Two new Cowes events added to J/70 calendar for 2016
The Royal Yacht Squadron and the Royal Thames Yacht Club will each be hosting a new event on the J/70 calendar this summer. Taking place in Cowes on 21 st and 22 nd May will be the J/70 Southern Area Championships , under the direction of the Royal Thames YC whilst the J/70 Summer Championships […]
ROYAL VISIT TO RYDE
The Earl of Wessex (HRH Prince Edward) visited the Isle of Wight on the 29th April. Arriving at Ryde via Hovercraft upon disembarking he was gteeted by the Island’s Lord Lieutenant Martin White and met with participants who are taking part or have recently achieved Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards. Included in this group was Emma […]
NEW RED JET ON SCHEDULE.
One year on from when Red Funnel placed an order with Shemana Refit LLP to build Red Jet 6 in East Cowes, she is due to be launched on the 4th of July. A team of 58 permanent boat builders including five apprentices, have kept the construction of the new vessel on schedule. Their task […]
OARSOME RACING ON RIVER MEDINA
Hosted by Island Harbour, the 2nd Annual IW Festival Dragon Boat Race Day attracted twenty teams. Organisers John and Caroline Giddings chose to raise money for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign (Cancer Research UK) Celebrity attendees included Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch from Boyzone, Caroline Corr an honorary MBE holder and James Walsh […]
Teams are signing up for last Wightlink Wight Challenge
17th September 2016 will see the last Wightlink Wight Challenge and organisers are delighted that so many teams are signing up for what they hope will be a bumper year. However, there are still spaces if you fancy a challenge and there is still time for you and a team of three to get yourselves […]
TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS + ART ROCKS AT DIMBOLA.
Having been stored in a Winchester farmhouse for forty years, the photographic archive of Austrian born Lotte Meitner-Graf (1899-1973) can be seen for the first time for many years at Dimbola Museum and Galleries, Freshwater. Although Lotte was unconventional and uncompromising, she never courted publicity, neither did she seek to gain from her art commercially. […]
RAINBOWS ROMP UNDER THE TREES.
All the Island’s Rainbows (the youngest members of Girlguiding IW aged 5-7) were invited to an outdoor fun day at Barton Manor recently. This day in the great outdoors included a number of challenges and foraging for items found in the countryside and woods. All the Rainbows, together with leaders undertook the task of looking […]
BADGE DAY FOR COMPTON BAY SECTION GUIDES.
SCIENCE SEWING CIRCUS SKILLS Guides belonging to the Compton Bay Section of Girlguiding Isle of Wight enjoyed a Badge Day recently. Held at Northwood Scout Hut the girls from the Compton Bay Section , which covers the Newport, Cowes and West Wight areas of the Island, undertook various challenges to improve their skills and knowledge […]
BADEN POWELL AWARDS FOR GUIDES.
Presentations have recently taken place for Girlguiding’s Baden Powell (BP) Awards. Guides from across the Island undertook challenges during a special weekend of events organised by Girlguiding IW BP Adviser Tammy Vincent who said, “Emma, my assistant leader, and I would like to add it was an honour to take these girls on their adventure […]
Your Chance To Enter ‘Wight In Bloom 2016’.
The Island’s 2016 Wight in Bloom competition was officially launched at the National Trust’s Mottistone Gardens on Monday April 18th. Wight in Bloom is an annual gardening and community competition that celebrates our Island and the efforts of our green-fingered community. This free to enter competition, sponsored by Red Funnel and organised by Visit Isle […]