BELLBUOY - JANUARY 2023

BELLBUOY

the Newsletter of The Barbados Yacht Club

FromtheDeckoftheCommodore

- The Barbados Yacht Club

I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. The Club had a very busy December with many special events and private functions, many of which are featured in this edition of the Bellbuoy Our Old Year’s Night dinner and beach party were the real highlights of the year Ticket sales for these events were better than they have been for some time although not at the high number we used to see many years ago. I doubt we will ever see 1,000+ again

The new kitchen equipment is working well although we had a few service challenges because of the sheer number of members using the beach facilities over the Christmas period It would be helpful to us if members planning to bring a large number of guests in on a given day would notify us the day before so we can better organize.

As usual at the beginning of the year, we welcome two new committee members, Keithan Laurie and Jonathan Still Keithan, as featured on page 4, will take over as Chair of the Entertainment Committee and Jonathan as Chair of the Boating Committee. I wish to thank our outgoing committee members Darrin White and Simone Pasmore for doing

such an excellent job during their term of office.

The perennial issue of non-members coming into the Club was raised at the AGM. The problem is not people walking on off the street, this is usually well contained by security, it is members bringing in guests more than twice a month. We are planning on introducing an electronic system at the gate that will allow security to monitor the number of times a guest is introduced The system will also provide us with other useful statistics

There are other Rules and Regulations of the Club that are often breached by members. The one we get the most complaints about concerns the behavior of children or children being in the Club unsupervised. Please read the regulation reprinted on the back of this edition of the Bellbuoy

The highlight of this month will be the annual Sailing Week, including the round island race on the 21st. Details of all the week’s events are in this Bellbuoy and also posted on the Notice Boards. The Cruising Club takes the lead in organizing Sailing Week in collaboration with the Yacht Club, the Barbados Sailing Association and other water sports organizations The week involves a number of social events so please come out and support our sailors and water sports enthusiasts

I wish all our members and visitors all the best for a safe, happy and peaceful 2023. Let us hope the coming year does not bring as many challenges as we have experienced for the last two years

Dr. Isobella Parkinson

Commodore

Special Feature

WELCOME!

Meet Keithan Laurie, newly elected member to serve on the Management Committee and Chair of the Entertainment Committee.

KEITHAN LAURIE Chair - Entertainment Committee

100 XO RUMS

Keithan has been a club member since childhood and was an avid youth sailor and self-confessed not-sogreat tennis player. Married to Geoffrey Evelyn (not the previous Commodore), She holds a Master's degree in Business Management, is a veteran marketing and communications specialist, and has considerable experience in event management She is happy to lend her expertise and skills to the club especially now as it prepares to celebrate its centenary in 2024.

We take this opportunity to welcome Keithan to the Committee

Ralph Bruggadung Johnson

Early December, Ralph’s long time friends from the UK were visiting Barbados For the first time since Ralph’s passing and COVID there was an opportunity to celebrate Ralph’s life with a 100 XO rums in the Shot Hall Bar Unfortunately not all of his friends and family were able to attend -

I would like to thank the staff of the Barbados Yacht club for accommodating us, making the evening special and Peter for the great pictures! There will be another celebration...

Isabell K Johnson

Above: Friends and BYC team members alike enjoying an evening of 100 XO Rums

HIGHLIGHTS

SAILING

Presentation of Sailing Awards

by Anne Tindale

The

of Sailing

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Dr. A.W. Trieloff Memorial Trophy for Youth Sailing. The Trophy is awarded annually to the junior sailor who shows the most improvement, with the best attitude and all round sportsmanship throughout the National Dinghy Championships held in September and October, and we were honoured to have Dr Trieloff’s daughter, Barbara Trieloff-Deane, with us to present the Trophy

Above: First Row - Guy Middleton, Holly Trew and Adrian Gale, BYC Sub-Committee Chairman Dominic Austin and Dr. Isobella Parkinson, Commodore

Second Row - Liam Valles Desrochers and Dr Augustus Reader, President - BSA Braylen Hayse and Dr. Isobella Parkinson

Rym Riley, Stansfeld Scott representative and Luc Chase

Presentation

Awards for 2022 was held on Friday, 9th December and thanks go out to our sponsors of this year’s Dinghy and Offshore Regattas, including Massy Stores, Stansfeld Scott and Taylor’s Cycle Centre

HIGHLIGHTS

SAILING

This year the Trophy was awarded jointly to Francesca Johnson and Savannah Stuart, two of our young sailors who stood out for the considerable improvement they both showed out on the race course, coupled with their great attitude and willingness to help their fellow sailors both on and off the water.

Above: First Row - Daniel McCollin and Dr. Augustus Reader

Francesca Johnson, Savannah Stuart and Barbara Trieloff-Deane Nelson Hope and Dr Augustus Reader

Second Row - Jacob Biennema and Dr. Augustus Reader

Ian Hickling, Maud Krijnen and Malgorzata Wasilewska Jason Tindale and Dr. Isobella Parkinson

HIGHLIGHTS

EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION AND AWARDS

The

Above: Adrian Ramsey, Supervisor, House and Grounds and Malcolm Griffith, Groundsman accepting their awards in recognition of 2O years of service to the Club.

Commodore presented awards to our boating staff, acknowledging their contribution to boating and sailing activities during the year. This year we also gave two awards for 20 years of service to the Club.

Above: Kenrick Sealey, Senior Boatman and Darrio Callender, Boatman

Left: Kenneth Gittens, Boatman

SOCIAL SCENE

HIGH TEA - THE FESTIVE EDITION

Our ever-popular High Tea on December 18 was its usual great success. Ian and Carole Bishop plus Phyllis Bynoe provided the musical entertainment and kept everyone in the Christmas spirit

SOCIAL SCENE

2022 FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL

ARGENTINA ALL THE WAY!

A large group of members and their guests gathered around the Beach Bar to take in action of the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France in Qatar. It was an afternoon of joy and total jubilatio many seemed to have been supporting the winning team, Argentina.

final.

SOCIAL SCENE

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our annual Children’s Christmas party attracted 175 children this year They were each given a present and refreshments. The bouncy castle was particularly well used and enjoyed by them all. The sponsorship of the event CIBC/FCIB was much preciated yron Weekes, one of r Security Guards, and ebecka Carter, bar staff, ly performed the roles Father and Mother hristmas by distributing e presents.

Christmas

SOCIAL SCENE

CAROLS ON THE BEACH

at the Club would not be complete without Carols on the Beach. A good time was had by all especially the little ones who danced and sang along with Derek and Lily

SOCIAL SCENE

NYE CELEBRATIONS

Our NYE Dinner and Beach party were well attended Patrons danced the night away under the stars until the stroke of midnight when the beach and coastline as far as the eyes could see, erupted with bursts of beautiful and dazzling fireworks displays.

Andrew Horsford

Simon Warren

Copeland Straker and Jordanna Straker

Sebastian Mansour

Christoher Edghill and Cathrine Edghill

Margaret Cass

Nathan Billett, Amanda Billett, Seth, Summer and Hailey Billett

Sam Johnson and Christie Burns

KNOW THE RULES/REGULATIONS?

GENERAL REGULATIONS

10. SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN

Children under the age of 16 are the responsibility of their parents or guardians who shall ensure they do not unduly disrupt Members Children who are guests are under the responsibility of the member who invited them to the club. Children should not be allowed to play in the bar area. Members who observe this behaviour should ask the Supervisor on duty to deal with the matter.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR 2022-2023

Commodore Vice Commodore Committee Members

Dr. Isobella Parkinson

Mr. Christopher Parravicino

Mr. Adrian Gale

Mr. Brian Cadogan

Mr. Jonathan Still Mrs. Keithan Laurie

Mr. Satcha Kissoon

Mr. Simon Wilkie

Mr. Wayde Clarke

General Manager

Trustees Mr. Andrew Hutchinson

Mr. C. F. Packer, MBA

Mr. Dick Stoute

Mr. Peter Marshall

The Barbados Yacht Club P. O. Box 70, Bridgetown BB11000 (246) 427-7318 / (246) 427-1125 Fax: 435-7590 officebyc@barbadosyachtclub.com www.barbadosyachtclub.com