Vocationals
With the merging of our two clubs, we were fortunate to have two high flying personalities from Penrose to provide the Newmarketeers present with biographical insights into aspects of their very successful personal, sporting and business backgrounds.
Bruce Watson described his youthful yachting experiences in European and Eastern European championships – all done the hard way in earlier times. Despite minimal financial support, he achieved some impressive successes. After completing his NZCE he was accepted into the final two years of a B.E. [Chemical Engineering] and has had an outstanding career in plastics and business consulting.
David Jack spoke of his early rowing experiences, his own family’s very successful swimming and triathlons titles, and his coaching of both sports. He graduated from the University of Canterbury with an M.Sc. in Fluid Dynamics, and postgraduate work in Statistical Decision Theory. He has had extensive business experience here and overseas. His interests include cycling, Art & Architecture, and fauna and flora.
Great presentations from two very interesting long-standing Presidential and Past Presidential members of the Penrose Club.