Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

This is the time of year where things may look a bit dormant with this winters weather really taking hold but behind the scenes the guys and girls on and off the Committee are working tirelessly on the sailing/social events for 2011. I always like to think the weather gods reward hard work and sundays Frozen Sheets Race was a great example of this, fantastic day for sailor and spectator alike. This time last year we followed Chris Boshier competing down under and this year we can all be jealous of Dan Henderson who through nothing other than hard work and exceptional skill secured sponsorship to fly down under and compete in the Musto Skiff Worlds. A great example to all our cadet/youth sailors as to what can be achieved. Looks like another tough day at Uni Dan! best education you can get! well at least thats what i told my mum for 30 years…. Follow Dans racing this week with Steve Hoppers updates here.
Those desperate to give their hard earned cash to TBYC for their 2011 subscriptions the invoices will be out to you later this week with the latest newsbuoy. Payment by return either by cheque or standing order is very much appreciated to keep the volunteer office working in an efficient way. This year there will be a late payment penalty to respect those who do as is expected.
keep smiling

Peter

Administrator/Bookkeeper

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is looking for an Administrator / Bookkeeper to join our go-ahead team. In order to be considered, candidates must have previous experience working within an accounts environment and be able to work confidently on their own.
They will be involved with:
> Membership administration
> Bookkeeping and accounts to management accounts level
> Invoicing
> Cash control
> Banking
> Credit Control
> Liaison with members and suppliers
> Maintenance of required records, reports, and files in an organised manner and present these to Club officers as and when required
> Compliance with Procedures and Regulatory requirements
> General administration
> Dealing with any ad hoc duties
This is a pivotal position within the Club and therefore demands a confident, self-motivated individual. All-round accounts experience is essential as is a confidence with computers. Knowledge of Sage Line 50 and MS Access, Word and Excel would be a distinct advantage. Candidates must have good communicational and organisational skills.
In addition to a good salary, the office has the best view in town and a high satisfaction level for a job well done!
Applications MUST be made in writing for the attention of Ken Clarke at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club.

If you have any photo’s of sailing or social at TBYC that you would like displayed on the screens in the club and that would add to newsbuoy could you please let me know, the sooner the better, many thanks, email [email protected]

Congratulations to Steve Hopper who was awarded the honour of the Gerald Mitcham cup at the AGM on sunday in recognition of all the hard work and effort that he puts in behind the scenes to help the club.
Steve has been a fantastic help to me this year with the house rep duties, he is a brilliant source of advice and is always there with a huge range of tools for any job, along with that Steve has helped the entire sandhopper fleet tune their boats, make repairs, fit moorings etc. etc.
He has recently taken charge of the new feva fleet and is training the cadets to olympic standard taking up a huge amount of time both on and off the water.
Well done Steve and thankyou.

Barry, house rep and sandhopper captain

Hi All

Just a little reminder that all ticket payments and menu choice forms need to be posted through the club letter box by Friday 3rd December.

If you have any problems or your table size has got smaller please do give me a call on 07734904824

Many thanks!! Kylie

The Christmas Party on December 11th has now completely sold out. Those who have booked tables and not paid yet, please be aware that no table can be made bigger than the number which was originally booked with me. Unfortunately unlike the summer ball we don’t have the luxury of the balcony space as i think it might be a little nippy in December 🙂

If the size of your table is due to reduce please do let me know asap!

many thanks

kylie

former Commodore John Lovett passed away yesterday evening after battling long illness, John has many friends at the Yacht Club following his Committee and family involvement through the 80’s and 90’s.

Funeral details

Southend Crematorium, West Chapel

 Wednesday 1^st December 2pm

Following Wake at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Family flowers only, donations to Fairhavens Hospice c/o Stibbards  Shoebury 

As many of you already use the IOS website for their excellent weather station from our link , can i ask you to help with the following request,

Commodore Of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club,

Hi Peter, and all our sailing friends at Thorpe Bay,

I would like to ask a favour, please could your members, support and Vote for our peoples lottery bid ” Sailability” on MONDAY either by watching ITV Meridian at 6pm or by accessing the web site Peoples Million on Monday for the phone number, or our club site, We Need as many VOTES as possible to win

http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2010-finalists/meridian-east/sailability

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/times_guardian/news/2010/november/10/island_sailors_need_your_votes.aspx

Regards and thanks Tim Bell

You can now download Newsbuoy Edition 3 (November 2010) from the link at the top of this page, you can forward it to those friends who may be in other parts of the world for them to keep tabs on TBYC.

Commitment and racing experience more important than looks and age!

Call me on 07768 571768 for a chat, or email: rft(at)primoplc.com, replacing (at) with @.

Thanks

Robin