MHYC Senior Members Lunch

After a wait of 3 long years, last Sunday MHYC members who have been members of our club for 20+ years were eventually able to catch up once again.

Everyone agreed it was a fun day and the new caterers did a fantastic job providing us with a delicious 3-course meal that (currently) they had to cook at one of their other venues. I am looking forward to eating at the club again, when the new kitchen facilities open up.

As always, we present MHYC badges to those that reach another decade of membership. This had to be backdated for the last 3 years to catch up since our last Senior’s Luncheon in 2019. Next year we will also need to purchase a 70+ badge for the longest member at our club William Regan.

We recognised the 25 longest members of our club, 12 of which attended the luncheon. I was able to catch up with 3 more at the Cruising dinner function on Monday night and have inserted their photos.

We usually have a guest speaker, however this year it was a little different, we looked at historical changes to our yacht club premises since its beginning. Our Commodore, Peter Lewis gave a sneak preview of proposed future changes. A more detailed report will be presented at the AGM.

Numbers were down this year due to late notice, the ongoing COVID/Flu problem, and people escaping the cold weather, however, I feel confident that we will be back to normal next year. I really want to encourage more of our younger 20+ members (there were 45 members this year) to get involved and come along and possibly reunite with old friends.