Thursday, September 6, 2018

Yacht Club history

September 6th commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Roger Byrne and Bill Binks winning the World Jollyboat Championship in North Carolina
So we had an impromptu celebration in the club rooms with many of the past and present JB sailors present

Bev and Shirley 

Sid,  John Hooper  

Neil Avery 

Bill Cliff and Tony 

Miro Gierga Not seen him for a while 

Surrounded by the elite 

The Champions Roger Byrne and Bill Binks 

With a history summary gift 

A Q & A led by tony Rogers was very entertaining 

A collection of scrap books and other memoribilia 

We hope for about 15-20 We got 45+ 
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