Weymouth News
NOPE gains momentum
There are plans afoot to build a power station on Portland that is powered by burning Palm oil and this palm oil comes from Indonesia. In Indonesia, they harvest the palm oil by chopping down forrests and creating plantations that have a useful life of only about 20 years. The use of land in this... »
WPNSA Shortlisted for Sport Venue of the Year
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) has been shortlisted for a prestigious 2010 Sport Industry Award. The Awards are Europe’s largest and most prestigious commercial sports awards that recognize the best the sport business has to offer in marketing, PR, sponsorship, new media, publishing, advertising and design. After a rigorous selection process... »
FOOTBALLERS are looking for someone to support
Players from the Portland-based Galaxy club are playing a fundraising match – the Cornish Charity Shield – in May. But the team need a good cause to benefit from the match against Weymouth FC supporters’ club. The game will be played at AFC’s Bournemouth’s Dean Court. Galaxy club secretary Andy Barber said: “We are looking for local... »
Weymouth Ladies HC fight for their wins
Weymouth Ladies 1 v Salisbury 2 Result: 6-2 (Weymouth) � Due to a lack of player availability this week, Weymouth played with just 10 on pitch including Ellen Dewey new to keeping the nets. A poor warm-up led to an early goal by the visitors, putting weymouth on the back foot from the off. This spurred Weymouth on... »
Toby Osmond bid
WESTERN Counties and Southern Division champion Toby Osmond begins his assault on the national title tomorrow. The Weymouth Amateur Boxing Club youngster, 14, travels to Southampton for his schoolboy pre-quarter-final bout, in which he goes toe-to-toe with Stacey’s Mohammed Khan in the Class Three 54-57kg category. Osmond enters the contest in fine form following two impressive... »
Liam Simpson Boxing Champ
DORSET boxers finally got their teeth into the start of the schoolboy championships and with great success. After the event had been put back by the adverse weather, the Dorset contingent travelled to Bodmin for the first round of the Western Counties Southern Division finals and Portland’s Liam ‘Lights Out’ Simpson boxed Jack Knapton from... »
The Battle of Weymouth
RE-ENACTMENT troops will turn the clock back to the great siege and battle of Weymouth. Soldiers in period costume will fire muskets and recreate parts of the bloody Civil War clash on February 6 and 7. They will be among the attractions in a series of activities in memory of the events of 1645. The weekend will... »
Weymouth Ladies Hockey Club win 10-0
A soggy return to the season saw Weymouth Ladies facing Beaminster who only allowed Weymouth to score one goal in their first match before Christmas. So Weymouth came out determined and strong. Jenny Stuart- Smith scored from a well worked penalty corner in the first five minutes. Then in quick succession Casey Squib scored... »
Weymouth Model Flying Club have vacancies
Membership is currently available to either competent or novice flyers, for whom instruction would be available from Qualified Instructors. Weymouth Model Flying Club flies all sizes of fixed-wing model aircraft from small foamies to large balsa/plywood models. It has access to a well-maintained flying site in Portesham. For further information please click here. »
20 mph please
A Weymouth community is appealing for drivers to limit their speed to 20mph. The group have joined forces with police in an attempt to crack down on speeding by pushing for ‘20 is plenty’ traffic signs. The East Weymouth Partners and Community Together (Pact) group has been trying to get the signs implemented for the past... »