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Isle of Wight Festival 2018-

  Once again The IW Festival is pledging to support emerging talent by teaming up with HOT VOX  to find a talented new artist/s to perform at this year’s festival, which takes place 21st – 24th June at Seaclose Park, Newport. The Isle of Wight Festival ‘New Blood’ competition is open to artists and bands throughout ... read more

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD HONOURS FOR 71 STUDENTS.

This year’s Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Presentation Evening witnessed 71 Island young people achieving awards. Hosted by the IW College there were three students achieving Gold (pictured above (Top of Page) with the Lord Lieutenant (R) & Leader Alastair Bridle) while seventeen were honoured with Silver and 51 with Bronze. Guests were welcomed by Lee Matthews, D ... read more

Enter now for the 2018 RTI Race in association with Cloudy Bay.

Entries for the 2018 Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay opened on 28th December, with an overwhelming number of competitors taking advantage of the post-Christmas holiday period to make their entry. First to enter, at six minutes past midnight, was RTI regular Neil Collings with an entry for his Etap 30i Second Wind. Like ... read more

IRC EUROPEANS INCORPORATING COMMODORES’ CUP 2018

French Win in 2016. The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) are welcoming expressions of interest for the IRC EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS INCORPORATING COMMODORES’ CUP 2018 event after online entries opened  on Monday 8th January. As announced earlier, the Cowes-based championship will be held from 8-16th June and will follow the successful Commodores’ Cup race format, with a variety ... read more

NATIVITY MEETS CHRISTINGLE AT SHANKLIN.

Shanklin Guides, Brownies and Rainbows together with leaders joined together with parents and friends for this year’s annual Christmas celebration making for a packed church. Taking place at Shanklin Methodist Church dozens of girls presented a Nativity Play and this was followed by all the cast, narrators and singers lighting the church with Christingles which ... read more

Christmas Lights 2017-Island Echo teamed up with Southern Vectis.

Island Echo has teamed up with Southern Vectis to bring you Light up the Wight 2017 – the ultimate Christmas Lights competition for festive displays across the Isle of Wight. There are special Christmas Lights displays across the Island. To enable you to view most of them Southern Vectis are running evening tours from Newport and Ryde ... read more

Lendy Cowes Week 2018-latest news…

Cowes Week Limited (CWL) has recently made two announcements with regard to the 2018 Lendy Cowes Week Regatta: They have selected the 1851 Trust as the official event charity for Lendy Cowes Week 2018. Encouraging youth participation in sailing will play a vital part in the continued success and popularity of the sport and more specifically of ... read more

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

  Carol Firth. Rainbows from across the Island danced the night away at a pre-Christmas disco recently. It was one of the few occasions when both the Needles and Puckpool Sections, which between them cover the whole of the Isle of Wight, have joined forces for an event. Organised by Carol Firth (Commissioner for Needles) ... read more

RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES FLY WITH PETER PAN.

Several units of Girlguiding members travelled to Cowes recently to see the Cowes Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society’s production of Peter Pan. Girls and their leaders from 11th Newport Rainbows, 4th Shanklin Brownies and Rainbows and Brownies from Niton helped pack Trinity Theatre for the production. Everyone was able to join in with the usual ... read more

LENDY COWES WEEK 2018 NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES

Entries for the World famous Lendy Cowes Week regatta are now open.  Organisers Cowes Week Limited (CWL) have announced a range of competitor-led initiatives for the event. Feedback from the various classes taking part has led to a comprehensive re-working of the entry fee structure. Standard and Late entry Fees for all classes have been reduced for ... read more