Tresco Fun & Sports Day 2011

Photos courtesy of Lydia Birch

St Agnes Fete 2011

Yachts Set Off On Annual Islands Race

28 yachts were registered to take part in the ‘Penzance Around Scilly And Back’ Sailing Race, which set off at 8pm last night. The annual race has been held on for 32 years and is the flagship event in Penzance Sailing Club’s calendar. Jean Hall from the club says that the various boats, up to [...]

Family Fun And Sports Day on Tresco Tomorrow

A traditional summer fete is being held on Tresco tomorrow as a fundraiser for Cancer Research UK. The Family Fun and Sports Day, from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday at the Community Centre, is being organised by Amy Lambert. Amy says there’ll be plenty of traditional ‘sports day’ favourites like egg and spoon, sack and [...]

New Snack Bar Service For School

The operators of Longstone Cafe will be taking their catering skills to the new school. Sonia and Mick Scott will be running a snack bar for use by secondary students, staff, and visitors at the new school facility at Carn Gwaval. Sonia is also the Food Technology Teacher at the school. The snack service counter [...]

Cricket – Rare Win For St. Martin’s over St Mary’s

Report by Colin Daly After the visit to Scilly of the MCC genl’men from the mainland on Tuesday, the evening of Thursday 28th July saw the return to some more routine inter-island cricket. Although it turned out to be far from routine, as St Martin’s claimed a rare victory over St Mary’s – the second [...]

Mike Hicks Council Update July 2011

Council Chair, Mike Hicks, gives us an update on recent Council business

Children’s Services Summer Programme

We talk to Helen McGuinness about children’s activities this summer

Last Few Places Available On Water Safety Course

The last few places are available for a four-week water safety project based around the beaches, which starts next Thursday. Tess Lloyd from Normandy swimming pool says if you want to get on the course, you’ll need to move fast. It’s called “In, On and Around Water” and will be similar to the Water Safety Week [...]

Health Centre Will Be Run By Helston GPs

The NHS has appointed the organisation that will run the St Mary’s Health Centre practice for the next year. A consortium of eight GPs based in Helston will take over on Monday. Rachel Crawley from the Primary Care Trust told councillors about the arrangement yesterday afternoon in the Health Committee meeting. The appointment ends some [...]