This is the biggest junior competition at HOYS. Many of the hoys in British naval service had been captured from enemies. Now only the hoys and the right dock, with its old storehouses (depots), remain. In 1997 the then promoters of HOYS went bankrupt. Two contracts were entered into by Hoys. These were commonly referred to as East India hoys. Around the end of the French Revolutionary Wars, the Navy sold its remaining armed hoys. This small development in turn attracted visitors who disembarked via hoys from passing London-Margate steamers. V/Line, Hoys, West Coast Rail, CountryLink and Great Southern Rail. English hoys tended to be single-masted, whereas Dutch hoys had two masts. Together, these developments meant that hoys fell out of use. Hoys Roadlines was an Australian bus operator based in the Victorian city of Wangaratta. HOYS was first held in 1949 at Harringay Arena in Harringay, London. Hoys opted to operate trains as far as Shepparton, with buses beyond. Hoys played a significant role in the Siege of Sluis (1587).