EYNSHAM
BARBECUE 2003
THIS EVENT HAS NOW BECOME FIRMLY ESTABLISHED
AS A THREE DAY EVENT (WITHOUT HORSES!), AND SO BY FRIDAY EVENING MOST BANKSIDE
MOORINGS HAD BEEN TAKEN UP BY;
“THE RETIRED, SICK or HOMELESS”
NEVERTHELESS, SPACES WOULD BE FOUND IN ALL
“DAMP” AREAS FOR THOSE UNFORTUNATES WHO ARE STILL EMPLOYED, OR COULD NOT
ARRIVE BEFORE SATURDAY.
FRIDAY EVENING, WAS TAKEN UP WITH MARQUEE
ERECTIONS, POSTING OF NOTICES ETC., FOLLOWED BY A TRIP TO “THE TALBOT” FOR
A CHARITY PIGROAST, MUSIC, & A BEVERAGE OR “FOUR”!!
SATURDAY MORNING PRODUCED THE FIRST CRISIS.
“NO TOILET DELIVERY”
THIS WAS RESOLVED BY PERSONAL COLLECTION
OF TWO PORTALOOS VIA
PAUL HAYES KHAZI TRANSPORT
Ltd.!
(RELIEF ALL ROUND!)
BOATS ARRIVED FROM ALL PORTS, AND DULY SHUFFLED
THEMSELVES INTO SILTED BERTHS. (APPROX. 40 BOATS ATTENDED OR WERE REPRESENTED).
NUMBERS WERE DOWN AGAIN AT THIS EVENT, BUT
ATMOSPHERE, AND DETERMINATION FOR ENJOYMENT, CONQUERS ALL.
THE WEATHER WAS ,ONCE AGAIN KIND TO US,
AND THE BARBECUES LIT FOR MEMBERS SKILFUL CREMATIONS.
THE
EVENINGS ENTERTAINMENT KICKED OFF WITH
PETE WATKINS, (A ONE MAN INFERNO OF TALENT)
WHO LIT UP THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS VOICE,
AND ENTHUSIASM.
ONCE AGAIN “THE PEGASUS ALLSTARS” PERFORMED THEIR ANNUAL RITUAL,
ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS;
MARTIN
GREEN (GUITAR), COLIN MERRY (VOCALS)
THE BAND PERFORMED FOR JUST OVER TWO HOURS,
ONLY JUST MANAGING TO TIRE THE CROWD BEFORE BEDTIME!
THE ISSUE
OF THE FENCE, AND THE BENCH SEATS, MAY HAVE DETERRED SOME,
BUT FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT, IT
WAS AN EVENING TO REMEMBER.
THIS IS THE ONE EVENT WHERE MEMBERS DIP INTO THEIR POCKETS FOR CHARITY
(SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE), WITH A BUCKET COLLECTION.
MOORING FEES, BAND FEES ETC. ALL GO INTO
THE POT!
THIS YEAR WE ARE TO PRESENT CHRIS JONES (PATRON OF SOBELL) WITH A CHEQUE
FOR £380.00.
WELL DONE EVERYONE.
APART
FROM THE “HIPPY” ELEMENT ON THE OTHER BANK, ANNOYING OTHERS WITH THEIR “ALL
NIGHT FERRY SERVICE”,
THE
WEEKEND WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS.