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BUXTON 2011

Bundy gets the last laugh

Stardate July 2011

You remember the Try-Arder cup for 2nd place? Would it be ours again... or might there be a surprise twist?

The weather looked threatening, but Bundy were not to be detered and off we went to Buxton for our annual BBQ with the Hervey Bay Club.

This outing has become a metaphor for cheating, dirty tricks and dastardly deeds... this year proved no exception.
It was true we had to eat some humble pie after losing to the Bay [again] this year... we almost had them but we couldn't get a high scoring Amateur into our club ranks in time... like some cheating club...

We went down the highway determined to hold our heads high and see the Pat Dryden Trophy delivered into the hands of the winning team.... and you'll recall that last year Hervey Bay donated a wee cup for the 2nd placed team [losers by any other name, they said]. That was the tiny little gold Try-Arder Cup.

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The rivalry between our two clubs has become a thing of legend and each year we compete hand and fist, tooth and nail... to get the highest club score in the Harry Angel Sprint.

We've made it more interesting by factoring in how many members compete and send their logs to the contest manager.... all this and we still lost.

The 2011 scores looked something like this...

BARC scored 192 points, had 8 out of 25 members competing (factor 0.320) so 192 x 0.32= 61.44

HBARC scored 253 points, had 9 out of 27 members competing (factor 0.333) so 253x0.333=84.33

We were clearly outclassed this year.

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As he received the Second Place, Try-Arder Cup Rusty's speech touched us all as he recounted the story of a little unwanted trophy finding a home in Bundy, being nurtured by our club, growing and blossoming into a beautiful and bejewelled Princess...
And we all agreed with Rusty's final comment; May the good times and great club fun continue for many years to come

Buxton 2011

An Ugly cup transforms into a Princess

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First one there hangs the banner, thanks Jocelyn VK4JJ
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Bob VK4UD, Rusty VK4JM, Steve VK4KUS and Bill VK4XZ
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Time for a cuppa and a chat
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What's this? Their President caressing OUR Banner???
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The Bay members (not the ginger one, that's Lorraine's dog)
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Secret men's business around the Barbie
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Hervey Bay Secretary Norm VK4NP, VK4UD and VK4WM
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Rusty is generous in his speech and hands the trophy to Wade for safekeeping for 2011
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Wade shows off the secret weapon that got them the points... a new fangled thing called a Morse Key... it'll never catch on
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Time to present the NEW IMPROVED Try-Arder cup
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Rusty relates the tale of a lost little cup coming to Bundy and becoming a bejewelled Princess
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The Try-Arder Cup for 2011..... what will next year bring?
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