Newsletter 15 April 2021
A brief history of 130 years of the Sydney Flying Squadron, 1891 to 2021. Recounts the founding meeting at Rainford's Cambridge Club Hotel in August 1891, the election of WJ Richardson as first Honorary Secretary and a committee including Mark Foy, and reproduces 1891 newspaper articles from Aquatics and the Sydney Morning Herald on the club's formation and a request to use Clark Island, crediting Foy's vision of racing open to all.
A brief history of 130 years of the Sydney Flying Squadron, 1891 to 2021. Recounts the founding meeting at Rainford's Cambridge Club Hotel in August 1891, the election of WJ Richardson as first Honorary Secretary and a committee including Mark Foy, and reproduces 1891 newspaper articles from Aquatics and the Sydney Morning Herald on the club's formation and a request to use Clark Island, crediting Foy's vision of racing open to all.
The original document is a scanned copy, available below. The club is transcribing its archive and this page carries the club's summary until the full transcription is checked and published.
The original document below is a scan. The club is transcribing its archive; this page carries the club's summary until this document's transcription is checked and published.