I would like to register as John Smith representing the 40th East Ham Sea Scouts and Cottesloe Beach Surf Club W.A.
Qualifications: East Ham swimming and diving champion,
Bronze Medallion (lifesaving)
Bar to the Bronze Medallion
Bronze Cross
Bar to the Bronze Cross
All this quite current circa 1952
This email received today. For those of you wishing to participate in the Regatta do not worry, none of the above qualifications needed. If you are breathing and you can sign on you are in the race. Golden rules are to be there between 10 and 10.30 am [ 10.45 ] at the latest. Read the very simple rules which you will be given when you sign on. Make sure you are there for the prize giving at the end of racing.
The above application has had a name change due to privacy laws.
Thanks to Ian Alison for that witty registration!! [oops , ]
