The Joey Dunlop Foundation has had its own blend of whisky made to help raise funds towards the charity’s planned expansion next year.
The foundation runs the Braddan Bridge House year round holiday accommodation for disabled visitors and plans to extend its accommodation in 2014. The whisky is limited to 2013 bottles which are individually numbered, available from Bushy’s beer tent and cost £45 each.
Vintage model yachts took to Mooragh Park lake on Sunday as part of the latest Manx Model Boat Club event.
Members of the public also enjoyed the chance to have a go at steering a radio control yacht round a course.
Kim Holland said there was much interest in a model of Euterpe (Star of India) built by Doug Davison, along with other model yacht memorabilia. This year marks the 150th anniversary of her launch.
Kim said: ‘It was a grand afternoon. The weather was perfect, there was lots of interested people, and there was lots of yachts.
The next event will be the Milntown Pageant, postponed from last year, on June 9 on the Milntown Lake.
Picture: MW130526 (69)
Two film showings and talk shows take place at the Manx Museum, Douglas, on Sunday.
To mark the 90th anniversary of sidecar racing at the TT, there will be a showing of Cabell Hopkins short film ‘No Ordinary Passenger’, joined by former world champion Stan Dibben and TT legend Dave Molyneux.
Al Jazeera’s documentary film ‘A Dangerous Addiction’ will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers, joined by team managers Hector Neil and Wilson Craig, TT racer John Ingram and TT winner Milky Quayle.
Buy tickets (£10) from the museum or at www.manxnationalheritage.im. All profits to The Rob Vine Fund, The Joey Dunlop Foundation and Manx Museum and National Trust.
Meanwhile TT fans are encouraged to visit the iMuseum to access photos, news articles and objects from previous race years.
TT organisers have decided to postpone tomorrow’s scheduled Superbike race until Sunday.
The decision comes because of fears that riders had not had enough practice on the course.
Sunday’s race will begin at 2.15pm, with the mountain road closing to ordinary traffic at 1pm. The rest of the course will shut at 1.30pm.
Tomorrow will see more practices and a sidecar race. But times for those have not yet been confirmed.
Sidecar TT kicks off racing action this afternoon with Superbike race delayed until Sunday
Saturday, June 1
9.30am Mountain Course closes
10am Rest of the Course closes
10.30am to 11.50am Superbike/Superstock/Supersport qualifying
12.30pm Sure Sidecar 1 Race
2.20pm to 3.40pm Lightweight/Supersport qualifying
3.40 to 4.15pm Superbike/Superstock (2 laps)
4.20 to 4.30 SES TT Zero qualifying
5pm Scheduled roads open
_________
Sunday, June 2
1pm Mountain Course closes
1.30pm Rest of the Course closes
2.15pm Dainese Superbike Race
5pm Roads open
Today’s TT schedule is as follows:
The whole course shuts today at 10am while the Superbike/Superstock/Supersport qualifiying begins at 10.30am,
The Sure Sidecar 1 race starts at 12.30pm.
The Lightweight/Supersport qualifying starts at 2.20pm and is scheduled till 3.40pm.
There are two laps of the Superbike/Superstock at 3.40pm to 4.15pm.
From 4.20pm to 4,30 it’s SES TT Zero qualifying.
The roads are scheduled to open to the public at 5pm.
Douglas’s lifeboat was called out last night.
The Sir William Hillary, under the command of volunteer coxswain Neal Corran, went to the aid of a yacht that had reported engine problems.
The yacht, which had two people on board, had been travelling from Widnes to Douglas.
It was found two miles east of Douglas, making its own way under its own power.
Once the lifeboat crew established it did not need immediate assistance, they escorted the vessel into Douglas harbour and stood by until it was securely berthed at the visitors’ pontoon at the Battery Pier.
Friday evening’s practice disrupted by house fire at Kirk Michael
Good conditions greeted competitors during Friday evening’s Practice session but a house fire at Kirk Michael led to a 45-minute halt to proceedings mid-way through the session causing further disruption to the week’s schedule.
It was the Formula Two sidecars who were out on track when the session was stopped at 7.05pm, meaning they didn’t complete their allotted time. Quickest on the opening lap, and for the week, were Dave Molyneux/Patrick Farrance with a lap of 114.00mph, comfortably quicker than John Holden/Andy Winkle on 111.09 whilst Ben/Tom Birchall and Tim Reeves/Dan Sayle lapped at a more leisurely 103.77 and 102.61 respectively.
Molyneux/Farrance pulled in after their lap, successfully having bedded in tyres and a new chain, but Holden/Winkle continued and were one of only a handful of crews to complete the two laps due to the aforementioned fire. Their lap was also their best of the week at 112.54 whilst French pairing Remy Guignard/Frederique Poux impressed greatly with a lap of 107.13.
However, the red flag came out to allow the emergency services onto the course and it was 8pm before practice could resume, a two-lap session for the Superbikes, while yellow flags were to be waved through Kirk Michael where water had been left on the road surface.
First away were Guy Martin and William Dunlop, swiftly followed by James Hillier, Cameron Donald, Dan Cooper, Gary Johnson and Dan Stewart. John McGuinness was in the ninth pairing away but Martin only got as far as Quarter Bridge before being forced to pull off the course with mechanical problems.
William Dunlop was first back with a lap of 124.86 but brother Michael upstaged him on 127.68 with Johnson the only other rider to break the 125mph barrier, the yellow flags clearly keeping speeds down. Most riders were around the 123mph mark including Hillier (123.93), Donald (123.22), Dean Harrison (123.47), Steve Mercer (123.26) and McGuinness (123.21).
Michael Dunlop flew round on his second lap with a speed of 128.52 with Donald next up at 123.90 but the cooler conditions in the late evening helped keep speeds down whilst the extra practice time on Saturday also meant there was less pressure on riders to post fast times.
The revised race schedule will now see the Dainese Superbike moved to Sunday to allow two solo qualifying sessions either side of Saturday’s Sidecar race, which will now start at 12.30pm.
The fire service says its procedures worked well on Friday evening after a blaze disrputed the TT practices.
Crews from Kirk Michael and Peel were called out to a house fire on Main Road, Kirk Michael, at about 7pm.
The house was on the TT course, meaning the practices had to be halted.
A fire service spokesman said: ‘The comprehensive procedures put in place between the emergency services and the race organisers worked extremely well, with very little delay to the attending appliances.’
The fire was described as substantial, both inside and outside the property.
Eight firefighters brought the fire under control.
One crew stayed at the property to dampen down the fire while the other three appliances went back to their home stations.
The practices were then able to continue.
Did you photograph or film the fire? Email newsdesk@newsiom.co.im
YOU are invited to visit Space Mountain: An exploration of the parallels between telecommunications and the TT.
This unique art exhibition is now open at the Sayle Gallery in the Villa Marina Arcade, Douglas, until Senior Race Day (Friday, June 7).
Who’d have thought that the history of an aluminium object 36,000 kilometres out in space could include subterfuge, political propaganda, human might, Cold War paranoia and even Hollywood-style police work?
Throw in some little-known TT history and Space Mountain will appeal to bikers, historians and telecoms enthusiasts alike.
This rich web of stories is immortalised in this new exhibition created by UK artist Rachael Clegg.
It explores the development of satellites in connection with the history of the TT through a series of quirky, slick and thought-provoking prints – and a life-size replica of Sputnik.
‘The stories behind the development of satellites are fascinating,’ said Rachel, ‘and the parallels between TT and satellite history are striking. The first satellite was Sputnik, launched in 1957, which was also the year in which Bob McIntyre broke the 100 mile-an-hour lap record. Both satellites and the TT were developing at a similar pace and - as the exhibition will reveal - with equal drama.’
Few of these stories have been interpreted visually before, and each image is accompanied by text explaining its historical significance, beginning with the first telegraph in 1837, and taking the visitor on a tour of the development of telecommunications via Morse code, Nazi Germany, Soviet spies and a few TT triumphs.
‘We take satellites and telecommunications for granted now, but this exhibition brings home how quickly technology has developed,’ continued Rachael. ‘It wasn’t that long ago that we were using Scouts on the TT course to relay messages to marshals, yet today sponsors SES are launching zero-emission satellites into space which allow TT fans to watch the races on television whenever we like, from wherever we like – this 21st century technology makes the Isle of Man TT a true global phenomenon.’
SES Satellite Leasing Ltd’s managing director added: ‘As sponsors of TT Zero we wanted to commission something striking that also drew parallels between the development of satellites, telecommunications and the TT, and Rachael’s exhibition has exceeded our expectations.’
Rachael is widely known for the popular 2012 Milestones calendar whichinterpreted moments from TT history in a series of black and white photographs taken by Al Jazeera photojournalist Peter Greste and modelled by Rachael herself.
The 2014 calendar is now out and available alongside Space Mountain prints at the gallery.
In addition, the Villa Marina Circle Bar is hosting Rachael’s own exhibition Milestones Revisited: Bootlegs and B Sides.
This includes images from the 2013 calendar, unseen shots and special takes. This runs until July 31.
The Sayle Gallery is free to enter and is open between 10am and 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday, 1.30pm and 4.30pm on Sundays and 1pm and 5pm on Mondays.
www.saylegallery.com
The Isle of Man Army Cadet Force is looking for new adult volunteers.
It is looking for motivated volunteers to join a team of youth workers, working with children between the ages of 12 to 18 years old.
For a few hours every month an adult volunteer will be provided with all the training required and potentially some formal qualifications.
Volunteers must be between the ages of 18 and 65 and can pass a criminal records bureau check.
There will be an open evening at 7pm on June 12 at the cadets’ Tromode headquarters (behind the Water Authority building).
Anyone interested can also contact cadet executive officer Steve Champion on 671210.
Drinkers can toast the achievements of the first Manx TT winner with a special commemorative golden ale celebrating the 90th anniversary of his senior TT win.
The first cask of the new golden ale produced by the Doghouse Brewery at Jurby has been presented to Mr Sheard’s granddaughter Ruth who already has the ideal vessel for sampling it: his glass tankard engraved with the signatures of TT riders. Mr Sheard was the first Manxman to win a TT race - the 1922 Junior on a 350cc AJS. He followed this in 1923 by winning the senior on a 500cc Douglas, which still exists today, persevering for over four hours in terrible weather and road conditions at an average speed of 55.55 mph.
Douglas resident Vanessa Simpson, along with friends from Liverpool John Moores University, has won the UK final of the Young Enterprise Start Up Awards.
They beat more than 350 other companies to win the Awards, which sees university teams start a business from scratch.
Vanessa, aged 20, who is studying business and public relations, and her friends identified a gap in the hot beverages market for easily accessible and premium quality loose-leaf tea.
The Teabox Company has been trading since December, and is primarily an online shop. It stocks six restaurants in the North West, with plans to expand further.
The final saw teams submit a business plan and an investment proposal, design a trade stand and attend a Dragon’s Den style interview.
Vanessa, who is head of PR, said: ‘The national final was an incredible adventure. We have all really benefited from the invaluable experience of setting up our own business, but this recognition is a wonderful bonus.’
They will now compete in the European finals in Belgium in July.
Work on a major highways scheme in Douglas will be suspended for TT race week.
Infrastructure chiefs say the Peel Road works scheme has ‘progressed well so far’ with junction improvements and strengthening of Pulrose Road bridge completed. Work is now underway on the west-bound carriageway of Peel Road, either side of the junction.
This will be suspended during race week, with two-way access maintained.
The main traffic lights at the Pulrose Road junction with Peel Road have been removed.
These have been replaced with a stop sign, to improve the flow of traffic and the Department of Infrastructure says this ‘appears to have been successful so far’.
From June 10, work will expand with outbound traffic diverted via Pulrose Road.
Residents are reminded that shops and businesses in Peel Road and in the Pulrose estate remain open, and will do so throughout the scheme.
Students will parade alongside veterans past and present at Armed Forces Day on Sunday, June 30.
Around 100 students from the DEC’s five secondary schools will join former and serving personnel in a march along Douglas’s promenades at 3pm and at a church service that follows it at the Villa Marina at 3.45pm.
It is the sixth time that schools have taken part in the national event.
Jack Gibney, deputy head boy at St Ninian’s High School, who will study history at Oxford University from the autumn, will read a lesson, as will Sea Cadet and Ballakermeen High School student Kathryn Sharman.
The day culminates in afternoon tea and an evening of entertainment at the Villa Marina.
Andrew Wilkinson, assistant subject leader in history at St Ninian’s, said: ‘Armed Forces Day is a superb inter-generational project, where pupils and veterans can get to know each other in an informal setting after the ceremony itself.’
St Ninian’s will again be setting up a TV studio at the Villa Marina and interviewing Armed Forces personnel past and present.
Among those taking part in Armed Forces Day are contingents from 45 Commando, 12 Regiment Royal Artillery, 103 Regiment (Territorial Army) Royal Artillery as well as Major Andy Bridson and Marine Joel Bridson of the Royal Marines; Warrant Officer Class 1 (Master Gunner) David Moffitt of the Royal Artillery; Guardsman Joseph McDonald of the Scots Guards; Corporal Graham Bell and Sapper Mark Ellams of the Royal Engineers and Sergeant Dave Cheval of the Territorial Army.
Education Minister Tim Crookall MHK said: ‘Armed Forces Day is an important date on the secondary school calendar.
‘Our students learn about past conflicts and the effect they had on life today, but for them to be able to march alongside, and mingle with, veterans like 93-year-old D-Day veteran Hector Duff and his colleagues brings history off the pages and into sharp focus for them.
‘Today’s secondary students have been fortunate to grow up in relatively peaceful times, yet there are young people from the Isle of Man, some not much older than them, serving in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces in testing situations all over the world. For students to march alongside these homecoming personnel is particularly poignant.’
Brigadier Norman Butler chairs the Armed Forces’ Day committee, which has the patronage of Lieutenant Governor Adam Wood, President of Tynwald Clare Christian and Chief Minister Allan Bell and is made up of representatives of all the island’s ex-service organisations.
Brigadier Butler said: ‘The Armed Forces Day committee is delighted once again to receive such tremendous support from schools.
‘It is a hard fact of life the majority of veterans are now in their late 70s plus and the only way the flag of remembrance can be carried forward in the long run is by involving our youth. The interest and enthusiasm of our students is a source of great pride and reassurance for us.’
The event will also see the Isle of Man Army Cadet Force’s brand new banner blessed by the Archdeacon of Man, the Venerable Andrew Brown. It will be carried by Ballakermeen student Rob Johnson. The escorts will be Queen Elizabeth II High School students Sebastian and Alexander Devereau.
Application forms for free tickets for Armed Forces Day are available from the Villa Marina box office, the Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal, the Manx Legion Club in Douglas or local commissioners’ offices or return the form on page 19 to Ann Wilson, 1 Kensington Avenue, Douglas, IM1 3ET.
Dutchman crashes heavily in Friday evening’s practice session
BRANKO Srdanov, who was pushing Josh Brookes hard at the top of the newcomers’ charts early in the week, crashed heavily on the approach to Black Dub, between Laurel
Bank and Glen Helen, on Friday evening.
He lost control of his Ice Valley BMW on the approach to the left-hander close to the former Glen Moar petrol station. He crashed into the collapsable Recticel crash barriers on the right-hand side before the bridge.
The Dutchman was initially flown to Noble’s Hospital but then transferred to a specialist unit in Liverpool for further treatment.
His condition was described as serious.
The Manx Museum has cancelled this afternoon’s (Mad Sunday’s) screening of A Dangerous Addiction.
The decision has been made following changes to the TT schedule.
This morning’s showing of ‘No Ordinary Passenger’ and VIP talkshow, will go ahead at 11am on Mad Sunday as planned.
Tickets are still available for ‘No Ordinary Passenger’ at the museum shop, with all profits to the Joey Dunlop Foundation, Rob Vine Fund and the Manx Museum and National Trust.
The Manx Museum will also be open all day today.
Anyone who would like a refund on tickets bought for Sunday afternoon’s showing is welcome to obtain one from the Manx Museum Shop, although tickets bought online may be refunded by the relevant online payment.
Lynsey Radcliffe, communications manager for Manx National Heritage, said: ‘Manx National Heritage would like to thank the team at Al Jazeera, the race teams and all those who had committed to supporting this special fundraising event, which we hope to re-arrange to a later date.’
This morning’s event features an insight into the daredevil tactics of sidecar racing with former world champion Stan Dibben and TT legend Dave Molyneux, who talk about the thrills and spills of sidecar racing from the 1950s to today.
This special event includes the Isle of Man premiere of Cabell Hopkins’ short film ‘No Ordinary Passenger’ and marks the 90th anniversary of sidecar racing at the TT Races.
Stan is 87 years old and, in his varied life, he has been a professional trumpet player, electrician and sailor, as well as a highly-respected solo motorcycle racer on the GP circuits.
He worked with some of the well known names in BSA and Norton, raced the first ever Dommie Racer and helped in the world land speed record set by Donald Campbell in Bluebird.
The talk starts at 11am. Doors open at 10am.
Today is traditionally known by TT fans as Mad Sunday, a day when many fans enjoy a lap or two of the TT course themselves.
However, this year is different because this afternoon there will be racing on the course.
The Superbike race was put back to today from Saturday to allow for more time for practices.
The schedule for the day is:
1pm: Roads closed, mountain section
1.30pm: Roads closed rest of the course
2.15pm: Dainese Superbike race
5pm: Roads open around the course.
The police have appealed for fans driving or riding around the course this morning to take extra care.
Inspector Derek Flint said: ‘Even though the benefits of the mountain being one way are in place for the entire two weeks these days, Mad Sunday is traditionally a time for that little bit of extra exuberance, which creates us problems when people run out of skill, then run out of road.
‘With a dry and sunny day forecast, we are expecting large numbers of cars and bikes to be out from early doors.
‘We are totally geared up for this, and will be out there at peak strength to quell any over-enthusiasm, and deal with people whose standards of road use fall below the expected standard.
‘The Mountain section of the course is due to close at 1pm, so we expect that people will be making the most of the morning to enjoy it.
‘What needs to be remembered though, is that if we have a collision on up there, then we shut it so we can deal with the scene safely.
If it is a bad one, there is every possibility the police could be the only ones up there from early morning until racing begins.
‘If people want to have a good time, they have to take to the roads in captain sensible mode, otherwise it is going to be an awfully long day waiting around for them, asking the bobby stood doing point duty when the road will re-open.
‘The same applies to the rest of the course, which closes for racing at 1.30 pm.
‘Everything is scheduled to be re-opened at 5pm, and we will still out there pressing home safety until darkness falls. All we ask is for people to stay safe, and keep it real. Mad Sunday doesn’t mean a it’s public racetrack.’
The police would like to talk to a boy who was knocked to the ground in an incident that took place in the area of the Douglas Promenade fairground between Jaks Bar and Steak House and the Methodist Church at about 10pm on Thursday night.
The police think the boy is about 15 years old.
Anyone with any information, or has witnessed the incident, contact police headquarters, Douglas on 631212.
iomtoday wants to keep the Isle of Man on the move and armed with the latest information during the TT.
So we’ve established a Live News area where newsroom staff will be updating throughout the day using a range of sources to bring you the most reliable information as it happens.
As well as news and travel information, we’ll also be posting links to pictures and videos with things going on around the island which you might otherwise miss.
Click Live News to find out what it’s all about and get involved.
Our colleagues on the sportdesk will also be updating the action as it happens and hosting debate on the Live Sport page.