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WELL known on the Island, national and international yachting scene, Eileen Elliot has died at the age of 95. Mrs Elliots association with the Island goes back to the 1930s when her parents built The Wight House in Yarmouth. After leaving Upper Chine School in Shanklin, she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service with her best friend, Bunty Minchin, and served at HMS Flowerdown intercepting German navy signals for decoding at Bletchley. Returning to Yarmouth on leave, she was able to ...

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, elite athletes will sleep on beds made of cardboard. Olympic medals are being constructed out of recycled electronics, such as cell phones. And Nike will be dressing its athletes in uniforms and sneakers made out of recycled polyester and ground-up shoe parts. It’s part of a broader sustainability push by the shoe retailer as it seeks... Twitter Sep 28, 2018 Love is in the air, and on the ice. American forward Meghan Duggan and former Canadian wo...

Daniella Guzman talks with two players on the USA Softball Team as they get ready for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Before training camp Wednesday morning, Janie Reed from Placentia and Delaney Spaulding of Rancho Cucamonga joined Today in LA to talk about their excitement 100 days away from the start of the Tokyo Olympics.

Apr 26, 2021 Navico president and CEO Knut Frostad aims to see integration and connectivity from the consumer’s perspective After spending years as a competitive sailor, Knut Frostad was the ultimate end-user of marine electronics before he became president and CEO of Navico in 2019. Many years before that, in 1997 as skipper of the racing yacht Innovation Kværner, Frostad worked with Simrad to develop a lighter, more advanced radar that gave his team an edge in the Whitbread Round the W...

6th April 2021 Jeremy Wilton joins the Royal Ocean Racing Club as Chief Executive The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has announced Jeremy Wilton as the new Chief Executive of the London and Cowes based Club from 6th April 2021. He will take over the leadership and development role of one of the world’s most influential yacht clubs from Eddie Warden Owen, who has helped shape the success of the Club through its international offshore racing programme for the past 12 years. “We look forward ...

Rolex Fastnet Race: Classic fantastics by James Boyd / RORC 16 Mar 15:26 GMT 8 August 2021 The oldest boat in the Rolex Fastnet Race - the 1939 Amokura will be raced two handed by owner Paul Moxon. © Nic Compton As the Rolex Fastnet Race approaches its 50th edition in 2023 and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Ocean Racing Club two years later, so we can expect to see more classic yachts taking part with ancient associations to what has grown into the worlds larges...

Melissa Payne Takes the Helm for Golden Globe Race 25th February 2021 CEO Melissa Payne has 25 years of experience in the sporting/event World, from production, technical and commercial project management. Following a 12 month Media blackout with respect to the Global Pandemic, The 2022 Golden Globe and 2023 Ocean Globe Races are now back in the news with a permanent office opened in Les Sables d’Olonne, France and a major Media appointment to the management team. The Golden Globe Race curr...

Press Release – Auckland Unlimited Devonport’s Windsor Reserve is gearing up to be a popular spot for spectators to make the most of the 36th America’s Cup with a jam-packed schedule of free activities, entertainment, food and live screenings of the racing. Taking place across back-to-back weekends of 5, 6 and 7 March, and then 12, 13 and 14 March, Race Days by the Sea is being brought to the community by the Devonport Business Association and Auckland Unlimited’s Summernova Festival S...

Movies on TV this week: "Pulp Fiction"; "My Fair Lady" and more Read full article February 19, 2021, 9:44 AM·229 min read John Travolta, left, and Sam Jackson in director Quentin Tarantinos 1994 film "Pulp Fiction." (Warner Bros.) Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z FOUR STAR FILMS Top rated movies and made-for-TV films airing the week of the week of Feb 21 - 27, 2021 Adams Rib (1949) Annie Hall (1977) Dances With Wolves (1990) Father of the Bride (1950) TCM...

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