Festive Feast

Festive revellers from the club donned their best bibs and tuckers and enjoyed a pre-Christmas dinner at the Merlewood Hotel in Saundersfoot on Saturday. Fortified by a delicious meal and plenty of alcohol, not to mention some dextrous entertainment from our resident magician the Great Colino, we repaired to the bar for a light-hearted quiz. Amid much friendly banter (and some cheating) the eventual winners were Liz's team, beating the Commodore's team by just one point. There were no prizes just the honour of being the smarty pants for that evening. You might want to swot up on your reindeer for next year though! Hardly anyone managed to name all the names and one of Santa's team is apparently now called 'Biscuit'.

A very enjoyable evening was had by all and thanks go to Pauline and her team for looking after us so well. It was a great start to the Christmas season.

Darts

We relax through the Christmas period having thrown our best in the league so far with the result that we are not bottom! However, we do rank one place below Tenby SC and will strive very hard to overturn that position in the New Year.

More players are warmly invited to join and enjoy a few Friday evenings between January and April. Contact Ian on 01437 532562 or e-mail [email protected]">[email protected]

Membership

Membership secretary Jackie Riby is once again looking for membership renewals and subscriptions as welcome Christmas presents! Renewal forms are available on the website http://www.saundersfootsailingclub.org.uk">www.saundersfootsailingclub.org.uk

Carols and

Mince Pies

Our traditional carols evening is tomorrow (Saturday) at 7.30 pm. This is always a pleasant night out invoking the spirit of Christmas with friends in our comfortable clubhouse. Do come along whether you are a chorister or not, and enjoy the company.

Nautical Nip

Skipper's Mate (or perhaps it should be Robinson Crusoe or Lieutenant Bligh) has been subjected to serious communications 'nips' for the last few weeks having changed 'phone and broadband provider in response to the previous one upping the monthly fees despite still being under a fixed price contract - beware the small print! The old adage of 'out of the frying pan into the fire' certainly applied and had he been able to get hold of the appropriate flag officer in either the new or the old company, that individual would have been telecommunicated to somewhere unmentionable! It seems particularly ironic that companies in the communications business can be totally inept at communication with customers! Apologies for the disruption to reporting and many thanks to Ship's Cat for filling the breach. Normal service has hopefully now been achieved, but if you need to 'phone Skipper's Mate, the number has changed to 01994 426893. Don't ask why, unless you wish to learn some new nautical language!

Skipper's Mate