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BECOME A HARBOUR COMMISSIONER at COWES

One of the Cowes Harbour Commissioners, Ben Board, has taken the decision to resign due to family and work commitments. In his resignation letter, he commented: “I think the work the Commission do is extremely important and you have a team of people on the Board that care passionately about what happens to the harbour, ... read more

ROUND THE ISLAND RACE 2017

Prizegiving 2016. Entries have opened for this year’s Round The Island Race. This most famous of yacht races annually attracts in the region of 1,500 competing yachts and upwards of 12,000 sailors from around the globe. Last year saw the departure of title sponsor J.P. Morgan Asset Management after twelve fruitful years, and organisers are ... read more

QUAY ARTS RE-COLLECTIONS

Winner of the ‘Quay Arts Open 2015’ competition, Joanna Kori, who lives in Ventnor, has been rewarded with her own solo exhibition. Entitled, ‘Future Re Collections’ this exhibition will be on show in the West Gallery of Quay Arts from 10am-5pm until 1st April and  features six separate facets of the previous and current uses ... read more

GIRLGUIDING IW SUPPORTS MACMILLAN (AGAIN)

Following on from supporting Macmillan on the Island to the sum of £6oo+ last Autumn Girlguiding IW members have been fundraising again for Macmillan their chosen charity. Back in the Autumn Rainbows, Brownies and Guides- from Newport, Carisbrooke and East Cowes arranged coffee mornings and coffee evenings. Now members from the Guides’ Compton Section have ... read more

Red Funnel Award for IW Festival + More Acts for 2017 Festival

Isle of Wight Festival won the ‘Best Event to Lie Back & Soak Up the Sounds Award ‘  at the Red Funnel My Isle Of Wight Awards. Following this award the organisers of the IW Festival announced further acts to play the 2017 Festival at Seaclose Park over the weekend of 8-11 June. Eleven more acts ... read more

2017 ROLEX FASTNET RACE- EXCEPTIONAL TAKE UP.

Fastnet Rock-photo by Daniel Forster for Rolex. Entry into the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race surpassed expectations in record-breaking time. With a 340-boat limit this target was reached in just 4 minutes and 24 seconds after the on-line entry system was opened at 12noon on 9th January, setting a new ... read more

LORD LIEUTENANT ENDORSES DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDS.

A record number of 59 young people from the Island achieved their Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards in 2016. There were five Gold Award recipients, eleven reaching Silver Award level and 43 achieving Bronze. Sadly, nineteen were unable to attend the presentation evening hosted by IW College mainly due to illness. Guests were welcomed to the ... read more

COOK-OFF AT GURNARD.

1st Gurnard Guides had a minimal cook ‘Cook-Off’ competition in the week prior to breaking up for Christmas, their 2nd such event.  All Guides were invited to team up with an adult (parent/known adult) to cook and present a dish of their choice that could be prepared and presented within 90 minutes. Each team had a ... read more

David Guetta and Run-DMC at 2017 IW Festival.

DJ and producer David Guetta is to co-headline Friday night of the Isle of Wight Festival 2017, it has been announced. It has also been revealed that Run-DMC will perform at next June’s festival as well as the likes of George Ezra, Bastille, Jack Savoretti and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man. Isle of Wight Festival promoter, John Giddings ... read more