The Captain’ s Welcome
I am delighted to welcome you all, competitors, supporters, umpires, marshals, sponsors and guests to the Stratford-upon-Avon Boat Club 2013 Regatta. I wish you all a very enjoyable and memorable day.
We are delighted that BDR are the main sponsor of our regatta especially as they are a local communications firm based in Stratford upon Avon. We also have a number of gold sponsors this year who include Rybrook Mini, Wildmoor Spa, Choose How you Move, Bancroft Cruisers,
May I take this opportunity of recording on behalf of all members of Stratford-upon-Avon Boat Club, my personal thanks and appreciation to the many people involved in the planning and running of our regatta. A huge amount of time and effort has been put in by the regatta committee and I’ d like to say a special thank you to Jo Wyles, who unfortunately will be stepping down from the post of Regatta Secretary this year. In addition we are also grateful to the umpires, marshals and the many other volunteers, both from within the club and elsewhere, many of whom have travelled long distances to be with us, to help us run a successful event.
Our regatta has been held annually since our inauguration in 1874 and has become an established part of our town’ s attractions. We are proud of this tradition and we wish all of the competitors a great day’ s racing.
Jennifer Clements Captain, Stratford-upon-Avon Boat Club