Flying was scrubbed early on Saturday owing to the wild winds and heavy showers. Mary had soup on tap in the clubhouse, and members turned up gradually through the day to have a late lunch and do 'fettle' type tasks before wandering off to Banbury for the evening.
The Annual Dinner was held at Whately Hall Hotel in Banbury and once again they did us proud. We had an excellent meal, with plenty of jollity, followed by a short speech by Mary - our mystery speaker - who wanted to encourage us all to fly and try new things, and told us briefly about the time she represented GB in the Womens Europeans Comp (see next NL for more detail!).
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| The Chairman deep in concentration |
We dispensed with speeches this year - probably to the relief of the CFI, Chairman and partners of all glider pilots - so straight on to prizegiving.
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| Anne & Paul enjoying electricity having been cut off in the storms |
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| Who knows what John was making..?.... |
The farpoint prize went to Eric (ntd) again, for another epic flight out east, and Eric was also awarded the Highest achiever prize for his two 300km flights this summer in his K6, which has been quite an inspiration to other club members. Trish Langlands was awarded the best flight prize for her 300km this summer while CFI's prize went to Michael Bell for keeping the bar well stocked!
Our token junior Lucy (who is apparently 'getting on a bit') adds some glamour to the line up of Eric & Mick and has a welcome break from studying.Trish and Eric are pictured with their prizes below. Colin Hales won Clubman of the Year, and most improved pilot was awarded to two pilots this year - Lech Zakrzewski and Alistair Frier.
After the formalities were over there was dancing to an excellent disco....at times it would have been very difficult to detect the male membership of the club, but the women were unbowed!
Bob glitters on the dance floor...
Many thanks to Liz and helper Jane for organising the evening - a great time was had by all!
