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==Events== * The Drones Club annual Golf tournament: A yearly [[golf]] handicap tournament that was held one year at Bingley-on-Sea.<ref>{{cite book | author-last= Wodehouse | author-first= P. G. | author-link= P. G. Wodehouse| title= Very Good, Jeeves| publisher= Arrow Books|date=2008 | orig-year=1930| chapter=Jeeves and the Kid Clementina |page=163 |isbn=978-0099513728| edition= Reprinted }}</ref> * The Drones Club Squash Handicap: A yearly [[Squash (sport)|squash]] tournament. One year, Bertie Wooster was runner-up.<ref>{{cite book | author-last= Wodehouse | author-first= P. G. | title= Very Good, Jeeves| publisher= Arrow Books|date=2008 | orig-year=1930| chapter=Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit |page=69 |isbn=978-0099513728| edition= Reprinted }}</ref> * The Drones Club Darts Tournament: An annual [[darts]] sweepstakes tournament held in February.<ref>{{cite book | author-last= Wodehouse | author-first= P. G. |title= Plum Pie| publisher= Pan Books Ltd.|date=1968 | orig-year=1966| chapter=Jeeves and the Greasy Bird | page= 17 |isbn=978-0330022033 | edition= Reprinted }}</ref> Instead of taking part themselves, members purchase tickets for 10 shillings and each draw the name of one actual participant. The tournament is then held, and the member holding the name of the champion wins the jackpot.<ref>{{cite book | author-last= Wodehouse | author-first= P. G. | title= Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit| publisher= Arrow Books |chapter=Chapter 2|date=2008 | orig-year=1954| page=19 |isbn=978-0099513933 | edition= Reprinted }}/</ref> * The Drones Club Fat Uncles Sweep: An annual sweepstakes contest introduced by Freddie Widgeon.<ref>{{cite book | last= Wodehouse | first= P. G. |location= London | chapter = The Fat of the Land |title= A Few Quick Ones| publisher= The Guernsey Press Co. Ltd.|date=1993 | orig-year=1959| isbn=0099819503| edition= Reprinted |pages= 7β8}}</ref> Members enter their uncles in the contest and each draw the name of one uncle at random. Later, on the first day of the [[Eton v Harrow]] match, the members bring their uncles to the Drones Club for lunch. McGarry, having the uncanny ability to estimate the weight of anything to an ounce by sight, estimates the weight of each uncle and determines the fattest one. The member holding that name wins the jackpot, which exceeded Β£100 the first year the contest was run. A later rule change stipulates that Β£50 of the jackpot money is awarded to the nephew of the winning uncle.<ref>{{cite book | author-last= Wodehouse | author-first= P. G. | title= Plum Pie| publisher= Pan Books Ltd.|date=1968 | orig-year=1966| chapter=Stylish Stouts | page= 128 |isbn=978-0330022033 | edition= Reprinted }}</ref>
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