Royals Yearbook 2019/2020

with our good friends at the Sun
Along
we were excited to hold a movie
Theatre,
featuring the inspirational film
night
It was a sell out!
"Maiden".
big thank you to everyone who
A
our screening. With your
attended
support, we will be able to
generous
avenues for women and girls in
develop
at our Club. A special thanks to our
sailing
at the Sun Theatre, we had
friends
Club was sad to advise the passing of
The
Peter Elliott. Peter was a
Member
of the Royal Yacht Club of
Member
since 1991. He will be greatly
Victoria
Cup was another successful
Melbourne
enjoyable day at Royals. This event is
and
the longest held Club social
probably
and it has been going for 20 years.
event
numbers were down to seventy
The
year due to various events clashing;
this
Mount Martha cruise, racing to
the
and a big 0 birthday celebration
Stanley
Queensland among other things. It was
in
well supported by the faithful
nonetheless
$660 was paid out to the
regulars.
in the ten sweeps and a profit of
winners
was put towards the Cadet Worlds
$103
Royals in 2020.
at
Top: Christal Chen, Patricia McCaull with Pricilla, Eila Yardell and Danny
Trainor
Immediate Past Commodore John Duffin, Carol Gurney, Jenny
Bottom:
Dusting, Mike Rainer and Carol Neumann
on the Field’ was ably compared
‘Fashions
Danny (Mr Bojangles) Trainor who
by
the gathering and judged the
entertained
with the secret assistance of
categories
Beaufort. Eila Yardell was judged the
Cath
of the Ladies’ Fashion and Patricia
winner
and her friend Pricilla won the
McCaull
Female Jockey. PC Bob McGregor
best
judged the best dressed gentleman
was
Mia won the children’s group.
and
go to Immediate Past
Thanks
John Duffin for his welcome
Commodore
the guests and to his wife Carol for
to
the winner of the Phantom
picking
Thanks also to Peter and Jenny
Sweep.
for selling the Phantom Sweep!
Dusting
Country for Andrew King started on
Sail
morning, 1 November, with what
Friday
thought would be ample time to arrive
he
Albury-Wodonga Yacht Club and be on
at
water for first warning at 1.30pm on
the
However, by 12.30pm, 3 boats,
Saturday.
“Ubertrailer” and 2 broken down
the
were stuck on the freeway at
vehicles
R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0
YEAR
IN
REVIEW
NOVEMBER
a great night!
missed by all that knew him at the Club.
Kilmore.
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