Tidal Diamond 878
- Exec Introductions
- Social Update
- Rowing Update
- Marketing Update
- Ebb & Flow
- Useful Links
- Diary Dates
Exec Introductions
Commodore – Colin Thorpe
Firstly, thank you for trusting me to be Commodore for the next 2 years. I very much appreciate the support that people have given me over the last week or so.
I’d also like to reiterate the thanks given to Richard and Cathy at the AGM for the massive amount of work done by them over their time at the club. A tough act to follow!
I joined Tudor in 1995 as a novice dinghy sailor, and then bought a cruiser with my wife in 2002. I also occasionally row and paddle. I’ve been involved with small businesses and charities for many years, and so hopefully know my way around what’s need to keep Tudor compliant and safe.
It’s an exciting time at Tudor, with an ever-growing range of activities to get involved with. I hope to help members make the very best of all that we have to offer, whether that’s having a go at a new activity or coming down to the clubhouse for a drink with friends. We’ve already started to look at how we can make each activity more accessible for people to try, how to support new members, and how best to co-ordinate on-the-water and shore-side activities.
Please do always get in touch with any feedback or suggestions.
Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Vice Commodore – Rob Waring
Hi,
I’m been a member at TSC for around 25 years and currently own SEQUIN, a Sadler 25. You may know me from our vocal Jack Russell who accompanies us every time we go afloat. He really is pleased to see everyone… honestly
I’m really pleased to serve you as Vice Commodore for another year and look forward to a great 2023 where I hope as individuals and as a club we can continue to prosper.
The Exec is developing some new initiatives for the club to help it grow and become an even better place to be and we’ll keep you informed of progress. As always we’ll need your help and support.
All the best for a great season.
Rob Waring
Vice Commodore
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Rear Commodore – Jane Dare
Hi everybody
In keeping with the introductions above, and in case you weren’t at the AGM earlier this month, here’s a little about me.
Some of you will know me as I was previously the Rowing Captain. Rowing is my main passion at the club (I co-own the gig Friendship with four fabulous friends) but I also Kayak and plan to learn Dinghy sailing this year. I’m sure you’ll see me out there falling in … a lot.
My background is twenty five years in a corporate life holding project management and people management positions across HR, Recruitment, professional development, and Marketing. About seven years ago I left (for a quiet life) and now own and run a small business.
I believe Tudor has not only the most fantastic facilities and access to a beautiful harbour, but importantly THE best people with a wealth of knowledge, experience and friendliness, and I’m excited to help harness all of that and enable each of you to get the most from being a member of Tudor across all our water and social activities.
Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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Social Update
TSC Photographic Competition
Please keep your fabulous photographs coming in to tscmedia for this months competition. The winning photo will not necessarily go on the calendar for January, so if you have a summer picture to submit, that is fine
Remember you are welcome to resubmit pictures, the voting has been very close!
Scottish Whisky Evening – 20th January
Come along this Friday for a night of ‘Whisky’ Tasting.
Experience up to eight whiskies from the various regions of Scotland. Learn what makes them different and find what each has to offer, from the first nose and sip, to the last dram.
Accompanying snacks to enhance the flavour.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/scottish- whisky-evening
Galley Training – 24th January at 18.30
Galley training session. Please put your name down for galley training on WebCollect. We will take you through the health and hygiene procedures required to enable you to help us this year, and at the 2023 rate of £23, it’s not a bad way to get those duty hours completed!
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/galley-training-3
Local Shipwreck Discovery – 27th January
Martin Davies and Alison Mayor of Southsea Sub-Aqua Club have led numerous wreck investigation projects, many of which have a connection to the WW2 Allied invasion of Normandy.
This talk is about just one of the 7,000 ships and craft that was lost during Operation Neptune. The Southsea Sub-Aqua Club award winning project to investigate an unidentified wreck in the approaches to Portsmouth revealed a tragic story that had remained untold for nearly 70 years.
The talk will start at 7 pm, we will be serving mozzarella chicken with potatoes and veg from 6pm and have a vegetarian option. Please book on WebCollect.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/local-shipwreck-discovery
Please keep your eyes on the social calendar we have games nights planned, more talks, a boat jumble, a cocktail evening, curry and quiz evenings and the bar will be open during the six nations rugby.
Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Rowing Update
Last Sunday TSC hosted the first race of the Tudor Winter Trophy series, a set of three short and sharp sprints within the harbour. Six gigs, all with mixed crews, took part in the race: from the club start line, down the Broom channel, around South Salterns and then back to the club.
The wind was quite intense, but the low tide helped to keep the boats sheltered from the wind. The first crew crossed the finish line after 24 minutes, and all the others followed closely. The rowers (and the supporters) then had a warm soup and a drink in the clubhouse, buzzing for the first race and looking forward already to the next one!
The Hamble River Rowing came along with a team and some supporters, and their captain Amanda, long time friend with the TSC rowers, said: “The first race of the Winter Cup was a great start to the New Year- not too long! The sun was a welcome sight, after all the recent wind and rain. As ever, we were made to feel very welcome by Tudor’s rowing section and the hot soup afterwards was the perfect way to warm up. Thank you Tudor!”
If anyone wants to join the rowing group, please send an email to rowing, new people are always welcome!
Lucia Crotti
Marketing Update
Promo Video
Hi everyone, lots of bits to update you on and let’s start with a great opportunity to have some fun. As I mentioned back in December we plan to launch an official YouTube channel for the club and to kick this off we’re creating two videos.
The first will be a promotional video featuring lots of fun footage and pictures from all of you. This video will be used to showcase our club internally and externally and represent all the water and social activities we offer. Many of you have already signed up to be part of this.Thank you, it’s really exciting to see everyone coming together to have fun . There’s still time to put your hand up too.
So, ways to get involved …
If you’ve already told me you’ll be involved I’ll be adding you to a ‘promo’ WhatsApp group over the next few days. Full instructions on what to do will be given there. It’ll be really simple and you’ll be able to complete at home, at the club, on the water, anywhere you fancy.
If you’d like to be involved, please let me know via WhatsApp or on the email below. Everybody welcome.
If you’d like to be involved but don’t use WhatsApp, that’s OK too, I can send instructions via email. Just contact me on the email address below.
I’m delighted so many are already volunteering to be part of a montage about our fabulous club. It’s been fun hearing the ideas you’ve all got. It’s not too late to be part of it.
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is on March 8th. In previous years we’ve had a TSC tribute to our awesome women members on Facebook. This year we’re going up a gear to celebrate you all and encourage more women to join us and feel empowered on the water.
The plan is to make a video from your pictures and video snippets. The video will be used on our social media and be available on YouTube. It will be shown at our open days and used in recruitment programmes. It will only take minimal effort I promise and I hope will be really fun to do on and off the water.
Here’s how to get involved…
If you’ve already told me you’ll be involved I’ll be adding you to the ‘IWD’ WhatsApp group over the next few days. Full instructions on what to do will be given there. It will be easy to do and you’ll be able to complete it anywhere you fancy and join up with other women if you prefer.
If you’d like to be involved, please let me know via WhatsApp or on the email below.
If you’d like to be involved but don’t use WhatsApp, that’s ok too, I can send instructions via email. Just contact me on the email address below.
We have an amazing community and a great opportunity to celebrate each other and inspire women of all ages to get on the water.
Tudor Members Lounge on Facebook
Did you know there’s a TSC closed Facebook group called Past and Present? The beauty of this group is that it’s a closed community where you can chat about the club, ask questions, advertise your social events on and off the water etc. It’s definitely not used enough, so we’re relaunching it in the coming days as the ‘Tudor Members Lounge’ to better reflect how it differs from our main external facing social media and encourage more interaction between members. You’ll see me posting in there a lot and if you use Facebook I hope you’ll join the group. Here’s the link.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/?ref=share
Whilst on the subject of social media here are the links to our main Facebook and Instagram accounts. Those of you that already follow these pages know it’s a great place to find wonderful pictures of the harbour and our members and news on upcoming events.
https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
https://instagram.com/tudorsailingclub?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Have a great week and please sign up for the videos 
Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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Ebb & Flow
I think that’s plenty to keep everyone going for another week, so I will simply sign of as usual with…
As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds would be most welcome.
Let’s be careful out there.
Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links
I thought it worth continuing to include a few useful links here as a handy place to find them if you haven’t already got them bookmarked:
Diary Dates
Shore side
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On the water
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| Scotch Whisky Evening |
January 20th |
Club Rowing – Leisure Row |
January 18th 1800hrs |
| Galley Training |
January 24th 1830hrs |
Club Rowing – Sport Row |
January 21st 0800hrs |
| Local Shipwreck Discovery Talk |
January 27th 1800hrs |
Icicle Series 2 |
January 22nd 1100hrs |
| Games Evening |
February 3rd 1830hrs |
Club Rowing – Leisure / Sport Row |
January 24th 0800hrs |
| Six Nations (England v Scotland) |
February 4th 1630hrs |
Club Rowing – Leisure Row |
January 25th 1800hrs |
| Club Activities |
| Dinghy racing – please use the following link to register and sign in to any dinghy racing event or series: dinghies for more details. |
| Cruiser sailing planning & info (WhatsApp group) – contact commodore<a href="mailto:commodore for more details. |
Rowing, new and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us –
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here. |
| Women on the Water, weekly – contact wow for more details. |
| Maintenance Hours – to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance |
| New(ish) Members – to join the WhatsApp group contact kayaks |
Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser
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All contributions for Tidal Diamonds to me by 1400hrs on Tuesdays please; please allow plenty of time for emails to reach me. However exceptions will always be made for emergencies. Note: all content is automatically published on the Tudor website unless requested otherwise.
Regards,
Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
Tudor Sailing Club |
we’ve all been there … The results will allow us to map your journey end to end and enhance the experience for those that follow. Of course, if you’re a long time member and, unlike me, have a great memory you are also welcome to complete the survey and input your ideas. Look out for the survey link here in TD during January.