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Contents Featured Pages

Olympic Torch 3 - 4

Sandown Carnival 5 - 6

Race for Life 7 - 8

Regular Pages Island News 9 - 10

Events 11 - 12

Places to go 13 - 14

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Olympic Torch The London 2012 Olympic Torch is due to arrive on the Yarmouth car ferry on Saturday 14th

July, 2012 and it is due to arrive in the town at 12.44pm, where a vehicle convoy will form,

before setting off to the Needles at 1.04pm.

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Osborne House – Saturday 14th July 2012

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Sandown Carnival The day after the Children's Carnival, this early evening event on the 28th July 2012 is

attended by many thousands of visitors lining the streets of Sandown for a fabulous parade

consisting of a mix of vehicle-based and pedestrian entries. An absolute riot of colour and

pumping music, you'll be amazed at the quality of the entries for this very popular event

featuring floats from all over the island!

The following are the dates for the main summer carnival activities - other events will be

added to the timetable in due course...

Children's Day - Friday 27th July 2012

Main Carnival - Saturday 28th July 2012

Illuminated Carnival - Wednesday 29th August 2012

November 5th Celebrations - Monday 5th November 2012

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Race for Life Race for Life is an amazing event, with a fantastic atmosphere that keeps women coming

back year after year. The event unites thousands of women, coming together in celebration

or memory of loved ones and playing their part in the fight against cancer.

Arrival – one hour before start

This gives you plenty of time to soak up the atmosphere and to do any last minute

preparations such as pinning on your back sign or putting finishing touches to your outfit.

There’s no need to check-in on the day – just make your way towards the stage area where

there will be music to get all the participants and supporters in the mood.

Welcome from the Race for Life team – 30 minutes before start

Your Race for Life event organiser welcomes you and shares information about the

groundbreaking work that Cancer Research UK do, and explains why your support is vital.

Warm-up – 20 minutes before start

You can take part in a light aerobic warm-up with all the other participants to get those

muscles ready for your event.

Take your places – 10 minutes before start

You make your way to the walkers or runners flags, depending on whether you want to

walk, jog or run the course.

Start time

The starting signal goes and you're off with friends and family gathered round to cheer you

on.

Celebration – after your event

Once you’ve crossed the finish line, you will receive a Race for Life medal and a goody bag

as a thank-you for taking part from one of our volunteers.

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Island News

THE PREDICTED torrential rain that swept across the Island today (Saturday) has caused

localised flooding.

Three teams of firefighters were called out to Binstead at around 4.30pm, responding to

floods to some properties in the area.

Although the flooding is now subsiding, fire crews from Ryde and Newport are using pumps

to displace large amounts of flood water to a nearby stream.

A spokesman for the IW Fire and Rescue Service said drains had not coped with the

downpour, which left two neighbouring homes in Bistead Hill flooded, as were some homes

in nearby King's Road and Verwood Drive.

Torrential rain causes flooding to

homes

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SOME of the well-known names competing in the race included triple Olympic gold

medallist, Ben Ainslie, 2.4mR Paralympic sailor Helena Lucas and reigning 470 world

champions Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills on Farr 45s.

Ainslie co-helmed the largest boat ever to compete in the race, the 162ft Herreshoff

schooner Eleonora. She looked majestic under full sail and dwarfed all those around her.

Apart from Ainslie, the beautiful yacht was also hosting international rugby player Nick

Easter.

Ainslie and the race crew had a great day on the water but back on shore the Olympian said

they were unable to notch up a decent overall result and ended up in 47th place in IRC 0.

Famous faces take to the waves

20 July to 30 September - Farmer Jacks Amazing Maize Maze

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Events

20 July to 22 July - Rhythm Tree 2012 -

World Festival of Music

5 June to 25 September - Speedway 2012

Fixtures

21 July to 24 July - Day Out With Thomas 2012

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Osborne House – Saturday 14th July 2012

22 July - Sunflower Classic Car Run 2012

29 July - Race for Life 2012

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Places to go

Dinosaur Isle High Adventure Ltd

Goodleaf Tree Climbing Wight Cycle Hire

Carisbrooke Castle The Needles Old Battery & New Battery

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Isle of Wight Steam Railway Godshill Model Village

Brading Roman Villa Owl & Monkey Haven

Amazon World The Needles Old Battery & New Battery