Last Friday, the dinghy sailors held their Jelly & Ice-creams Party at Bere Ferrers Church Hall to mark the end of their Friday evening dinghy training season.
The first item of the evening was Steve Kirby’s traditional quiz with its usual mix of age-old jokes 🙂
Then it was time to tuck-in to the wonderful selection of food on offer including pasties, salads, quiche and many other home-made delights followed by jelly and ice-cream (of course) plus a wide range of desserts, also brought by the participants.
Steve then gave us a recap of the year’s Dinghy Events and this was followed by the prize giving.
And the Winners were:
(1) Guessing how long Steve’s speech would be: Emma Kirby
(2) Guessing the weight of the Pumpkin: shared winners Bennedict Hayden-Davies with Iris Scorer
(3) Overall winner of the Regatta: Don Ladell with prize collected by Wilfred Larman and Sampson Smart in lieu.
(4) Winner of the Dinghy Races Series: Sophie Dandy
(5) Best Friday Night Attendance: Ralph Haydn-Davies
(6) Most improved Junior: George Rowsell
(7) Best Junior contribution to Friday night dinghy sessions: Ralph Haydn-Davies
(8) Most improved adult – Phil Towers (not present to collect his award)
(9) Best Adult contribution to Friday night dinghy sessions: John Giblin
(10) Recognised for her major contribution to Dinghy Events: Sue Coomber
There was a huge round of applause for Steve Kirby for his continual contribution as our Chief Instructor.
And the parents jointly contributed to prizes for the following Friday Night Helpers:
- Rosie Duncan
- Rob Kirby
- Alan Duncan
- John Giblin
- Matt Newton
- Sue Coomber
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