With our annual Burns Night function just a week away, here’s all you need to know about the memorable, banter-filled night. Customarily, Burns Night is a celebration of the Scottish poet and source of inspiration to the founders of Liberalism and Socialism, Robert Burns - a tradition that has been followed worldwide for 218 years. There are many traditions and customs carried out at Burns Night, have a look at this website and get to know more. Burns Night at RNYC doubles as an auction event, from which all proceeds will go towards fundraising for the Highway Hospice. Our night of celebration will begin in the Britannia Room on the 25th January, 7pm at R185 per person, where all guests will be lead through to their dinner venue (The Trafalgar Room) by a Piper to enjoy the scrumptious menu below as well as fun-spirited banter and a jolly good auction. MenuBurns Night 2019 Menu
Welcome drinks in Britannia Room Starter Smoked salmon mousse served on a freshly baked crumpet Taster of Haggis served after the starter Main Stuffed roast leg of lamb served with a cider sauce, Lyonnaise potatoes and baby carrots Dessert Traditional Cranachan (A layered dessert with raspberries, oats, cream and whisky) Coffee with homemade shortbread Grab your tartan, laddies and lassies, and join us for a great night!
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The World Ship Society January monthly meeting shall take place in The Foredeck Room at 17h30 on Tuesday 22 January 2019. World Ship Society Branch member PROFESSOR TREVOR JONES will present a slide show, entitled : "Durban Shipping Highlights - CALLERS OF 2018" Let's find out where they are heading in 2019....... All Welcome - No admission fee to attend. Please do come over and meet us! DAVID HUGHES SECRETARY : WORLD SHIP SOCIETY, PORT NATAL BRANCH email [email protected] tel. 031-3049390 The Royal Natal Yacht Club has a long history of competing in the annual Lipton Challenge Cup which is considered to be the premier yacht racing event in South Africa. Members will be proud to learn that we are the challenger of record for the 2019 contest and we are please to share the following statement from the Trustees of the Lipton Club (below). Further information can be found on the following websites: A “Battle Royal” is on the cards!
The opening salvo has been fired in the annual contest for the Lipton Challenge Cup, one of SA’s oldest sporting trophies. In a letter yesterday to Royal Cape Yacht Club, current holders of the Cup, the Royal Natal Yacht Club’s Commodore Graham Rose formally issued the challenge. It was promptly accepted this morning by Royal Cape’s Commodore Vitor Medina, so it’s game on between the two long-standing rival clubs. Both Royal Natal and Royal Cape were recognised in the original Lipton Deed of Gift signed 110 years ago. Acknowledging the challenge on behalf of the Lipton Trustees, David Hudson wrote to the RNYC commodore : “Congratulations to Royal Natal Yacht Club on being the first club to challenge for the Lipton Cup in the Cape 31 era - effectively becoming the “Challenger of Record” for the 2019 Contest.” “These are exciting times for top-level competitive sailing in SA, and given RNYC’s proud and successful track record in the long history of the Lipton Cup, it’s wonderful to see your club taking the lead in rising promptly to the new challenge.” Although a single challenge is all that’s needed to trigger the holding club’s obligation (in terms of the Deed of Gift) to defend the Cup, there are likely to be at least 10 other clubs equally determined to wrest it from RCYC. Royal Natal’s team, led by Ellian Perch and skippered by America’s Cup veteran Mark Sadler, are no strangers to the Lipton Challenge and have represented their club in some epic battles for the Lipton Cup in the past. Nobody is underestimating the strength of their challenge. The building of their new Cape 31 is already under way, and they will show their hand in this high-performance class for the first time when they race a chartered boat in the Cape 31 International Invitational Regatta in February. Watch this space! RCYC 16 Jan 2019 |
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