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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1990
Black and white photograph James Zapelli taking a swing at golf ball, winner of Lakes Entrance Golf Club Championship. Lakes Entrance Victoriagolf club, restaurant -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1995
number in album 03598.01Black and white photograph Golf Club Charity Day, Ron McPherson, Gordon Stubbs, Doug Hocking and Alan Chaffey. Lakes Entrance Victoriagolf club, sports -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 2000
number in album 03600.01Colour photograph Golf Club Manager David Peterson with new Golf Professional Adam Ely and his wife Traci. Lakes Entrance Victoriagolf club, function, sports -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
number in album 03609.03Black and white photograph Kevin Clarke on green at Football Club Big Golf Day at Bristling Woods Golf facility. Lakes Entrance Victoriagolf club, sports -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/11/1996 12:00:00 AM
Other number 03624.2Black and white photograph of Bruce Crowell Senior coach of Lakes Entrance Football Club presenting awards to Andrew McNaughton Lakes Entrance Victoriaclubs, football -
Tennis Australia
Event Programme, 1948
Programme for 1948 Davis Cup Challenge Round, held West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Long Island. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST ASSOCIATION HALL, 5/9/1981
Colour Photograph, Bert Graham Collection, The Bendigo East Progress Association celebrating of the Clubs 50th Anniversary held at the Hall on 5 September 1981.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SANDHURST DANCE CLUB, February, 1990
Black print on white heavy paper for Sandhurst Dance Club Inc. Membership valid till Feb 1990 in tghe name of Allan Corry.clubs, social, social get together -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: GROUP PHOTO
Black & white photograph, Bert Graham Collection, some members of the Bendigo East Carpet Bowls Club with trophies and Jim Looney sitting in front.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east bowling club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST SWIMMING CLUB, 1962
Documents, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Swimming Club, for pricing of different parts of the Swimming Pool area. And General Conditions of Contract, 1962.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST SWIMMING CLUB, 1948 - 1958
Books, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Swimming Club, 9 books containing names and swimming times for races for years 1948 to 1958.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: DANCE CLUB PICNIC
Colour photograph. Picnic. People in camp chairs. Bush setting. Back of photo reads: Dance Club Picnic 9/95 Whipstick - Bendigo. -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Sculpture, Lenton Parr, Windhover, 2001
Inspired by a well-loved poem of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the abstract sculpture is reflective of the elements of Bayside's coastal environment: wind, water and waves.welded steel Public Art Commission located on Sandringham Foreshore Reserve, Beach Rd, near Sandringham Life Saving Club, Sandringham, Victoria.sculpture, windhover, clouds, wind, waves, lenton parr, public art, sandringham, foreshore, bayside art coastal trail, beach road -
Australian Racing Museum
Ticket: Victoria Racing Club Member's Tickets in leather ticket holder, 1906-1907
Leather ticket holder containing two Victoria Racing Club lady's tickets for the 1906-1907 season, issued to Mrs L. J. Blyth. -
Tennis Australia
Collage, Post 1890
Framed collage of reproductions of pages from children's book 'The Tiny Lawn Tennis Club'. Materials: Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood, Glass, Cardboardtennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Kew Cricket Club, 1939
Arthur Henry Miers, pictured in the photograph played for cricket, football and baseball teams in Kew for a number of decades in the first half of the twentieth century. He was born on 22 November 1901, the son of Rodolph Theophilus Miers (1874-1951) and Margaret Frances (Margaretta) Fry (1875-1958). He had two brothers, Rodolph Cecil Miers (1904-80) and Charles Wilfred Miers (1906-88), and a sister Marjorie Elizabeth Miers (1911-84). Arthur Miers died in Kew on 25 January 1966, and after his body was cremated, his body was interred in the Mausoleum of Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery.Modern print copy of an original photograph of Kew Cricket Club team members in Sydney in 1939. The donor assumes that the photograph was taken by Bob Galley.DONOR NOTE: KEW CRICKET -- SYDNEY / BACK ROW - ??TILLEY; ???; FRANK LITTLEFIELD; JACK FOX / MIDDLE ROW - ARTHUR MIERS; JACK LAURIE; ???; ??? / FRONT ROW - ???; DAD RICHARDS; ???; BERES GALLEY; ???; JACK SIMONTON, BILL YOUNG / (I AM ASSUMING BOB GALLEY TOOK THE PHOTO.sports -- kew (vic.), kew cricket club -
Albert Park-South Melbourne Rowing Club
Honour Board, SMRC / Roll of Honour, 1917
A wooden honour board depicting the names of the World War One enlistments from the South Melbourne Rowing Club. The names are written in gold lettering.G. Anderson, W. Allen (K), C. Bond, A. Crook, W. Curtis, C.C. Clarke, N. Campbell, H. Dehn, J. Hadaway, S. Hutcheson, H.E. Jones (K), N. Jackson (K), H.C. Kennett, F.L. Loud (K), L. Lowe, J. Minford, P.J.G. Maher, J. Meens (K), J.G. McKay, W. Nolan (K), V. Rees, Dr J.W. Rock, J.J. Scanlon, A. Ternes, G. Turnbull, G. Tully, V. Whelan (K), W.T. Wilkinson, C.C. King, W.A. Graham, W.A. Maxwellsouth melbourne rowing club, apsm rowing club, albert park lake, rowing, anderson, g., allan, william, bond, charles, crook, arthur, curtis, w., campbell, norman, dehn, james herbert, graham, w.a., hadaway, ernest john, hutcheson, sydney, jackson, norman, jones, herbert evan, kennett, henry clifford, clarke, c., king, clarence campbell, loud, frederick leslie, lowe, l., maher, percival john godfrey, maxwell, wilfred armstrong, mckay, j.g., meens, alexander john, minford, john, nolan, w., rees, v., rock, j. william, scanlan, john joseph, ternes, albert james, tully, gerald marcus, turnbull, g., whelan, victor, wilkinson, william thomas -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Former Malone's Canterbury Club Hotel, Lewis, Miles, 17/10/1989 12:00:00 AM
An assessment by Miles Lewis of the conservation importance of the stable block on the site of the Canterbury Club Hotel in the context of current proposals for the refurbishment and redevelopment of the property as a whole.canterbury, canterbury club hotel, canterbury mansions, lewis> miles, historic buildings register, butler> graeme, city of boroondara, stables, canterbury shopping centre, toilets -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1990
number in album 03557.04Black and white photograph Fred Anderson and Clyde Sykes looking intently down the green at Bankers Event at Bowls Club. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, sports -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1996
Black and white photograph taken during the installation pipework for the new greens for the Bowls Club following the removal of the old green. Lakes Entrance Victoriaclubs -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
number in album 03580.02Black and white photograph Metung Bowls Club Ladies Triples team, Lyn Whelan, Marj Petty and Wendy Cunningham. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, entertainment -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
also second black and white photograph extensions nearing completion, size 6.5 x 12, number in album 03592.02Black and white photograph extensions to Lakes Entrance Golf Club under construction to accommodate larger gaming rooms and bistro. Lakes Entrance Victoriaentertainment, golf club -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
number in album 03580.01Black and white photograph Metung Bowls Club, two B Grade trophy winners, Wendy Campbell and Barry Healy. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, service staff, sports -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Poster - Kangaroo Hoppet 2020
The Kangaroo Hoppet is Australia’s premier long distance cross country ski race, and a member of the Worldloppet series of international cross country ski events. The first race at Falls Creek was held in 1979 under the name of “Australian Birkebeiner”. It was a 21km race with about 80 participants organised by the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club of Mount Beauty. The course started and finished at Falls Creek Alpine Resort and took participants out into the Bogong High Plains. After running the event for 10 years, it was decided they should become part of the Worldloppet series of marathon ski races. Representatives from the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club and the Australian Ski Federation attended the Worldloppet Annual Meeting in Finland in June 1990 to put the case for the acceptance of an Australian event into the Worldloppet series. Before being admitted, they had to demonstrate that the Birkebeiner Club could run a world class event, so three months later in August 1990 a 42km event named the Australian International Ski Marathon was held at Falls Creek together with a 21km Birkebeiner race and a 7km event called the Birkebeiner Lite. The event was approved by delegates from USA, Norway and Austria, in 1991 Australia became the 12th member of Worldloppet, with the condition that there had to be a name change. After some late night discussion allegedly involving red wine from North East Victoria the main event became the 42km Kangaroo Hoppet, with the minor events being the 21km Australian Birkebeiner, and 7km Joey Hoppet. In the winter of 1991, the first Kangaroo Hoppet was held. It was a great success and has been a regular fixture on the international ski calendar ever since. It features the main 42km event as well as a 21km event and a 7km event. The Hoppet brings the Australian snowfields to an international audience. Due to COVID-19 there was no normal Kangaroo Hoppet at Falls Creek in 2020 as the resort was closed down. Instead, the virtual Kangaroo Hoppet- “I did it my way” was held. The event was staged for two weeks between the 10th and 23rd August. Participants chose a distance of 7km, 21km, or 42km and could choose any human powered activity. Activities included running, walking, cycling, swimming, roller skiing, inline skating, paddling, canoeing, mountain biking, exercise machines, unicycles and a tricycle. The event attracted 1901 participants from 37 nations. This poster is significant because it documents an event which brings international attention to Falls Creek and the surrounding region.A poster featuring images of a skier, cyclist and runner on a blue and white background. Logos of AGL, Falls Creek, Alpine Shire Council, Victorian State Government, the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club, Rojo Outerwear, Elude Outerwear and Community Bank Mount Beauty & District are across the bottom of the poster. A kangaroo sign with crossed red circle feature at the top left and bottom right corners.KANGAROO HOPPET 2020 Do it your way Centre text: THE COVID-19 VERSION of Australia's Premier Ski Race. We're offering a remote Hoppet event where you can ride, run, paddle, swim, walk, skate, rollerski and yes, even ski, the 2020 event wherever you are. AUGUST 10 - 23 7 KM 21 KM 42 KM HOPPET.COM.AUkangaroo hoppet, worldloppet events, falls creek, mt. beauty -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Journal - Schuss Vol. 21. No. 7 September - October 1955
Schuss was advertised as Victoria’s Official Ski Journal It was issued monthly from 1935 to 1961 except during the war when summer issues covered two months. This continued after the war, but it averaged 10 issues annually over its 25 year life. Schuss was published by the Ski Club of Victoria which had a membership of 38 Ski Clubs and demanded to be recognised as the prime authority on skiing in the state. The other 30 ski clubs with 85% of the members disagreed and the politics of skiing became heated. These clubs formed the Federation of Victorian Ski Clubs with their own journal, Ski Horizon. With the establishment of the Victorian Ski Association, Ski-Horizon published its last issue in Nov - Dec. 1955 and the role of the official journal was fully taken over by “Schuss”. This item is significant because it contains stories, images and information documenting the development of the ski industry in Victoria.The journal features stories and events chronicling developments in Victoria and internationally. Page 234 - 235 featured an extensive report on developments at Falls Creek, Victoria. FALLS CREEK SKI CENTRE CONTINUES ITS STEADY ADVANCE Falls Creek skiing has continued to show markedly improved standards over this past season. Better facilities in and around the ski village itself have been accompanied by better skiing on the abundant snow covering all adjacent slopes. Just to mention a few of those facilities in the village: There have been extensions and big improvements at the Hymans Ski School, a number of excellent new club lodges have come into being, Nissen Lodge is in operation at the foot of the tow and adjacent slopes all setting new standards of ski-living that must make other resorts watch their step. While the advent of Cecil Dobson's General Store and Ski Centre, added to the service already available at the Nissen tow house, has removed all the old problems of food supply. Nissen ski-tow, the enticing face of the Frying Pan has given good service for a number of seasons now. To it has been added this year Bob Hyman's small portable tow which has worked for most of the season on the slope just in front of Skyline Lodge. The racing programme carried out at Falls Creek through this season has maintained the high standard shown in all other affairs. The main events started with the N.E.D.S.A. Championships early in August, then followed the Victorian and S.C.V. Nordic titles, and the Intermediate events.schuss journal, the ski club of victoria, developments in falls creek -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Letter, Henry Watts, Letter written 1859
Henry Watts (1828_1889) Died at Melbourne, 16th December, 1889. He was a good microscopist. His botanical studies were chiefly devoted to algae, both fresh-water and marine, and while living for many years at Warrnambool he was a contributor of algae to Harvey, who figured Wrangelia wattsii, Harv., and Crouania wattsii, Harv., in his “Phycologia Australica " He was the author of "On the Fresh-water Algae of Victoria " (Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1861-4, 67) ; .also a paper "On Fossil Polyzoa" (ib.. 82); "A Trip to Mt. Macedon in Search of Fresh-water Algae" (Wing's S. S. Record, iii., 252); "On a Species of fresh-water Algae from Victoria" (Vict. Nat., i., 21); "Some Recent Additions to our Knowledge of Microscopic Natural History" (ib., iii., I33) (includes lists of fresh-water algae and Desmidieae ), First librarian (1881-2), also a vice-president of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. He is further commemorated by Acacia wattsiana. F. v. M. www.anbg.gov.au/biography/watts-henry.html . Henry Watts worked as a bootmaker in Timor and Liebig streets Warrnambool in the 1860’s but it was as an amateur scientist that Watts gained public notice.For an exhibiton in Melbourne in 1861 Henry Watts prepared a collection of over 100 different species of seaweed from the Warrnambool district. It is recorded in the Examiner in 1863 that he had been elected as an honorary member of the Bristol Microscopical Society of England He was a member of the Warrnambool Horticultural society and in 1865 he opted to become a flower distiller.At the 1866 MelbourneExhibition, Henry Watts exhibited 44 bottles of his perfumes. He had a keen interest in microscopes and microscopic organisms.He spent many hours combing the caves and examining the guano of local bats. This letter is written to Professor Quekett advising him that he has sent a collection of packets of samples of diatomaceae asking him to examine and name the same.. Professor Quekett was a famous microscopist of the Victorian era with the Quekett microscopist club one of the oldest in the world dedicated to the use of the microscope and its discoveries. Henry Watts was one of Warrnambool’s first botanists and marine scientists. He also established a flower distilling and perfume manufacturing business in Warrnambool. In 1861 he sent a collection of over 100 species of seaweed to the Melbourne Exhibition.Framed, handwritten letter, ink on blue paper. Transcript of letter is typed black on white paper. Five small numbered pieces of paper containing specimens of diatomaceae collected from marine and fresh water areas around Warrnambool.Names Henry Watts, Professor Quekett. Handwritten along the bottom of the frame, “The above was bought at a London Auction for $12-10-00 by Miss Eddey a Melbourne Book shop Proprietress and recently presented to the W.F.N. Club.: warrnambool, henry watts, watts henry, botanist,microscope, microscopic, quekett, john thomas quekett -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Football Team 1931 -- Premiers
Stawell Football Club 1931 Premiers Wimmera Football League. in script on photograph Stawell Football Club Premiers Wimmera Football League Back row: Alf Hunt, Ray Maddocks, Alan Blackford, Les Hutton, Harold Carr, Horue. Kiddle, John Walker. Middle row: Vic Lewis, Joe Earle, Jim May, Dinsey McKey, Bill Gilchrist, Jack Hall, Dick Kiddle, Geoff Hall, Mr. Wally Matuschka (President.) Front row: Bill Earle, Ray Rowe, (Vice Capt.), A. Hart Capt.), A. Neil, Charlie Fowler. Black and white photograph of a football team PremiersStawell Football Club Premiers Wimmera Football League Back row Alf Hunt, Ray Maddocks, Alan Blackford, Les Hutton, Harold Carr, Horue. Kiddle, John Walker. Middle row Vic Lewis, Joe Earle, Jim May, Dinsey McKey, Bill Gilchrist, Jack Hall, Dick Kiddle, Geoff Hall, Mr. Wally Matuschka (President.) Front row Bill Earle, Ray Rowe, (Vice Capt.), A. Hart Capt.), A. Neil, Charlie Fowler. stawell sport -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO UNITED CRICKET CLUB PREMIERS 1907 - 1908, 1908
B+W photo on fawn board. Bendigo United Cricket Club southern eleven premiers 1907 - 1908. 14 men, some in cricket 'creams', 5 in club blazers, 1 in club cap. Inscription: Above, 'GP-39-/44', 'B.U.C.C Southern Eleven - Premiers 1907 - 1908'. Below, 'Standing J. Stevenson (Umpire) J. Alexander W. Gale N.DeRavin Ward (Scorer) V. Anderson T.all / Seated H.C. Boydell J. Steward C. MacKay J.Reid E.Keogh / In Front W. O'Dea J. Mitchell'. On Back, RHSV stamp Bendigo Branch.organization, club/society, bendigo united cricket club, prev. acc. no. gp44 -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Photograph - Building Lodge at Bogong 1949 - 1950
These photos are part of the Fred Griffith Collection. Frederick Charles “Fred” Griffith was born in Albury, NSW on 2 March 1910. Educated in Albury and Geelong Grammar. Beginning in 1927 he spent many years working first as a jackeroo and on a range of prominent pastoral and merino stud properties in NSW and Queensland. In 1935 he repurchased his former family property “Toonallook", Bowna, NSW and developed it to be the largest Romney Marsh stud in the world, exporting rams to Argentina. He introduced many innovative practices on his property including rabbit control measures and aerial crop dusting. He was an active member of the Albury Show Society and in 1949 established the Albury Sheep Show. Fred was also the Albury representative on the Graziers’ Association Council for over 30 years. He became a life member of both the Albury and Commercial Clubs. Fred’s greatest hobby was snow skiing. His first visit to the snow was to Kosciusko in 1919. The Albury Ski Club was formed in 1935 and Fred was an inaugural member. In 1949 they were granted a site at Falls Creek to build their own lodge. Fred guaranteed the Club for finance from the Bank of NSW. The first portion of the prefabricated building was constructed in Albury. It was transported to Falls Creek on the back of Fred’s truck and erected in one day. This was the bathroom section and the rest was completed in 1950. The original lodge was burned down in 1952 and a new one built the following year. In 1955, Fred also built the Bowna Lodge for his family in partnership with David Fairbairn. He became head of the North Eastern District Skiing Association (N.E.D.S.A.) and successfully applied to run the Australian Ski Championships. Fred also inaugurated children’s races at Falls Creek and ran them for about 20 years. He also formed the company “Falls Creek Ski Tows”. In 1956 Fred along with a group of key people selected the site for Thredbo Village. Fred and his brother sold Toonallook in sections between 1951 and 1974. He moved to Albury and set up as a landscape gardener and fencing contractor. After a serious work accident, Fred retired in 1985 and moved to Rosebud, Victoria where he died on 19 August 1992.These images record a working bee to build the lodge at Bogong, VictoriaA set of black and white photographs showing the construction of the lodge at Bogong Christmas and New Year 1949/1950 On back of photos. No. 1 - The complete prefabricated timber framework, also "SOLOMIT" straw sheets for sides, of the first portion at the Albury Ski Club's lodge to be erected at Falls Creek, Mt Bogong, shown loaded in F. C. Griffith;s truck. Taken at Bogong Township at 9 A.M. when there was a 3 hours delay owing to a broken fan belt. Date 13/3/49. No. 2 - The arrival of the material at the site on Falls Creek. Time 1.30 P.M. Club's Conveyancer "Jackson" in background. No. 3. - Unloading material at the site. "Jackson" again in background. No. 4 - Members of the Club's working party at work (?) on the foundations and floor joists. No. 5 - More action this time! No. 6 - The first pre-fabricated wall going into place. Time start 3.30 P.M. No. 7. - The final wall section going up' No. 8 -Timber framework complete. Time 5.30 P. M.fred griffith, falls creek, bogong -
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron
Cactus Cup
“The Squadron’s Most Prestigious Trophy” THE CACTUS STORY Years ago a story was told of a Donkey which lived in the desert. The standard of living was poor, and the main course on the menu when things were tough was cactus. The Donkey accepted the good with the bad, and in bad seasons it was always cactus. One day during his wanderings he came to a high fence. On the other side of the fence was lush grass and all sorts of vegetation and animals in prime condition. The Donkey said to a horse, “things look good in there, how does one get in”. The horse said “go down to the end of this fence, and you will come to a gate, there will be someone at the get, ask to get in”. The Donkey went to the end of the fence, found the gate and asked to get in. The horse at the gate said, “what do you want to come in for, all of us are geldings?”. The Donkey said “if that is the case, it is back to the cactus for me”. It was during the early stages of the great depression of 1929-1932, that this story was simulated to the conditions at the then Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club, when during the yachting season there were very few trophies due to the lack of money. A lot of members were out of work, and each Monday many would front up for the jobs that were offering or those who missed out went back to the dole or as many put it “Back to the Cactus”. The “Cactus Cup” race, to be free of entrance fees, was an idea conceived by H.A. (Toby) Armstrong, soon to be backed by Bert Bryant, Ivor Bowles and Jim Thorpe. It was First sailed March 25, 1922, when 9 yachts on sealed handicaps, raced over a 5 mile rectangular course for a small Trophy donated by Jim E. Thorpe and the winning crew of the yacht Helen, skippered by D.Dowse, entertained at a café after the race by the instigators of the race. The next contest was April 12, 1930, for another small trophy also donated by Jim Thorpe, and the crew of the winning yacht Petrel, skippered by Stan Gamble, later on having to arrange for a mussel supper to the extent of Trophy money at an informal musical evening held in the spar room. From then on races for the Cactus Cup became an annual event. In time the format was changed to result in the crew of the first winning yacht having to collect mussels from the pier on the first Saturday of July, cook and prepare them for a no charge informal supper and entertainment evening held in the spar room, towards which the Club provided a keg of Beer. Member Bob Ellis had a special song for the occasion, “Up at Tumba Bloody Rumba shooting Kanga Bloody Roos”. Jim Thorpe then agreed to purchase a Perpetual Cup to be named the Cactus Cup. As guest of honor at the Cactus Supper Evening, May 1940, a dinner suit function in the Spar room, he presented the Cup along with Replica to Barney Snider who won with Eun-Na-Mara. Soon entries became few, for reason nobody wanted to win because of the penalty of having to collect, cook and prepare the mussels. In the interest of the contest and its revival, it was decided that the crew of the last yacht to finish had to collect, cook and prepare the mussels. On the death of Jim E Thorpe in 1944, the trophy, along with its annual replicas, were then provided for by Ivor Bowles until his death in 1970. In time for reason of pollution, the collecting of mussels from the pier was discontinued, so Otto Meik the new provider decided that the format be changed and be replaced by a supper on the day of the race, consisting of bottle mussels, beer and frankfurts. Following the death of Otto Meik in 1979, with no provider for the trophy of replicas, the Squadron in the early 80’s broke tradition by introducing race entry fees. In 2006 the Cactus Cup Tradition was reinstituted by a donation from J.H. (Bert) Ferris – RMYS historian. The Cactus Cup is now free to enter once again for all. The race is run early and a late afternoon feast of mussels and frankfurts is eaten afterwards.Deep sectioned Silver Cup, 300mm high to lip, tapering to thick plain stem flaring out to stepped footing, has two shaped handles. Silver Lid with Donkey positioned on shaped dome. Overall height 110mm. Cup stands on 145mm high round black base with stepped footing, surrounded with Silver winner inscription band.ROYAL ST. KILDA YACHT CLUB PERPETUAL CACTUS CUP INAUGURATED 1922 INSTIGATED BY H.A. ARMSTRONG ESQ. ORIGINAL CUP PRESENTED BY J.E. THORPE ESQ.cactus cup, trophy