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About the Club
Club Traditions: Symbols of Office
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- Held by:
- The Kit and Social Secretary (formerly the Vice-President)
- Description:
- Tiger fur sash (see picture!)
- Ceremony:
- Passed on at the Mays Dinner
- Origin:
- Laura Prideaux, V.P. '98
- Current status:
- After temporarily being lost, it is now back in the hands of the KSS
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- Held by:
- The Captain of the Women's Boat Club
- Description:
- A seat (double action)
- Ceremony:
- None
- Origin:
- Unknown
- Current status:
- Sadly not seen for some time
- Held by:
- The Captain of the Men's Boatclub
- Description:
- Historic pair of club stripies
- Ceremony:
- Trousers publicly exchanged at the Mays Dinner
- Origin:
- Bequeathed by Dennis Lawrence - long-time President of the Club
- Current status:
- Still an essential part of the Mays Dinner, if only for the chance to see the Captain in his club underwear
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Jon Glass recieving the mantle of office |
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The shorts on display on Suicide Sunday |
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- Held by:
- The Vice-President (Kit and Social Sec.)
- Description:
- A pair of stripey shorts
- Ceremony:
- none
- Origin:
- Unearthed in 1991, a neglected tradition is charging the Captain, Sec or V-P with wearing these around College and town at the time of the May Races - certainly AT LEAST at the 1&3 Garden Party and on Suicide Sunday.
- Current status:
- Missing in action
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- Held by:
- Presented annually for Services to the men's boatclub, at the Captain's discretion
- Description:
- A garter; blue
- Presented by:
- A member of the men's boatclub elected by the Captain
- Ceremony:
- Transferred to new holder by use of teeth only, at the Lents Dinner
- Origin:
- Unknown
- Current status:
- Still one of the most prestigious awards up for grabs in the women's boat club
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Simon awards the garter, Lents Dinner 2000 |
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- Held by:
- The Captain of Boatclub
- Description:
- A distinguished Trinity blue sash, with embroidered Cat and Buns and Third Trinity Crests
- Ceremony:
- No ceremony
- Origin:
- Unknown
- Current status:
- Still used
- Held by:
- The Captain of the Men's Boatclub
- Description
- Underwear sporting embroidered Cat and Buns
- Ceremony:
- No ceremony!
- Origin:
- Suspected to be James Leake
- Current status:
- Binned, after being deemed too horrible to be kept. The tradition of boat club underwear, however, lives on - contact the KSS for details.
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- Held by:
- James Leake
- Description
- Leakey's All-in-one
- Ceremony:
- n/a
- Origin:
- James Leake!
- Current status:
- Departed with Leake
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- Held by:
- The Club Secretary
- Description
- A hardback tome - The Joy of Secs
- Ceremony:
- No ceremony
- Origin:
- Donated by James Leake?
- Current status:
- Continues to guide the Secretary
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