May 2006 News Archive

Thousands of Veteran, Vintage and Classic motorcars and bikes took to the road in the UK on St Georges Day. The FBHVC (Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs) had organised the 'Drive it, Ride it Day ' on 23rd April, which they h...

We have been impressed by the level of interest in taking part in this year’s 21st event, with the 180 rider capacity almost reached. A reserve list wi...

A historic diesel locomotive will be celebrating its 66th birthday this Saturday, by returning to the narrow gauge rails rails of the Hayling Seaside Railway. Locomotive Number 4 "Alistair" first saw the light of day at the Lincoln factor...

Present:  P Fisher (PF), A Higham (AH), Dale Norman (DN), D Turvey (DT), L Neale (LN), Colin Richards (CR). Bruce Bennett (BB). Councillors: A Lenaghan (AL) Apologies: Shirley Adams. (SA). Nigel & Lesley Marsden ...

A successful Hayling Classic Transport Gathering took place on Sunday 14 May at the East Hayling Light Railway Depot, Beachlands. A rather grey and cool day was brightened up by the many veteran & cl...

We recently (April 27th) had a Year 10 Enterprise Day where our pupils in teams of 6 planned, designed, costed, packaged and marketed their own pizza product. The day was a competition ending with 6 teams going through to a finale in our m...

Hayling Billy 5Fast, flat & fun. Run along the scenic Hayling Billy trail. This popular event organised by Victory AC. 14th June 2005, race starts 7.30 pm. This event can be e...

For the 15th year in a row, West Beach won the coveted "Blue Flag" award . Also, for the second year running they are the only two beaches in Hampshire to get the award accolade – with just 17 being similarly...

Hayling Island Businessmen’s Club has now taken delivery of its new mini bus. It had its first run today taking local senior citizens to St Mary’s Church. The bus is provided free of charge for local cha...

UK bookseller Waterstones has chosen Hayling Island crime novelist Pauline Rowson’s Marine Mystery, "Tide of Death", to feature in its summer re...

This prestigous Amateur Golfer's Championship Trophy, was won by Mark Thistleton, a greenkeeper at Hayling Golf Club,  with a 72-hole aggregate of 269 - 11 under par.Mark follows previous winners who went on to professional status like Le...