Two loggerhead turtles were released back in to the water after spending weeks recovering from being washed up on British shores. When the pair were found, one at Devon and one at Cornwall earlier this year, they were suffering from
A website with purely the ladies in mind, Miss Scuba, has opened it's pages to female divers everywhere. A source of information from finding female dive instructors, gear experts or diving budies around the world it aimed at connecting female
Saturday 12 July 2008 (1.30pm 3.30pm) - Genesis Building, Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Wellington Road, Taunton TA1 5AXPlease note change of venue.Directions and map to venue available at www.somerset.ac.uk/findus.htmlPlease note car-parking on the site is free during the
September 7 - 14, 2008. In the first ever of it's kind, you can learn to shoot with the professionals in this exciting undersea film making event and competition. Spending seven days, writing, diving and shooting your own video alongside
VOR Green Team Renamed Green Dragon Team The Green Team has been re-named the Green Dragon Team, after securing title sponsorship from a syndicate of Chinese companies. The names of the companies in the Chinese syndicate will be announced at
A team of researchers at the Ocean University in Qingdao, China has developed and tested a mobile lidar (light detection and ranging) station that can accurately measure wind speed and direction over large areas in real time -- an application
Report by Steve MartinThe Action Bolt South African Laser Class National Championships got under way at Zululand Yacht Club on 28 June 2008, with a total entry of 31 Lasers (14 Laser Radials and 17 Laser Standard). The fleet dusted
Welcome to the next edition of the Screaming Wire Monkey. What with petrol prices going up as I type and electricity costs going up. Well, let's just go out there and hang ourselves .... on a wire and scream at
The Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race will finish in Liverpool this Saturday 5 July.It will be an emotionally-charged day for the crews who will be coming to the end of their great adventure, the challenge of a lifetime,
The 505 exco have had to change the dates for nationals. They are now at HMYC on the 24-27 September. We do apologise if anyone has made/change arrangements. The venue is still the same it has just moved to the
To date the Spice Race, (starting on November 15th, 2008 from the Solent), has had nearly 20 serious enquiries from Class 40 and IRC yachts, and more are expected. Interest has come from all over the world including; China, Norway,
A new fundraising campaign will be launched next week, inspired by Sir Paul McCartney and consisting of two commercials. The first is designed to raise awareness of ParalympicsGB and portray our athletes in a highly aspirational way. It airs on
Members of the asa are being given the first-class offer of 2 tickets for the price of 1 at cricket matches across England.the asa has teamed up with the English Cricket Board (ECB) to offer free companion prices to half
Sport England has welcomed the news that promoting participation in sport is one of the top 20 priorities for local authorities in England.The results of a comprehensive shake-up of council targets demonstrates that more than half the new Local Area
Not the Liverpool striker! Many of you will have been following progress of the US Olympic Trials in our Media Press section and be aware of Dara Torres' preparations to dive in and stage her third comeback as she tries
It has been 44 years since Dawn Fraser created history by becoming the first swimmer to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympics, and now, on the eve of the Beijing Games, Australian sports' number one lady
With just five weeks to go before the start of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, British athletes are "on target and where we would want to be in terms of medal prospects", according to John Steele, Chief Executive of
Swim 22 miles, in 12 weeks, at your local swimming Pool.... and there you have the recipe for the UK's largest annual sponsored swimming event - the Aspire Channel Swim, now in its 9th year. Swimmers from all across the
