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ISLANDERS AT SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW.

Students and staff from the IW Studio School attended the Southampton Boat Show on Thursday en masse. In fact the 143 students on site comprised all but a handful of the school’s students. Having encountered some of the students on their fact-finding mission into the marine industry we were impressed by their smart appearance and ... read more

SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW STRIKES GOLD

Solent Park, Southampton was the site of the Festival Stage, venue for the official opening of the 48th Southampton Boat Show. Rick and Zoe, hosts of the Heart FM Breakfast Show welcomed members of the Team GB Sailing Squad. Amongst them were four Rio medallists. Nick Dempsey took silver in the RS:X Windsurfing- his third ... read more

CELEBRATING AGE

Islanders are being invited to recognise the achievements of local older people and celebrate their contribution to Island life, by nominating them for a Celebrating Age Award. Sponsored by Wright Estate Agency and hosted by Age UK Isle of Wight (Age UKIW), the Annual Celebrating Age Awards will take place on the 6th October and ... read more

GIRLGUIDING IW MEMBERS UNDERTAKE BIVVY CHALLENGE

To celebrate 100 years of the Senior Section of Girlguiding during 2016 members of Girlguiding IW have taken part in three special events. Back in February several members from the Island travelled to Alexandra Palace, London for  ‘Spark’ then during March a red-carpet Hollywood style dinner was held and to complete the year a number ... read more

GIRLGUIDING IW ATTENDS CIVIC SERVICE

A Civic Service was held at Newport Minster on Sunday (4 September) to mark the civic duties of the Isle of Wight Council. Prior to the service, the Chairman of the IW Council, Councillor Charles Chapman was joined by dignitaries at Newport Guildhall before taking part in a traditional procession led by the IW Council’s ... read more

SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2016-SEE THE OLYMPIC SAILING MEDALIST

Fresh from their medal winning performances in Rio, members of the British Sailing Team will help celebrate the start of this year’s Southampton Boat Show. Visitors will be able to get up close to the sailing stars at the Show’s official opening ceremony on Friday 16 September. Gold Medalists: Giles Scott (Men’s Finn), Hannah Mills ... read more

WIGHT IN BLOOM 2016

Overall Winner:Rosalind Wyman-Shanklin pictured with the Peggy Jarman Trophy. This year’sWight In Bloom presentations took place at Northwood House, Cowes. For the 2016 Wight in Bloom competition there were 14 entries from school gardens, which was an encouraging development. In the eleven categories there were three new classes- Best creative use of a Small Space, ... read more

Try Sailing For Free

There are only a few days to go before Try Sailing Day at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club where you are invited to try sailing completely free next Saturday 10th September 2016. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never stepped into a boat before.  Come along and you and your family can get afloat and sample ... read more

MY SPORT TOO

On the 1st of August Girlguiding launched the latest campaign to encourage girls into sport. After consultation with girls and young women numbers agreed that sport is not offered to girls as much as boys in Secondary schools in the UK. At the same time a group of women who sail, launched their campaign to ... read more

ROUND-UP OF AAM COWES WEEK SHORESIDE EVENTS 2016

One of the first events of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2016 was a preview showing  the latest works available at Kendalls Fine Art. New to this gallery one of the exhibitors Kim Jarvis was on the Island for a few days, having been invited to show her work in Cowes. Kim lives in Gloucestershire ... read more