Sunday 22nd is the last day to buy tickets�

Our Annual Dinner and Prizegiving is being held at Greenhill�Hotel, Red Dial, Wigton
on Saturday 28th November 2015
starting 7�for 7.30pm

Please book your tickets at https://webcollect.org.uk/bass-sc/event/annual-dinner-2015

STARTER
Tomato & basil soup
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Chicken liver pate with Cumberland sauce
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MAIN
Turkey with all the trimmings
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Roast topside of local beef with Yorkshire pudding, caramelised onions and mushrooms in a red wine sauce
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Mediterranean vegetable strudel in a spicy tomato sauce
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DESSERT
Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce
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Strawberry, mango and passion fruit pavlova
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Coffee and Mints

Only �28/head

Dress code: Black Tie

Don’t forget to return your prizes in good time!

Our bonfire celebrations are being held on 7th�November. Please bring along a large display firework to make the event all the more spectacular. Hot snacks will be available. The bonfire will be lit around 6.30pm

Our grounds chairman is asking for help to build the bonfire on the morning of 7th�and would ask any keen helpers to attend from 10.30am

Views were unanimous. This was the best Members� social event at the Clubhouse for quite a while. Claire, Lucy and Kirstie had pulled out all the stops. There were immaculate tartan table covers and serviettes plus a wee dram of whisky at each place setting. In the absence of a piper, Alistair was in charge of downloading the themed music.

And then the guests arrived with some suitably attired for the occasion. Pauline wore, arguably, the most chic Scottish outfit while Graham had, without doubt, the most flamboyant national dress – to which Judith commented that he wasn�t with her!

Proceedings started with Mark summoning all to the tables before AJ, complete with kilt, recited an Ode to the Haggis ending in the ritual stabbing! This was accompanied by Alistair�s bagpipes and the downing of the dram! The three chefs then served all with the main course featuring the haggis and, despite generous portions, there was another helping for all who fancied one. Next came a fruit pudding with whisky laced cream for those who dared. And, finally, a gigantic cheeseboard with six varieties of cheese was placed on each table.

Some abandoned this final offering and took to the dance floor to make the most of the music which, by then, seemed to have moved into an Irish theme! Others just relaxed and chatted at their tables and nearly three hours had passed before some made the move for home.

Who needs a sailing season when we can have pre season events like this one?

Thomas’ Twitterings

The event provoked some thoughts and observations from a man that almost always has a camera to hand

The last Sunday before Christmas was very wild, but so mild the only place Santa found some snow to park on was Skiddaw so he had to hitch a lift to the club in one of our Dories.

While waiting for�his arrival, there were games, face painting, and a tea party.

The children were clearly excited to greet him, and he was invited into the clubhouse where he handed out some presents, and sang a few songs before leaving for his next engagement!

For those that have bought tickets for next week’s dinner dance, please note that the timings have been amended to 7pm arrival for 7.30pm dinner.

Just before the bonfire was lit and fireworks released, a prize giving was held for the Youth Squad to celebrate their successes throughout the season both during training, as arranged and delivered by Neil Garrison, and in club racing.

Congratulations to one and all, and we hope they all return to challenge us next year!

Thanks to Nick/Sarah for the following photos

On 15 Dec 2013 17 youth squad students and parents descended on Workington’s 10 Pin Bowling Alley.

As most of us were beginners the owners of the alley had kindly put down guides to make sure that all balls would knock down at least one skittle. This did not stop some of our balls bouncing from one side of the track to the other before eventually knocking a few skittles down. The guides also did not stop some of the adults really heavy balls being pulled by really strong gravity onto the wooden track making a big bang and causing the whole building to shake. The owners therefore soon came over to point out that special ramps could be used to help launch the balls and help steering, and also to tell us that we should not throw the balls at the skittles. Although we tried the ramps this was not real bowls so we went back to launching the balls by hand.

Eventually we all got the hang of letting go of the balls at the right time, height and angle to point them in the right direction without killing anyone.

Elle Grieves made an early start by judging her bouncing off the sides to hit the middle pin time and time again getting several strikes and many 10’s. Despite everyone else trying really hard Elle’s lead continued to grow. By the end of the game she had almost twice as many points as anyone else.

Here’s to a well earned victory. Very well done.

A special mention also goes to Louise who spent so much effort throwing her balls that she had to lay down in the lane after every throw. A really good try.

Some of the mums said that they were trying to get as few points as possible to make the rest of us feel good. Tell that to the lad in the next lane with 4 squashed toes.

Of course Elle will have to come again next Christmas to defend her Tiara.(little Crown)

This victory shows that Elle has a strong will to win, and we look forward to the first race of the new season in Toppers between Elle and Hazel.

Hope that you are looking forward to March 2014 when we take to the water again.