Weymouth ABC WEYMOUTH Amateur Boxing Club’s Liam Simpson and Toby Osmond put on a stellar show during a night of international boxing at Redlands. The Dorset duo were two members of the 10-strong England team who faced off against their Wales counterparts, and each played his role in an 8-2 overall victory for the hosts. Such was the stature of the occasion that it began with Gemma Oliver providing... 

Dorchester in London OLD HARDYEANS PAY TRIBUTE TO RETIRING HEADMASTER AS IAIN MELVIN PREPARES TO RETIRE, “A WONDERFUL HEADMASTER WHO HAS BROUGHT THOMAS HARDYE SCHOOL TO SUCH CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE.” “Dr. Iain Melvin OBE can be proud of all that he has achieved at Thomas Hardye School over 22 years- creating in Dorchester, one of the best schools in the South West,” said Michel... 

Children in Need The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy’s ‘Blow Boat’ Challenge for BBC Children in Need The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) welcomed local school children through its doors today, 19th November, in support of BBC Children in Need.  This is the third consecutive year the Academy has held a fundraising event for the much loved... 

Boat Building Academy The Class of March 2010 student boat launch is going to take place on Thursday 9th December 2010 at the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis harbour. Five boats will be launched including a cold moulded electric motor launch, a glued clinker Whitehall skiff, a strip planked chestnut canoe, a strip planked daysailer and a traditional clinker ‘Witch of Weymouth’. The launch is... 

  Sustainable Event The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy as First UK Sailing Venue to Receive Sustainable Event Certification The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) has been certified by the British Standards Institute (BSI) for Sustainable Event Management ‘BS 8901’.  The WPNSA has again led the way with this new award, being the first UK sailing venue to meet... 

Lyme Bay coastal Watch LYME BAY JUST GOT SAFER! Thanks to Billy Bragg, and Mary-Lou Sturridge the former director of the Groucho Club, the National Coastwatch Institution have been able to open their forty-fourth Coastwatch Station at Burton Cliff, overlooking Lyme Bay The station covers a section of the most popular 80 miles of coast between existing NCI stations at Portland Bill to the East and Exmouth...