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Sept 2014

IYC Newsletter

Page 2-4 Social Events (Club Book Error)

Page 4 Last CCS 2014 Cruiser Race

Page 4 Commodores invite to Annual Dinner

and Dance

Page 5 Annual Dinner & Dance Poster

Page 6-7 Lucy in Uganda

That’s it… Bit threadbare this quarter..

I think everyone has gone sailing !!

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SOCIAL EVENTS JUNE

Saturday 7th June we had a Social Evening with Sarah O’Shea, it was well

attended and everybody enjoyed the evening.

Saturday 28th June we had a Bingo Night, this was not well attended but most

members who come along had a win.

JULY

Saturday 12th July we had the Blues Brothers with 86 members, friends and

family attending. A great evening was had by all.

Saturday 26th July was our monthly Quiz Night which was very well attended,

we had 10 teams taking part with over 60 members with friends and family.

AUGUST

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August was a quite month due to holidays and sailing, and members making the

most of the bank holiday.

Saturday 23rd August we had our monthly Quiz Night with 6 teams taking part,

the overall winners were the Thorpe Bay Refugees with a total score of 72.

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 20th Quiz Night

Saturday 27th Razamataz (Duo)

OCTOBER

Saturday 18th Dinner & Dance (at The Three Rivers)

Saturday 25th Bingo Night

NOVEMBER

Saturday 1st Halloween and Bonfire Night

Saturday 15th Laying up Supper

Saturday 29th Quiz Night

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Dear Member

Please find attached a poster relating to the club’s Annual Dinner & Dance,

to be held on the 18/10/2014. This is one of the major social event in the

club’s calendar, this event is organised by me and is my opportunity to

have dinner with the Members. So put on your party frocks and come and

join in with your fellow Members.

A list is displayed in the club for you to record the names of your party.

If you are unable to get to the club and want to ensure your place is

reserved, write into the Secretary, Viv Burling.

The cost of the coach transport that has been arranged will depend on how

many people are using it, so nearer the time you will be advised of the

cost, the more of you that come the cheaper it will be for everybody.

I look forward to welcoming you on the night.

Bob Hough - Commodore

Last CCS race this year The IYC race to Upnor Sat 20th. Sept

Race starts at the Leigh Buoy 1200. Entry Forms To Mike Blatcher or Club Representative

no later than 18-00 Thursday 18th. September

The Medway Yacht Club have kindly invited us to join them on Sat evening for their Barts Bash (Bart Simpson) charity dinner The cost per head is £20.00 with £5.00 going directly to the charity. If you wish to book places for this dinner please let me know the numbers by Monday 15th. at the latest as the MYC require the numbers by then.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION DUE TO PRINTING

ERROR IN CLUB BOOK

DECEMBER SHOULD READ:

6TH PRIZE GIVING

7TH SNAPDRAGON CHRISTMAS LUNCH

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at The Three Rivers Golf and Country

Club Stow Road, Cold Norton, near Chelmsford, CM3 6RR

19.00 for 19.30

Menu

Chicken Liver Parfait, Red Onion Relish and Melba Toast

Roast Sirloin of Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and Rich Gravy

Brandy Snap Basket filled with Tropical Fruits and Coconut

Rolled Sorbet

After Dinner Coffee and Mints

[Vegetarian option available]

For a reasonable charge per person a coach will be available to take

you to the venue

with various pick up points on Canvey and Benfleet.

See separate list to place your name for coach

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After my 24 hour journey to Uganda, I finally landed in Entebbe. We were

met by our leader, Steph who would be with us the whole of the trip. We

was shown to our transport which was a huge truck, it was amazing. We

arrived at our first destination which was a back packer’s hostel in which

we would stay at for our first to night to get everything prepared for the

rest of the trip. All the food was made in the truck and wasn’t very different

to what we had back home except fresher fruit etc. We all slept in tents

and had a partner who we would be sharing them with for the rest of the

trip.

The next day, we set off on our 6 hour journey to ‘The Hairy Lemon Island

Camp’, where we would stay for part of our journey and walk to where we

started our community/school project. To get to this island, we would have

to have around a 3 minute boat journey from one side of the river to

another. We had to cross the River Nile which had a very strong current at

one part but the other parts were very calm. When we arrived there, we

saw all red-tailed monkeys playing up in the trees. Everything was very eco-

friendly including the solar power, a water wheel and self-composting

toilets.

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The next day we set off into the village, taking in all our surroundings. The

children always had massive smiles on their faces and would run up to you

and ask for a high-five. When we arrived at the school, we were greeted

by one of the teachers and the headmaster. All the children were shy at

first but soon were eager to get involved in helping to show us their school.

We walked to the water pump to collect water in some tanks but ended

up staying there for longer than expected to play with the children. The

local church/school was only next door, so we went and said hello. A

massive group photo was taken but we had to leave so we could get on

with helping to build the school. We done this for 3 days and by the time

we left, we had helped clear the floor from dust/sand, get rid of the left

over cement on the walls and cover them up with more cement to fill in

the cracks. When we went back to collect the tools in the truck, all the

children and teachers were waiting in a massive group to wish us good

luck on the rest of our journey.

The rest of the 2 weeks consisted of a lot of traveling and helping the local

people. We went to places such as ‘Murchison Falls National Park’ and a

Rhino Sanctuary. We stayed at both. When we stayed at the Rhino

sanctuary, we were in the middle of a fenced off section where the rhinos

would keep coming up to fence and eating the grass. We also went on a

night walk in the pitch black with no torches and we weren’t allowed any

communication with each other, I didn’t enjoy this very much. When we

stayed at Murchison Falls, we went on a boat trip for 3 hours, we saw the

waterfall and got as close as we were aloud as the current was extremely

strong.

Thank you to everyone who supported me on this huge adventure. It was

absolutely amazing and I don’t think nothing could beat it in the future.

Thank you for all the donations and good lucks, they all helped me through

the struggle of raising the money and finally getting to take part on this

journey.

Lucy X