The Lions Club
Annual Fund Raising Festival 2009
Following on the
success of the 2008 Boat Parade, the Lake District Boat Club are
continuing to organise this years event.
This years event saw about 15 boats entered, down on last year
but the standard was a lot higher.
Many thanks to Eve Blatchley for her wonderful PR skills, also to
Tony Lindley for his commentary which would have given Murray Walker
a run for his money. Thanks are also expressed to Chris and
Jane for their help with the BBQ.
The judges were
the presidents of
the Boat Club (Pauline and Val), Andrew Irvine, President of the
Lions, Bill and Christine Johnson, representing the Chamber of
Trade, the Mayor and his wife (Bill and Lyn Smith) and Eve
Blatchley, representing the Windermere & Diessen Twinning
Association.
The 2009 winners were as follows:
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Stella Circus |
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Most Topical |
'Thriller' |
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Best Team
Effort |
The Italian Job |
|
Small Craft |
Malibu Nights |
| Best
Dressed Boat |
Sister Act |
| Best
Dressed Yacht |
Stella Circus |
The Lake District
Boat Club are very proud of own members who took 4 out of the 6
prizes.
I would personally like to thank everybody who entered the boat
parade. The amount of effort that went into every entry was
superb and should be an inspiration to other boat owners to enter a
boat in 2010.
Regards
Malcolm Atkinson
Below are a number of the vessels
that took part in this years' parade. Click on each photograph
to enhance the picture.
The Boat Parade -
2008.
It's back! And
with a vengeance!
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the re-emergence of the Windermere & Ambleside Lions
Club Boat Parade on Saturday
9th August 2008 saw over 25 vessels of all descriptions taking
part.
This feat was made possible by the
sterling work of Malcolm Atkinson of the Lake District Boat Club,
who organised the event and Elaine Middleton of
Total Sailing, Bowness
who 'pestered' and cajoled people into taking part.
Elaine said "this has got to be the
best parade for a number of years and we hope to make it even bigger
next year, although it would be nice to see a few more businesses
taking part next year."
The 2008 winners and runners up in the
four categories
were:
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| 1st |
Team GB |
| 2nd |
Indian Summer |
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Most Topical |
| 1st |
Bluebird |
| 2nd |
Mamma Mia |
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|
Team |
| 1st |
Swan Lake |
| 2nd |
Baby Boomers |
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|
Small Craft |
| 1st |
Black Pearl |
| 2nd |
Flintstones |
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Below are a number of the vessels
that took part in this years' parade. Click on each photograph
to enhance the picture.
First photograph is by courtesy of
Glynis
Shannon
© 2008.
For 2009, it is hoped that there will
be a limited number of places for companies and businesses on
some of the Lake District Boat Cub boats. If you are
interested, please contact:
Malcolm Atkinson
Lake District Boat Club
Glebe Road
Bowness-on-Windermere
Tele No: 07770 443 046
or
email:
malcolmatkinson@btinternet.com
