Hi All,
Well the AGM and prize giving has been and gone, first of all we should thank the old committee for their devotion during the 2008/9 season, and indeed welcome the new members during the past year.
As for the new committee, we would like to wish them well for the coming season, and sincerely hope we can grow the club membership and get more of the ‘hibernated’ sailors out of their cocoons’ and back on the water.
For your information the committee for 2009/10 is as :
Commodore……...................Andy Chaloner ....…………………………….....072 118 0400
Vice Commodore…..............Clive Gradwell
Rear Commodore Off-Shore..Mike Ross …………………......................…084 941 1995
Rear Commodore Dinghies....Brian Rusch ………………......................…072 777 2816
Juniors …………................ ..Alan Lister ….....................................073
625 7543
(The oldest junior in town !)
Rescue…………...................Bruce Warner …………………………..….........083 659 8420
Treasurer …………............. .Michelle Rusch ………………………....…......…073 913 2878
Secretary ……….....…........ Angie Lister ……………………………........…..076 952 9127
Ladies …………...............….Anthea Scheepers ………………………....….083 781 5312
Manageress ……….............Judy or Kathy …………………………............082 802 2096 / 043 722 2278
A big welcome to our new committee members this year, Brian Rusch for accepting probably the busiest position in the club, Rear Commodore dinghies, as most of the club activities are in this section. Also to Bruce Warner for accepting the responsibility of the rescue boat, no easy job, he has already spent many hours on repairing the winch, that required a great deal of brute force and effort ,many thanks Bruce, to Michelle Rusch for stepping in half way through last season to take on the treasurers job, and for accepting to continue for the coming season ( a brave girl). To Anthea Scheepers to organize the ladies section, heard on the grape-vine she is trying to book the ‘Chippendales’ !
Judy and Kathy are now the contacts for booking the club and also for catering. They can organize outside functions as well as functions at the club. Support them and you support the club ! I would venture to say an excellent committee to for the 2009/10 season. WELCOME ABOARD.
With regard to the AGM, all went smoothly, no big objections and good constructive discussions took place. One thing that must be mentioned, for the first time in YEARS we were able to produce audited accounts, thanks to a lot of work from Michelle and Angie. Also a big thanks to Alan Randle of D.J.Jackson & Associates for their efforts to get the figures out on time (literally 5.30 pm the night before) ALL FREE OF CHARGE.
The rescue boat is in good order, we had new control cables fitted during the past year, proper marine stuff, not converted car cables that only last a few months. The next step in this direction is to bring the boat up to scratch i.e. Certificate of fitness (COF)and then get skippers certificates for the operators (COC) There will be a list on the notice board if you are interested in sitting this exam. It consists of 2 full days instruction, usually Sat and Sunday, then later the exam which can be done on an evening. There is a charge, payable to the NSRI, but we are trying to negotiate a discount fee.
As most people will have heard, the sail-past date has been brought forward to the 5th September to join in with BRYC sail past. Also this is the date set to enrol our new juniors for the 2009/10 season.
The program for the day should be as follows;
Saturday from 9.30 am Enroll the juniors and new juniors
And get the boats ready for the Sail-Past.
Rugby at 12.00 noon on the big screen. Bring your friends, neighbours, girl friend, wife’s etc
as we are treating this as an open day, the bar will be open and food available from the galley.
SAIL-PAST approx 2.00PM followed by the ‘Battle of Buffalo River’ water balloon fight.
To close the day off all are invited to BRYC club for a bring and Braai
A FULL FAMILY FUN DAY FOR ALL, SUPPORT YOUR CLUB.
Brian our new Rear Commodore Dinghies, will very shortly have the new sailing calendar out,
But I can confirm our opening of season cocktail evening will be on the 19th September, and on Saturday the 20th we are reviving the ‘49’ Cup race. This is for all boats Deep/Keelers and dinghies. This trophy is called the 49 cup as it was the first race ever held by East London Yacht Club, in 1949. I wonder if we can find any member that actually took part in that race ?
Also I can confirm that through a friend of a friend, we have been able to re-launch the ELYC web page. It now does exists, but not quite finished as we are trying to update pictures and information. The site being; http://www.eastlondonyachtclub.com/
AS ALWAYS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SUBS ARE NOW DUE, If you have not yet paid,
PLEASE PAY ASAP
Wednesday nights are still going well, come and join us, bring a friend. We are still running the once a month sponsored suppers, the next being …………… ?
This weekend 29th, lets get the boats ready for the week after, Sail Past.
Well I think that’s all for now folks
Best Regards to All,
Alan Lister