All News

2014 CHARLES STANLEY COWES CLASSICS WEEK

Hosted by the Royal London Yacht Club, Cowes Classics Week 2014 is now in its 7th year and for the first time has a headline sponsor. Charles Stanley is one of the leading stockbroking and investment management companies in the UK, having been founded in 1792 in Sheffield. It has a branch in Newport. David ... read more

CONSTRUCTION OF COWES HARBOUR’S NEW BREAKWATER ADVANCES INTO THIRD STAGE

Work on the construction of a new breakwater structure at the mouth of Cowes Harbour, which will transform the port into a true sheltered harbourage, has successfully moved into the third stage of this vital 18-month coastal protection project. Cowes Harbour Commission’s appointed contractors Boskalis Westminster, world leaders in the design and construction of breakwaters, ... read more

SANDOWN CARNIVAL 2014.

Girls from 4th Sandown, 5th Sandown and 1st Lake Brownies and Lake Guides together with leaders entered Sandown Carnival as part of the Big Brownie Birthday. In the Children’s Procession they won 3rd prize. For the main procession the next day some of the girls were wearing some uniforms from the Girlguiding IW archives showing ... read more

BP AWARD FOR LAUREN.

Lauren Ringer (16) from Gurnard Guides has been working on the BP (Baden Powell) Award for the last 2-3 years. For one of the challenges she undertook a 4 night trip away with St. George’s School and as she had never been away from her parents before this was a great challenge to her. Lauren ... read more

BROWN OWL IS 40

1st Lake Brownies have had a busy time recently celebrating the Big Brownie Birthday with other Brownies from around the Island at Starquest held at the IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet. This was followed by a Stay Away sleepover with 4th Sandown Brownies. At the end of term a picnic at Lake Cliff Gardens to celebrate Brown ... read more

TREE TOP PROMISE FOR GIRLGUIDING UNIT FROM GURNARD.

A newly formed Girlguiding unit from Gurnard recently came up with a novel way to make their Girlguiding Promise – from the canopy of a tree! Gurnard Adventurers,  part of Girlguiding IW’s Senior Section, was set up by Kathrine Pilcher and Jenny Peddar and they wanted to find an unusual way for their members to ... read more

PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK

Based in Cowes this year’s Panerai British Classic Week saw over 50 entries contest seven races over six days of keen competition. While experiencing a week of hot sunny weather both sailors and spectators could be forgiven for thinking they were actually in the Med where other Panerai events are held. With such a large ... read more

TEAMS ARRIVE FOR BREWIN DOLPHIN COMMODORES’ CUP 2014.

Nine teams have confirmed their participation in the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup, taking place out of Cowes from Saturday 19th July until Saturday 26th July.   This year the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s biennial flagship event for national teams with amateur crews has two more teams than when the event was last held in 2012. ... read more

COWES CLASSICS WEEK 2014.

Over 150 classic boats will be arriving in the waters off Cowes over this weekend for this year’s Cowes Classics Week 2014. Once again the classics, including the metre yachts, Solent Sunbeams, XODs, Darings, Swallows, Flying Fifteens and Bembridge One Designs, to name just a few, will be attending the five day event which starts ... read more

ELECTORAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM IS CHANGING THIS SUMMER

From 19 July, all residents on the Isle of Wight will receive a letter through the post telling them about the biggest change to the electoral registration system in nearly 100 years. Isle of Wight Council will write to all 113,500 registered electors and to properties where no one is currently registered. This letter will ... read more