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‘JOBSWORTH’ WARDEN TARGETS THE DISABLED
A HEARTLESS traffic warden stunned car boot sellers by slapping tickets on six blue badge holder’s cars this week in Ryde The ticket hungry warden swooped on six cars parked on double yellow lines despite all having disabled blue badges on display and their owners, some on zimmers, returned to find their ticketed vehicles with considerable dismay and confusion. The uncaring jobsworth gave £50 penalties to six cars - but was chased away by furious sellers at the Ryde car boot sale after trying to put a ticket on a car with a disabled woman actually sitting in the car. Onlooker Tony Halloran said: “You could see the gleam in the warden’s eye. He saw six cars and thought it was his lucky day. He obviously hasn’t a heart in his body or a brain in his head.” Continued on page 3
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OVER LAY-BY LOSS
SHOPKEEPERS and their customers were sharpening their knives for a battle with pig headed Council officials, over plans to close their essential lay-by in Wootton High Street. The IW Council plans to put a traffic light controlled entrance to New Road, because of an increase in traffic due to a new holiday lodge development and say that the lay-by just outside the small row of shops in Wootton High Street will have to go. Owner of the butchers shop and the laundrette, Bob Cheek, used to own the land on which the lay-by stands and he is not happy. “I gave it to the Council for the purposes of being a lay-by in around 1980,” said Bob. “I get rather cross when they don’t consult with me when they decide to do away with it. “That lay-by is essential for the butchers and other shops. It’s not just about my rent - Wootton needs those shops. If nobody uses the shops they’ll close. “Hamiltons has a car park at the back but if someone wants to come in from Ryde and another car wants to go out towards Newport it will block the whole road. “A refrigerated truck will have to park illegally on the road because the entrance to the car park is too small for a large truck. “Why do they start talking about it without consultation? What’s really annoyed me is that our Councillor, Barry Abrahams, said that he went to Highways and he all but said they refused to talk to them. “I think that’s a disgrace. It’s time the officials at County Hall were made to realise that they are the
Sean Edgington, Wally Edwards and Simon Lawton servants of the public.” Cllr Barry Abrahams said: “My personal opinion is that I didn’t agree with this five years ago when it was part of the planning permission granted for the holiday village and I certainly
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don’t now. “Highways say it would be unsafe to keep the lay-by but it works quite well at Seaclose. “I would like to see the money spent on New Road to strengthen the foundations of the road.
“I fully support the holiday village but it shouldn’t be done at the expense of local small businesses. “Wootton High Street already looks like Blackpool illuminations without the new lights.”
RECYCLE THE ISLAND 2010 is on again this weekend. The fun cycling event is taking place tomorrow (Sept 25) to generate public awareness of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance charity and their textile recycling schemes in partnership with Bag It Up Ltd. Last year’s event saw 50 cyclists of all ages taking part, enjoying the wonderful Island scenery, whilst raising over £5,000 in sponsorship money, to help keep the Air Ambulance flying and saving lives. A spokesman said: “We need your help and pedal power to generate more life-saving funds this year, so why not enter online now at http://www. hiow-airambulance.org.uk/post. cfm/recycle-the-island-2010.”
There are two routes available; a shorter 15 mile BLUE route, and a 50 mile RED route for those wanting a bigger challenge, and they will pass several of the textile recycling banks during that raise significant funds for the Air Ambulance. The Air Ambulance will be based at Tesco in Ryde for the day. If operational commitments allow, cyclists will have the opportunity to look at the helicopter, meet and chat with the paramedics and pilot who carry out the life-saving missions. Please visit http://www. bagitup.org.uk/upcoming-eventarticle.php?rd=141 to find to find about more about the event, plus details of how you can recycle to raise funds for your Air Ambulance.
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HOW HEARTLESS CAN HE BE?
BLUE BADGE HOLDERS are permitted to park on double yellow lines when there are no other parking spaces available as long as they aren’t obstructing other road users, but this over zealous traffic warden had other ideas. John Lamb was driving for his disabled father in law and blue badge holder, Mr Sidney Prewer, who is in a wheelchair. “My father in law suffers with a disease that affects his legs. He only came out of hospital last week and we came to the Island for him to recuperate,” said John. “We come every year and we stay at Sandy Hills at Whitecliff Bay. “We thought we could park there as there were only double yellow lines – there were no signs to say it was a clearway or that disabled badge holders couldn’t park there. “On the green there were all the boot sale cars and there was a sign saying: “Do not park on the grass or you will be ticketed.” The rules were blatently being broken on the other side from us. “We only parked there because half a dozen cars were parked there already. We weren’t causing
BY JASON KAY an obstruction and people could pass us easily. “The traffic warden said that it was in the blue book, that we couldn’t park on yellow lines in a car park, but we weren’t actually in the car park area. “We did look for a space in the car park and if it had said we couldn’t park where we did we wouldn’t have done. “There were no lines on the kerb going down onto the road, which would mean that even blue badge holders cannot park on those lines. “There was a woman who was sitting in her car and he still ticketed her. “It should be properly labeled up,” said John. “I’ll be appealing against the ticket issue.” Nuala (Nicky) Kimber, who has to walk with a wheel trolley, was also ticketed at the car boot sale and was very upset about the whole incident.
“ I couldn’t even sleep last night – it was going through my head all the time,” she said. “I go to the car boot sale every week but I really can’t walk very far and if I had to park too far away I couldn’t go to car boot sales, which is probably the only exercise I get these days. “I got run over 15 years ago and it’s got steadily worse –I’ve had my badge since around 2000. “I was standing by the car and he (the traffic warden) walked past me twice. Then when I left he came back and ticketed me. “I was very annoyed – I wouldn’t have minded if he’d said I couldn’t park there. I wasn’t anywhere near a corner and I was parked safely. “He looked new. Maybe he just didn’t know. But he was very officious. It was nasty. “I don’t understand why we can’t park there – we always have before. I even asked a policeman the first time I parked there about two years ago and he told me that it was alright as long as I was parked safely and not obstructing anyone. “I’ve only parked there a couple
of times in the last two years, when I can’t find a space in the car park. “I’ve sent a letter to the council. It says in my book that I can park on double yellow lines.” Peter Hayward, head of highways and transport, said: “While blue badges do give holders some concessions, there is a requirement for those with blue badges to comply with the appropriate parking regulations like any other motorist. “It would simply be unfair on all motorists, including other blue badge holders, if the council turned a blind eye to misuse of blue badges. “In this case, the ticketed cars were parked on double yellow lines as opposed to designated bays and that is not allowed in a car park in order to make sure they are free-flowing and easy to use. This is stated on signs at the car park. “There is an appeals process for anyone who disputes the issuing of a ticket. We will, of course review any appeal thoroughly and fairly should any appeal be made.”
DEATH DRIVER ESCAPES JAIL
A FRESHWATER man has escaped a prison sentence after causing a double road death in Chale. John Hoath, 24, was given a three-year driving ban and a suspended prison sentence after admitting two charges of causing death by careless driving. On the Military Road, near Chale, back in January of this year, 24-year-old John Hoath from Camp Road in Freshwater was the driver of a VW Polo when it crashed into a motorbike. Emily Buley, his 23-year-old passenger, and Andrew Newnham, 22, the motorbike rider both died as a result of the crash. Yesterday (Thursday September 23) John Hoath pleaded guilty to two charges of causing death by careless driving and was sentenced to four months in prison for each charge, to run concurrently, and suspended for two years. He has also been disqualified from driving for three years and was ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service. Hoath will also have to re-take his test after the ban and pay £100 in prosecution costs.
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ELDERLY COUPLE GET ALARM CALL
A SMOKE alarm helped save an elderly couple who had to be rescued from their home in Newport by firefighters after a blaze broke out during the early hours. Two fire crews from Newport were called to the property in Alderbury Lane, Newport after it is believed the fire started in a bedroom. The couple were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke and taken to St Mary Hospital, Newport for treatment. Ten fire fighters spent an hour and a half fighting the fire and making the area safe. The IW fire service crew manager based at Newport, said: “The occupants of the property were extremely lucky to escape without serious injury. Fortunately they had a working smoke alarm and were able to dial 999 when they discovered the fire.”
NEW POLICE APPEAL FOLLOWING ASSAULT
POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses as enquiries continue into a sexual assault report in Ryde. It’s alleged a man carried out the assault on a 21-year-old woman while he stood by a green Peugeot 206, which she was sitting in. The car was stationary in the Somerfield supermarket car park off Anglesea Street when the assault is reported to have taken place sometime between 8 and 8.30pm on Sunday, August 29. Investigating officer PC Ben Burfitt of the Isle of Wight Targeted Patrol Teams said: “We’ve made enquiries in the local area and remain keen to speak with anyone who may have seen a suspect. It’s alleged he was walking near the woman from the area of Fiveways junction next to All Saints Church on Queens Rd along John St towards Ryde High St pedestrian precinct on that Sunday evening.” The suspect is described as white, aged in his 40s, average build, a shaven head with a grade one light brown hair and he was wearing a beige jacket and navy blue jeans. Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Ben Burfitt at Ryde Police Station by phoning 101.
COWES ROBBERY: TWO ARE CHARGED
TWO PEOPLE have now been charged following police investigations into a robbery from a 19 year-old man in Cowes on August 7, this year. Police can confirm two people were charged on Thursday, September 16, 2010. They were Joshua Leo Michael Light, aged 18, of George Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, and a 17-year-old youth from the Island, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Both were charged with robbery. They were bailed to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 28, 2010.
DRIVING TO REMEMBER
SIX PLUCKY women from Haylands Primary School in Ryde will be driving fire engines and other very large fire safety vehicles in memory of the two firefighters who lost their lives last year in a Southampton fire. On Sunday October 10, the girls will be taking part in a Ladies Driving Challenge at Farnborough airfield in aid of Hants Fire and Rescue Services. Half the proceeds will go to the memorial fund for James Shears and Alan Bannon, and the ladies are appealing for sponsors for their exciting adventure. Gill Smith, the school’s administration officer, first saw
an invitation to the challenge and it sounded right up her street. “I love driving and when I saw it I thought I could do with driving a fire engine or a lorry,” said Gill. Teacher Jill Hewlett, inclusion manager Tracey Saxcoburg, teaching assistants Debbie Morris and Liz Harriskine-Cooke and Annette Walton who is a teaching assistant training to be a teacher – all from the school will join Gill. “Firemen come here and do talks for the children and it’s a James Shears and Alan Bannon good opportunity for the staff to give something back to them,” large vehicle before so it’s going some of the machinery such as to be great fun. the cutters for taking the roofs off said Gill. “We may also get to operate of cars, but we don’t know yet.” “Nobody among us has driven a
ALL QUIET IN GREEN STREET RESIDENTS in the Green Street area of Ryde are sleeping much easier this week, since airing their concerns in The Gazette’s last issue about the recently opened Salvation Army ‘Fellowship House’. The area has been much quieter, with no drunks on street corners hurling abuse at passers by. People who were living in the rehabilitation hostel had been exhibiting some very anti-social behaviour and Val Green, who lives nextdoor to Fellowship House, is chair of a group of concerned local residents. “We were invited to go in and talk to the staff and residents of the Hostel (on the day that the report came out in the Gazette) which myself, Sharon & Di did,” said Val. “I have been informed that six residents have now been evicted as they were not conforming to the rules. I asked how they vetted the men, but (the hostel manager) declined to answer saying that this was a private
matter between the Salvation Army and the Social Services, but she did say that it was being tightened up. “We were also asked to take any concerns direct to the hostel should anything arise in the future, which I stated that we would in the first instance, but should we feel that they were not acting in the best interest of the residents of the street, we would once again take it to the police. “Sharon brought up the question of privacy, and she stated that from now on all curtains and blinds will be kept closed at night, plus there is now to be a curfew placed on the residents, that they have to be in at midnight. “Although one or two of the residents complained about this, she was adamant that this will be brought in starting this weekend (September 11,12). report. “We have been invited to a way forward.” “They don’t gather on the street When The Gazette spoke to Val monthly meeting at the hostel to discuss any problems that may this week she was happy to report corner anymore,” she said. “Lets occur, which it was agreed is a there were still no problems to hope it was teething troubles.”
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TRIBUTES FOLLOW DEATH AT BESTIVAL
TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died following an alleged hit-and-run accident close to the Bestival site, when the music festival was taking place on the Island. Henry Minns, 19, from Penryn in Cornwall, died on Sunday, September 12, He was a pedestrian on Mersley Down Road near Robin Hill Country Park at approximately midnight, when he was involved in a collision with a silver Ford Focus, which was being driven along Mersley Down Road from Newport towards Ryde. Henry’s father Martin, his mother Rosie, and his two brothers, Tom and Christopher, said: “Henry was gregarious and outgoing with a wide group of friends and huge zest for life. “Henry loved music, played violin and guitar – classical and contemporary – and had started learning the double bass. He had just finished his Foundation year at Falmouth College of Arts and was working for a printer in
BY JASON KAY Penryn while deciding on his future – in music, architecture or graphic design. “Henry had a very happy Cornish childhood and was greatly loved by his family
create nice pieces of art and just enjoy himself. “He was very into his music. He had just started playing the double bass and was amazing on the violin. He had just bought DJ decks as well. “We had been planning and looking forward to the festival for ages.” Police have made a fresh appeal for two potential
“Henry had a very happy Cornish childhood and was greatly loved by his family and by his many close friends.” and by his many close friends. He gave so much back to all of us and we are devastated by our loss.” Close friend Georgia Gendall, who went to the same art college and was with Henry at the festival, also paid tribute to him. She said: “Henry was a charming, absolutely amazing lad. He was very genuine and had so many friends. “He was a talented artist – very creative. He wanted to
witnesses to come forward. Mr. Minns received medical attention at the collision scene near the production and bus entrance to the Bestival music festival. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Newport where he was pronounced dead. Next-of-kin and HM Coroner for the Isle of Wight were informed, and an inquest was opened and adjourned at Newport Coroner’s Court. A 20-year-old woman from
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who was near the 19-year-old, received injuries that were not life threatening. She was also taken to hospital for treatment and later released. Inspector Martin Goodall of Hampshire Constabulary’s Roads Policing Unit said: “Police would like to thank members of the public who helped to look after the injured at the collision scene, and everyone who has come forward with information so far. “The focus of our enquiries at the moment is on locating more witnesses who we believe were driving along Mersley Down Road between midnight and half past midnight on the Sunday morning. “We are particularly keen to trace the driver of a two-seater sports car who stopped to speak with a woman walking along Mersley Down Road. Another motorist, in a four-by-four vehicle, was also seen driving in the vicinity of the collision. “Police are also establishing
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Henry Minns Henry Minns’ movements before the collision. We are aware he spent some time at the Bestival music festival on the Saturday. He had been ejected from Robin Hill Country Park by security staff because he was not wearing a Bestival wristband. “We would like to hear from anyone who thinks they may have seen Henry Minns walking along Mersley Down Road, Briddlesford Road or Downend Road on the Saturday night. He was wearing fancy dress, which some people may remember.” Mr. Minns’ fancy dress included red trousers and a top with two false arms, giving the appearance of someone with four arms. Anyone who thinks they saw Mr. Minns or who was a motorist on Mersley Down Road in the first half hour after midnight on Sunday is asked to contact the Road Death Investigation Team by phoning 101 or 0845 045 45 45 quoting Operation Baize. Bestival Promoter Rob da Bank said: “I am truly shocked and saddened by the fatal accident that took place outside of the
Bestival site. Our thoughts are with Henry’s family and friends. We are continuing to assist the police with the investigation.” A 33-year-old man from Worthing, West Sussex was arrested on Mersley Down Road shortly before 1.30am on Sunday, September 12. He was detained by police on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. The suspect was taken to Newport Police Station for questioning and later bailed until December 13, pending further enquiries. A second man, believed to have been a passenger in a silver Ford Focus, was also arrested in the Mersley Down Road area during the early hours of Sunday, September 12. The 20-yearold from Dyfed, Wales was questioned and bailed until December 13, pending further enquiries. A silver Ford Focus was found empty near the collision scene during the early hours of Sunday morning. Parts of Mersley Down Road were closed for at least 12 hours while police carried out an investigation at the collision scene.
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LIFEBOAT MAN’S CHALLENGING WALK
SANDOWN and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat crew member Mark Adams Rose is used to braving the elements. But he took on a totally different challenge when he volunteered to run from Sandown Pier to Shanklin Old Pier to help raise funds for his station. It may only have been two miles, but it was more like a marathon for Mark, because he completed the run wearing
his full lifeboat kit. He spent two months preparing for the run, and completed it in 17 minutes, raising around £560 in the process. Coxswain Mark Birch explained: “He had crew following with collection buckets and water and was greeted in Shanklin by his crew and family and the public. He had been training for two months but not with the lifeboat kit on. “He was a little warm but
very well and was amazed that he had raised so much, and would like to wish all the people that supported and donated a very big thank you.” More information can be found on website www. sandownlifeboat.com or ring Mark Birch on 07968673140 for any other information about the Sandown and Shanklin Lifeboat, and how they have to raise funds to stay afloat.
CRASH IN NEWPORT
PART OF Staplers Road in Newport was closed following a collision involving two vehicles. A Ford Escort was in collision with a Smart car. Emergency services from Hampshire police and the Isle of Wight ambulance services dealt with the incident.
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FUNDING TO HELP SAVE RYDE PIER
WIGHTLINK FERRY operators have confirmed they have secured funding of £3.5million to safeguard the future of the Ryde Pier. But motorists who use the pier when it re-opens for vehicles will have to pay a toll to help offset the cost of the major repairs. However, Wightlink will be able to continue operate their fast cat service between Ryde and Portsmouth. The money raised is for the first portion of work that will enable the pier to re-open to both pedestrians and vehicles. The final schedule of works is
still to be confirmed, however Wightlink are anticipating that the works will be completed during March 2011 – subject to Heritage approval, weather conditions and availability of sustainable FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) approved material. Wightlink spokesperson Kerry Jackson said; “Work is already well underway for the temporary walkway that will be in use whilst the promenade part of the pier is fully closed to enable these works to be undertaken. “In addition to the £3.5million,
further funds are required in the near future to undertake additional works to further parts of the pier structure. With these and higher costs associated with maintaining this Grade 11 Listed Structure Wightlink regrettably have no option but to re-introduce the pier toll charge for vehicles once the pier is re-opened to assist with these costs. The toll charge has not yet been confirmed and details of the charges will be released in due course. No charge will be made for pedestrians or cyclists.” Currently the pier remains
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ROGUE TRADER CHARGED WITH ‘FAKE’ SALES
THE IW COUNCIL has welcomed a sentence given to a market trader who was caught selling unlawful products by IW Council Trading Standards officers. Graham Raymond Thearle, formerly of Sandown Road, Shanklin, pleaded guilty at a court appearance in June at Newport Crown Court to six charges under either the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988 and the Trade Marks Act 1994. At a hearing on Friday September 17 at Portsmouth Crown Court, he was given a three month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for each of the six charges he faced, each sentence to run concurrent. He was also ordered to pay costs of £1500. Thearle’s market stall was visited several times by Trading Standards officers during the summer and autumn of 2008 following information received that some of the products on offer were either illegal copies or fake merchandise. This included Irish jokes CDs, a Dusty Springfield CD, a ‘Mamma Mia!’ CD and salt and pepper pots branded with either the Playboy logo or the Manchester United club badge. Each of the six charges related to selling fake merchandise or illegal copies and carried a maximum penalty of an unlimited fine or up to 10 years in prison. IW Council Cabinet Member for fire and community safety Barry Abraham said: “This court case is testament to the successful work of the council’s Trading Standards service and its partners, who carried out a thorough investigation to gather key evidence against Mr Thearle. “This successful prosecution sends out the message that the council will not tolerate the sale of illegal goods to the public. Illegal sales also damage legitimate traders and businesses because it takes trade away from them which can subsequently impact on jobs. “If customers buy a product, they rightfully expect it to be genuine and we have a duty to ensure that happens.”
restricted to passenger access only. On completion and opening of the temporary walkway cyclists and mobility scooters will be able to ride to the length of the pier Any passengers travelling via the train to and from Ryde Pier Head and Ryde Esplanade will be required to pay the standard Island Line fare. Normal Island Line Timetables will continue to operate. Season and Multilink ticket holders are permitted to travel between Ryde St Johns and Ryde Pier Head at no extra charge THE PHOENIX CHOIR will be performing until further notice a concert in aid of Help For Heroes at the Methodist Church, Foreland Road, Bembridge on Saturday October 9 at 7.30pm. In addition to singing songs from their own repertoire, the 40-strong choir will also feature tunes associated with various The road was closed for several conflicts over the last 100 years. Admission hours on Monday while recovery is free but there will be a retiring collection of the damaged vehicles took in aid of this very worthy charity. Help For place. And Southern Vectis bus Heroes merchandise will also be available. services 2 and 3 were badly The Isle of Wight SSAFA are holding a affected due to the closure. celebration dinner for ‘Be a Hero 125’ at Officers from the Roads policing Cowes Yacht Haven on Saturday, October unit in Shanklin are appealing 23, with Alan Titchmarsh the guest speaker. for any witnesses and they are Tickets are available at £45 per head for asked to contact PC1455 on 101 parties made up of table for eight. For further or 08450454545. information contact Sue Giles on 882317.
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EMERGENCY services were called out to a multi vehicle crash on Victoria Avenue, Shanklin. Fire crews from IW fire service, Shanklin made safe the vehicles after fuel and oil leaked from the vehicles. An 89 year man from Shanklin received injuries in the accident. The driver of the second vehicle and his passenger were unhurt.
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THE NEW COP ON THE BLOCK
ISLAND born Mike Sizer is the new sergeant appointed to work with the communities of East and West Cowes to prevent and reduce crime. Sgt. Sizer has joined the Safer Neighbourhoods teams for the two towns. He’s working alongside PC Dave Cooper, Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Steve Anker and PCSO Derek Howard who cover East Cowes. PC Justin Pringle, PC Mark Thomas, PC Mark O’Sullivan, PC Minka Armitage, PCSO Steve Oatley, PCSO Lisa Paul and Station Enquiry Officer (SEO) Dave Brooks cover West Cowes. Although Sgt. Sizer was born on the Island, he spent most of his formative years in and around Southampton. After 13 years in the RAF, he joined Hampshire Constabulary in 1996. He served at Bitterne, completed an attachment to the Force Crime Unit, and worked as a detective based in Eastleigh. He was promoted to Sergeant in 2006 and served at Southampton central police station until September 2009. Sergeant Sizer and his wife, also a serving police officer, then moved to the Island where he became a Targeted Patrol Team (TPT) supervising officer. He joined
the East and West Cowes Safer Neighbourhoods teams towards the end of August 2010. Sergeant Sizer replaces Sergeant Julie Cocks who has transferred to Shanklin police station to lead one of the Isle of Wight’s Targeted Patrol Teams (TPT), which provide a first response to 999 calls. Sgt. Sizer said: “My role as Sergeant for East and West Cowes is to help make sure policing responds to the needs and concerns of local residents. The teams are in contact with the community through regular patrols, beat surgeries, plus parish and town council meetings. Residents have consistent opportunities to influence the action we take to tackle their priorities. “I see Cowes and East Cowes as a role offering a diversity of challenges, and an opportunity for me to lead a team dedicated to keeping both towns as pleasant places to live and work. From my time serving in other parts of Hampshire, I’ve seen what the effects of crime and anti-social behaviour can have on an area and its inhabitants. I’m determined to tackle anyone who believes they can act with impunity or who is willing to undermine the quality of life for others.”
LOCAL ARTISTS TO BE ETCHED IN ARCADE HISTORY
HISTORIC Ryde Society has gone from strength to strength since I was formed in October last year to raise funds for a permanent Heritage Centre in Ryde. Now plans have been unveiled to open the centre in the basement of the Royal Victorian Arcade. The group has well over 100 members, and is confident there is a great deal of support for the plans both in Ryde and beyond. The main fundraiser will be the Royal Victorian Ryde 2011 weekend, which will take place over the first three days of July, next year. They are looking to involve the whole town in the celebrations, marking the 175th anniversary of the Royal Victoria
Arcade. A spokesperson said: “We have been invited to design new signs for the Royal Victoria Arcade, and have also commissioned 12 local artists to each create a picture for a month of the year to install in the panels of the rotunda ceiling. “We’re asking local individuals and businesses to donate £50 to sponsor these panels and have been delighted with the response of 19 so far. We are looking for a few more sponsors, however, so if anyone is interested, please get in touch with Wayne Jones, at Framers, or Liz or Lynne at Splash. All sponsors will be acknowledged on permanent display in the arcade.”
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GAS SCARE IN RYDE A MAN was found suffering from the effects of gas inhalation in a Ryde property yesterday (September 23). Emergency services cordoned off 56 George Street in Ryde at around 3.20pm yesterday afternoon whilst fire fighters from IW Fire service Ryde broke into the property and carried the man to safety. A 22 year-old man, named locally as Luke was found inside the property collapsed next to a gas cooker said a neighbor. The ambulance service alerted the police following a call to the property and the strong smell of gas outside the front door. Police officers evacuated a number of neighboring properties for the fear of leak. The man was taken to St Mary’s Hospital by ambulance. Gas engineers and a safety officer attended and carried out a gas safety checks, finding nothing suspicious. A spokesperson from Southern Gas services confirmed that they attended a property in Ryde this afternoon at the request of the emergency services and that they were working with them to establish if there were any faults in the gas delivery system.
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GIRL GBH CHARGE
A 12-YEAR-OLD school-girl has been charged by police following an assault in Ryde that occurred on July 4 this year. After the alleged assault a fifteen year old boy, who the Gazette aren’t naming, was rushed for emergency treatment to a specialist hospital in Odstock, in Wiltshire. The girl who can not be named for legal reasons answered police bail this week after being arrested by police at property in Upton Road Ryde. A police spokesperson said: Police can confirm a 12-year-old girl from the Isle of Wight, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) on September 22, 2010. “She was bailed to appear before the Isle of Wight Youth Court on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. “The charge follows an investigation by detectives from Isle of Wight CID after a teenage boy was injured in an alleged assault at an address in Upton Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight on July 4, 2010.”
WIND TURBINE PLANS ARE SHELVED
PLANS TO build three wind turbines at Ventnor Golf Club have been withdrawn but the trustees have vowed to fight on for permission to build. IMS (Industrial Maintenance Services), a preplanning consultancy company based in Portsmouth that was employed by the club to apply for the permissions, has now withdrawn the plans to build three turbines of 45 metres to blade tip. The application to build the turbines has been dogged by controversy, although many local residents are in favour of the scheme. At a late stage in the planning process a local resident managed to successfully petition the secretary of State for the necessity of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposal, although IW Council officials had previously not thought this necessary.
The club then had to commission an EIA from Mayer Brown at a cost of £40k, which was submitted to the council in January. The council then commissioned Capita Symonds to look at the EIA and provide a report. “We have only just received the 103 page report from Capita Symonds and we haven’t enough time to prepare a response before the planning committee meeting on October 6,” said Managing Director of Ventnor Golf Club Stewart Blackmore. “We’ve kept on asking when this report was going to be ready and now it has come too late for us to prepare a response. “Why has it only just been made available to us (at the end of August) when it is clearly dated April 2010? “We also want to know why Capita Symonds are recommending refusal. The Town Council has approved
the scheme twice. “I would contend that it is not the consultants job to recommend. It is their job to state the facts and then for the Council make the decisions.” “There were 1,300 letters sent to the planning department as part of the public consultation and of those only 274 were in objection – the rest were in support of the scheme. “We’re very frustrated. We appreciate that the council aren’t used to dealing with this type of application but we do think that the advice we have been given by the council has been very poor.” Ventnor Golf Club had also planned to build a small self-catering holiday village for golf fans to be powered by the turbines. “There would have been enough power produced for 600 households and it would have been channeled via the local grid,” said Stewart. The golf club have also
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The potential wind turbine site offered the income from one of the turbines to the local community; setting up a Community Interest Company to administer the funds, which would be independent of both the council and the golf club. “It seems very strange to us that the proposed biomass plant on the banks of the
Medina is attracting very little comment. I wonder if people realise that this will be bigger than Battersea Power Station and have a 70-metre chimney spewing ash into the sky. “Also where are the thousands of gallons of hot water going to be dispersed? It can’t all be used to keep
the prisoners at HMP IOW warm! “The so called green credentials of Messrs Gallimore and Tucker (also directors of ThWART) ought to be examined very carefully in my opinion.” There will be more on the proposed biomass power station in our next issue.
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IN THE PINK
FREE PINK icecream will be on offer from the Plaza icecream van in St James’s Square tomorrow (September 25) as they go pink for the Isle of Pink’s fundraising month for Breast Cancer Research. If you’re visiting Newport tomorrow don’t forget to pay a visit to Gary Hall’s distinctive brand new icecream van, which will also be paying its first visit to Plaza icecream’s regular Saturday location. All that is asked is that you give a donation to Breast Cancer Research and you can have a lovely pink, strawberry flavoured icecream. The Plaza icecream van will be in St James’s Square from 11am till 4pm and the Breast Cancer Research team will also be there to pink things up.
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TONY SPRAYS ISLAND TRAINS
THE FAMOUS Island Line trains made a brief return to London recently – but only as part of an art exhibition. Island spray can artist Tony Trowbridge had a very successful exhibition in Shoreditch, London where he was exhibiting 20 spray can paintings of the Island trains – formerly used on the London Underground - at the Illumini Event. The event, entitled Secret Subterranean London, was held in the basement labyrinth of Shoreditch Town Hall, where many secret underground locations like world war bunkers, disused stations, crypts and historical waterways were recreated at the amazing art event. Tony was one of only 40 artists chosen to take part in this exhibition. His series of the Island trains fitted perfectly with the underground theme of the event since Island trains are the old 1930s rolling stock from London. The exhibition, which ran for a week, attracted more than 7,000 visitors with close to 3,000 on the opening night. Tony said that he was amazed with the turn out, he didn’t
expect anything like that and was delighted to make some valuable contacts which he hopes will be a springboard into further shows around the east end of London. By the end of the show, Tony said that two London galleries had shown an interest in taking his work. In the meantime, Tony’s goal is to keep painting every day and keep producing pieces he’s happy with. Following on from the resounding success of his hide-and-seek exhibition in Barcelona in July; he will be holding his second hide-and-seek exhibition
in Glasgow next month. This year has been very successful for Tony. It started with the Urban Paint Festival in Bristol where he did a live performance of spray painting followed by a charity event at the Propeller inn where he helped raise over £1500 for Help for Heroes by spray painting Island magician Aaron Isted’s car bonnet. After seeing his work in the Bembridge Beaux Arts exhibition in the summer, the Seaview Gallery have asked him to be part of their exhibition The New Babylon- London Above & London Below.
TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC THE FIRST ever teddy bears’ picnic cycle took place at Nettlecombe Farm in Whitwell, with a great turnout of over 40 participants, including parents. The kids were split into two groups - tortoises and tractors - and both groups went on a figure of eight ride around the farm. En-route
children went by the fishing lakes, visited the donkeys in the fields and gave them carrots, the giant (sulcata) tortoises ‘Peter and Shelley’, and played on the tractor and the new baby donkey ‘Dylan’ and her mum ‘Bess’. Afterwards they had a picnic in the play areas of the farm and spent time playing and
looking at all the animals, which included emus, alpacas, pig, and giant rabbits. Money was raised for Piam Brown Kids’ cancer charity at Southampton Hospital, which is Nettlecombe Farm’s chosen charity of which they are avid fund raisers. It is hoped the fund day will become an annual event.
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LIVES WON’T BE PUT AT RISK
EMERGENCY 999 calls for a fire engine to attend on the Island are likely to be answered in Surrey if plans are passed to merge the IW Fire & Rescue Service control centre with that of Surrey Fire & Rescues Service in Reigate. In principal Conservative Councillors agreed to the move at a meeting on Wednesday evening (September 22). But Fire Control Chairman and Union Representative Andrew Cooper is calling on Isle of Wight Council to enter into a period of full consultation with fire fighters and the public about the merger, before implementing such an action. He said, “the Fire Brigades Union are deeply concerned that these proposals are hastily being moved forward, to the extent that full public consultation and scrutiny is being pushed aside, with the issue of the Island’s Fire Control not due to return to a Full Council Meeting (rather a delegated decision at a future Cabinet Meeting) for full, open and proper debate.” Andy Cooper stressed, “Councillors must provide the public with a full consultation process before making a decision which will affect the safety of all Island residents, visitors and businesses. At present Island
residents and businesses are being denied the opportunity for such a full public consultation on the issue their local Fire Control. We do not believe Island residents will be happy to have their emergency calls to the Fire Service answered in another county. Councillors must now also listen to Fire-fighters and Fire-fighters (Control) before making any further decisions on the proposal to have emergency 999 fire calls answered in Reigate, Surrey. “If adopted the level of service received by Island Tax Payers will be inferior to the exemplary and resilient service they currently enjoy.” Chief Fire Officer for IW Fire Service Paul Street said: “Any decision on consultation with staff or the wider public will be taken by the Local Authority. However, throughout any Project put in place to deal with any potential outsourcing of Fire Control, staff will be effectively communicated with to ensure transparency.” The public should be aware of the future move to Regional Control Centre’s which would take local control from the Island. This project, although currently under review by Government will move the IOW Fire Control Centre function to Fareham in Oct 2012 under the current timeline. The interim proposal that will
Roger Mazillius and this administration appear to be more than happy to accept awards to the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, achieved by the work of Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service staff in moving the service forward and achieving ever higher standards. However, when those same professional Fire-fighters and Fire-fighters (Control) are of the strong professional opinion that moving the Island Fire Control Centre will provide an inferior level of service to that currently delivered and increase the life risk to Island residents, visitors, businesses and Fire-fighters, such views and serious concerns are being sidelined and cast aside.”
At present, the local authority has not received any communication from firefighters in relation to this. If and when any are received the Service will endeavour, as always, to allay any fears and provide information that will support the case and reassure staff that the process will not cause any increased risk to either themselves or the general public. As indicated above, throughout the duration of any Project the Service will ensure that staff are informed at each stage along with effective communication with rep bodies. “Fire-fighters (Control) urge all Councillors to discover for themselves the true extent to which Fire-fighters rely
on accurate and reliable emergency call information, only truly achievable with local knowledge, which fundamentally affects the safety of island residents, visitors and Fire-fighters”. The current technology for call handling and mobilisation, although coming from Surrey will not only be supported by well established, trained fire control operators used to dealing with remote locations within their own respective county but also by local knowledge on the Island. This will remain in the form of fire crews, service personnel and operational officers that are used to dealing with incidents across the community. “Additionally, we urge Island residents and businesses to write to their local County and Parish councillors, as well as Island MP Andrew Turner, to express their views on this naive and ill-conceived proposal. Councillors should be mindful that in a recent YouGov survey (13th September 2010) eight out of ten (85%) of the public oppose government plans to cut funding in the Fire and Rescue Service. The proposed closure of the Islands Fire Control is a cut to the Fire Service. It would appear that Councillors know the cost of everything but the value of nothing”.
offences were detected.
detecting and disrupting the activities of those who jeopardise road safety and the quality of life for local residents. “We are pleased that reports of vehicle nuisance on the island between July and September fell from 245 in 2009 to 191 in 2010.
Despite this reduction, officers remain committed to continuing these types of operations so motorists understand that a dangerous disregard for people’s safety on the roads will not be tolerated. Thanks to ANPR, criminals do not have the freedom of the roads.”
Barry Abrahams and Paul Street see Island call handling and mobilisation undertaken by Surrey will ensure the Service can meet future challenges with advances in technology and provide the resilience of resources and infrastructure to meet those, whilst still providing an effective Service. In addition, efficiencies will be achieved without impact upon either the local community or visitors alike whilst maintaining a robust call handling and mobilising service. Ricky Matthews, Regional Secretary Fire Brigades Union (Southern Region) who also attended the Full Council meeting said “Cllr David Pugh, Cllr Barry Abraham, Cllr
FAB RESULT FOR ANPR
DURING a recent swoop on motoring offences by police three people were arrested, including a 22-year-old man from East Cowes, Isle of Wight, who was later charged with failing to stop for police, driving with no insurance, and driving licence offences. Also during the two day operation of their Spectrum Van Automatic Number Plate Recognition Unit (ANPR) Hampshire Constabulary’s Road’s Policing Unit (RPU) seized 20 vehicles, stopped 15 motorists for having no insurance, issued seven fines for no MOTs and detected two driving licence offences. Police are warning they will continue to prosecute motorists who break the law and put lives at risk on the Isle of Wight’s roads. The operation was part
of the force’s summer campaign against anti-social behaviour. Several communities on the island have highlighted concerns about speeding and motoring offences as a top priority for police to tackle and the Isle of Wight Community Safety Partnership has made a commitment to tackle anti-social behaviour reported by residents. For more information, go to www.saferwight.org.uk/ antisocialbehaviour.aspx Sergeant Simon Goss from Hampshire Constabulary’s Roads Policing Unit said: “ANPR technology was deployed from our Spectrum Van with officers on motorcycles stopping motorists suspected of breaking the law on main roads near Newport and
Ryde. Unmarked and high visibility police vehicles carried out patrols and checks elsewhere across the island. Police controllers from the new ANPR desk supported the operation by carrying out hundreds of checks on the identities of vehicles and drivers during both days of the operation.” The two-day operation produced the following results: ● 17 vehicles seized for suspected offences under section 165 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. ● 15 motorists were stopped for having no insurance. ● Seven fines were issued to motorists for MOT certificate offences. ● Three vehicles were seized for having no road tax. ● Two driving licence
Isle of Wight Community Safety Inspector Mark Bell added: “Communities on the Island have identified speeding and motoring offences as a priority for the police in certain areas, and we are responding by
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SUBSTANCE MISUSE MEETING CALLED
RESIDENTS on the Island who may have had problems with anti-social behaviour caused by alcohol or substance abuse might be interested in attending an event at the Riverside Centre next week. The event, on Tuesday September 28, has been planned to help develop substance misuse services on the Island and members of the public are encouraged to attend. Between 12.15pm and 1.45pm an open session is being held at The Riverside Centre where anyone can come along and meet agencies and organisations involved in substance misuse services. Among the items on the agenda include the Isle of Wight Alcohol Strategy, Integrated Offender Management Scheme and the annual needs assessment of IW Council’s Drug and Alcohol Action Team. Visitors can get relevant information and guidance on a range of issues and also give feedback and ideas on how services could be developed. For further information about the event contact Michael Ackrill on (01983) 550980 or by email to michael.ackrill@ iow.gov.uk
CHARITY QUIZ
THE LARGEST charity quiz on the Island will be staged in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on November 11. The quiz will take place at Lower Hyde, Shanklin from 7pm, with team of four needed to register in advance by calling 528989.
FIELD OF THOUGHT
MEMBERS of the uniformed services from the Island who have lost their lives serving the country will be remembered in a special field of remembrance at Carisbrooke Castle. The field will be unveiled in the Princess Beatrice Garden next to the castle’s chapel at a short service, conducted by the archdeacon of the Island, the Venerable Caroline Baston, at 11am on November 11. It will become the Island’s first ever field of remembrance. In the adjacent chapel are the names of all the servicemen and women from the Island who lost their lives during the First World War. The field will be open to the public from November 10 to 15, and small crosses will be available to buy from the British Legion at the castle’s visitor centre to place on the site.
SCOOBY HOPES TO WINALOT
AN ISLE OF WIGHT dog, and his family are wagging their way towards fame after entering a national photography competition that asks owners to share with the world their favourite pet and family moment. Scooby, from Sandown has been entered and if luck is on the Crawford family’s side, they could soon be appearing on packs of Winalot nationwide. Mum, Shena Crawford said: “Scooby, is such an important part of our family. From the moment he arrived at our home, he’s been inseparable from our son Joseph. When Joseph was growing up, they were together all the time, chasing each other
around the house until they both collapsed in a heap on the carpet. “The pair of them grew up together and even though Scooby is now a bit of a middle-aged hound at seven, he is still as patient and affectionate with nine-year old Joseph as he’s always been. “We’ve got our fingers crossed that this stands out to the judges above all of the other entries. Scooby is such a loving and loyal pet and it would mean so much to us to have our photo seen by millions on packs of Winalot.” The Winalot competition, which celebrates the magical times families share with their dogs is open to new entries until
October 1. All that is required is a picture of your family and pet sharing a special moment along with a description on why that moment stood out. If the Crawford family make it to the next round they will take part in a professional photo shoot with their proud hound, followed by a VIP trip to London for two with dog, of course, where they’ll see their photo on display in an art gallery. The overall winning family and their dog will be announced by celebrity dog owner Ben Fogle at the exhibition in December. Winalot spokesperson Ingrid Hayes, said: “We really liked the photo of Scooby curled up
on the sofa next to Shena’s son. It really shows how important a role pets play in our family and how good a friend they can be to your son or daughter. It stands a good chance of making the shortlist, though the competition is intense. “There are a lot of passionate dog owners out there! Scooby is clearly a valued and loving member of the Crawford family, and that is what this competition is all about.” If the Crawford family are chosen as the winning family at the end of the Winalot competition, they will make their debut on packs of Winalot in 2011.
TANKER CREW RESCUED
A PRACTICE rescue drill in the Solent turned into a real life rescue drama when six crewmen on a tanker were thrown into the sea. During the drill a line on the rescue boat of the British Cormorant snapped, capsizing the boat and throwing the six crewmen into the sea. Three crewmen on the ship were injured during the accident. All six of the crewmen were recovered from the water and landed at Bembridge by the Coastguard rescue helicopter from Lee on Solent. Two crewmen were then taken on to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, one with suspected spinal injuries. The ship’s rescue boat was recovered by The Bembridge RNLI lifeboat.
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MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED ISLAND ASSAULT
EXTRAORDINARILY low tides meant that the paddle steamer Waverley was unable to dock at Bournemouth Pier and passengers were left stranded. Tides on Sunday September 12 performed below prediction, which meant that the water was too shallow for the boat to dock and twelve passengers from the Island watched as she sailed away. The Waverley then had to take the 171 passengers who had been about to disembark at Bournemouth over to Yarmouth where the paddle steamer was able to dock safely. Both groups of passengers then had to be taken to their destinations by alternative
transport. At Bournemouth two large taxis took the passengers to Lymington where they took the Wightlink ferry to Yarmouth. The passengers in Yarmouth were put onto the ferry to take them to Lymington and then driven back to Bournemouth in three coaches. “It was unbelievable – it doesn’t seem right that they could just leave us there,” said Mrs Richardson from St Helens. “It came in but there was a grinding noise and it pulled out again. We thought it was going to try and dock around the other side but it just sailed away. Why didn’t the captain know the tides? And you’d think that there would have been someone from
the Waverley on the pier. “A man who worked on the pier helped us and told us that a bus would be coming to pick us up and then about 45 minutes later two taxis came and took
us to Lymington. He was really helpful. He wasn’t anything to do with the Waverley – what would have happened if he hadn’t been there?
POLICE PROBING THE DEATH OF RYDE WOMAN
PRINCESS TO OPEN NEW CENTRE
HRH PRINCESS ANNE, The Princess Royal will be visiting the Island on October 1. Princess Anne will be visiting the Parkhurst wing of HMP Isle of Wight, before travelling a short distance down the road to officially open The IW College’s new 6form Centre. The building, designed by Pick Everard, is located on the campus below the car park and will provide 1,800sqm over three storeys and has cost approximately £5million. The new centre will provide teaching accommodation for A Level delivery offering
science laboratories, art rooms, IT classroom, dark room, general teaching spaces, social space and staff offices. It will include features and concepts for sustainability such as rain water havesting, biodiversity and the use of green materials, targeting a high BREEAM sustainability rating. The main contractor was Miller Construction Ltd, have employed many Island contractors including John Peck Ltd, Clarkes Mechanical Ltd and Paktron Electrical Ltd. The new 6form centre offers a choice of 35 different A Level subjects. The first cohort of students
have already started and will move into the new building very shortly. College Principal, Debbie Lavin said “This is wonderful for the College and the Island, the building and the College sixth form will provide new opportunities for Island students. It is also good that the construction work has supported the local economy with many island companies directly involved in the construction work.” Princess Anne is scheduled to have lunch at the College following her visit to Parkhurst, before officially opening the Centre.
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POLICE are appealing for information after an allegation of assault in Sandown. Detectives from IW CID are making enquiries into reports of a 39-year-old man being injured by another man in the town’s High Street area. It’s alleged the assault took place near the Library sometime between 12pm and 1pm on Wednesday, September 15. The victim was taken to hospital where he received treatment for injuries, which were not life threatening. House-to-house, forensic and CCTV enquiries are continuing. A 57-year-old man from Sandown was later arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and later bailed until November 17, pending further enquiries. Police are appealing for anyone who was in Sandown High Street at lunchtime last Wednesday (September 15) to contact Isle of Wight CID at Newport Police Station by phoning 101.
DETECTIVES from the Isle of Wight Priority Crime Unit (PCU) are continuing to investigate the death of a woman in Ryde on the Island. The body of Jayne Louise Robinson, 37, was found in a flat in West Street on June 23. The death is not being treated as suspicious. Five people have been arrested during the course of enquiries so far. Four remain on bail on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a class A drug. A 52-year-old man from Sandown answered bail on Monday, and was rebailed until November 4 pending further enquiries. A 44-year-old man from Ryde remains on bail until October 20, pending further enquiries. A 38-year-old woman from Ryde also remains on bail until October 20 pending further enquiries, as does a 50-year-old man from Ryde. A 46-yearold man from Ryde was released from bail with no further action. Anyone with infor- mation relating to the circumstances surroun-ding Jayne Robinson’s death is asked to contact the Priority Crime Unit at Newport Police Station by phoning 101 or 0845 045 45 45.
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The Gazette, Friday, September 24, 2010
BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS
By Vanessa Churchman
BEACH HAS A CLEAN-UP A GROUP who made a recent beach clean at Shanklin collected nearly 800 items of rubbish in only one and a half hours. As part of the Green Towns Project in Shanklin, Lesley Hampshire and a small group of willing volunteers registered with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) to take part in the annual Beachwatch Big Weekend on Sunday September 19. “This is a national event in which local volunteers help make a practical difference to
their beach - in this case, the part from the Chine towards Luccombe - by removing rubbish. Everything has to be recorded and put into different categories,” said Lesley. “MCS will use data from this and hundreds of other surveys, all carried out over the same weekend, to tackle sources of litter at national and international levels.” The datebase can be accessed at www.mcsuk.org “When we arrived, we thought the beach looked
pretty clean but in one and a half hours we recorded 798 items, which shocked us! The most common were plastic items, including fishing line, cotton buds, plastic bags, drinks bottles etc. These take a long time to bio-degrade and are an increasing problem for marine life. “This was about the same amount as we found last year, but I was shocked to read that since 1994 the amount of beach litter has increased by 77 per cent and the majority of it is plastic.”
SHANKLIN THEATRE came alive on Tuesday night (September 21) with ‘The Good Old Days’. Compared by Johnny Dennis, the two and half hour show was over so quickly that the audience were calling for more. With a host of London stars, the first half was stolen by Mark Walsh, very reminiscent of George Formby but his banjo playing was incredible and he brought the instrument alive with his wonderful performance. However Judith Hibberd with her rendition of ‘Sally, Sally’ brought back memories of Gracie Fields but showed that there are people around outside of opera with wonderful soprano voices. This does not take anything away from the other stars such as Jan Hunt in her brilliant red dress and light hearted comedy and Richard Winch with his Lord Mayor’s song.
The second half must go to Don McLean. His up-to-theminute humour and jokes would have gone down very well anywhere and when he started to sing it turned out he had the most beautiful tenor voice. My admiration for the original ‘One Man Band’ goes to David Carter who played the piano and organ at the same time and he never seemed to miss a beat. However Jane Webster who got the audience singing
deserves mention. The cast came down into the audience at the end of the evening, which is something I have never experienced before; people loved it and it did add just that little extra touch to a really good evening. It also gave some of us a chance to examine the Pearly King suit of Larry Barnes – he assured us he had sewn on every button himself, thousands of them! I shall certainly book my seat when they return.
A ‘FRESH’ APPEAL CLEAN UP YOUR DOG MESS
POLICE are appealing for witnesses as an investigation into reports of criminal damage to parked cars in Freshwater continues. Officers were called shortly after midnight on the morning of Sunday, September 19, to an area known locally as the chalk pit near Farringford Farm. Upon arrival, police spoke with a group of approximately 20 teenagers and young men who appeared to have been drinking. Police later received a separate call to a nearby road named ‘Middleton’ where there were allegations about a group of people trying to damage car wing mirrors. This group is alleged to have walked away in the direction of Summers Lane. Police were also called to
Tennyson Road where there were further unconfirmed reports of teenagers kicking wing mirrors off vehicles. Damage to windows and cars in Avenue Road was also reported to police. An 18-year-old man from Totland and two 17-year-old youths from Freshwater were later arrested, taken to Newport Police Station and bailed until November 18, 2010 pending further enquiries. Police are appealing for witnesses who may have noticed anyone acting suspiciously near parked cars in the Freshwater area late on Saturday night (September 18) or early on Sunday morning (September 19). Anyone with information is asked to contact Newport Police Station by phoning 101.
MAKE SURE that you bag and bin your dog mess in any type of bin is the latest message from the council. The IW Council are supporting a national campaign that calls on dog owners to clean up after their pets and put the mess in any dustbin, not just those provided for that specific purpose. Two-year-old Amiee Langdon has partially lost sight in her left eye after falling in dog mess in a park and rubbing her eye, causing an infection. So it is this unfortunate little girl who has been chosen to front this
campaign by Keep Britain Tidy. Despite the threat of fines and the health hazards, some owners still don’t pick up after their animals, or if they do, they simply throw the bag into a hedge or onto a tree. The latest campaign is aimed at reminding dog owners that dog mess can be thrown into any general litter bin as long as it is bagged. Recent research has shown that four in five dog owners don’t know this. Isle of Wight Council Cabinet member responsible for community safety Barry Abraham said:
“Dog fouling is unpleasant and also dangerous and is something the public often highlight as being a problem. It takes less than a minute to clear up after your pet and put the bag into any public bin. “By supporting this national campaign, the council and its Dog Warden service is hoping to raise awareness that you can put dog mess in any pubic bin and help cut down on this unsightly problem in the process.” Isle of Wight Council is one of 85 councils to support Keep Britain Tidy during the campaign.
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POLICE PRAISE FOR BESTIVAL
THE GOOD natured and responsible behaviour among the vast majority of visitors to this year’s Bestival music festival was seen by Island police. Around 50,000 people enjoyed four days of live music and entertainment at Robin Hill Country Park, with organisations from the Island’s Community Safety Partnership, including Hampshire Constabulary, IW Council and NHS Isle of Wight worked closely alongside Bestival event organisers and their security staff. Hampshire Constabulary Isle of Wight Safer Neighbourhoods Inspector Terry Clawson said: “Months of planning and joint working with event organisers and other agencies go into this operation. Our approach is based on tried and tested principles of neighbourhood policing as the Bestival forms a temporary community, which presents similar challenges to policing any town or village.” Extra police officers and staff were on duty to provide
reassurance and support to event organisers if required. Uniform police officers from Hampshire Constabulary and other police forces worked at the Bestival campsite entrances to stop supplies of illegal drugs at the event. There were 36 investigations into the supply of drugs, an increase compared to the 24 investigations last year. There were 79 arrests and street bails for the possession of drugs, and 71 people received cannabis warnings. The total value of drugs seized for all four days was in the region of £102,000. This was a reduction on the £157,941 seized at the Bestival in 2009. The overall number of drug related crimes fell from 292 in 2009 to 186 this year. A total of 52 people were seen by counsellors from the independent drugs treatment charity ‘Cranstoun’ who were part of the police operation to prevent the risks of drugs use at the Bestival. Inspector Terry Clawson said: “We’re pleased that
crime levels remained low among an audience that was 10 per cent larger than last year. The good atmosphere within the event is as a result of the planning and co-operation that takes place between organisers and partner agencies. Every year we have visitors from
PASSENGER HURT IN RYDE COLLISION
closed while treated the woman A PENSIONER suffered remained injuries after a 4×4 vehicle, emergency service personnel investigated the scene. in which she was a passenger, was involved in a collision with a camper van. The 80-year-old woman was taken to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport following the crash close to Fiveways School in Ryde. A Hampshire Police spokesman said a Toyota vehicle, being driven by the woman’s partner was involved in a collision at traffic lights. The road
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other police forces who see Bestival as a real example of good practice in the policing of festivals.” Security stewards and police carried out joint patrols on the campsites where crime prevention advice and lanyards were given to Bestival goers. Inspector
Clawson added: “Our crime prevention lanyards again proved popular in response to national warnings about pick pockets at festivals across the UK. “Bestival goers visited the police’s campsite office to ask for extra lanyards during the weekend. The numbers of thefts from people reported so far is 13, which is in line with last year’s numbers. Thefts from tents reported so far have risen slightly from 63 in 2009 to 84 in 2010, but these levels are still low when you consider the campsite was at least 20 per cent larger this year. “Joint working between security and police to prevent sexual offences worked well, in particular the use of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust welfare tent where volunteers helped people who felt or were deemed vulnerable. Four people were taken to hospital over the whole of Bestival because of overdoses. This is the same figure as 2009. “Issues surrounding’ legal highs’ were managed effectively with only one
seizure of a substance during the event. Police welcome the zero tolerance attitude of Bestival organisers towards ‘legal highs’, which were prohibited at the event again this year, with anyone found in possession being asked to leave if they did not hand over the substances voluntarily. We are pleased that the majority of people appear to have taken notice of the health warnings during fresh national concerns about these substances.” Inspector Martin Goodall of Hampshire Constabulary’s Roads Policing Unit said: “Police are continuing to investigate the fatal road collision near the Bestival production entrance on Mersley Down Road shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. We would like to thank event organisers and security staff for their considerable co-operation and support. We are also grateful to members of the public who assisted with looking after the injured at the collision scene, and those have come forward with information so far.”
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UP FOR SLEEK SHOW CAR ENTHUSIASTS came from all over the UK and Europe for the Classic Car Extravaganza last weekend in Newport and Ryde. Between 250 and 300 vehicles were at Newport Quay on Saturday, and more than 400 spread along Ryde seafront on Sunday, giving a wonderful spectacle for passers by. Not only cars but other vehicles of interest and a growing number of vintage motorbikes now join the petrol-head festival and make a superb show. Russell Cooper, 50, from Binstead, was with his 1993 Black Mitsubishi GTO – an import from Japan he bought seven years ago. The Mitsubishi’s engine has been completely rebuilt and has a chrome Plenum
chamber, chrome strut base and a blue Samco hose kit. It has a K and N air filter, the suspension has been lowered and it has a Varis bodykit with the exterior now resprayed black with a blue metallic sparkle. Also on board are mongoose stablisers and a steel exhaust system and the interior had all been changed to leather, with
black and blue bucket seats. “When I bought it seven years ago it looked like it had come from the scrapheap,” said Russell. “I’ve spent £7,000 on it since - £3,000 on the engine. But I’m lucky that both my brothers are mechanics.” Russell takes his car to around 20 shows per year and also does a lot of
track days, putting the car through her paces at some of the most famous circuits in the country. Also on display was Russell’s yellow Ducati 748R motorbike. “It was a great weekend,” said Russell, “but they ought to put something on in the evening – put up a marquee and put some bands on or something.”
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CHAMPION DISPLAYS A TROPHY NAME Isle of Wight County Ploughing Match Open Championship IOW County Reserve Challenge Cup Ryland - Short Challenge Trophy Young Competitors Class NFU Mutual Finance Cup AAH Wykeham Cup IW County Ploughing Match - The Roy Kingswell Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Best Work by a Match Plough IOW Ploughing Match - Joan Buckhurst Memorial Cup Challenge Cup Presented by J Starke for Best Work with One Way Plough IOW Ploughing Match Perpetial Challenge Cup, Presented by A G Moody to the Winner of the Veteran Tractor Class IW Ploughing Match Leigh Thomas Perpetual Challenge Cup IW Ploughing Match The Den Phillips Perpetual Challenge Cup for The Best Finish Steve Burden Cup for Best Novice IOW Ploughing Match Society Presented by R.Ryland-Short IWCPM for The Best Crown Presented by J H Brown Mobile Oil Co and Watson & Haig Ltd Award Champion Ploughman Isle of Wight Ploughing Match Royal IW Agricultural Society International Cup for Best Work with International Tractor IW Ploughing Match The Massey Ferguson Challenge Cup Presented by J H Linington Ltd Presented By The Orchard Eng Co Ltd For the Best Performance by a David Brown Isle of Wight Ploughing Match Committee Tyreservices GB Goodyear Cup - Highest Points Scorer on Goodyear Tractor Tyres Isle of Wight Ploughing Competition Challenge Cup Presented By Frank Cheverton Presented by IW Traction Engine Club For The Best Kept Vintage Tractor Challenge Cup For The Best Veteran Tractor Presented By Corve Tractors Miss A Russell Half Sovereign Jim Flux Memorial Salver Presented to the Hosts of The Ploughing Match Harry Ferguson Memorial Trophy Best Kept Tractor Farms and Crops Competitions IOW Ploughing Match Presented by R Ryland-Short Nickerson Cup The Tom Gazzard Perpetual Challenge Cup Best Crop of Standing Maize Presented by David Bright & Howard Yates Isle of Wight Ploughing Match Committee Best Crop of Kale or Oil Seed Rape IOW Ploughing Match Presented by R Ryland-Short Sample Crops Best Sample The Shalfleet Tankard Muddiman Salver - Best Crop of Spring Barley Baird Bros Cup
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2010 WINNER
Champion Ploughman
S Peachey
Reserve Champion Ploughman
R Davidson
Class 1 - (14 - 21 years old). Sponsor: Barclays Bank
G Richards
Class 2 - General Purpose ploughs. Sponsor: Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd
R Davidson
Class 3 -Vintage Tractor with pre 1965 mounted plough Sponsor: NFU
A Watts
Class 4 - Match Ploughs. Sponsor: Christopher Scott
S Peachey
Class 5 - Semi Digger ploughs with any no. of furrows. Sponsor: Glanvilles Solicitors R W J Toms Class 6 - Reversable Ploughs. Sponsor: R Hunt (Agriculture Engineers) Ltd
S Read
Class 7 - Veteran Tractor with trailer Plough. Sponsor: Glanvilles Solicitors
G Draper
Class 8 - Tractor not exceeding 20hp with single furrow plough. Sponsor: PB Structures
G Snudden
The Best Finish
G J Phillips
Novice Ploughman - Highest Points
D Watts
Reserve Novice
D Wilson
Best Crown
R Davidson
Champion Ploughman
S Peachey
Best Work - International Tractor
R G W Toms
Best Work - Massey Ferguson Tractor
R Richards
Best Work - David Brown Tractor
A Watts
Best Work - Goodyear Tyres
S Peachey
Best Work - FordTractor
G Draper
Best Kept Vintage Tractor
J Gulliver
Best Veteran Tractor
B Parker
Youngest Competitor
G Richards
Ploughing Match Hosts
Mr A Taylor
Best Kept Modern Tractor
D Watts
Winner of the Best Grass Ley
S & J Burden
Winner of Best Ley
H F George
Winner of the Best Kept Dairy
A Turney (Afton)
Winner of the Best Crop Maize
H F George
Winner of the Best Crop Oil Seed Rape
N Smith
Highest Points Sample Crops Competition
A E Brown
Best Sample Crops Competition
P Hadley
Winner of the Best Crop of Linseed
D R & C M Morris
Winner of the Best Crop of Spring Barley
M Morris
Winner of the Best Crop of Peas
E Bevis & son
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COASTGUARDS SO VITAL WHEN A distress call comes into the Coastguard it is a Lee on the Solent where the message is picked up. Solent Coastguard MRCC is situated next to the Daedalus slipway at Lee-onthe-Solent. The operations room occupies most of the top floor of the building. Solent MRCC is one of nineteen stations around the UK. The Coastguard Helicopter Unit is based on the Daedalus airfield behind the MRCC. Primarily responsible for maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), HM Coastguard is part of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency and also has responsibilities for Counter Pollution and Salvage, Maritime Safety Information and duties regarding the Receiver of Wreck. The Solent Coastguard District covers the coastline from Belle Tout Lighthouse (near Beachy Head) to the Hampshire / Dorset boarder, the Isle of Wight and seaward to the median line in mid channel. Lee Fisher is Rescue
BY JASON KAY Coordination Centre Manager (RCCM). “However the post still requires a huge amount of liaison with partner organisations and anyone who has an interest in the service HM Coastguard provides a public service too,” he explained. “I have been in post for a little under six years having joined after 24 years service with the British Army in the Royal Logistic Corps maritime trades (Sea going Soldiers!). “I am responsible for ensuring the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) can provide a service by ensuring we have the right amount of staff. They are trained, work to required standards, our equipment works and we can respond to emergencies and routine calls in a calm and efficient manner. We do of course provide many other niche services.
In addition I represent our interests with other Emergency Services, Local Authorities, Government Agencies, MoD, the NHS and voluntary organisations at a tactical, and occasionally, a strategic level. “It’s a demanding, fast flowing job that brings me into contact with a diverse range of interesting people from leisure, commercial and professional maritime backgrounds. “When a call comes in firstly the officers there will establish the location as accurately as possible, determine what the problem is and who
is involved – just people and/or a vessel. Then they will decide on the best response, which will not necessarily involve the helicopter. If the helicopter is to be used it will usually come from Lee on the Solent. “There are two helicopters available to the coastguard, one which is on duty and one on standby. There is a pool of nine pilots and nine crewmen and two pilots and two crewmen comprise the duty crew. One of the crewmen is paramedic trained. “On the Island we have
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three coast rescue teams placed strategically around the Island and the location of the incident determines which team we deploy. Generally they travel in the Coastguard vehicle or their own cars to the scene. “In addition there are four RNLI Lifeboats, two All Weather boats based at Bembridge & Yarmouth respectively and two Inshore boats; one at Bembridge and one at Cowes. There are also two independent lifeboat stations, one at Ryde, which has two boats, and one at Freshwater Bay, which also has two boats. The aircrew are full time staff - all the others mentioned are volunteers. “Generally an initial team of two are tasked unless the nature of the incident indicates more will be
required from the outset. Each team can have up to a maximum of 13 but on average when we require a full team about eight attend. If more manpower is required we can task members of the other teams to assist. “The decisions as to the actions taken at the scene are dealt with by the Senior Officer present as he or she can see the terrain, weather conditions, the nature of the incident and any other pertinent points first hand. All decisions and actions are passed through the MRCC who maintain overall coordination of all incidents. “There are many options and these depend on the nature and location of the incident. If the incident is sea borne then the options are requesting the launch of one of four RNLI lifeboats located on the
Island or the Ryde Inshore or Freshwater Independent Lifeboats. If the nature of the incident requires it we can task the CG helicopter. For transferring casualties the preferred method is winching to or from the helicopter even to cruise or naval vessels. “If the incident is on the shore, cliffs or mud then we can task the Coast Rescue Teams all of whom are trained in Cliff Rescue and search techniques. In addition one of the teams is trained and equipped in mud rescue. “The process of call answering and handling has changed very little in the past few years. We still answer the telephone and the radio in the same manner and need to take as much basic information as we can. The phone and radio systems have changed in how they appear to us
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in that they are now touch screen and we do now have other equipment available to help us to establish the location of casualties if they are unsure of their position. “Members of the public can best assist by doing as instructed by the coastguards, and any other emergency service personnel, who are on scene. They should not try to affect a rescue themselves; the first action should be to notify the emergency services by dialling 999 and asking for The Coastguard. “The most common reason for the coastguard helicopter being called out is to evacuate people who have become injured or stuck on the cliffs and beaches of the Island where
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vehicular and or pedestrian access is limited or difficult or where it would be unsafe for a lifeboat to evacuate them from a beach because of the sea or tidal conditions.” Lee said that the most annoying/stupid reason that the Coastguard have been called out for is, “to people who have not done their preparation properly, whether that be not being appropriately equipped for the activity they are planning to undertake or that they have not found out or taken heed of the weather and tidal predictions, or indeed their own capabilities and limitations.” On average it costs £2,000 per flight to call out the Coastguard Helicopter.
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A VIEW OF THE BES BEING a Bestival camper is a strange and wonderful time. The whole Bestival experience begins with the tents. Setting up the tents isn’t so much the problem it’s scrambling the night before to try and find the tent that you haven’t used for weeks since your last festival/camp out. Once you have the tent, sleeping bag and a few sets of clothes (oh and not to forget your costume for Saturday), or if your travelling light the clothes on your back, then you’re ready to get in line early so that you can get a good pitching spot in the camping fields. I spoke to people who had come to line up as early as 3am in the morning! My camping crew and I may not have got into the “amazing”
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green campsite but we still had our best Bestival. We liked to think that it was better to have a camp a bit further away as there was less rubbish. Not sure that was entirely accurate. After returning from the press tent I would encounter countless new cans, bottles, cigarette butts and dozens of broken chairs. Why my friends had felt the need to run off and find broken chairs I don’t know. In any case it’s irrelevant as we all set out into the Bestival ground. As soon as you step in it hits you - Bestival is here again. It’s unlike any other festival: The overwhelming amount of stages, bands, comedians and
the general artistic culture are mind blowing. I spoke to many different first time Bestival goers who were lost for words on the amazing line-ups and set up. The height of conversation was about the Arcadia stage along with Jaguar Skills, Sub Focus, Chasing Status, The Prodigy, all the surprise acts and so many more that I could not possibly list. Despite Bestival having a main stage, I felt that it really wasn’t the main focus for Bestival as all stages were jam packed every night. It was a struggle to get into the Big Top, The Arcadia presents Spider Stage was packed right back to the fencing past 8pm, Sailor Jerry’s Ink City and even smaller stages such as the Bandstand, The Poker Tent
and The Knees up tent were alive with the hustling and bustling of music. I saw so many bands that the list would go on. It was difficult to stay in any one place; you just wanted to see everything! With so many different acts clashing you had to mix and match what you wanted to go and see. I must admit that for my love of Simian Mobile Disco I could not move from the crowd to see The XX in the Big Top as the two clashed. I heard the XX were good but I don’t think anything could compare to standing right at the front in the crowd for Simian Mobile Disco. The whole crowd dancing and jumping around the energy was incredible. When ‘Hustler’ came
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ST OF THE BESTIVAL on you could just hear everyone singing as one, “I’m a hustler baby, that’s what my daddy’s made me”. I went around on several different occasions and realised I was walking past areas where our own Island bands where playing, walking towards the Arcadia presents Spider Stage I heard Council Estate Super Models in Sailor Jerry’s Ink City. A walk through the woods and I was hit with Paper Romance, Santa
Steadman was ready to owe me anything! Once the fun with all your favourite acts is over at night you have a choice of multiple DJ sets, music in the smaller tents and the Silent Disco. I was gutted that the Cabaret tent was packed out every night by the time I got to it for the Silent Disco, but it must have been good if no one wanted to
“Despite Bestival having a main stage, I felt that it really wasn’t the main focus for Bestival as all stages were jam packed every night.” Spirita and acoustics by Michael Champion, then a gentle stroll down the hill to hear The Shutes and Pilots at the Bandstand. What a wonderful feeling, to have people you know mixing with the likes of Darwin Deez, Filthy Dukes and Bombay Bicycle Club. The phones were slightly slow, texts were late and phone calls were unheard of for some, but my phone was on top form! I had people texting me with where to be and when. But I must admit I did jet off of on several different occasions leaving friends there is no time to lose at Bestival. I was very happy to catch the surprise set by Bombay Bicycle Club at the bandstand on Friday night, although I’ll admit it was a bit quiet, but I was still happy sitting and swaying along to Jack Steadman singing “I am ready to owe you anything”. If only Jack
get out. I heard about some strange combinations within the Silent Disco such as Rufus Hound Vs Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip? On one occasion, when walking back to our camp, my friend grabbed me quite abruptly and shouted, ”Stop, I can hear Rufus Hound! Where is he?” at which point our attentions were all directed at the Cabaret tent where we quickly found ourselves sat, giggling away. I can’t fault this Bestival. I don’t think the rain even deterred people from having a good time. The muddiest areas were in the campsite and there were tents to sit in, and in our case we had an abundance of broken chairs to reassemble in the dark, which drew attention from neighbouring campers, so many friends were made. Oh the joys of camping at Bestival!
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THE LARGE pink trash guzzling monster was a big hit at the Bestival and he ate around 90 bin bags of rubbish over the weekend. Organised by ‘We Are What Do’, the green initiative brought recycling into the arena in a colourful and interactive fashion as people were invited to drop their rubbish into holes
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along the body of the dragon. We are What We Do surveyed a hundred people on Sunday afternoon, to get a sense of recall and comprehension. The results are: • approx. 70% saw a big, pink dragon at Bestival • approx. 80% of them associated his purpose with recycling rubbish • approx. 40% of those who associated him with recycling agreed that it made them more aware of the importance of putting their rubbish in the right place • approx. 10% of those who saw him recalled We Are What We Do as the people behind
the initiative. The monster collected an average of 10 large bin bags per hour across plastic bottles, paper packaging, cans and cups. They were out for a total of nine hours across three days, so they can estimate that they collected about 90 bags in total. They can estimate that they ‘bit’ around 3,740 people (ie those who dumped their rubbish with Jacques). You can have a look at a little film that 10:10 made here, to get a sense of what they got up to and how people reacted: www.vimeo.com/14924963 (2.10min mark).
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SUNDAY AT SUNDAY BEST HQ
THOUGH Bestival might have had a growth spurt in the last few years of course it still keeps hold of its original aims to bring fresh, new and eclectic music to the light of day with Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best record label. Artists from the label who performed during the weekend include Dan Le sac vs Scroobius pip, the DJ/poet combination who got everyone jumping at the main stage at around half four on Friday. David E Sugar who is a new addition to the label with alternative electro and
WHAT A LEVEL BEST START
MARK KING has expressed his delight at performing back on the Island following the invitation for his world-renowned band Level 42 to open this year’s Bestival. Mark and his fellow band members wowed the crowds at Robin hill, even though he admits it was quite unusual being out on stage at 11.45 in the morning. That is why he knew he had to try something different to capture the attention of the masses. In zany fancy dress outfits, Level 42 not only performed their greatest hits, but also kicked 380 beach balls and threw around 1,000 whistles into the audience – and how they loved it. To add a bit of glamour the band were backed by dancers, including rising Island star Emma Wharton. Mark smiled: “It was great to get dressed up, and I thought it would be great to have some dancers in. I had seen Emma before, so I tracked down her agent. She is a really sweet girl and a great dancer, and I wanted her there because I knew we were going to be first on, and everyone would be lying in their tents with hangovers. In the middle of the day with no lighting it is really difficult – it’s a double edged sword thing. “Organiser Rob Da Bank was telling me we had the kudos of opening the Bestival, but we were on at 11.45 and I am not usually up at that time! But the whole thing worked out exactly as I wanted – to say the band is alive and well, and back performing on the Isle of Wight. What can be better than that? We have been the most successful band the Island has produced by a long way. “I could understand why we hadn’t been approached by the Festival promoters because we had sort of disappeared off the radar. We re-formed in 2001, but we didn’t do a big Spandau Ballet or Take That style comeback. “Doing the Bestival was great, and I
think it took a few people, including the promoters by surprise. When we went on the crowds were a bit thin, but by the time we finished the place was heaving. It was amazing to see the people running down off the hill, and I don’t know if many other artists had the people chanting ‘we want more’. “Unfortunately we couldn’t because of time controls. I found it quite nerve-racking, because when you in Europe or the United States doing a concert you don’t look out and see your sister, wife, kids, cousins and nephews in the audience. It is not every day you get to do that, and I had a lump in my throat when we started.” As for the fancy dress, Mark explained: “My top hat was a bit too big, and kept slipping down. I looked like Smithy from the Bash Street Kids. Someone asked me if I had come as Elton John. The hat was driving me mad. I was playing all the
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time, and I had tucked my ears inside the hat, so it kept falling down over my eyes. I was like the band on the Titanic, I just kept playing on.” He added: I hope the Island was proud of us. The band is strong, but we wanted to make it an occasion, and let everyone have a good time. We wanted people to know we are an Island band, and they were on the Island, so let’s have a great weekend. I asked if we could do it as part of our 30th anniversary. We had concerts all over Europe, Japan the United States and everywhere in the UK, including the Isle of Man, but we had not been asked to do the two festivals here. “We had some good feedback, and hopefully we will do another show on the Island next year. That would be brilliant with 4,000 or 5,000 and we could all have a good knees-up. And I would still dearly love to play at the Isle of Wight Festival, so let’s see what happens.”
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slinky vocals, played Saturday afternoon at the Arcadia stage. Sound of Rum who also couple hip hop style spoken word with backing music, but in different and more jazzy way, had a few performances over the three days. Also, Lucky Elephant who started off the main stage on Sunday with their cheerful and melodic sound. I had a chat to a couple to see what had been going on and what it was like to perform at Fantastical Bestival 2010.
Kate Tempest from Sound of Rum: MM: How’s your weekend been so far? KT: I’m enjoying it immensely. It’s like the bookend of the hectic festival summer. Yeah, It’s probably my favourite. MM: Do you have any highlights in particular? KT: I saw some really cool music, had a really nice time played really lovely gigs, Friday night was a cool gig - lots of people time - it’s lovely. knew the words to the songs. MM: Any funny moments or MM: Who are you most looking highlights of this weekend thus forward to seeing? far? KT: I want to see Fever Ray S: Funny moments abound tonight from the Knife - she’s whenever we play usually. Last cool right? Prodigy. weekend we did some festivals I really like Arcardia it’s my and our bass player Paul forgot favourite stage. Of all summer all his clothes and had to wear it’s my favourite stage. his mum’s. Not sure if that was a highlight as such. Sam from Lucky Elephant: Setting up is always funny - we MM: How’s your Bestival going? have a French singer who doesn’t S: It’s been a beautiful weekend know how to plug things in, he thank you. We’ve just come off says. So that’s general merriment stage. Amazing, beautiful fun. among the ranks. MM: And you’ve been on Sunday Highlights: I haven’t seen Best for a few years… anything yet to be absolutely S: Yes we have been on Sunday honest as we’ve been getting Best for about four years now. ready for this gig and setting up, We’ve just worked out we’ve Twinkle brothers are playing played at every Bestival, that’s a later on in the Big Top and that’s bit of a record! Been here a long the main thing for me.
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BREAST CANCER BOOST
WITH AN all pink stall, and under a big pink star, Breast Cancer Campaign’s Isle of Pink fundraising helped raise more than £5,000 for Breast Cancer Research at the Bestival. At the Isle of Pink fundraising stall festival-goers could buy a range of pink goods, such as wigs, wands, whistles and wings, as well as get their face painted, to help turn the event as pink as possible.
Pink cupcakes made by Abigail’s Kitchen, Newport, were very popular amongst the revellers. As were the specially designed pink charity wristbands, which were snapped up after Ellie Goulding wore one during her performance on the main stage and Rob da Bank himself was also spotted wearing one. Another main attraction not on the scheduled line-up was the Isle of Pink panto
PLUGGED IN FOR DRINKS!
IT WAS off to the eco-house party on Saturday teatime for The Gazette crew, who climbed the steps to the Plugged In patio in the Tomorrow’s World field for
free cocktails and entertainment. The eco-house was actually a large grey container – think container ship – but one side had been cut out and a large window
inserted. Inside the floor was made from reclaimed wood and one section in front of the window had the kinetic dancefloor on it. Bestival Isle of Wight DJ Competition winner Maxx Traxx was on the decks to headline Saturday’s party and some of the best dancers in the Bestival were on the dancefloor, including a few Cuban Brothers. The pressure of their feet (and hands!) on the floor was lighting up banks of small lights on the wall behind. Apparently this system is being considered as a way of lighting city centres with the energy created by a large volume of people during the day being stored and used to light the streets at night.
The sound system was being powered by stored energy that had been produced by visitors cycling throughout the day. Their legwork had been converted into energy and this had been stored in the eco-house’s carbonneutral hydrogen cells. Solar cells on the roof of the house were also in evidence, although there wasn’t much sunshine about on Saturday – not that it dampened the party spirit. This all made for a very lively party and an impressive demonstration of man-made energy. Check out photos from the plugged in eco house at Bestival 2010 here: http://www. facebook.com/pluggedinlive
horse, which became a unicorn for the fantasy fancy dress theme! Lauren Baskett, Breast Cancer Campaign’s Community Development Manager said, “This was Breast Cancer Campaign’s first time at Bestival and we are thrilled that the Isle of Pink campaign was a success! Festival-goers helped us turn the event very pink and raise much needed funds for breast cancer research.”
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ISLAND POLICE PRAISED AT AWARDS CEREMONY
THE COURAGE and skills of the police force on the Isle of Wight were praised by the Hampshire Police Authority during an awards ceremony at Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Isle of Wight police commander, Superintendent Norman Mellors, honoured police officers and staff for their actions and expertise in providing an excellent service to the community, catching criminals, and having an active presence in their local neighbourhood.
PC MATT WILFORD, PC Olivia-Jane Rogers, PC Jeffrey Rogers, PC Brett Rickman and PC PC MICHAEL HUGHES, PC Stuart Ross and PC Chris Worsfold received commendations Simon O’Dea were all recognised for their efforts to help members of the public affected by for their outstanding work and calm attitude in dealing with the immediate aftermath of a fatal road traffic collision near Newport. the heavy snow across the island in January this year.
PC ROB CLARKE and PC Jamie Dupey of the island’s Targeted Patrol Teams were praised POLICE COMMUNITY Support Officer (PCSO) Mike Thornton and PC Matt Rumsey of for their calmness and professionalism in giving first aid to a stab victim. Paramedics told the the West Wight Safer Neighbourhoods team were congratulated for their effective and police that without the officers’ actions, the man could have died. professional response to a group of youths who were threatening a member of the public and shouting racial abuse. Extensive enquiries lead to the offender being successfully prosecuted.
CRIME SCENE Investigator Fred Cooper was thanked for his forensic work that helped to INSPECTOR MARK BELL was thanked for his dedication in reinforcing closer co-operation catch and convict a prolific burglar on the Isle of Wight. between the police and community safety partner agencies.
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TIME TO BRING TROOPS HOME
cost hundreds of British lives and eaten away billions of pounds from an already bankrupt economy. The BNP calls on the Government to end this illegal, bloody futile and unwinnable war with immediate effect. Please contact Mr Tim Rait South-East regional Press Officer at southeastpress@ bnp.org.uk for details.
THE ISLE OF WIGHT group of the British National Party are but one of hundreds nationally that on the 18th of September staged a Table-Top event in Town Centres, leafleted and canvassed, using a petition which will be given to the government in support of our brave troops, to force the government to withdraw our troops from this illegal and immoral war in Afghanistan. This national campaign will be out on the streets from now until Christmas and we are asking all the true patriotic British people to please lend a hand in achieving our aims of having our troops withdrawn from Afghanistan as soon as is possible in order to save them from dying in an unwinnable and illegal war. It would be good if our brave troops could actually be told the truth this time if
they used the often used lie in previous wars of ‘Home by Christmas’. The real reason our troops are over there is not as is used by our lying quisling enforcers of EU dictats, the Lib/Lab/Con pact, that our troops are there to defend our country from Islamic terrorists, how can this be if they allow thousands of them to move here and be better treated than the real
are being used to fight and die creating and defending a channel of land that will start in Turkmenistan, go through Afghanistan, Pakistan and end in India, so that these private enterprise people can lay a pipeline to transport Caspian Sea natural Gas for this conglomerate to make vast profits. We need the urgent help of the British public to sign this petition and please cut it out and send to this address: Referendum, PO Box 112, Shanklin, P036 6BR. Or send to the address on the petition, if you need further petition forms for friends or neighbours or family, write to PO Box 112 as above and we will gladly send you more and leaflets. Please help save our brave young Troops from a needless and illegal war, Bring our troops home.
“No! The real reason is part of the New World Order/One World Government greedy money men and bankers to make large profits out of a private enterprise called TAPI” British people. No! The real reason is part of the New World Order/One World Government greedy money men and bankers to make large profits out of a private enterprise called TAPI, in which our troops
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PEDAL LOADS OF CYCLING FUN
IT WAS A FUN filled morning for the launch of the Island’s annual cycling festival on Saturday September 18 with a host of two-wheeled activities for cyclists of all ages and abilities. The nine-day festival was officially launched at County Hall car park in Newport with bike stunts from the MAD display team, magic shows and fun for all the family. A collection of bikes through the ages from Solent Veteran Cycling Club made a wonderful spectacle, and included visiting bikes from around the country. Valerie Pears from Peterborough Vintage Cycle Club had brought her 1887 Clement tricycle and her husband Alan Whitnee brought their 1884 Ordinary Penny Farthing,
which was made by the Harrington Engineering Company that was founded on the Isle of Wight. Val purchased her Clement from Holland, although it is French Racing Tricycle, and she was in Victorian costume to match her machine. “It’s a hobby that you get addicted to and it’s very sociable too,” said Val. The following day around 80 of the veteran, vintage and classic bikes rallied at Arreton to ride the cycle path to Sandown and the coastal path to Shanklin and then back again. All on their lovingly restored mounts. Also at the launch was an obstacle course and cycling safety information, along with Headway brain injury association. The crazy sink or swim challenge nearby was a
great crowd puller with Raymond Belson, 70, from Queens Bower first across the River Medina in his pedal powered watercraft called ‘Rift Raft’. Crowds cheered as Raymond crossed the river ahead of two other craft competing in this year’s event. The Festival’s first weekend was a great success with many people taking to the saddle. Around 40 children attended a Teddy Bears Picnic at Nettlecombe Farm on Sunday 19 September, the same day as the gruelling Hills Killer event and West Wight Triathlon, both of which were well attended. Cllr David Pugh, Leader
of the Isle of Wight Council, said: “This year’s festival got off to a great start with an action packed launch event in Newport. I was at the launch and it was great to see so many people getting involved and finding out about the rides on offer. “Whether you are an occasional rider or seasoned in the saddle, the cycling festival offers a great opportunity to get outdoors and explore the Island.” Details of all the rides can be found online at www. sunseaandcycling.com or in the festival programme which can be picked up in bike shops, tourist information centres and libraries.
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NOT THE LAST POSTFEST Arthur and Kim Reeder own the land where ‘PostFest’ was hosted, called the ‘Last Post’
ON A GLORIOUS Saturday, in a rural environment, nearly 300 people attended PostFest, a private musical festival, held on the Isle of Wight, in the back garden on Fairlee Road known as The Last Post. Robert Carr, who is part of the Sweetchuck Promotions group, hosted the musical event, which raised £150 for the Isle of Wight Hospice. PostFest hosted a variety of Island bands, along with some famous singers and attracted a variety of enthusiasts, and musical
spectators. It featured famous singers such as Carrie Hope Fletcher, who has performed in the UK in many occasions, and has acted in many theatrical events such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Les Misérables. In the line up, we saw; Claydon, Carrie and Charlie Yang, Dr Jones, The Weather Kings, The Scores, The Moby Dicks, Headfunk, Guy Page Trio, Vanzatti, Dirty Habit and Gweido. During the event, the many spectators enjoyed
Robert Carr who organized ‘PostFest’. He is also in IW band ‘The Scores’ who performed at PostFest Vocalist and guitarist in the band ‘The Scores’
watching and joining in with Isle of Hula, a replica of the famous Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, a Bouncy Castle and numerous food vans. In an interview with Arthur Reeder, the owner of the land where PostFest was hosted, he said, “I was very happy to see so many people enjoying the best of local Island music, and I am proud to have had so much talent in my own back garden. If people want it, I am only too pleased to offer my garden to accommodate them,
providing they bring me some doughnuts!” Robert Carr, the event’s host, said, “The event was a celebration for all the top IW bands and artists to come together and appreciate each of our unique qualities. My aim is to give individuals the facility to showcase their original ideas, to inspire local talent, and also to build a community around us. It was a PostFest success! We are already planning a bigger and brighter festival for next year.”
Robert Carr who is a vocalist and guitarist in the band ‘The Scores’ as well as being the event leader
Headfunk performing at PostFest
Carrie Hope Fletcher is world famous in the singing and acting industry, and performed with her boyfriend Charlie Yang
One of the many spectators at PostFest dressed in 60s clothing
Charlie Yang, who with Carrie Hope Fletcher sung their own songs, and some covers
Arthur Reeder, the owner of the land which PostFest was hosted on
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The latest from Vectis Radio Internet radio is the future it is going to be bigger than FM and Digital just remember it wasn’t that long ago that people would say “Yeh but that’s on Sky” like it was from another world, the masses are now on Sky or were before it became mightily expensive! Look at the billions not millions billions that send emails on a daily basis or surf the internet and use Facebook or are twittering, you need to know one simple fact, if you do any of those things you can listen to Vectis Radio it really is that simple so please checkout the future for radio for the Isle of Wight www.vectisradio.com. It’s really simple click listen live and here songs that you haven’t heard in a long time that will put a spring in your step, air you views on the legendry Isle of Wight Phone In and get up to date with breaking news. Vectis Radio is not like any other Radio Station, it’s not a Commercial Station, it’s a Not-for Profit Social Enterprise. It has been designed to promote the Island and local businesses and attempt with others to bridge a gap and support the future to include the Youth of today and all those community groups who work tirelessly to better everyone. We have been quietly active doing this since day one and we are making a positive difference. New initiatives are already at a very forward planning stage and will be laid out in the coming weeks. The support given by our entire local Presenters far exceeds what we envisaged. The essential success to this type of organisation
is that everyone buys into what we are doing by understanding what we are looking to achieve. We don’t have ego’s as they tend to get in the way of a successful partnership. Our future is bright as we forge closer links with those community groups and assist local businesses by affording them a way to tell the public about what they do and very reasonable advertising and promotion packages. We are happy to come along to any group meeting and explain what we are doing, the way we are doing it and the positive outcomes being achieved. Please email steve.ray@ vectisradio.com to find out how your organisation can benefit. If you are running a fund raising event and would like this promoted please email studio@vectisradio. com and we will give regular plugs to assist make your day, weekend or full week or even year even better. On a sad note we had to break the news of Lorraine Queen of Pan’s death last week she had been a major contributor of the IOW Phone in over the last 20 years and it wouldn’t have been the success it was without Lorraines input, she will be no doubt remembered for her honesty, sense of humour and love of Elvis. Vectis Radio are in the process of putting together a tribute show which will be broadcast in the coming weeks. Now for another presenter profile, quite simply one of the nicest men in radio and one of the funniest too, it’s Mr Afternoon Show!
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VECTIS RADIO FEATURE
Martyn Bull brings the cheese and crackers
Martyn Bull, better known as ‘Bully’ for very obvious reasons, was born in the front bedroom of number 13 Albert Street, Newport, where during the early 70s, when the group he now calls his favourite group of all time, ‘Slade’ first appeared in the UK charts. This inspired him to lay on the floor of his parents house in Albert Street with a record player and tape recorder, and copy what Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman was doing on the radio on a Sunday afternoon and present his own Top 40 chart show, with I expect Slade at number one most weeks! In July 1979 he got his first residency as a DJ at the Eastcliff Club, in Shanklin. He then worked at various clubs, pubs and bars around the Island, including the Claredon in Shanklin, and Rupert’s, also in Shanklin. He was also doing mobile work at many other venues around the Island especially the back bar at Culverts Hotel in Newport. In the early 80s he then moved to Barneys Roadhouse, Brighstone where he worked alongside his long time friend Ian Mac. Then after nearly 9 years as resident DJ at Barneys he started worked at the Gloucester in Cowes. On his first night there he requested that the metal grill be removed front in front of the DJ box, only to be told no, it was there to protect the DJ’s from any glasses or bottles that might be thrown at them! He has also spent nearly 9 years as resident DJ at Chicago Rock in Newport (Now Lloyds No 1 Bar), before falling out with (most unlike him!) with the then manageress. Until very recently he has been working at The Balcony in Ryde,
Martyn Bull dressed as a school boy for the ‘Skool Disco’ nights. In the mid 90s he thought he would have a go at radio, and knew that the best form of training would come from joining Hospital Radio at St Mary’s in Newport, which he did. After many a month of bombarding Andy Shier, who was the Managing Director/Programme controller at the time at Isle of Wight Radio, he persuaded him to let him have a go to practice some more in studio B at the station. During December 95, after many weeks of Bully sticking pins into the voodoo dolls he had at home of all the other presenters at the time, the call came from the legend which is Alex Dyke to say that due to lots of the presenters being
ill, could he do a show between 8pm and 10pm on Sunday... That was the start of it for him, during both periods of time with Isle of Wight Radio, (Had a few years off coz Mr Mac got him the sack! Get him to tell you the story one day!) he covered most shows, including the weekend breakfast shows. That was until early this year, when he made the decision to join his old mate Ian Mac, at the start of a new venture, Vectis Radio. He now does Week- day afternoons from 1pm and Sunday Morings from 9am bringing you 3 hours of ‘Cheese & Crackers’ a mixture of disco, dance, glam rock and some cheesy tunes that he has been renowned for playing across the Isle of Wight over the last 30 years.
Maccas Moan All summer long we have been moaning about the roads in and around Newport Town centre being gridlocked and not just this summer either. I recall one very wet day in August and what seemed to be a day when cars were allowed to park in the middle of the road all the way down through the town and surrounding roads. Cars weren’t moving for up
to an hour, Newport was at a complete standstill for the whole afternoon. I had never seen anything like it in the town before not even for a royal visit. I am guessing that most of us are of the opinion that ‘they’ ought to do something, a drastic problem needs drastic action, but as soon as ‘they’ announce the drastic action people start complaining “they’
can’t do that, what’s wrong with the old system? Well quite simply it doesn’t work! Us Islanders don’t like change because sometimes it means someone has had a bright idea got paid pots of money that comes out of our taxes that we all pay and we all suffer the consequences. For example the berk that designed Coppins Bridge roundabout
was paid handsomely and is now in America mucking up the freeway, hey, but look on the bright side we got a quarter mile of dual carriageway so we know what it’s like to drive on the mainland! Another bright idea was to get rid of the train, I know it was a long long time ago but it started with ....I’ve got a great idea. So, is pedestrianisation in
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Newport High St and sending traffic coming from top of the town along the narrow back streets down to the roundabout the answer. I am not so sure, but will give it a go. My own personal view is that people that come to Newport want to, but there are many who don’t want to but have to go through it, so wouldn’t it make sense for roads to divert you away
from Newport with relief roads, Cowes to Ryde would help. But it might just be that there are just too many vehicles on the roads and we should opt for the Norman Tebbitt approach and all get on our bikes! We are conducting a survey on the pedestrianisation of Newport so please email ian.mac@ vectisradio.com with your thoughts.
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JOBS FEATURE
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FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO WORK WITH JOBCENTRE PLUS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
Housekeeper JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Ventnor
DESCRIPTION
Previous housekeeping experience is essential. Working in a small hotel, duties will include cleaning rooms, landings and hallways to involve vacuuming, polishing and dusting down. Will also be required to clean an additional holiday villa which is 1 minute walk from the hotel. £6 WAGES per hr. 15 – 40 hrs per week over Mon – Sun between 9am - 5pm.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
NIW/11124- Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Carer JOB TITLE
LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6624 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Electrical Biased Engineer JOB TITLE Sandown
DESCRIPTION
Must have previous electrical experience. Your duties will include maintaining machinery, wiring work and other duties as required.
Negotiable Wage Depending on WAGES 40+ hrs per week Experience. Mon – Fri between 8am - 5.30pm.
Ryde
DESCRIPTION
Applicants must hold a full current driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points and have their own transport. No previous experience is required as full training will be given. Drivers will be delivering pizzas to customers homes in the local area and assisting in store when required. Wage exceeds national minimum WAGES wage. 15+ hrs per week over day and evening shifts.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6694 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
LOCATION
Must be 18+. Previous experience is not essential, as full training can be provided. NVQ 2 health and social care qualification or equivalent would be advantageous. Will be required to provide social, personal and emotional care to elderly residents. A full uniform will be provided, along with drinks and a lunch when working a full shift.
LOCATION
LOCATION
Solar Specialist JOB TITLE
Sandown
WAGES £6.09 - £6.19 per hr. 20-24 Per wk, days & nights, shifts between 8pm-8am/8am-8pm.
Delivery Drivers JOB TITLE
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6700- Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Newport
DESCRIPTION
We are looking for talented sales professionals who will provide a first class sales experience to our customers and potential customers. Initially the Company’s sales focus will be on domestic solar PV. To engage with prospective customers, be understanding of their needs, to enhance their customer experience. £14WAGES - £15,000 pa plus commission. 40 hrs per week, 5 days from 6 between Mon – Sat.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
NIW/11140 -Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
P/T Cleaner JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Ventnor
DESCRIPTION
Commercial Cleaner wanted for a variety of tasks including mopping, toilet cleaning, washing walls, vacuuming, emptying bins and dusting. We require someone who can operate specialist cleaning equipment, as this role involves lifting and carrying, someone who is physically able to do these tasks. Previous cleaning experience is desired, but not essential.
WAGES
£6.88 per hr, Mon – Sat, 10am 11.10am
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
NIW/11213 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Home Help JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Seaview
DESCRIPTION
Female required to assist elderly lady in domestic setting. Duties to include cooking a meal, cleaning, changing sheets etc and any other duties as required. No personal care involved. Exempted vacancy Employment Equality Act (Sex) Regulations 2006. £6.50 per hr. 4 hrs per week Tues and Thurs between 9am – WAGES 12noon.
Permanent DURATION
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6660- Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Pipefitter JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Ryde
DESCRIPTION
This is an ongoing contract position for 12 months minimum. Must have Mechanical Qualification and have a HVCA Skill Card, welding experience is an advantage but not essential. Duties will include the refurbishment within commercial and industrial premises. Experience of working with Iron and Copper is also essential.
WAGES
DURATION
£13 per hour. 40-45 hrs over 5 days
Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6603 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Senior Carer JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Sandown
DESCRIPTION
Must have NVQ level 2 for Senior carers. Knowledge of medication is essential. Duties will be the general care of the elderly in a residential care home. This role will include supervisory work. Training is provided on site. Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.
WAGES £6.90 per hr with medication training 24 hrs per week over 7 days. 8am 8pm
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6702 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
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Care/Support JOB TITLE Workers
LOCATION Islandwide
DESCRIPTION
Must have access to a vehicle and a full driving licence is essential. Previous experience is not required as full training will be given. You will be required to care and support vulnerable people of all age groups in their own homes in the community. Duties include shopping, housework and any other related tasks to support the care for the vulnerable.
WAGES
£6.20 to £7.74 per hour depending on experience. Various hours available to suit applicant.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6628 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Bar Person JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Ryde
DESCRIPTION
Applicants must be aged 18+ as will be serving alcohol unsupervised and must also have previous bar experience. Flexibility is essential as you may be required to work additional days and evenings as and when required, Duties include serving drinks, cash handling, keeping bar area clean and tidy, cellar work and other associated tasks as required. Four weeks holiday per year.
WAGES
£6.60 per hr. 27 hrs per week 5 days from 7. Between 11.30am – 1.30am.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6693- Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Supervisor/Key JOB TITLE Holder
LOCATION
Newport
DESCRIPTION
Must have previous sales experience preferably at Senior level with good basic numerical and communication skills. Must have the ability to move goods of up to 25 kilo’s. Duties will include selling products and achieving targets, opening and closing the store, supervising the store in absence of manager, motivating staff and creating a positive working environment, operation of till system, ear piercing training will be provided, paperwork and banking and general house keeping duties.
WAGES
Wage exceeds national minimum wage. 4+ hrs per week between Sun – Sat between 8.30am – 6pm
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
NIW/11133 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
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Care Assistant JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Shanklin
DESCRIPTION
Full training will be provided. Duties are general care of elderly residents, serving breakfast and any other related duties as required. Uniform will be supplied. 6 weeks annual leave. May be required to cover sickness and holidays. The salary is £ 6.07 plus 25p weekend work plus 20p attendance bonus. Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer. Wage is £ 6.07per hr plus 25p WAGES weekend work plus 20p attendance bonus. 14 -15 hrs per week Fri, Sat and Sun. Various shifts between 8am – 8pm.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6689 & RFM/6690 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Senior Carer JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Sandown
DESCRIPTION
Must be 21+. Senior Carers. Applicants must have previous experience and NVQ qualification 2 is essential, level 3 is desirable. You will be required to lead a shift. You will provide social, personal and emotional care to elderly residents. A full uniform will be provided, along with drinks and a meal when working a full shift. Based on a rota pattern.
WAGES £6.56 per hr. 20-37.5 hrs per week – various shifts.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6668/RFM/6623 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Care/Support JOB TITLE Worker
LOCATION Islandwide
DESCRIPTION
Must have access to a vehicle and a full driving licence is essential. Previous experience is not required as full training will be given. You will be required to care and support vulnerable people in their own homes in the community, duties include shopping, housework and any other related tasks to support the care for the vulnerable. Two references will be required.
WAGES
£6.20 - £7.74 per hr depending on experience. Various full and part time hours available
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6628- Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
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JOBDispensary TITLE Assistant LOCATION
Shanklin
DESCRIPTION Applicants must have dispensary experience, and be able to work on your own, or as part of a team. Must possess excellent customer service skills. Duties will include dispensing items, using the computer to produce medication labels and order stock, checking and putting away deliveries, answering the telephone, and keeping the dispensary clean and tidy.
WAGES
DURATION
£6 per hr. 16hrs per week Tues and Thurs 9am - 6pm.
Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6666- Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Waiting Staff JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Shanklin
DESCRIPTION
Previous experience within a similar role is preferred, but not essential as full training will be given. Duties will include waiting tables, customer service, taking orders, clearing tables and all other associated tasks as required. Split shifts mornings and evenings. You will be required to work at weekends.
WAGES
Wage exceeds national minimum wage. 12 – 30 per week between Mon – Sun 7.30am – 10.30pm.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6698 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
Cleaner JOB TITLE
LOCATION
Ryde
DESCRIPTION Previous experience is preferred. Duties include cleaning of retail outlet, to include sweeping, vacuuming and all aspects of cleaning as required.
WAGES
Wage meets national minimum wage. 4+ hrs per week – Mon – Sun days and evenings.
DURATION Permanent
JOB CENTRE PLUS REFERENCE NUMBER. HOW TO APPLY
RFM/6707 - Visit www.direct.gov.uk or call 01983 273747 to speak to an adviser quoting the reference number.
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SAY ‘I DO’ TO A NEW VENUE
IT WILL BE the last time that a couple marry at Northwood House this Saturday (September 25) as the beautiful old mansion overlooking Cowes will no longer be used for civil ceremonies by the IW Council. Trustees of the house may apply for a licence to perform civil ceremonies at a later date, although this is not certain at the moment. As many people will have already heard, to replace this venue the Council is providing a room at Seaclose Park Planning Offices for the performance of civil ceremonies from Friday October 1. What they may not realise
is this room holds only eight people, including the two registrars and the (not so) happy couple. This leaves room for four guests including the two witnesses – not a very suitable arrangement at all. There are plans to convert two rooms into a larger space that will hold, maybe, up to 20 people but again this will have to include the registrars and the couple. So what can you do? Well you could choose from the 23 other private venues on the Island who are licensed to hold civil wedding ceremonies, a few of whom are advertising on these pages, and we intend to continue this feature in our
forward,” said Marie. “We room or even outside in the were lucky that there had grounds. Landguard Manor in been a cancellation. “I’ve had to cut down on Shanklin is a particular family members to get in favourite with couples as it to the room there as it only is such a beautiful, large and holds 34 seated and ten well-maintained Victorian standing. I dread to think mansion sitting in its own how those couples are going grounds. Specialising in full wedding to feel if they can only have packages, a bonus is that four guests.” So where can you go to be Landguard Manor is not a married if you don’t want to hotel so you won’t have other people wondering in and out forced into a shoebox? Northwood House All of the venues featured on of your wedding pictures. next issue as we feel it is so – that’s nearly 700 per cent these pages have the licence Also hire starts at only £250 important. to have weddings performed per hour for this amazing more. But bear in mind that We asked them why this at their establishments – location. instead of the £43.50 fee is and they said it was sometimes in more than one The venue does have one that you pay to get married comparable with other in council offices the IW councils in the South East. Council charge £310 for a It’s not a reason though is it? ceremony at a private venue We already pay the wages of the registrars so what could possibly be costing another £266.50? Petrol? Parking tickets? The last couple to be married this Saturday at Northwood House will be Lee Thomas and Marie Wiltshire from Newport. “We had our wedding planned for October but when we heard that Northwood House was closing we moved it a week Seating for four at Seaclose
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honeymoon suite so the newly married couple really can be king and queen of the manor, not only having the whole venue at their disposal but waking up the next day in this wonderful location – all theirs until they check out. Afternoon tea style weddings have become a favourite recently, although you could opt for anything from a barbecue in the garden to a formal seven course banquet with toastmaster. Many people opt to be married in the large hallway so that the bride can make her entrance down the stunning staircase but there is also another room licensed which can hold up to 90 people. Next year the venue hopes to be licensed for outdoor ceremonies.
Another characterful building and location for your wedding is East Dene in Bonchurch and again it is not a hotel so you have will usually be the sole occupants for your service. Once the home of the poet Swinbourne, the room used for wedding breakfasts has a geometrically painted ceiling and wooden paneled walls with an open fireplace. The dining room has folding doors that can make your room as small or large as you require and the view is a far-reaching one across the English Channel, as the grounds fall away from the front of the house giving a panoramic vista. You could be married in the garden overlooking the sea and have a marquee if you wish – or be married outside and come in to eat
East Dene
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ENCHANTING WEDDINGS
Gurnard Pines and dance. You can stay at the venue, as can your guests, but the accommodation is usually used for children’s activity holidays so some of the rooms have several beds. But the bonus is that this is a very reasonable option if you do want your guests to stay and it’s great fun. And if it’s fun you want then opting for Gurnard Pines will give the bride and groom free membership of the Leisure Centre and Fitness Centre for up to six months prior to the special day to get in shape. What’s more the venue is free as long as you book one of their wedding packages and your ceremony can be in one of three rooms from the ballroom seating 250 to two progressively smaller rooms.
Your wedding can also become the perfect weekend retreat. Luxury, individual, two and three bedroom Bungalows and Pine Lodges surrounded by 50 acres of private woodland, are perfect accommodation for guests and the bride and groom. Children are happily catered for as they can roam around the soft play area or settle into the creche. We feel so strongly about the Council’s failure to provide adequate provision for couples wishing to have a civil wedding or partnership that we will be continuing this feature in our next issue. If you would like to be included or have an opinion that you would like to make please contact Jo Macaulay at jo@ iwgazette.co.uk
FOR A TOTALLY unique experience and a wonderful way to begin your marriage the Enchanted Manor offers truly magical surroundings for making your wedding vows. Now in their fourth year since totally refurbishing this beautiful old stone hotel nestling in the leafy undercliff at Niton, Maggie and Ric Hilton have hit on a winning combination of a beautiful setting, more than a sprinkling of fairy dust and fantastic food. You can even have your food themed for your wedding. When the Gazette called Maggie was dressed as the Queen of Hearts and about to serve heart shaped goodies to her guests. Approaching the hotel from the car park and you know you’re in for a surprise – the garden is full of sparkling jewels and a statue of a unicorn is in pride of place. Through the beautifully painted front door and the wisteria and butterfly festooned porch area and the gold entrance hall will be the wow factor for your guests. Up above on the painted sky cherubs look down to bless the happy couple. Choose to take your vows in the cream wedding room and the woodland is creeping into the act with greenery, sparkly lights and beautiful paintings by Josephine Wall.
Or you can opt for a woodland wedding in the enchanted garden with its magical inhabitants. Vows can also be made in the enchanted Folly looking out over the beautiful garden to the sea beyond. Champagne high teas are becoming very popular for intimate receptions and the Enchanted Manor can again make them suit your requirements, with a theme if you wish. Josephine Wall’s magical paintings feature throughout the hotel, including the seven sumptuous bedroom suits with names such as ‘Dreamtime’ and ‘Serenity’. Ornate Venetian chandeliers hang above the opulently swagged four-poster beds with most having sea views and separate lounge areas. For the most magical wedding venue on the Island the Enchanted Manor has to take the prize – and it is all done in the best possible taste.
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BIO-FUEL BANGED UP
THERE WAS a new inmate delivered to the prison earlier this week – a bio-fuel production unit that can produce bio-diesel to run the Catering Department’s fleet of food delivery vehicles. The Eco Central Kitchen that was designed with renewable and sustainable energy technology built into it at HMP Isle of Wight took receipt of this new item of plant to add further technology to its renewable and sustainability list of equipment. The new bio-fuel production unit will build on the existing provision of a wind turbine and biomass boiler that provides electricity and hot water services to the complex. Mr Stuart Cox who is the Works Site Manager at Camp Hill proposed a trial of the technology that will take the catering department’s used frying oil and turn it into usable bio-diesel. This will save funding resources from the prison budget and turn a waste product into a re-usable energy product. Working with Stuart is Mr David Clough, the Head of Catering Services for HMP
Isle of Wight, and his team. David says he “is pleased to trial the plant, which alongside the prison kitchen’s wind turbine is earning the catering team a reputation for being environmentally friendly, innovative as well as great cooks! “We’ve only had it this week and we’ve had one lot of fuel out of it already and the vehicles are still running,” said David of his fleet of five seven and half ton lorries. “We get through around 280 litres of cooking oil every
four weeks, depending on the menu, and the unit can process 50 litres at a time, taking less than 24 hours.” Barry Greenberry added: “HMP Isle of Wight has deliberately set itself a task of contributing to the Island, and as part of the Island’s strategic partnership I am proud we can contribute to the island’s ECO Island Strategy, which is designed to uniquely identify the IW as a place for green business to grow and attract employment and visitors alike.”
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STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR JIU JITSU IS A WINNER PINK AEROBICS CHALLENGE
THIS SUNDAY is Pink Aerobics day, and Breast Cancer Campaign’s Pink Aerobics ambassador, Ali Bastian, actress and star of Strictly Come Dancing, is encouraging everyone to sign up. Islanders are being challenged to take on two hours of sponsored aerobics as part of the charity’s Isle of Pink fundraising initiative, and make the pink month end on a high note. If you fancy having a go at some Zumba, Street Cheer, Cheesy Tunes and Pilates, all led by top Island fitness instructors, then now’s your chance. The event is being supported by Carisbrooke Central Cluster Extended Service and Carisbrooke High School and takes place this Sunday September 26 at Carisbrooke High School, Newport, from 11am -1pm. Pink Aerobics ambassador Ali Bastian said: “Sign up now to take part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s Pink Aerobics. Pink Aerobics is a fun-filled morning of dance-led aerobics that will help you get fit whilst raising vital funds for breast cancer research. Dance yourself fit with Pink Aerobics and
help Campaign beat breast cancer!” Taking part in Pink Aerobics costs just £10 per person or £80 for a team of ten. Included in the price is two hours of aerobics, a Pink Aerobics T-shirt and goody bag on the day. The entry fee covers the cost of the event and all participants are encouraged to aim to raise a minimum of £50 in sponsorship. One team that has decided to take on the challenge is a local group from the Heights Leisure Centre, Sandown, where three of the Pink Aerobics instructors are from. Team member Jenny Rodwell, 32, from Cowes, said: “We decided to take part in Pink Aerobics as we want to help the cause and know this is a great way to do that while also working up a sweat. We know the instructors are full of enthusiasm so the routines are sure to be good fun! We’re all really looking forward to it and anyone visiting the Heights Leisure Centre is welcome to sponsor us.” Lauren Basket, Breast Cancer Campaign Community Development
Manager, said “Pink Aerobics is a great way to keep fit and take part in the Isle of Pink. With your help we can make this year the most successful yet and get a step closer to beating breast cancer by funding vital research.”
You can sign up for Pink Aerobics online now at www. breastcancercampaign. org/isleofpink. Pink Aerobics is organised by Breast Cancer Campaign and lessbounce. com.
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A FIRST GROUP of Islamd youngsters have passed their first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grading. Amber Morfee, Lily Lee, Sophie Allen, Josef Winter, Connor Gray, Jacob Hand, Jack Winter and Joshua Collings were all promoted to yellow belt by Professor Kevin Chan. They are the first children to be graded in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on the Island and amongst the first on the south coast. Students at Isle of Wight Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy were treated to a no-gi grappling seminar by BJJ black belt and Wing Chun Master Professor Kevin Chan at Shanklin Youth and Community centre. Everyone was shown Professor Chan’s unique approach to concepts and techniques of no gi grappling by one of the country’s foremost
authorities in the art. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can be trained for self-defence, fitness, and competition. It is one of the fastest growing martial arts in the world. BJJ is a grappling art which relies on neutralising an attacker by taking them to the ground and controlling them using correct body mechanics, positional dominance and submission holds. Using BJJ techniques it is possible to overcome even a bigger, stronger and more aggressive opponent. BJJ is an excellent way to: Lose weight, build confidence, increase fitness, build stamina, increase flexibility, increase co-ordination and make new friends. For more information go to www.iowbjj.co.uk or call Martin Dell on 07791 987 412.
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WEST WIGHT WIN PETER
EXPERIENCE and team spirit showed as West Wight Under 9’s overpowered a relatively new Gurnard side 8 - 0 in the opening round of the Isle of Wight Cup. Danny Fawcett scored a hat trick, Johnny Jordan grabbed two, and the remaining three
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were scored by Tom Hinton, Scott McFarlane and Harvey Johnson. West Wight’s man of the match was James Heggarty and Gurnard’s was Robbie Woolcock. Newport played away to Brading Colts in the same competition. Brading went
2 - 0 up, but Newport hit back to make it 2 - 2 in the first half with goals from Owen Richardson and Thomas Radford. And in a hard-fought game from both sides, Newport scored the winner late on through Tyler Rackett.
Maurice Keat, Ryde Golf Club Seniors Captain, presenting trophies to Peter Hudson
Back row: Thomas Radford, Jack Fellows, Tyler Rackett, Dan Woodford, Owen Richardson, Benjamin Curliss. Front row: Scott Elliot, Jayden Yates, Reece Wren, Aaron Bennett, Ryan Mcdowall
PETER HUDSON completed a double when Ryde Golf Club’s senior section held their senior championship over two days. Peter, playing off a handicap of 15, won the scratch title with an aggregate score of 163, and also picked up the
handicap crown with 133. Peter West, off 11, was runner up in the scratch competition with 165, while Bill Platt, off 17 was second in the handicap on 137. Third place scratch went to Ray Trueman (11) with 166, and third handicapper was Harry
Lythgoe (17) with 141. The Championship was played over two consecutive weeks with 40 members taking part. On both Fridays the weather was kind to the players and some good golf was played.
WAVE OF SUCCESS
RYDE ROWING CLUB competed in the 54th South Coast Rowing Championships, which included the fifth South Coast Junior Regatta, held on Wimbleball Lake in Somerset. It was hosted by the West of England Amateur Rowing Association, and it was in the Junior Regatta where Ryde enjoyed most success. The Club’s J14 Coxed Quad of Dale Buckett, Max Reeve, Sam Corney and Harvey Kirkby with Bryony Reeve coxing, having been narrowly beaten in the same event last year when racing above their age group, made amends with a reasonably comfortable win against a strong field. Unfortunately both Sam
in the J14 Boys’ Sculls and Harvey Kirkby in the J13 Boys’ sculls had to compete in these events soon after this final giving them little time to recover. As a result Sam finished fourth in his race, and Harvey failed to reach the start line in time. But further good results followed with the J15 Mixed Coxed Quad of Andreas Hicks, Holly Evans, Charlie Gedling and Christian Lacey with Katie Corney steering in her first race for the Club, finished in fourth place. The Girls’ J16 Double Scull of Bryony Reeve and Holly Evans finished second against limited opposition and the Boys J14 Double Scull of Anderas Hicks and Charlie Gedling took fourth place.
In the Senior Regatta there were strong performances from the Ryde Senior Men with Mick Jenner, in the Single Sculls finishing in second place, although again the opposition was limited. The Men’s Senior Four of Russell Page, Sam Cocker, Ben Ade, Ian Hayden and cox Maddie Dunn, having won their heat, were third in the final in this strongly contested event with just 3/4 of a length separating the first three crews at the finish in the closest race of the day. The Club are very grateful to their main sponsors Wightlink - who made this trip possible and enabled them to help the other two Island Clubs - Newport and Shanklin - by transporting their boats for them.
Ryde R.C’s winning J14 Boys Coxed Quad with Olympic Rowing Gold Medallist Ed Coode, MBE who has just presented them with their Trophy. Left to right: Dale Buckett, Bryony Reeve (Cox), Max Reeve, Ed Coode, Harvey Kirkby and Sam Corney
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RHINOS CHARGE THROUGH BINSTEAD RHINOS made it through to the semi-finals after a thrilling IW Youth Sunday League Under 16’s Cup clash that produced 17 goals! Rhinos raced into an early 2-0 lead but by half time the Predators had pulled it back and went in 3-2 to the good. Five more goals in the second half saw the game
tied at 5-5 and extra time beckoned. The Rhinos took the lead but Shanklin equalised and then went 7-6 up before the end of the first period only for the Rhinos to equalise just before the break. Rhinos then took the lead after the kick off and finally managed to pull away to take the victory 10-7.
Both teams were completely spent by the end in a game that saw both teams deliver two hat-tricks each. Aaron Shepard scored four and Luke Woods three for Binstead. Ryan Brown scored four and Luke Harper three for Shanklin. Other Binstead goals were scored by Josh Brookes 2 and Rai Higgins.
TIGERS MAULING FOR LEE LIONS
Wightlink Tigers 5 - Lee Valley Lions 1
THE ISLAND’S successful Vectis Motocross Club attended the inaugural Elite Youth League ‘Grand Slam’ final at the iconic Foxhill Moto Park, and proved to be memorable for racers and spectators alike. For all but one of the club riders it was the first time that they had ridden the famous circuit made up of cliff-like descents, massive jumps and near vertical step ups all ridden at high speed. A huge step in both size of track and technicality especially for the youth riders, the track is known as the “Valley of Dreams”. The 85cc youth class were the youngest of the groups to face the daunting hills and drops, with four Vectis riders in the class and every one
of them able to conquer the track. Mitch Young, Josh Corbett, Daryl Biles and Ben Mosdell showed both tremendous skill and bravery when faced with such a technical track, doing the club proud with both their attitude and riding. The 65cc class riders were let off the huge hills but there was still a whole lot a track for them to have to deal with. The young riders went out with determination to overcome their nerves and ride the mammoth track. Tom Mosdell, Ryan and Jay Bell, Lewis King London, Brendan Penn, Jordan Woodward and Morgan Collingwood all showed courage and ability and all of them deservedly left at the end of the day with
smiles on their faces. The Rookies consisted of Naz Jones and Harry Colson with both riders enjoying the big jumps and soaking up the atmosphere. Vectis’s Open class riders consisted of Luke Kennett, Scott Webb, Will Reynolds, Paul and Graham Beale and Perry Barnett who faced racing against some top level motocross riders. The class produced the only podium rider Vectis had on the day with Luke Kennett finishing brilliantly in third place. However, the real story of the day was that Vectis came a fantastic second place in the team event. This is a massive achievement for the club as a whole and every rider out there on the day. It proved a true success story for Isle of Wight motor sport.
WIGHTLINK TIGERS hosted Lee Valley Lions for the ENL South Division 2 game, the Lions have benefited from picking up players from the mothballing of the Haringey Greyhounds for this season. The first period proved to be slow and frustrating with neither team really establishing any dominance in the game. It wasn’t until 16 minutes that Lee Valley opened the scoring. But two minutes later Tigers responded as Dan Giden netted a power play goal, the assist going to Keiran Annis. The second period saw the pace pick up and Annis netted from Graham MacFarlane and Giden to put the Tigers in front. The Lions had a goal wiped out midway through the period as the whole of the puck had not crossed the goal line. The visiting net minder was proving to be the thorn in the Tigers paw and he turned away 19 shots to keep the lead down to the single goal. In the final period the Tigers were very much up to speed and at 47 minutes a shot from Richard Gutteridge deflected into the back of the Lions net
off the back of Nathan Webb. Five before the end Ricky Rutherford fired home the Tigers fourth goal from Gutteridge. The final goal came with just over a minute remaining as Annis found
the back of the net for the second time in the game with assists going to Giden & Martin Goddard. The next home game is Sunday October 17 when the visitors are Chelmsford Warriors, face off 5.30pm, doors open 4.45pm.
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Left to right: Andy Creed, Lynn Guy, John Hart, Sarah Hammond, Richard Hodges, Mira Brochocki, Beverley Huke (Hampshire Golf Partnership), Peter Hammond, Robert Gray
S&S GOLF CLUB EARNS TOP AWARD
SHANKLIN and Sandown Golf Club have been awarded the prestigious GolfMark accreditation. This award has been developed by The English Golf Union (EGU) and the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) to identify and recognise junior and beginner friendly golf facilities. As a GolfMark accredited club, Shanklin and Sandown will have access to funding for their professional staff
to offer more coaching, and building on the club’s renowned good work with juniors. Over the past 20 years, through Peter Hammond, PGA Professional, the Club have had a huge number of juniors pass through their coaching schemes. Seven have since become professionals themselves and a significant number are now single figure handicap golfers. Beverly Huke from the
Hampshire Golf Partnership said: “On behalf of the Hampshire Golf Partnership, many congratulations to Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club on achieving Golfmark. This is an award that illustrates the overall high standard achieved by this Golf Club in all areas of its operation. We are thrilled at the commitment that the Management and Members have shown to the development of golf at all levels and for all age groups
within the Club and the Isle of Wight”. As an introduction to the game of golf, Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club offers an Academy Membership. For just £350 an Academy Member will receive 10 Lessons with a PGA Professional, nine-hole rounds of golf and two sessions on the rules of golf. They will also have full use of the practice facilities and clubhouse and a £25 credit on their swipe card for the
bar and catering. In addition, should they wish to upgrade their membership, they will get a £300 reduction to the joining fee.
Shanklin and Sandown recent results: Royal Isle of Wight Trophies: Winners, Chris Reed (Snr) and Chris Ellis. Runners up, Terry Jarman and Debbie Berry. Ladies Diamond Jubilee Foursomes: Winners Sandie Gallard-Jupp, Eileen Eccles
– 38 pts. 2nd, Brenda Connery, Ruth Gazzard – 33. Open Stableford Division 1: Winner Charley Williams, 37. 2nd, Rob Lammiman 36. Division 2: Winner Bill Angell 37. 2nd, John Bushby 37. Open Four Ball Better Ball Stableford: Winners, Paul Cock and Andy Steel – 49. 2nd, Ashley Curzon and Martin Rouse – 46. 3rd, Adrian Mogg and AlanEvans – 46.
SHANKLIN SUCCESS SMASHER SMEETON THE COLIN RIDETT Trophy played in memory of Colin Ridett a past County Bowls President, was played between Shanklin and Cowes Medina. The result was a win for Shanklin who won two for the four disciplines and scored 81 shots, against Cowes Medina who also won two disciplines but scored 79 points. Individual results: Singles: John Marsh (Shanklin) 13, Adam Clark (Cowes Medina) 21. Pairs: Travis Meller and Richard Jeffrey (Shanklin) 28, Ben Mackett and Paul Dickinson
16. Triples: Robbi Hayes, Alan Bell and Keith Beckett (Shanklin) 13, Andrew Nightingale, Fred Rylands and Peter Furmidge (Cowes Medina) 23. Fours: John Wilkins, Jack Berry, Phil Brooks and Bruce Marks (Shanklin) 27, Tony Partridge, Barry Croad, Dave Gustar and Darren Griffith (Cowes Medina) 19. The finals of Bembridgbe Bowling Club’s Harris 100-up competition saw the Club President and Vice President emerge as champions. In the Men’s Finals Jack Liddiard, the President, came from
behind in the final ends to beat Ron Gleaves 104-94 shots. In the semi-finals Jack beat Paul Green 100-70 shots and Ron beat Keith Watford by 108-82 shots. The Ladies’ Final also provided a close match, with Gay Allen, the Vice President, winning over Daphne Lacy by 101 – 93 shots. In the semi-finals Gay beat Yvonne Baxter by 100-77 shots and, although the score finished 100-all in the other semi, Daphne ran out winner over Sue Green on the first to the 100 shots basis.
NEWPORT and Brading are through to the first round proper of the FA Vase, but there was disappointment for Cowes Sports and East Cowes Vics. Charlie Smeeton grabbed a hat-trick as Newport visited East Grinstead and snatched a 3-2 victory, the winner coming in extra time. Smeeton made the breakthrough in the 43rd minute, but with three minutes of the restart East Grinstead equalised. However, after 62 minutes Smeeton restored their lead following a fine build-up that began with keeper Gary
DEREK IS A REAL SHOOTING STAR HARDY prone shooters turned up at Downend Range to compete in the IW Target Shooting Association’s Northcourt Trophy and the Shanklin Rifle & Pistol Club’s Westhill Trophy. The course of fire was 20 shots at 50 yards followed by 20 shots at 100 yards. The competitions were shot using .22 rimfire rifles with aperture sights, according to NSRA rules.
Despite the poor shooting conditions, some tight groups were achieved, particularly at 100 yards where the 10 ring is only one inch across. Derek Toms and Bas Ketcher scored equally on 378 but Derek won both trophies by having the higher score at the longer range. Third place went to Tony Elgar on 367. Meanwhile, Newport & District Rifle Club shot their annual Muzzle
Loading Rifle Competition also at Downend. It comprised 10 shots at 50 yards followed by 10 shots at 100 yards on PL7 targets. Through necessity, it is a slow and deliberate discipline using Black Powder propellant and although only a 20 shot competition, needs skill and determination. The winner was David Atkin on 126, with the runner up Pete Everett not far behind.
Streeter. A goal in stoppage time by Lucas Mann put East Grinstead back on terms, taking the tie into extra time. Then Smeeton completed his hat-trick to secure the victory and Port will be at home in to Shoreham Town in the next round after they defeated East Cowes Vics 7-3. Brading are through to the first round for the first time following a 3-2 win away at Pagham. The home side went ahead on the half hour, but Brading were soon back on terms with a fine 25-yaqrd effort from Jack Morris. And before the break Brading edged in front when Josh
Appell found the net. The Romans suffered a setback when Joe Rayner received a second yellow card and was ordered off. But the 10 men extended their lead in the 71st minute through Kyle Levrier. Although Pagham scored again, Brading held on for a famous win. A 25 yard strike through a crowded penalty area by Lymington Town’s substitute Dean Evans just two minutes from the end of extra time broke the hearts of Cowes Sports who put a much improved performance that should have seen them at least force a replay.
UNDER 14S EASE TO WIN
WEST WIGHT reached the next round of the under 14s Isle of Wight Cup with a hard fought 4-2 win over Newport colts. West Wight came from behind twice with goals from Adam Ruscoe, Matty Brett 2, and
Connal Groom to secure the win over tough opposition. Newport’s goals came from C. Hatch and W. Thomas. Man of the match for West Wight was Adam Ruscoe and Newport’s man of the match was K. Javrin.
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ISLANDERS’ CAMPAIGN ENDS WITH FINE WIN
NO JOY FROM DORSET TRIP
THE WIGHTLINK Islanders’ hopes of lifting the National speedway trophy nosedived as they slipped to a 47-39 defeat to Weymouth at the Radipole Lane circuit. The match came to an unfortunate end when time ran out and it had to be abandoned after one of the Weymouth riders was injured and needed hospital treatment. The Islander could not have got off to a worse start when the home side pair of Dan Halsey and James Cockle made the gate and rode to a 5-1, over Paul Starke and Dean Felton. The Islanders hit a 2-4 in heat two with John Resch coming through for the win. Heat three was shared with Lee Smethills and Danny Warwick taking the minor positions. The home side took a 4-2 in heat four to lead 14-10, but the Islanders levelled things up with a Starke/Felton 1-5 in heat five. But they weren’t level long though as Cockle and Halsey hit an immediate 5-1 reply for a 20-16 lead. Smethills won heat seven with Warwick taking third to reduce the scores back to 22-20 before Halsey again made a super start with team mate Gary Cottham just about hanging onto second as the gap went to six at 27-21. Tom Hill fell in the ninth and was excluded for his efforts and the home side made no mistakes to take a 4-2 in the re-start, once again from the gate. Halsey and Cockle had their unbeaten record come to an end in the tenth as Warwick made a blinding start, but with Smethills at the back, the heat was shared 3-3. Heat 11 was won from the gate, but not by an Islander as the home
Nick Simmons and Todd Kurtz
side preserved their eight point lead at 37-29. The match slipped away from the Islanders in heat 12 when home duo Tom Brown and Cottham made another fast gate and rode to a comfortable 5-1. Starke came in for double points in heat 13, but Cockle kept him in second place and although the Islanders took a 3-5 advantage, the gap was still ten. Needing to lose by six or less to get at least a match point, time was running out but Smethills won heat 14 with Resch third to bring the scores closer at 47-39. Needing another 2-4 or even better a 1-5, the Islanders threw Starke and Smethills into the ring against the impressive Cockle and Halsey. Halsey came down on the first turn and the referee gave the verdict of all four riders to come back to the start. But the home rider was receiving treatment from the paramedics, and it was soon clear that he was going to need hospital treatment. As Halsey was taken to hospital the restaging of the final heat was held up whist a replacement ambulance was being called. However with a 9.30pm time curfew the meeting was unfortunately abandoned with the result standing much to the disappointment of the visiting management, riders and supporters of the Islanders.
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THE WIGHTLINK Islanders speedway team finished off the season with a hard fought national Trophy victory over table topping Newport Hornets at Smallbrook. In a match in which the Hornets could have taken a giant stride towards the Trophy and in which the Islanders were also determined to go out on a winning note, this match promised much. And the Islanders who came out on top thanks a huge slice of luck in which Newport, who were already using rider replacement for the injured Tony Atkin, lost two further riders after a spectacular heat seven spill. At that time they were trailing by just two points at 19-17 and looking at pushing the Islanders the distance. It all started with Nick Simmons in superb form as he picked off both
visiting riders in the very first heat after completely messing up the start.. The home side went in front after a 4-2 in heat two when Tom Hill powered to victory with John Resch taking third from Arron Baseby. Danny Warwick like Hill powered to victory in the third but the heat was shared 3-3. 10-8. Simmons again missed the start in heat four, but like heat one, he produced two sublime passes to win. Warwick won heat five easily enough, but again the Islanders middle order riders seemed slow and the heat was shared. In heat six the home side looked good for a 5-1 and an eight point lead, but Warwick’s machine ground to a halt when well clear and Felton was passed by Newman who gleefully took the win. Heat seven was to prove costly for the visitors as reserve Tom
Young spun round and fell in front of his team mate Tim Webster who could do nothing to miss his stricken partner, the result saw two ambulances called for and both riders, Webster with a broken ankle and Young with concussion were taken to hospital. The rerun saw the home side take a 5-1 and a 24-18 lead. Felton won an exciting heat eight with Tom Hill third after being passed by Luke Preist. 28-20. Newman produced an excellent ride to hold off Warwick in the ninth with Smethills taking third for a shared heat for 31-23. Newman then came from the back to win heat ten from Smethills and Felton but again the heat was split 3-3. Simmons made no mistake in heat 11 with another excellent pass on Luke Priest and Todd Kurtz to again make sure of a shared heat and
maintain that eight point lead. Warwick won heat 12 with Tom Hill appearing to snatch second place on the line only for the referee to give the verdict to the visiting Arron Baseby. The 4-2 giving the home side a ten point lead at 41-31. The visitors took a 3-5 in heat 13 but only thanks to Newman’s black and white second place, but even he count stop the superb Simmons taking first place. Smethills made sure of a home victory with a heat fourteen victory, Hill taking third after biting the dust whilst chasing hard. This left just one race to complete the season and the Islanders finished it off in style with Simmons winning at ease for a superb 18 point maximum and Danny Warwick taking second for a 5-1 and an excellent 53-39.
THE ISLANDERS turned back the clock when they staged the 2010 Summer Spectacular at Smallbrook. Former Islanders and Wizards turned out to take to the track in a night of nostalgia. Ex-Islanders captains Ray Morton, Wayne Carter and Scott Swain
took to the shale once again and they were joined by ex-Wizard Mike Bowden. Also in attendance were former riders Colin crook, Nick Simmons as well as stars of today and youngsters who may well be Islanders of tomorrow. Other riders took to the track using vintage
machines from yesteryear, wearing race colours of Norwich, Wimbledon, Southampton, Plymouth and Halifax. But the main talking points were the special races in which Morton, Carter and Swain showed they have not forgotten how to handle the 500cc machines. In those three heats
Morton won two and Carter one, with Swain who had not even been to a meeting since retiring injured way back in 2002, bringing up the rear. There was no doubt they all enjoyed it reminiscing over days gone. In all 20 heats were staged before heavy rain brought proceedings to an end.
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
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