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On Saturday 20 March there is the Start of Season Party with guest speaker Gordon Tripp giving an illustrated talk on Admiral Robert Fitzroy, Capt HMS Beagle, pioneering meteorologist after whom the shipping area is named. Please arrive in good time and be seated by 8.00pm sharp! Free refreshments etc.
The AQSC Panto on 17 January was a resounding success. Youth members were heavily
involved with Edmund and Imogen Morris being the Director and Script Writer.
The plot involved sailing and there was excellent audience participation; an audience
of 50 and 16 members were involved in the production.
The Program as a web page or as a PDF file (275kb)
Picture by Rodger Wheeler click for larger version
2 Jan The Script, with pictures, of the Annual dinner skit on Trafalgar happening today has been added; Introduction Script
The 11 to 13 December 2009 was extremely busy and successful. On Friday evening 44 members were entertained by Pat Halling’s Xmas concert with a buffet in the interval. Story.
On Sunday there was the annual Cheats Xmas lunch with 59 attendees (43 adults, 16 juniors) sitting down to a 4 course Xmas lunch organised by Tony Hopkins; the largest number we have had. Stories and pictures will be added soon.
The weather was terrible for the working party on Sunday 29 November 2009; cold
with torrential rain for much of the day. Considering the bad conditions it was surprising
that 26 members turned up to get soaked. The main task was moving everything in the
trailer park, strimming it and repacking. Many items were not identified with the
owners name, as required by our Rules and Bylaws, and may be disposed off. There
is a pile of un-
The Excellent Annual Dinner on Saturday 21 November 2009 had 46 attendees; there was an unexpected visit by Lord Nelson who had a problem coming to terms with the present day restrictions.
Had Trafalgar Happened Today Introduction Script
On Saturday 7 November 2009 22 members visited the excellent Fire Works display at Kempton Park in good conditions. Thanks go to Diana & Peter Carpenter, George & Joan Bray and helpers for preparing soup, bread and sausages to warm us up back at Aquarius.
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Weather forecast for Hampton BBC, Metcheck. Live weather from a Lower Sunbury garden.
Next Management Committee meeting is on Monday 12Apr2010 at 8pm.
14 Mar The Spring Newsletter PDF is on line. All newsletters back to 1995 are in a ring binder on the bookshelf in the clubhouse, and back to 1999 are on the web site.
8 Mar The Program and Duty Roster for 2010 is online.
14 Jan The Bar duty Roster for 2010 is online.
6 Dec 2009 The Race Results have been updated with the end of season results including the Series results by place, trophy winners and statistics documents in PDF.
17 June 2009 A list of PYS and Club Numbers used by AQSC has been added (7kb PDF document).
The Rules and By-
The Race Results give access to results for the years 2000 through to 2008
Play the Rules Quiz is an excellent fun way to learn the rules from easy to difficult. It includes a definition of all the rules. Recommended by Jeremy Baverstock.
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