OLD TIMERS ’ REGATTA
REVIVAL OF THE OLD TIMERS ’ REGATTA
CLUB YACHTING
Twenty Eight boats along with 35 “ Old Timers ” took part in the revival of the Club ’ s long standing event , the Old Timers ’ Regatta and Luncheon . As the Club reaches its Sesquicentenary anniversary it was only fitting for this event to attract many “ vintage ” Members who are an integral part of the history of The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club .
The rules for this event are simple , an “ Old Timer ” is a Member who is over 65 years old and has been a Member for over 10 years had to skipper another Member ’ s boat . With a change of format this year the race took place before the Luncheon at 11:30am . Although the weather was warm , the little wind made for a slow race and the Race Committee shortened the race to make time for the Luncheon .
The winners of the Old Timers ’ Race are as follows : 1st Southerly - Bob Fowler 2nd - Revolver - John Paul 3rd - Jazza - Phil Shaw
After lunch was served , the 130 + people in the room listened in to the speakers sharing their “ Tales of an Old Timer ”. Jim Wiseman , the son of Bill Wiseman of which the Old Timers ’ Tackle Trophy is in memory of , opened the tales with his first memories of the Club .
After Jim , Jack Gale took the microphone and in classic Jack style he didn ’ t hold back making the whole room erupt in laughter . Passing the microphone around Members were very happy to pop up their hand to tell their tale . Coincidently the stories revolved around what Jack said or did in the past .
As per tradition , the Old Timers ’ quiz took place after the tales . Written by the infamous Tom Spithill , Michael Lockley was given the task of reading out the answers . Tom , in his fine form made a few mistakes in the answers . In good spirits Michael carried on with the show and comically blamed Tom for everything . After the fiasco of getting the “ correct ” answers out , Rob Cole and the Pretty Woman team won the quiz .
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