Cloudy Bay is the new Presenting Sponsor for the Round the Island Race™
Cloudy Bay has been announced as the Presenting Sponsor of the Round the Island Race ™ which is forthwith branded ‘The Round the Island Race ™ in association with Cloudy Bay’. Robin Aisher, Admiral of the Island Sailing Club, who has been fortunate to have raced in almost all the RTI races since the end of war in Europe, […]
WORLD THINKING DAY 2017
Members of Osborne Section fully embraced World Thinking Day by enjoying activities from other countries at their World Thinking Day event recently. This event was organised by Katie Charlton, Osborne Section Commissioner, and other Brownie Unit leaders. Starting off the evening there was a chance to hear the sounds of Australia which were played on […]
NEW FLAGS AND THINKING DAY.
Members of the congregation of St. John’s Church, Newport joined with Brownies and Guides and other members of Girlguiding IW for a special church service arranged for the dedication of new unit flags. Two Newport units- 10th Newport Brownies and 11th Newport Guides- recently decided to replace their flags which now show the new Brownie […]
SAILING NEWS FOR 2017
King George V International Cup. Cowes Week Ltd are excited to announce the introduction of a new big boat race series, the Cowes Week Triple Crown. The new Cowes Week Triple Crown will be a regatta within a regatta : open to large IRC rated racing boats of at least 20m LOA with a minimum […]
10 MORE ACTS FOR 2017 IW FESTIVAL
Organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival have announced ten young and upcoming acts for the 2017 festival: Catfish and the Bottlemen, Zara Larsson, Clean Bandit, The Vamps, The Strypes, The Amazons, Germein Sisters, Judas, The Novatones and The Second Sons. John Giddings said: “We’ve always supported fresh, new and exciting talent at the at the Isle of Wight Festival. It’s what music festivals are all about. We had Blossoms in 2015 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]