Sep 24 2008
Spirit of the Club
“There is a tremendous spirit within this club in which everybody pulls together and I’m a very grateful beneficiary of that culture. Many people have helped me at various times”
quote taken from Howard Hawkes article below.
now theres a man who has worked harder than most of us to pull together another fine season of sailing events unselfishly giving up his own sailing and social time for us all to benefit even in a year where the weather didn’t quite play the game fairly… thank you Howard.
the spirit of our club is further enhanced by the working parties that now attract 40+ of all ages which help keep the club in good order.
for me the main spirit/culture test of a club is that of renew. renew of members, renew of assets.
seeing 33 Cadet Pico’s out on the water in their race series on saturday afternoon was just great and shows just how successful the TBYC cadet training program is and has been in giving the opportunity of learning to sail to so many.
sunday witnessed another great turn out for a trophy race and two former pico sailors David Hopper & Tally Eyre literally flying about in their foiling moths, great for all to see and for the cadets to be inspired. TBYC has always led the way with state of the art sailing dinghies and this year is no exception.
alot of work has gone on behind the scenes to secure the renewal of our assets and one man linked to most of the above over many years and has been their driving force is Mike Thomason the man who sets the benchmark for the spirit and culture of our club.
in a world of uncertain times our club will hopefully continue to deliver the same spirit and culture for you and i to enjoy both on and off the water and our subscriptions continue to be invested for the future benefit of sailing.
Peter
ps if you’ve got a bit of spare cash personally or in your business then theres no better time than now to help TBYC and the slipway fund. Mike Thomason will be very pleased to hear from you…. don’t be shy…
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Peter, had it ever occurred to you that you migh be more than a little responsible for the healthy state of cadet sailing that you describe above. Without your time and committment during your time as Commodore many of the senior Cadets as they are now would not have enjoyed growing up at the club and becoming competent to a point where they could compete at national and world level. Skills they will never forget. The spirit and enthusiasm you generated continues today and with help from the likes of Mike Thomason and Shaun Christian the culture you created has moved on to the latest crop of enthusiastic families.
Its all very well praising others but let us not forget what you have done and continue to do for the Club.
Gordon.
Hear Hear.
Thank you Peter for your kind words – and as has already been said, yours is a significant contribution to the TBYC ethos.