NEARLY 40 members of Upper Tamar Lake Sailing Club converged on The Weir for their annual presentation evening on Saturday, December 2.

In 2017, those enthusiasts at the Upper Tamar Lake Sailing Club put on almost a hundred races in a dozen series despite winds, which blew like the devil or failed to turn up at all.

In addition, they staged nearly 20 ‘social’ events that were sometimes more strenuous than their sailing; tree surfing for example.

Members of the club assembled at the glass-walled restaurant, which is just up the river from Bude, to celebrate that successful year, to present trophies to the many winners of these contests, to eat a fine three-course Christmas dinner and to shake a festive leg on the dance floor.

The members were perhaps a little unused to seeing each other in heels, dresses, collars and ties rather than in wetsuits or drysuits and rubber boots.

However, they were soon raising a fine hubbub and attacking their dinners before the presentation of cups followed.

Jane Anderson, whose name will be well-known to readers of the reports, had another fine season, winning seven of the series.

The club has an admirable record for promoting and rewarding junior sailors and there was a big welcome for the winner of the Peter Pocock Cup, Marlo Graham.

When the trophies were all presented, the club’s tame disc jockey, John Weller, started the dancing music; a rockabilly soundtrack.

The club then expressed their gratitude to outgoing officials Sue Murray (Commodore) and Linda Spiller (Rear Commodore) as well as thanks to secretary and photographer, Mandy Pollard.

Upper Tamar Lake Sailing Club will resume sailing in March. To find out more information, visit www.utlsc.org.