Annual Dinner - Burghfield Sailing Club

Menu Options for 2008 Dinner dance- 29th November

Starters
A	Thai prawn and noodle broth with fresh coriander and spring onions
B	Thai Vegetable and noodles broth
C	Pressed ham hock terrine with celeriac remoulade and a balsamic reduction

Maincourse
A	Braised shoulder of lamb with roasted root vegetables and new potatoes with a rich rosemary jus
B	Pan fried swordfish steak with roasted vine cherry tomato chutney, fine beans and buttered new potatoes
C	Wild mushroom and asparagus Risotto with a parmesan cream and white truffle oil
All mains served with green vegetables on the table

Desserts
A	Raspberry pavlova
B	Sticky toffee pudding with rich toffee sauce
C	Chocolate cheesecake
D	Cheese and biscuits
Coffee & Mints

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Alternatively contact Pat in the office directly or purchase your tickets via the catering team on Sundays. Please ensure that once you have booked you forward a check to Pat to confirm your seats for the evening.

Closing date for purchase of tickets is 23rd of November and menu choices must be made by this date accompanied by full payment.

Dinner Dance, 2007- a report of the fantastic evening

A Great Night For All......

This year's dinner dance has widely been acclaimed as the best for many years. For the first time in a while the event was sold out (we apologise to those that we could not fit in- remember to book early next year!) The seventy-two guests were welcomed with a champagne reception from our new commodore, and then served a very well presented three-course meal by Antony and his team. The event went very smoothly and it was great to see so many people enjoying themselves on the dance floor.

The generosity of all the sponsors (listed below) enabled over £300 to be raised for Burghfield Sailablity, which, for those who are unaware, is a charity that provides sailing for the disabled. Andy Leigh very generously provided a ‘Pimp my boat’ voucher on behalf of Mayday chandlery and when former club member, Kevin Sweetman won the prize he did very well not to spill his drink- for Kevin and Ian Linder own a Flying Fifteen- quite a lot of boat there to bimble!!!

It was great to see such a diverse range of members enjoying themselves together and if anyone can help explain why Kim Linder and Janet Martin (see photo page using the link below) decided to have an arm wrestle late in the evening we would really like to know!

A big thank you must go to Pat and Andy Forbes, Caroline and Nick Martin and Adrian Dowle for their invaluable help in setting up and to all those who helped us put the clubroom back to relative normality at the end of the evening.

The low point of the evening was definitely the following morning, and the number of tentative sailors on the water on Sunday was distinctly noticeable and we know for sure that we could have easily taken first place from Graham and Zoe in the National Twelve’s had we just drunk a little less…!

Well every body can have dreams………….!

A last little note, we hope to see you all at the next major social event (yes George is already thinking about it!) - The Fitting Out supper –

Don’t forget the Burghfield Icicle-a lovely way to remove the calories from Christmas day- and a glass of muld Wine will be waiting for you when you come off the water!

Photo Album...

[Above all, a huge thank you to George Rowland and Jeremy Carey for the huge effort which made it all possible. - Ed.]

Thanks to our Sponsors
Yachts & Yachting	Dinghy Magazine
Crewsaver	LDC
Rooster	Laithwaites
Hotel Chocolat	Mayday Chandlery
Designs 42	Sew Your Gear
Jonathan Lewis	New Victoria Theatre

Annual Dinner and Dance

A favourite in the Social Calendar, the chance to put on your glad rags and Dine and Dance the night away.

This years dinner and dance will be held back at the club after last years experiment in Reading. It will be in a similar format to previous years, with Black tie and a disco.
The evening starts at 7-7.30pm with a Champagne reception with our newly elected Commodore followed by a three course meal, raffle and Disco.
A Raft of prizes for the Raffle have already been provided by generous sponsors and we are still collecting!

Tickets will available from Sunday 4th November at £22 per person which includes the champagne reception. There are limited seats available, so book early to aviod disappointment, either direct in the office or via e-mail to the club stating your menu preferences from the options below.

Closing date for purchase of tickets is 18th of November and menu choices must be made by this date accompanied by full payment.

Starters
Starter 1	Chicken Liver Parfait
Starter 2	Mediterranean Vegetables and Mozzarella bruschetta

Maincourse
Meat Option	Carvery with a choice of Roasts and vegetables
Vegetarian Option	Asparagus and Wild Mushroom Risotto

Desserts
Dessert 1	Profiteroles and Chocolate Sauce
Dessert 2	Apple and Cinnamon Crumble
Dessert 3	Cheese and Biscuits
Coffee