Claudia Lanzoni, tax manager at SMP Accounting and Tax, is understood to have become the first person to complete the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT) in the Isle of Man.

She had to pass three examinations to achieve the Chartered Institute of Taxation qualification, with subjects covering principles of international taxation, transfer pricing, OECD double tax treaties and OECD initiatives in the tax field, UK taxation of cross-border transactions, UK taxation of mobile individuals, UK non-domiciled and offshore trusts, EU law and CJEU tax cases. Claudia’s first language is Italian, meaning she had to study complex tax matters and sit demanding exams in her second language, making her achievement remarkable. ADIT is a specialist, advanced qualification in international and cross-border taxation which provides the opportunity to prove and improve professional credentials in international tax. It is recognised as a global benchmark of quality and an independent way of demonstrating knowledge and ability.

Claudia, who joined SMP in 2006, said: ‘I am extremely proud to have achieved this qualification, which is the result of intensive studying, hard work and the support of everyone in the SMP Partners Group. The additional knowledge earned during this process will further enhance the professional service SMP Accounting and Tax delivers for our clients all over the world.’

Since joining SMP Accounting and Tax in 2012, Claudia has assisted with queries on UK and international taxation, as well as the preparation of UK tax returns for companies, individuals and trusts.

Kieran Tierney has spoken of his delight at scoring his first senior goal for Celtic at the weekend.

The Manx-born defender capped a stellar breakthrough season by netting his side’s first goal during the Bhoys’ 7-0 rout of Motherwell on Sunday in the final game of the 2015-16 Scottish Premier League season.

Speaking to www.celticfc.net after the match, the prodigious talent said: ‘It’s been a brilliant day. I don’t even know how to describe it.

‘I was dying to get a goal before the end of the season and I managed to do it. I just cut inside and somehow I trundled it in with my right foot and I just ran away.

‘I couldn’t believe it. What a feeling it was, just madness! When you hear your name being sung by the crowd it’s crazy.

‘When you’re a wee guy that’s what you want, you imagine Celtic fans singing your name and today the whole stadium was doing it.

‘I think every member of the Tierney family was here and they managed to see my first goal. Hopefully it’s not the only one I score!

‘It’s definitely up there with my highlights this season. Now I have a few weeks to think about what I have achieved during the last 12 months and I will need to come back in good shape and keep working hard next season.’

Tierney will be in the island next month as the guest of honour at an event organised by the Manx International Football Alliance (MIFA).

The PokerStars-sponsored event takes place on Tuesday, June 7 at the Old Friends Club in Douglas starting at 8pm. Tickets cost £20 which includes a buffet, with proceeds going to the Hyperbaric Chamber and Europeada 2016.

For more information contact 228110 or email Janine.mifa@gmail.com

Peel AFC won the Paddy Power-sponsored Masters FA Cup after defeating Colby 6-5 on penalties at the Bowl on Wednesday evening.

The southerners took a first-half lead from Noel Gill’s free-kick, however Nigel Shimmin equalised shortly after the break.

Chris Kneen restored Colby’s lead but Gary Smith levelled the scores three minutes later.

No extra-time was played therefore the match was decided by the lottery of penalties where the westerners were victorious when the shoot-out went to sudden death.

A full report will appear in next week’s Isle of Man Examiner.

NEW tricknology strikes again . . .

It is reasonable to expect that reception at any airport hotel will be only too happy to accede to requests for an alarm call in order to wake you up in time for an early morning flight.

But at the oddly named HamptonbyHilton establishment across the road from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport they do not provide this simple service. They hand it over to new tricknology.

When I was taking an early flight back to the Isle of Man I asked for a call at 6.30am.

The girl at reception told me I had to do it for myself. She said: ‘You do it by way of a black box on your bedside table.’

The first worry about this was why an airport hotel, intimately involved with aviation, should need a black box.

Was it there in case the airport hotel crashed down to the ground and air accident investigators would need to find the black box with its important information?

This didn’t seem all that likely. But when I got to my room there was my black box. What to do with it?

New tricknology defeats me every time so I found and pulled a cord in the bathroom declared to be in case of emergency.

This brought a young man to my door. He didn’t seem surprised when I asked him to make the black box deliver an alarm call at 6.30am. He pressed some some buttons. Then he apologised and told me: ‘I’m afraid to say it can’t do 6.30am. It can only do 6.15am or 6.45 am. Your choice, sir’

It was like being told what’s on and what’s not at the New Tricknology Restaurant in somewhere like Sillycon Valley.

I chose 6.15 am to be on the safe side. I woke up at 4am and could not get back to sleep again.

That’s new tricknology for you.

THE Isle of Man Courier’s page one lead story headline was: ‘WOMAN, 40, HID ECSTASY IN HER BRA.’

I wonder if it was worth looking for.

THIS month’s crossword clue has been sent in by Redvers Skillicorn in Bristol.

It was in the Sunday Express general knowledge crossword as follows: ‘The – the Parliament of the Isle of Man.’

I am not going to publish the answer.

LIKE me, my Manx Radio colleague Stu Peters stares askance at the cultural fascism that is political correctness and in ‘Talking Heads’ last week he challenged the use of the word ‘chair’ in the disingenderisation (if that’s a word) of a human being who presides over a meeting.

‘Why not sofa or something of that sort?’ he demanded.

Well, I didn’t go along with sofa Stu. I would much prefer the word ‘stool.’

Of course in the Isle of Man, to be PC, it would have to be a three-legged stool.

LAST week I told my world-wide readership that I preferred Bremain to Brexit on the grounds that the devil you know is better.

This brought an email in from a lady wishing to be known as ‘Disgusted of Onchan’ saying: ‘During your very long lifetime we have been out of Europe for much longer than we have been in.

‘Perhaps your mathematical skills have increased and you are able to talk knowledgeably about kilos, metres, etc, etc.’

l’m not. But I can say that I am inching my way into the 21st century.

FRANK Bond says last week the Examiner said prizes for the Glen Maye duck race include ‘a return ticket for a car and two adults on the Steam Packet.’

As Frank says, that should pull them in.

FUNNIES File: The Press Association sent a story to Manx Radio saying: ‘Hundreds of black and white youths rioted in Brixton.’

WORLD headline: ‘Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors.’

They must have had a tall story to tell.

Isle of Man Friends of the Earth co-ordinator Pete Christian suggests ways in which the government can meet its commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent of the 1990 figures by 2050

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In May 2013 Tynwald voted to ditch a previous unanimously supported motion committing to securing 15 per cent of our electricity from renewables by 2015.

Instead, they voted for reducing carbon emissions by 80% of the 1990 figures, to be achieved by 2050.

After three years it seems reasonable to ask what has been achieved.

I don’t have access to accurate figures of today’s emissions, but I’m fairly certain there has been no major reduction at all.

At a recent presentation to Tynwald by acclaimed climate scientists Professors Anderson and Bows Larkin of Manchester University, the point was strongly made that reduced emissions are of the utmost urgency.

If we leave the bulk of the 80 per cent to be achieved by some magic bullet towards the end of the period, it will be too late.

I believe the Department of the Environment, Food and Agriculture will put something to July Tynwald addressing progress, possibly prioritising the twin issues of reducing domestic energy consumption, and the fuel poverty still shamefully affecting about 10 per cent of homes.

We hope this will be a substantial piece of work to be supported by members.

But meanwhile here are some suggestions for easy ‘wins’: not without cost, but the VAT rebate and the much vaunted return on the Pinewood investment give some leeway.

And any progress requires imaginative and targeted investment by enlightened politicians.

Electric vehicles

Allocate funds to subsidise purchase of new electric vehicles, grant of £3,000 per vehicle.

Based on average annual mileage of 5,000 miles or 8,000 kilometres, with real world average CO2 emissions of say 150g/km, I make that a saving of 1.2 tonnes of carbon per EV replacing an internal combustion-engined car.

A fund of £1m would subsidise around 333 vehicles with zero tail pipe emissions, total 400 tonnes saved each year.

Solar PV panels

Subsidies of £1,000 per household for the installation of 4kw solar PV arrays, promoting the uptake of this superb simple technology in 500 households, predicted to save at least the equivalent of 1.2 tonnes of carbon each per annum, there’s another 600 tonnes.

I’m sure the MUA could accommodate the level of electricity from this microgeneration, as significant kWhours will be consumed by the residents, and the MUA routinely sells excess energy into the UK already.

For the total one-off expenditure of £1.5m, that would be 1,000 tonnes carbon reduction, every year, and the twin initiatives would kick start a low carbon transition (revolution?).

Firefighters in Douglas were called out to Imperial Heights apartments at around 9.20pm last night (Wednesday) following reports of a burning smell.

On arrival, crews established that the incident was confined to the basement car park area.

After further investigation the cause was found to be a faulty motion sensor for the basement lights.

Crews isolated the electrical supply to the basement lighting circuit, and waited for the apartment’s electrician to attend and fix the fault.

Crew’s were in attendance for around 90 minutes.

Castletown and Corinthians will battle it out for Manx football’s top junior trophy tonight (Thursday) when they go head-to-head in the final of the Kirby Estates Cowell Cup.

The game at the Bowl pits Group A winners Town against Group C victors Corinthians and should prove to be an interesting battle.

The Mets comfortably topped Group A with three wins out of three without conceding a single goal.

Corinthians’ run to the final has seen them rack of the biggest win of this season’s competition with a 10-0 hammering of Onchan, as well as victory over RYCOB, therefore both sides clearly know where the back of the net is.

Town boast several players who have already made numerous appearances for the Mets’ first team, such as Paddy Cooper, Noah Sansbury and Jordan Cooper.

However, the Corinthians team is littered with players who have turned out for the Whites’ first team which claimed a fine fifth-placed finish in the Premier League this season.

Names such as Callum Campbell, Connor Gorman, Rio Allison, Glenn Walker and Ryan Gartland are all regularly featured on these pages, therefore the management team of Blane Slattery, Tony Edgar, Stewart Smith and Adam Watterson have a talented squad to choose from.

As such, the Ballafletcher outfit will go into the final as favourites to lift the trophy but will need to be wary against a talented Castletown side.

Kick-off is 7.15pm.

Special IT Matters report by Steve Burrows for Business News.

Do you know how many customers you have?

For many businesses the answer will be no, because they trade through intermediaries, or no, because customers may have multiple accounts, or no, because it’s a cash business.

Data is funny stuff. It means different things to different people in different contexts.

We interpret data differently depending on our context, you and I may look at the same data and derive very different conclusions.

This is why we have GAAP and IFRS for corporate accounting, without consistency of processing the same set of data yields different answers to different users, and like for like comparisons between sets of data becomes meaningless.

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard managers whining about dodgy data, only for it to emerge that the data was fine but their processing of it was inconsistent, undisciplined, ad-hoc, and frankly amateurish.

Last week we were flooded with data, when the ICIJ published the data extracted from the Panama Papers. Journalists, socialists, tax campaigners et. al. around the world are bleating on about the headline numbers. In the Isle of Man, we learned, the papers contain ‘4,983 offshore entities, 2,018 company officers, 213 intermediaries and 1,171 addresses linked to the Isle of Man’.

Tax authorities and financial regulators abroad are probably rubbing their hands with glee.

The headlines are not quite true.

Firstly the ICIJ offshore leaks database is not merely the Panama Papers, it also contains the data collected from earlier leaks published in 2013. Then once we start analysing the data there are substantial duplications, for instance under officers instead of around 2,000 Isle of Man Officers there are really only about 800 associated with the Panama Papers after cleansing and de-duplication, and most of these are corporate officers which are subsidiaries of CSPs.

The 1,000 addresses is similarly stretching the truth, after cleansing the sum total of addresses for the entities connected to IoM is about 250, the total of all addresses including addresses of officers and Intermediaries is 600 - and some of these are abroad.

The 50 per cent discrepancy between the news headlines and the truth is dodgy data. The Panama Papers include a mere eight Isle of Man registered entities.

misleading at best

While the underlying data may be OK, the way in which it has been assembled by the underpowered team of three ICIJ technicians is misleading at best.

It is easy to search the data for names, but not so easy to draw reliable conclusions from it. Instead of giving an accurate picture of the involvements of an officer, or intermediary, or address, it gives us a group of fragmented views; there may be for example six entries for an officer, each revealing a part of their connections - and no way for anyone to draw an accurate picture without downloading the raw data from the ICIJ and re-processing it to generate ‘Truth’.

This reflects a common problem seen in many corporate databases; amateurish construction and maintenance of data, lack of cleansing and de-duplication, failure to process in a consistent and standard manner etc. mean that data is not what it seems and valid information cannot be generated.

Just as many businesses cannot actually answer the question of how many customers they have even though they trade with those customers directly, because of duplicate accounts, and accounts for different departments of the same company and branch offices etc., without professional re-processing the offshore leaks database can’t tell us how many officers or addresses in the Isle of Man are associated with the Panama Papers.

Mud sticks however, so despite it being totally untrue, the world will think the Isle of Man has around 2,000 officers associated with dodgy dealings in Panama, which is most of our CSP sector. The damage is done.

dodgy data

The problem of dodgy data is pretty universal, and it has an adverse effect on organisational performance because decision-makers are misinformed. It is expensive to clean data and expensive to maintain it properly.

Producing accurate results is a distinct and demanding skillset, with the result that much of the so-called information we see in business is produced by amateurs. For example in one case I saw the sales and operations people in a company produced their own reports, and the inaccuracies only came to light when the MD queried why sales thought they had 40,000 customers when operations were only servicing 27,000 of them.

Amateurs handling data can have serious consequences, for business strategy, and occasionally for reputation. Many of us have at times derided Government statistics.

Getting to a single version of truth requires discipline and consistency of method.

One of the latest recruitment fads is data scientists - people who can actually process data intelligently, accurately and consistently (we used to call these specialists reporting analysts, but perceptions of the role have been upgraded as the paychecks required to attract the best have inflated).

amateurs

Nevertheless we almost all have these amateurs handling data, and producing dodgy results. Unless an organisation has a ruthless head of IT or chief information officer who insists on monopolising the professional production of reports, it is likely that the only reliable information in an organisation is the accounts, and their scope is very limited.

I recently received an email to my management consulting company, SBA Limited, from the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority (the FSA), the combined regulator which has replaced the Financial Supervision Commission and the Insurance & Pensions Authority.

The email read: ‘You are receiving this correspondence because it would appear that you may be undertaking, or holding out as undertaking the business of a virtual currency provider, a designated business as defined in Schedule 1 to the Act.’

The missive from the regulator went on to say: ‘If you have not already done so, will you please review your activities against the Act as a matter of urgency and advise us of your conclusions.

‘If you believe yourselves to be exempt or outside the scope of the Act please set this out in the form of a breakdown of the activities that you perform in respect of any customers on whose behalf you act, in or from the Isle of Man.’

To say that I took umbrage would be a magnificent understatement.

Here was some public servant maligning my company, and therefore me personally as its sole worker, as unlawfully operating a virtual currency business; perhaps dealing in untraced dodgy cryptocurrencies best known for facilitating unlawful trade in drugs and guns - and demanding that I go to the significant effort of explaining exactly what my business does in order to show that my management consulting activities did not fall within the scope of the act.

I telephoned the FSA demanding to know from where they had got their information, and was told it was ‘in their records’.

In short they had put SBA Limited into an official list or database. I asked why they had included me in their records, and they claimed they had read it in SBA’s website.

SBA’s website offers my services as a ‘virtual chief information officer’, and my expertise in ‘Virtualisation’ (the hosting of many computer servers on one physical computer), nowhere does it mention virtual currencies.

I can only assume that some blundering bungling bureaucrat working in the FSA has been trawling through Isle of Man business websites and cannot tell the difference between a six-foot two inch male, balding IT expert and a cryptographically encoded chunk of data purporting to carry information about a value transfer transaction.

implied threat

Thus SBA was included within the FSA’s dodgy data and I was harassed under implied threat of regulatory sanction to explain myself for our non-breach of the DBRO Act.

It would seem that some of the FSA’s amateurishly and unlawfully compiled records have no more integrity than the ICIJ’s Offshore Leaks dodgy database of stolen data. There is probably truth to be found in both of them, but both can also be used to draw dangerous conclusions in the hands of amateurs.

Harassing

Personally the prospect of the Panama Papers dodgy data in the hands of the blundering bureaucrats employed by regulators and tax authorities worries me deeply as the combination is guaranteed to waste huge amounts of taxpayer’s money whilst harassing many innocent people. Processing data is a job for professionals, unfortunately dodgy data is everywhere and unless the reckless amateurs who produce it are sat upon hard it damages governments, businesses and individuals.

For the sake of disclosure, I do have an interest in virtual currencies, which is nothing to do with SBA Limited so wrongly maligned by the FSA.

I am the inventor of a digital currency acceptance mechanism for vending machines. If the FSA had the nous to ask me about that I would have been able to tell them that my invention is outside the scope of the DBRO Act because I have merely created a machine for others to use; it’s not for sale (yet) and I don’t get to touch the filthy lucre myself.

Nevertheless, if virtual currencies ever go big for consumer payments I could be coining it in.

Lee Gale has been named as the Isle of Man Football Association Player of the Year.

The Peel winger has enjoyed a fine season for the Canada Life Premier League runners-up and will be presented with his award at next Friday’s presentation evening.

Douglas Athletic’s Mark Wolfenden has been chosen as the Division Two Player of the Year.

More in next week’s Isle of Man Examiner.

The hospice is to hold a second urban slide.

This year it will take place in Walpole Road in Peel on August 21, the same day as the Peel Soap Box Derby.

Caroline Cornish, head of international customer services and director and general manager (IOM) from Friends Provident International said: ‘We are thrilled to be support the Urban Slide event for the second year and our staff are excited to be involved in organising and staffing the event.

‘A few of us may even have a go ourselves! We are also proud of our ongoing partnership with Hospice Isle of Man which demonstrates our commitment to making a difference to the Isle of Man. The hospice does so much good work and it is an honour to support them in providing much needed care and support to the Manx community.’

Event nanager for Hospice, Sharon Connor said: ‘We are very grateful to Friends Provident International for co-partnering this event with us again, not only did they purchase the slide and all the paraphilia last year, they have donated funds again this year and are providing staff to help organising and man the event.’

She added: ‘This is a hill with guaranteed extra speed so we expect places to go quickly. I would encourage anyone interested to click on the below link as soon as possible and sign up.

‘We are limited to 500 places – we cannot keep places as it is an electronic sign-on system.’

For further details email events@hospice.org.im or ring Sharon 647432.

To register for the event {https://hospiceiomurbanslide2016.eventbrite.co.uk|click here}.

Tributes have been paid to Dr Mike Pendrill, a long-standing teacher at Ramsey Grammar School who has died.

Mike joined RGS as Second in English in 2002 from St Ninian’s High School and quickly established himself as a well respected, admired and popular member of the English team.

Head teacher Annette Baker said: ‘He described himself as a “restless academic”, intent on furthering his knowledge of his beloved English literature at every opportunity.

‘As a lifelong learner, while continuing to teach, he went on to obtain, in 2012, his DPhil in English literature. He was the point of reference for many a sixth form student heading for university, as well as a caring and supportive form tutor.

‘Mike was an inspirational teacher of English and media studies primarily, though typically his talents extended still further to the teaching of history, sociology, RE, general studies and drama.

‘He was also a passionate supporter of school productions, using his talents and experience as a filmmaker to ensure that memories were captured and shared.

‘He bore his illness with stoicism and fortitude, and worked for his students and the school up until the very end.

‘He will be sadly missed by students, staff, parents, families and members of the northern community.’

Thursday, May 19

• Douglas Town Band at the Villa Marina Arcade, 8pm.

• Karaoke, Guys and Dolls, Douglas.

• Ramsey Folk Club, Mitre Hotel, Ramsey, 8pm-11pm.

• Karaoke with Ray Sloane at the Saddle Inn, Douglas.

• Guitar lessons at the meeting room, Archibald Knox, Onchan, 5.45pm-6.45pm.

• Alternative Havana, Fiesta Havana, Douglas. Also, Friday - Full On Fridays.

Friday, May 20

• Brown Sugar at the Rosemount, Douglas.

• Ian Thompson at Jaks, Douglas.

• DJ Karaoke and Disco, at Bordello’s, Douglas, 9pm till 1am.

• DJ Tim, Second Venue, 21 Victoria Street, Douglas, 8pm. Also Saturday.

• Karaoke at the Albert, Douglas, 9pm.

• Irish traditional music session at The Mitre, Ramsey, 9pm.

Saturday, May 21

• Ian Thompson at the Railway, Douglas.

• 9 Mile Smile at Jaks, Douglas.

• Manx music session, the Whitehouse, Peel, 10pm.

• Karaoke with Dobbo at the Decks, Liverpool Arms, Baldrine.

• Karaoke at the Central Hotel, Ramsey.

• Karaoke and disco, in Second Venue above The Nags Head, 10pm-2am.

• Ribbon Road, No Redemption, songs, live music and film to mark 30 years since miners’ strike, Centenary Centre, Peel, 8pm. Tickets £10.

Sunday, May 22

• Karaoke at Jaks, Douglas.

• Balley Cashtal Brass at the Villa Marina Arcade, 3pm.

• Karaoke at The Crescent, Queen’s Promenade, Douglas, 8pm.

Tuesday, May 24

• Onchan Silver Band at the Villa Marina Arcade, 8pm.

• Sailors’ Shelter concert, Shoh Slaynt, £5 inclusive supper, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Bring your own drink.

• Acoustic sing-around, the Manor, Willaston, 8.30pm.

• Rock Choir, Youth Arts Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas, 6pm.

Wednesday, May 25

• Irish Music session at O’Donnell’s, Douglas, 8.30pm.

• Drawn Steel, Rob Jones, Sayle Gallery, Douglas. Until Sunday.

• The Art of Darkness, Julian Simmonds. Astro-photography and the Manx skies at night, Sayle Gallery, Douglas. Until Sunday.

• Works by Manx and international artists James Duggan, Megan Hindley, and many others, Isle Gallery, Tynwald Mills. Until May 29.

Thursday, May 19

• Tea dance, South Douglas Old Friends’ Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 2pm.

• Dance classes for children, Centenary Centre, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688.

• Modern line dance classes for all levels at the Legion Hall, Onchan. Also Mon and Wed. Call 670308.

• Advanced ballet/pointe work for ages 12-18, Youth Arts Centre, Douglas, 5pm. TAP MOB for ages 8-18, YAC, Douglas, 6pm-7.30pm. Also Sat, ballet and tap for ages 3-7; Irish and Modern for ages 4-12. Theatre Club, Trinity Church hall, Douglas, 1-4pm. Mon, Intermediate Ballet and Tap for ages 12+, 5-6.30pm; tap for adults, 6.30-7.15pm. Tues, Ballet and Tap for ages 5-10 years; Irish for adults, 6.15pm. Wed, modern jazz for ages 10-15, 4pm; Ballet and tap for ages 10-15, 4.45pm-6.15pm; Contemporary dance for ages 8-18, YAC, 7.30-9pm. Contact Susannah Maybury 431380 or theatrix@manx.net

• Fitsteps, Onchan Community hall, 7.30pm. Call 456056.

• Strictly Come Dancing for beginners, Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, 8pm.

Friday, May 20

• Under six ballroom, St Matthew’s Church hall, Douglas, 5pm-5.45pm. Also, ages 6-9, 5.45pm-6.30pm; ages 9-12, 6.30pm-7.15pm; ages 12+, 7.15pm-8pm. Also Tues, under 8s, 4pm-4.45pm; Dynamites freestyle, 4.45pm-5.30pm; 8-12 ballroom, 5.30pm-6.15pm; Energisers freestyle, 6.15pm-7pm; 12+ ballroom, 7pm-7.45pm; Explosions freestyle, 7.45pm-8.30pm. Call 474063.

• Modern Dance, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 5.45pm. Also Thurs, 4.30pm; tap jnr, 6.45pm; tap adv, 7.30pm. Beginners tap, Tues, 4.30pm.

• Argentinian Tango beginners, St Paul’s hall, Ramsey, 7pm. Call 880650.

• Line Dancing, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 7pm. Beginners welcome. Call 878687.

Saturday, May 21

• Dance time for children, Port Erin Methodist hall, 9.30am. Call 835696.

• Ballroom dancing for children, Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, 10am.

• Irish dance mixed, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park,

3pm. Also Mon, prim/int, 4.30pm and Tues, 6.15pm. Tues, beginners, 5.15pm, stage snr, 4pm; stage int, 5pm,

• Sequence dancing, Onchan Pensioners’ hall, 8pm. Call 829669.

• Social sequence dancing, Pulrose Methodist Church hall, Douglas, 8pm. Also Mon, Wed and Sun. Call 842878.

Sunday, May 22

• Perree Bane Manx folk dancing, Ballasalla village hall, 7pm.

Monday, May 23

• Ballet, Viking Works, Riverside, Peel, 5.45pm. Also Thurs, 4.30pm.

• Country dancing, Willaston hall, 7pm-9pm. Call 628521.

• Ceroc dance night, Masonic hall, Douglas, 7.30pm-10.30pm.

• Line dancing, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 8.15pm. Call 436219.

Tuesday, May 24

• Oriental dance exercise, Gena’s Dance Academy, Peel, 10am. Also Wed, The Gym, Ramsey. Call 300020.

• Line dancing for beginners, The South Douglas Old Friends’ Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 7.30pm-8.30pm.

• Linedancercise, St John’s football clubhouse, 7.30pm-9pm, call 467285.

• Sequence dancing with Port Erin Dancing Club, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 8pm.

Wednesday, May 25

• Scottish Country Dancing, The Working Men’s Institute, Laxey, 2pm-4pm. Call 813074.

• Tea dance at St John’s Methodist hall, live music with Eric and Jimmy, 2pm. Call 842548.

• Ballroom dancing for children, Centenary Centre, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688.

• Ballet, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 4.30pm.

• Latin line dancing, Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, 7.30pm. Call 835098.

• Ballroom dancing, Villa Marina, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call 623414.

• Rhythmic dance, St Ninian’s dance studio, Douglas, 8pm.

Thursday, May 19

• Port Erin WI, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 9.30am. Call 818194.

• Manx Retirement Association stretch and flex, Onchan Methodist hall, Main Road, Onchan at 10am. Fri, monthly walk meeting at Glen Helen, 2pm. Sat, boat trip to the Calf of Man. Sun, monthly luncheon (carvery) at the Sefton Hotel, Douglas, 1pm. Wed, rummikub afternoon at the Marshall’s, 16 Banks Howe, Onchan, 2pm.

• Onchan Pensioners Club, Morton Hall, Castletown, coffee morning; Friday, sequence dancing, 2pm-4.30pm; Saturday, Arabian dancing, 9am-1pm; Monday, Bridge, 2pm-5pm and 7pm-11pm; Tuesday, coffee morning including raffle, 10am-noon; Wednesday, whist drive, 7pm-10pm.

• Soundcheck, Youth Arts Centre, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Mon and Tues, 6pm-9pm. Mon, Castletown youth club, 6pm-9pm, and Wed, Ramsey youth club, 6.30pm-9.30pm.

• Ramsey WI, St Paul’s Church Lounge, Market Place, Ramsey, 7.30pm.

Friday, May 20

• Castletown and District Over 60s Club coffee morning, Castletown Civic Centre, 10am-11.30am. Admission £1.

Sunday, May 22

• Manx Retirement Association lunch at the Sefton Hotel, 12.30pm. Speaker Harry Owens, Bee Inspector. To book call 817007.

• Port Erin Bowling Club, Club night, 4.30pm- 6.30pm. Everybody welcome.

Monday, May 23

• Vannin Bridge, Onchan pensioners hall, 2pm. Also Thurs.

• Possan Aeglagh Manx Speaking Youth Club School Year 6 upwards, Cafe Laare, Lord Street, Douglas, 6.30pm, subs £1. Call Cathy Clucas 414331 or email C.Clucas@doe.sch.im

• Onchan Silver Band practice, the band room, off Main Road, Onchan, beginners 6.30pm and seniors 7.30pm.

• Ayre WI, Grosvenor Hotel, Andreas, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

Tuesday, May 24

• St John’s Art and Craft Group, Methodist hall, 9.40am. Bring your own art and craft. Call 851364.

• The Tuesday Group, flexible learning room to try your hand at basic crafts, have a chat, coffee and fun, Peel Clothworkers’ School, 1.15pm. Pre-school children catered for. Call 614180.

• Isle of Man Chess Club, Belsfield Hotel, Church Road Marina, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call 495097.

• Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band rehearsals, Queen Street Mission hall, 7.30pm.

• Rotary Club of Rushen and Western Mann meet Cherry Orchard Hotel, Port Erin, 7.30pm.

• Mannin Quilters, Ballabeg Methodist hall, 7.30pm. Call 628921. Also Wed at St Columba’s Catholic Church, Port Erin, 1.30pm.

• Ballacottier Senior Youth Project for school years 10+, Ballacottier School youth room, 7.30pm-9.30pm.

Wednesday, May 25

• The Friendship Club for the over 60s, Onchan Baptist Church, 2.30pm. Call 674255.

• Laxey Dog Training Club, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm-10pm.

• Peel Belles WI, St Patrick’s Hall, Patrick Street, Peel, 7.30pm.

Thursday, May 19

• Noah’s Ark Tots Group, Church on The Rock, Ramsey, 9.30am. Call 431034.

• Gym time active play for pre-school children, Manx Gymnastics Centre, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 625636. Also Fri and Wed.

• Happy Tots, Willaston School hall, 9.45am. Call 621577.

• Mannin Music: Mini musicians , Kodály music for non-walkers, Douglas Youth Arts Centre, 10am. Also, mini musicians - Kodály music class for toddlers, YAC, 2pm; Fri, Northern Swimming Pool community room, 10am; Sat, Victoria Road School, 10.30am; Sun,YAC, 10.30am. Email info@manninmusic.com

• Storytime for pre-schoolers, Henry Bloom Noble Library, Douglas, 10am. Call 696461.

• Krafty Kids (pre-school age) Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10am.

• Toddler Tunes, Community Room, Michael School, 2pm. Call 878090.

• 2nd Onchan Beavers, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 5pm.

• Good News Club for primary school children, Living Hope Community Church, Bayview Road, Port St Mary, 6pm. Email weirfamily55@hotmail.co.uk

• St John Ambulance Cadets (10+), 6.30pm-8pm, Douglas headquarters. Badgers (5+), 5.30pm-6.30pm, Age Concern in Peel. Adults meetings, Thurs, Mon and Tues, Douglas headquarters. Fri, Ramsey, St Olave’s Church hall. Call 674387.

• Santon Beavers, Kewaigue School, 5pm. Also Cubs, 6.30pm. Call 623244.

• 1st Laxey Beavers and Cubs, Laxey School. Beavers, 6.30pm–7.30pm; Cubs, 6.45pm–8.15pm. 1stlaxeycubs@manx.net

• Army Cadets, Scout hall, Peel, 7pm. Also Tues.

• Onchan District Explorers, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 7.30pm.

Friday, May 20

• Baby and Toddler Group, Glen Maye Community Centre, 9.30am-11.30am. Call 845681.

• Tiddlers, parents and tots, Elim Church, Onchan, 10am. Call 434933.

• Parents and tots, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10am.

• Laxey Mums, Carers and Tots at Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 10am-noon. Call 466887.

• Onchan carers and tots, Onchan parish hall, 1.15pm. Call 625328.

• Parent and toddler group, Ballasalla School, 1.45pm.

• Sporty church for years 3-6, Trinity Church hall, 6pm-7pm. Call 628374. Also Sunday School, Trinity Church hall, crèche to late teens, 10.30am-11.45am. Call 625409.

Saturday, May 21

• Young Bowlers Club. Tuition and tips, Surestrike Bowling Alley, Ramsey, 11am-noon.

• Messy Church, Promenade Methodist Church, Douglas, 3.30pm to 5.30pm.

Sunday, May 22

• Ollies - fun for children up to 11, St Olave’s Church hall, Ramsey, 9.45am -10.45am.

• Sunday School, Sulby Methodist Church, 10.30am.

• Rock Sunday Club for children at Colby Methodist Chapel, 10.30am - 11.30am.

• Task and DFC children’s club, Abbey Church, Ballasalla, 10.45am.

Monday, May 23

• Parents and tots, Dhoon Church hall, 9.30am. Call 426395.

• Daniel’s Den, Methodist Church, Arbory Street, Castletown, 10am. Call 822374.

• Kittens tots and carers group, St Ninian’s Church, Douglas, 10.30am. Call 629683.

• Breastfeeding Buddies drop-in clinic, Village Walk Health Centre, Onchan, 10.30am. Call 656030.

• Roll’n’Play for pre-schoolers, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10.30am.

• Story Time, Castletown Library, 1.30pm and 2.15pm.

• Tots play, Northern Lights Community Centre, Ramsey, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Also Wed, tots craft and play.

• Peel Toddler Group, Corrin Hall, Peel, 1.30pm.

• Michael Miniatures’ parents and tots, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 2pm. Call 491592.

• Onchan Rainbows, 5.30pm. Also 1st Onchan Brownies, 6.30pm.

• Brownies, Corrin Hall, Peel, 6.30pm.

• Manannan Cubs, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 7pm.

• Do Drop Inn Drama Club, children ages 10+, St Paul’s hall, Ramsey, 7pm.

Tuesday, May 24

• Parents and tots, Auldyn Infants School community room, Ramsey, 9.15am-11.15am.

• Parents and tots group, Cronk-y-Berry School, side entrance, 9.30am. Call 469756. Also Thurs, 1.30pm.

• Toddle Inn, mums and tots group, Port St Mary Living Hope Community Church, 9.30am. Call 835091.

• Tiddlers Group for parents, grandparents or carers, St Olave’s Church hall, Ramsey, 9.45am-11.30am, £1.50.

• Super Saints, All Saints’ Church vestry, Douglas, 10am-11.15am. Call 427185.

• Foxdale mums and tots, community hall, Foxdale School, 2pm. Call 420234.

• Abbey Acorns, ages 4+ at the Abbey Church, Ballasalla, 3.30pm.

• Peel Footlights Youth Theatre, children aged eight-16, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 4pm. Also Thursday. Call 843819.

• 2nd Onchan Beavers, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 5pm.

Wednesday, May 25

• Parents and tots, Salvation Army Citadel, Lord Street, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 627742.

• Mini Club for parents or carers and their babies, toddlers and pre-school children, Anagh Coar School, 9.30am or Braddan Church hall, 2pm. Call 675091.

• Twins/Multiple Births Club, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10am-11.30am. Call 458202.

• Mums and tots, Marown hall, Peel Road, Crosby, 10.15am.

• Busy Bees parents and tots, Beehive Kindergarten, Onchan, 1.30pm. Also Thurs. Call 674655.

• Action, Songs and Rhymes, from birth onwards, 1.30pm-2.30pm, Laxey Working Men’s Institute. Call Jo, 479452.

• Ballaquayle Bears Toddler Group, Ballaquayle School hall, Douglas, 1.45pm-3pm.

• Foxdale Parents and Tots Club at Foxdale School,2pm-3.15pm. Contact Ann Naisbitt, 801946 or annnaisbitt@hotmail.com

• The Energy Youth Group, Colby Methodist Chapel, 7pm-8.30pm. Call Jane, 492010.

• Snaefell Cubs, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 7pm.

Thursday, May 19

• Age IoM computer training sessions, Douglas iMuseum, Kingswood Grove, 10am–12.30pm.

• Art and creative writing, The Hub, Port Erin, 10am. Also board games, 2pm-3.30pm; chair based exercise, 3pm. Sat, social fitness, 9.30am; Meditation led by IOM Brahma Kumaris, 5.30pm-6.30pm. Tues, bridge, 10am-noon; crafts, 2pm-3.30pm. Wed, yoga, 11am-12.15pm. Men in Sheds – Tues/Wed/Fri, 10am, Thie Rosien, Port Erin.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market, Tynwald Mills, St John’s, 11am-3pm.

• Laxey and Lonan Community Choir, Laxey Methodist Church, Minorca Hill, Laxey, 7pm-8pm. No auditions.

• Manx Gaelic class, intermediate-advanced with James Harrison, Arbory Commissioners’ hall, 7.30pm. Also Fri, intermediate-advanced with Adrian Cain, Manx Museum, noon. Sat, intermediate, House of Manannan, 9.30am; intermediate-advanced with James Harrison, Manx Museum, 10.30am. Tues, intermediate with Adrian Cain, St Matthew’s Church, Douglas, noon; advanced, Rovers pub, Douglas, 1pm; beginners, Patchwork Cafe, Port St Mary, 7.30pm; Arbory Commissioners’ hall with Cathy Clucas, 7.30pm; St John’s House with James O’Meara, 7.30pm.

• Gospel message, Ballaugh village hall, 7.30pm.

• Quiz Night, The Railway, Douglas, 8.30pm. Call 670773.

• Bingo Quiz, Manor Hotel, Willaston, 9pm.

Friday, May 20

• Coffee and chat, Onchan Methodist Church lounge, 10.30am-noon.

• Michael School car boot sale, noon-2.30pm, 10am set up, £6 per pitch. Free admission - donations on the gate. Call Tony Robinson, 878246/431779.

• Revive Fridays, Trinity Church Hall, Douglas, 5.30pm-6.30pm. Enjoy the company and a faith tea. Call 621004.

• Meditation, The Refinery, Duke Street, Douglas, 7pm. Call 467818.

• Talk by UK tutor Mary McIntosh for the Isle of Man Embroiderers’ Guild, ‘Adventures in Textiles’, St Andrew’s Church hall, St Ninian’s, Douglas, 7.30pm, free. Also, Saturday, a mixed media workshop, entitled ‘Paper Mania’, St Andrew’s Church hall, 10am-4pm, £30.

• Pullyman and Friends at the Erin Arts Centre. An evening of comedy, poetry and tall tales, 8pm.

Saturday, May 21

• Theatre Tours, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, 10am. Call 600555.

• The Manx Aviation and Military Museum, Ronaldsway, open 10am-4.30pm daily.

• Laxey Woollen Mills, Glen Road, 10am-5pm. Also open weekdays.

• Green Centre, near Chester Street complex, Douglas. Information about recycling, energy, insulation and environmental matters, 10am.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market, Karl B and T, Ramsey, 10am-3pm.

• IoM Torch Fellowship Group meeting for the visually impaired. Call 622830 for venue.

• George Hobbs book signing, ‘Manx Electric Railway: Past and Present’, at the tram junction, Whitehouse Close (behind the tram station), Laxey, 11am.

• Great Laxey Mine Railway running every Sat until the end of September, from 11am-4.30pm.

• Coffee and chat, St Mary’s on the Harbour, Castletown, 11am.

• Meditation Masterclass, Thie Rosien, Castletown Road,Port Erin, 3.30pm-5pm. Also, Sun, The Hourglass Meditations, Grand View, Ramsey Road, Knocksharry, 2.30pm-7pm. Monday, The Power of Concentration, Keyll Darree Education and Training Centre, Noble’s Hospital, 7.30pm-9pm. www.brhmakumaris.org/uk/isleofman

• Bally Cashtal Brass training band of Castletown Band, Queen Street Mission Hall, beginners 4.30pm, main rehearsal 5.30pm. Call Barbara, 473582.

Sunday, May 22

• Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band rehearsals, Queen Street Mission hall, 7.30pm. Call 473582.

• Meditation and chat, Pure Inspiration, Ramsey, 7.15pm. Call Gary, 817735.

Monday, May 23

• Age Isle of Man - free computer sessions for people aged over 50, House of Manannan, Peel, 10am–12.30pm and 1.30pm–4.30pm.

• Afternoon tea dance, Manx Legion Club, Douglas, 2pm-4pm.

• Free life-changing stress / spine / health talks, Align4Life in Lake Road, Douglas, 6.45pm, 629444.

Tuesday, May 24

• Computers for Beginners, Onchan Library, 10am-noon. Call 621228.

• Manx Cancer Help drop-in day, Lisa Lowe Centre, The Old Schoolhouse, Cronkbourne, 11am-4pm.

• Lunch Club, Salvation Army Citadel, Lord Street, Douglas, 11.30am. Call 627742.

Wednesday, May 25

• Computer training sessions. Leonard Cheshire Disability, Main Road, Onchan, 11am-3pm. Call 679030.

• Call in for coffee at St Peter’s Church, Onchan, 11am and 1pm.

• Bereavement support group, friendly get together for anyone feeling isolated or lonely after a bereavement, Scholl Centre, Hospice Isle of Man, 5pm-7pm. Call 647443.

• SambaMann percussion workshop, Onchan Silver bandroom, off Onchan Commissioners’ car park, 7pm, email sambamann@manx.net

• Bingo Quiz, Archibald Knox Onchan, 8pm.

Thursday, May 19

• Keep Fit, Colby Football Club, 10am - £5 per class. Qualified Instructor - suitable for beginners/over 50s. KettleCardio, Colby Football Club, 6.30pm - £5 per class . Qualified Instructor - A mix between Kettlebells/Cardio and Toning. All levels welcome. Sat, KettleCardio, Colby Football Club 10am - £5 per class . Qualified Instructor - A mix between Kettlebells/Cardio and Toning. Wed, Aerobics, 6pm, Ballabeg Hall , £5 per class. Qualified Instructor. All levels welcome

• Walk and Talk: Peel promenade, 10am-11.30am. Also Fri, NSC, 9.30am-11.30am; Mon, Poulsom Park, Castletown, 10am-noon, NSC, 5.30pm-7.30pm; Tues, NSC, 9.30am-11.30am. Wed, Mooragh Park, Ramsey, 10am-11.30am. Call Lesley Patterson, 686852.

• Iyengar yoga (mixed), 10 Perwick Bay, Port St Mary, 9.30am. Also, Tues, men only, 7pm; Wed, mixed, 6.45pm. Call 452791.

• Wheelie Active Parents (mums and buggies), Villa Marina reception, 9.30am.

• Chair-based exercise, Onchan Youth and Community Centre, 1.30pm. Also Fri, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 2pm; Mon, Ramsey town hall, 10.30am; Tues, Castletown Sandfield residents’ lounge, 2pm; Wed, Westlands’ residents’ lounge, Peel, 10.30am. Call 642668.

• Pilates, beginners to intermediate, 38 Woodbourne Square, Douglas, 2pm, 5.30pm and 7pm. Call 491449.

• Tai Chi Chuan, Lezayre parish hall, 2pm. Call Pete Jackson, 898468.

• Mini tennis coaching, Douglas LTC, Kensington Road. Year 3, 4.30pm; year 4, 5.30pm. Also Tues, adult beginners and improvers tennis coaching, 6pm. Call 302642.

• Iyengar inspired yoga, Laxey Football Club. Children’s yoga years 3 to 6, 3.30pm; recep-yr 2, 4.30-5.15pm; teenage yoga, 5.15pm; men’s yoga, 6.30pm. Also Mon, mixed ability hatha yoga, 9.15am; Wed, adult Iyengar inspired yoga, 7pm-8.30pm. Call Jane, 863130.

• Manx Fencing Club, Ashley Hill School, Onchan, 4pm. Also seniors, BHS, Douglas, 5pm; Tues, Arbory village hall, beginners, 4pm; Grade 1+, 5pm. Wed, juniors, RGS, 5pm; seniors, 6pm. Also, juniors, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 6.30pm; adults, 7.30pm.

• Southern Gymnastics Club, Ballasalla School, 4pm. Also Tues, CRHS, 5pm. Call 473741.

• Northern Gymnastics Club, RGS, 5pm.

• Anti-gravity yoga, Savina’s Secret Studio, Glen Falcon Road, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also, pole fitness, 7.45pm. Call 203502.

• Western Athletics Club, QEII High School, 6.30pm.

• Zumba, Carrefour Health Club, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Mon, 8pm; Wed, 9.45am.

• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm. Also Mon, 7pm. Call 452729/863602.

• Peel Badminton Club, Corrin Hall, Peel, 7pm.

• Aquafit, Western Swimming Pool, 7pm. Also Tues, 1.15pm.

• Aerobics and body toning, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 7pm. Also Mon, Park View hall, Kirk Michael. Call 455924.

• Zumba, The Institute, Laxey 7pm-8pm, also Tues, 7.30pm.

• Yoga, Cooil Methodist hall, 7.15pm. Call 494489.

• Fencing, Ashley Hill School, 7.30pm. Also Mon, Andreas parish hall, 4.30pm; Tues, Arbory parish hall, 4pm and Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 6.30pm; Wed, Scoill Ree Gorree, Ramsey, 5pm. Call 880863.

• Zumba, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 7.30pm. Call 425270. Also Tues.

• Fun Aquafit, Cherry Orchard Hotel pool, 7.45pm. Also Tues.

Friday, May 20

• Ladies tennis, Albany LTC, 10am. Also Sat, junior beginners, noon; Sun, club morning, 10.30am; Tues, club night, 7pm; Wed, club morning, 10.30am; Call Pat Sharp, 861497/ Jan Gaskill, 862144.

• RUN IOM running group for all abilities with UKA qualified coach,TT Grandstand, Noble’s Park, 12.10pm-12.45pm. See Facebook or email 4t8@manx.net Also Mon, meet Jubilee Kiosk, Douglas seafront.

• Acrobatics, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 4.30pm.

• Cronkbourne Cricket Club juniors indoor training, BHS, 5.45pm.

• Yoga class, Move it Dance Studio, Westmoreland Road, 6pm-7.30pm.

• Manx ABC Boxing, Palace Terrace, Douglas. Juniors, 6pm; seniors , 7pm. Also Mon and Wed.

• Yoga, Morton Hall, Onchan, 6.30pm. Call 494489.

• Tai chi chuan, Murray’s Road School, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call 612305.

• Indoor bowls, Legion Hall, Port St Mary, 7.30pm.

Saturday, May 21

• Pregnancy yoga, All Saints’ hall, Douglas, 10am. Call 461461.

• Yoga, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 10.15am. Also Mon.

• Yoga, Arbory parish hall, 10.30am. Call 494489.

• St Mary’s football club mixed u11s, Pulrose football fields, 10.30am. Call 405859.

• Tae Kwondo beginners, Pinewood Complex, Pulrose, 10.45am. Text 432152.

Sunday, May 22

• Reikido, The Royal British Legion, Port Erin, 11am. Also Mon, 8pm. Call Nick, 398955.

• Yoga and Nutrition, Karma Yoga Studio, Douglas, 6pm.

Monday, May 23

• Pilates Isle of Man, mat based Pilates classes, The Pilates Studio, Peel, Monday 9.30am, Wednesday 5.15pm and 6.30pm, Thursday 6.15pm, Friday 9.30am, Saturday 9.45am. Also mat based Pilates, Colby Methodist Hall, Monday 6pm. Chair based Pilates, Pilates Studio, Peel, Thursday 10am ( free for members of MS Society). Pilates for orthopedic and neurological conditions available upon request, ante/post natal Pilates as required. Contact Lizzy Main, 427401, pilatesisleofman@manx.net,pilates-isle-of-man.co.uk.

• Beginners yoga, Karma, 2nd Floor, Victoria Street, Douglas 10am.

• Exercise Boot Camp, Corrin Hall, Peel, 6.15pm. Also Wed, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 6pm; Thurs, Glen Vine Church hall, 9.15am.

• Finch Hill cricket training, 7pm-8pm.

• Bodyweight and cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm. Call 452729.

• Women’s self-defence classes, British Legion hall, Port Erin, 7.30pm.

• Kirk Michael Badminton Club, Park View hall, 8pm. Call 878536.

Tuesday, May 24

• Early Morning Boot Camp, Marown Millennium hall, 6.15am. Also Wed and Fri. Evening Boot Camp, 6pm, Thurs and Tues, 6pm; Sat, 9am. Also kettlebells, Sat, 8am; Wed, 6pm. Call 465335.

• Fit2Go walking, Station Road car park, St John’s, 9am.

• Pilates at 38 Woodbourne Square, Douglas, 9.15am; Trinity Church, Ramsey, 6.15pm. Also, balance and pilates, Cooyrt Balleigh, Ramsey, 1.30pm. No floor exercise. Call 491449.

• Cheerleading, All Saints’ Church hall, 4.30pm. Call 254499.

• Jamse’s fitness boot camp, Douglas promenade, 6pm-7pm. Also Thursday. Call, 614570.

• Adult beginners and improvers tennis coaching, Douglas LTC, Kensington Road, 6pm, Call 302642.

• Zumba, Fiesta Havana, Douglas, 7pm. Email sjh@manx.net

• Tai Chi Chuan, Lezayre parish community hall, 7pm.

• IoM Karate Federation, Murray’s Road School, juniors, 7pm; seniors, 7.30pm. Call 612305.

• Badminton club, Arbory School, Ballabeg, 8pm-10pm. Call Liz on 466370.

Wednesday, May 25

• Zumba classes, beginners, antenatal and postnatal, 9.45am, zumba fitness, advanced, 10.45am at Zumba Isle of Man, Silvercraigs Hotel. Call 677776.

• Thompson Travel Netball Club junior training, St Ninian’s Lower School, u11’s 6-7pm, u14s and u16s 7-8pm, u18s and seniors, 8-9pm.

• MYG junior cricket training, Ashley Hill School, under 9s, 6pm-7pm; u11s, 7pm-9pm.

• Valkyrs Hockey Club training, QEII astro pitch, Peel. Juniors, 6pm; seniors, 7.30pm. Call 801802.

• Iyengar inspired yoga, Brightlife, Andreas, 6pm. Call Kel, 452015.

Palace Cinema

• Angry Birds, 3D, (U). Nightly at 7.15pm. 2D, Sat and Sun at 2pm.

• Captain America: Civil War, 2D. Nightly at 7pm.

• The Jungle Book, 2D (PG). Sat and Sun at 2.30pm.

Broadway Cinema

• X-Men Apocalypse, 3D, (12A). Nightly at 7pm. 2D, Sat and Sun at 4pm.

• AngryBirds, 2D, (U). Sat and Sun at 11.30am. 3D, Fri at 4.30pm, Sat and Sun at 2pm, Monday and Tuesday at 4.30pm.

Ciname closed Wed, May 25

Centenary Centre, Peel.

• Bridge of Spies, (12A), Wed at 7.45. Centenary Centre, Peel.

Braddan’s Chris Mealin has qualified for the world famous 24-hour Nurburgring endurance race at his first attempt.

The 22-year-old will tackle the May 28-29 race for the four-driver Purple Dot team, which is part of the BMW Walkenhorst Motorsport group.

Mealin has signed with the German outfit for the whole season of the VLN Championship.

This series is made up of 10 four-hour endurance races, at the Nurburgring in Germany plus the 24-hour race which takes place at the end of the month.

The latter is one of the world’s toughest races with up to 200 cars on the starting grid, including works factory teams such as BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and Audi plus more than half a million spectators.

The Nurburgring circuit is often compared to the island’s TT course as it is more than 16 miles long .

It is one of the most demanding and difficult tracks in the world, with nearly 1,000 feet separating its highest and lowest points and just over 140 corners, leaving no room for error.

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