Copyright: Kirklees Model Boat Club 2010-2012 Click thumbnail to enlarge Report of the day: 20’C+ Sunny all day, refreshment tent well attended. An excellent turnout with Richard performing a number of boiler tests throughout the morning. Calm waters provided a good sailing day and Raymond Binns became the 1st to be awarded the ‘Steam Queen’ trophy for the best boat of the day. Well done to the ladies in the tea tent for keeping us all supplied with food and drink. Click thumbnail to enlarge Click thumbnail to enlarge Report of the day: 20’C+ Sunny all day, Slight breeze at times down the lake. 6 Traders and around 20 clubs for all over the North of England attended. A good time was had by all, many people taking to the waters to demonstrate there models. Hovercraft, Yachts, Submarines, High Speed and many other scale models all looked great on the water, with many taking part in the ‘parade’ in the afternoon. Many thanks to all those who attended and we look forward to seeing you all again next year. A special thanks to ALL club members and wives who helped in the setting up and running of the successful event. A selection of Traders were at the gala. We hope they enjoyed themselves and trading was brisk.     Scale Hobbies   Deans Marine   Mountfleet Models   Warner Marine   Leeds Large Scales Models   Model Boat Bits. Clubs from around the North of England also attended.    Bury MBC  Balne Moor MBC  Hull MBC  Mutual Model Boat Society  St Helens MBC  C.A.D.M.A  Saltwell Park MBC Gateshead  Rawden MBC  Bridlington MBC  York MBC  Bradford Model Engineering Society  Leeds & Bradford MBC  Cleethorpes MBC  Teeside MBC  Sheffield MBC  Vicar Water Models  Wearside MBC  Model Hovercraft Assoc. Thanks to all those who dontated the prizes. There were 3 tickets not claimed on the day. Please contact the club if you are one of the lucky winners and we will arrange to get your goodies to you as soon as possible. Pink 47 has now been claimed. Only 2 outstanding.......... Click thumbnail to enlarge 2010 Raffle Results At least the rain held of.... another superb event down at the lake with our 2nd Navy Day. Visitors included Ribble MBC, Surface Warship Association, York MBC and Potteries MBC Many boats took to the lake and lots of interest from the general public and other club members. A big thanks to all those who took part and we look forward to meeting up again next year. Click thumbnail to enlarge Click thumbnail to enlarge Thanks to the traders who attended including, Mountfleet Models Leeds Large Scale Models and Model Boat Bits. Hope you all had a successful day A few of the models on show both in the tents and on the water. Click thumbnail to enlarge Stan’s - Gotcha As usual this year, Stan the man, provided a very entertaining round up of the year and awarded 3 Gotcha’s for those who made minor mistakes throught out year. Revenge is sweet said Ron, who then awarded stan with his own Gotcha for his ‘Wind’ (an in-joke with the club members in the know) Roger receiving his Heli-Safety hat after crashing at Batley Sports Centre earlier in the year. Sunday the 12th December, a good turn out for the annual Christmas lunch with over 50 members & family attending. A wonderful meal was enjoyed by all, with friendly staff on hand. The meal was followed by a short speech from the club Chairman Phill Bowker and the award of the Ron Broderick Trophy by club President Brian Daffern to joint winners Tim Stevenson and Jason Butterworth, with Tim accepting the trophy in the absence of Jason. The trophy is awarded to the club member / members who have shown great enthusiasm towards the club over the last year. The presenation was then followed by the raffle, many thanks Ann Daffern and Elaine Bowker for their work in collecting the raffle prizes and selling the tickets on the day. Following the raffle, PRO Stan Reffin produced his usual crop of amusing Gotcha’s (see panel below) The afternoon was rounded off with coffee and mince pies in the reception room. Many thanks to all those who made this an enjoyable event MERRY CHRISTMAS