mike, Chris, Toby, Mark and Nick I am sure we will deliver an exceptional years sailing and entertainment.

If you want to ask any questions following last night or have any ideas or suggestions please email me on [email protected]

Thanks again, Mike

Saturday November 5th will be the last chance to buy prize giving tickets. Also anyone who has booked already and not paid please can you make sure payment is made by November 5th.

There is a small number of tickets available from behind the bar, if not email [email protected]