should not be jeopardised by the social nature of the Yacht Club at Kearsney. It is for this reason I decided to do away with the tradi tional Yacht Club outing to Midway,where we did our own thing and join us to one of the established clubs. I hoped that this would give our yachtsmen better competition and wider experience in sailing against a larger number of yachtsmen. It will also cut out the youngster who has no intention of sailing and uses the Yacht Club outing as a type of extra free Sunday. The only problem to me as a new-comer to the yachting scene was which club, the delightful Henley Midmar club being the most popular choice by most parents and boys. Midmar is however not without its problems and the most important one was that of distance and travelling time. Most of our activity takes place on a Sunday,we leave after Chapel and with an hour and a half travel to Midmar made us too late for the Morning Race. With the variable winds at Midmar the postponement of the afternoon race would have meant our yachtsmen would have had to withdraw from that as well. It is in fact doubtful as to whether I could get the boys back to school in time even if the race did start on time. Certainly on the occasions we did race at Midmar we were late getting back. The harbour on the other hand is less than half the travelling time to Midmar. Itwill be possible for our boys to take part in the afternoon race even if it is postponed by an hour and get back in time, it may on the occasion evert' be possible to get there in time for the morning race. It is with this in mind that I have joined the Island Yacht Club who have bent over backwards to make us feel welcome. I hope that those boys who enjoy sailing will join the Yacht Club on our outings to the Harbour. I urge parents to have their sons' boats registered with the harbour officials, to enable me to take the youngsters to sail there. During the year G. Chamberlain and M. McKellar-Basset distinguished themselves by winning the Schools Minor Class at the Natal Schools Regatta held at Midmar during the first term in 1983.They were both invited to sail in the later championships to pick a Natal team and here they finished third. Finally I would like to thank all those parents who have helped the Yacht Club over the past year. I especially like to make mention of Mr More and Mr and Mrs Knowler who were a great tower of strength to me in this new venture of mine in Kearsney College activities. A.M.BROMLEY-GANS School Administration and the Henderson Mali. i-1 11 # W-:- m m M m The quietness of the South Oval. 24
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