Annual Dinner and Tri-Service Celebration on Trafalgar Night: 19th October 2024 19:00 for 19:30
This year, on the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Saturday 19th October, we will be combining the RLymYC Annual Dinner with a Tri-Service Dinner. Welcoming Honorary Member and guest of honour will be Group Captain Jonathan Hutchinson, past Secretary of RLymYC accompanied by his two sons, Brigadier Simon Hutchinson and Lieutenant Jonathan Hutchinson. Jonathan with his two sons, completed the 2024 Atlantic Rally in Simon’s yacht and on arrival was feted as the oldest ARC competitor – he celebrated his 90th birthday this year.
As many will know ,Jonathan as an RAF Lightning pilot, has many tales to tell.
The dress code will be black tie/medals/service uniform.
The prestigious annual Club trophies will be presented as usual together with maintaining the traditions of Trafalgar Night and the Annual Dinner.
Tickets are £52.00 which includes a four-course meal and £2 to the SSAFA charity.
MENU
Smoked Salmon with a salmon mousse, root vegetable slaw, crème fraiche and crackers (Alternative: Cured beetroot with a goat’s cheese mousse)
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Duo of beef: filet & confit beef, fondant potato, kale, celeriac, mini-Yorkshire pudding with a port jus. (Alternative: Vegetable Wellington)
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Assiette of mini Desserts: Dorset Apple Cake with a toffee sauce, dark chocolate and Cointreau mousse, Whisky marmalade brioche bread and butter pudding
Port, Stilton & Coffee
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Guest of Honour and Speakers
Group Captain Jonathan Hutchinson, as many will know, was our club secretary for 12½ years from 1985. He learned to fly while still at school and was commissioned from Cranwell in 1954. He trained as a fighter pilot and later as a flying instructor, serving flying tours in the UK and the Far East. After commanding a squadron of supersonic interceptors in the cold war he went on to spend seven years in Whitehall, first in the Cabinet Office and then the Ministry of Defence. His final military appointment was in Naples, to which he travelled in his own yacht to enjoy four summers of Mediterranean sailing.
Lieutenant Jonathan Hutchinson entered Dartmouth from school. After his initial training he went to sea with the Fisheries Protection Squadron before going on to navigate the frigate Apollo across the Atlantic to and from the West Indies, in the days before GPS. Later, he commanded a small ship assigned to intercept, stop and search suspicious traffic in the approaches to Carlingford Lough at the height of the Irish Troubles. He left the Navy after 11½ years for BP Marine where he went on to take a global role in the marketing and supply of marine fuels and lubricants.
Brigadier Simon Hutchinson went to Sandhurst straight from school. On passing out he joined the infantry in the shape of the King’s Regiment. Time in Germany and then West Berlin led to multiple tours in Northern Ireland. He was then deployed to various parts of the Balkans when not living it up in Australia, Belize or Botswana. A tour in Cyprus and bits of the Middle East then preceded a grown-up job in the Joint Force Headquarters at Northwood from where he took part in the second Gulf war based in Qatar. After that he commanded his regiment in the UK and in the occupation of Basra. Another grown up job in the MOD included two tours of Afghanistan. Following an appointment at SHAPE headquarters in Belgium, where he developed a profound appreciation of Belgian beer, he left to run his own business in the leafy lanes of Devon and do some serious sailing.
Two pounds of your ticket will be donated to the SSAFA.
The Armed Forces Charity’s support covers both regulars and reserves in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force and their families, including anyone who has completed National Service. They know and understand the unique demands of service life, whether in the UK or overseas, and in times of need, help to enable the Forces family to thrive.
Their recent research shows that service leavers aged 25-64 need more specialised support. The challenges they face are complex – from low income to life-changing injuries or hidden wounds, like depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Armed with this information, the SSAFA are improving their services for younger, working-age veterans, and we will make sure they know they’re here when they need them.
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