Government planners have approved applications for work to be carried out at three schools.

At Onchan School, planners approved plans (14/00629/B) to alter the vehicle lay-by/ drop-off area in School Road.

It includes a 2.4m wide drop off area, and zebra crossing point with drop kerbs and tactile paving.

Classroom access doors/side screens can be installed at Manor Park School, in Pulrose Road, Douglas (14/00631/B).

And at St Ninian’s High School, in Ballaquayle Road, Douglas, alterations can be carried out to form an access ramp as well as a new rear entrance door to the library area.

The bids were all submitted by the Department of Education and Children.

Competitors in this year’s Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT are dismayed about 11th hour regulations which will cost them more money.

Following a risk assessment triggered by the two pit lane fires at this year’s TT races, riders’ pit crews have been told they must wear approved fire resistant clothing, which some feared would cost hundreds of pounds more.

Gary Thompson, of the ACU, and TT clerk of the course, said he had received letters from the Health and Safety Executive and the Office of Fair Trading demanding changes to improve safety.

‘What we can do is take reasonable steps to ensure the risk of injury is reduced for those in proximity,’ he said.

‘I think if we spoke to the mechanic concerned who was injured by one of the bike fires, he would also have a tendency to agree.’

Crews are already required to wear fire-retardant overalls in the pit lane area and in the holding area before a race but Mr Thompson said often ‘lip service’ had been paid to this with people using cheaper welders’ standard overalls rather than the full racing specification clothing.

Now pit attendants doing refuelling will need race standard fireproof overalls, balaclavas, goggles and gloves. A concession has been made for this year only, meaning other pit crew need only meet the old standard enforced last year.

The new requirements prompted concern from competitors worried about cost, (on top of fuel, tyres and ferry crossings) and about sourcing the items with only weeks to go. There was also confusion over the precise specification to be met.

Manx Motor Cycle Club chairman Harvey Garton said he appreciated it was a blow to teams but he could see no way round it. ‘I know teams will be gutted by it and it’s really unfortunate,’ he said.

Mr Garton added the eventual aim was to introduce a ‘dry break’ fuelling system to replace the current fillers which continue to flow briefly after the trigger is released. Such a system would mean no fuel could escape unless there was a connection to the bike’s fuel tank.

Mr Thompson said in many cases in the past overalls costing £20 were used and these were not acceptable for fuel delivery. He said the changes would improve safety for all pit crew.

The Summerland tragedy which claimed 50 lives will be remembered with events in both Douglas and Warrington.

A minute’s silence will take place on Douglas promenade opposite the site on Saturday (August 2) at 7.30pm, followed by the release of 50 white balloons.

Everyone is welcome to attend, to remember victims of the blaze on August 2, 1973.

Organiser Tina Brennen said: ‘I know there are many people on the island who witnessed the fire that night, and many who helped in the aftermath with some putting the lives of others before their own safety and I hope they’ll feel able to gather to commemorate those killed.’

It will be followed by a concert, Songs for Summerland, at Amber Bar, Loch Promenade, from 9pm, featuring Chris Gray, Matt Creer, Nick Barlow and Tony & Dickie.

Meanwhile, a minute’s silence will be held before kick-off in the annual Peace Cup between Warrington Town FC and Northern Irish side Crewe United FC, also on Saturday. Players and spectators will remember two young men from the Cheshire town, Alan Barker and Sean Kelly, who died in the fire, as well as the Warrington bombings.

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman, who is travelling to perform his album Journey To The Centre of The Earth, has given his support to the concert. ‘I do wish you well and please add my name to all those who are supporting you in your heartfelt endeavours,’ he wrote to Tina.

Concert tickets - £10, proceeds to Alder Hey Children’s Burns Unit and the Children’s Burns Trust - are available at www.etickets.im/etickets.asp; Peter Norris Music, Douglas; Shakti Man, Ramsey; Thompson Travel, Port Erin and Celtic Gold, Peel.

The Manx Independent this week talks to a mother whose three-year-old son was abused.

She is calling for a change in the law.

We find out why.

Also this week, we had the only news reporter in court when a former police officer admitted he’d been harassing his wife. We have the story inside.

After Manx Telecom trumpeted the launch of 4G, we find out that some customers, who thought they’d benefit, won’t.

Almost two years after the murder of Fiona Bone, a police officer who grew up in the island, we report on a new tribute to her.

Also this week, we picture a big new construction on the right of the TT course between Bedstead Corner and the Nook. What is it?

Our court reporter tells the story of a thief who stole from disabled friend jailed.

Dandara tells us it might be recruiting staff again.

That might be just as well if a new scheme to help first time buyers works out. We talk to an estate agent about it.

Meanwhile, as the 100th anniversary of the First World War looms, we list events in the Isle of Man that are intended to mark it.

Two of our sports team have been in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. For the latest from them, our sports pages are an essential read.

Our features section, Island Life, looks forward to the Houghton Weavers appearing and has a feature about the butterflies you can see in the island.

The Manx Independent includes the Isle of Man’s weekly What’s On guide, your seven-day television guide and lots more.

It is in the shops now.

Optician company Specsavers is to be a sponsor of the Manx Blind Welfare Society’s Vision Awareness Week 2014.

The optician, which has a branch in Douglas, has committed its support by becoming sponsor of the Official Launch, to be held at the Manx Museum from midday on September 15.

{http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/week-to-promote-work-of-charity-for-blind-1-6749368|As we reported here} the event, which is open to the public, will begin a week of activities to raise awareness of the challenges faced by visually-impaired people in the Isle of Man, highlight ways these challenges can be reduced to promote independent living and encourage good eye health.

It will be addressed by Steve Cunningham, an inspirational speaker who since losing his sight aged 12 has gone on to break World Records and play sport for his country.

A successful fundraiser, business college graduate, former employee of Barclays Bank and proud father of two daughters, Steve is holder of the blind land speed and powerboat World Records and was the first blind person to fly a plane around the UK. He is also a keen sportsman who captained the England Blind Football team at the blind football World Cup and has played for the England Blind Cricket team, trained with Aston Villa and is a regular golfer.

Adrian Higgins, director at Specsavers, said: ‘Our eyes work hard processing over 36,000 images an hour and so deserve more regular attention. The launch of Vision Awareness Week 2014 will help to communicate this and Specsavers are proud to sponsor such a worthwhile event.

‘The work that Manx Blind Welfare Society does for people in the island is highly commendable and it is a pleasure for Specsavers to work alongside them.

‘We look forward to the launch of Vision Awareness Week 2014 and can’t wait to be involved.’

Vision Awareness Week aims to significantly raise public awareness of the challenges faced by blind and visually impaired people living in the Isle of Man by highlighting what people can do to embrace visual impairment in society, employment and social activities, as well as understanding how those with vision impairment live.

During the week, MBWS will promote improvements in access to public services for blind and visually impaired people and publicise the role of societies and agencies working with blind and visually impaired people in the island.

The charity will also encourage people to think about their own eye health and the potential impact that their lifestyle could have on their future vision, enabling them to access to information and services about potential risks.

Volunteers coordinator and events organiser Debbie Kenyon said: ‘We are delighted Specsavers is sponsor of the Official Launch of Vision Awareness Week 2014.

‘One of the central aims of the week is to promote the importance of good eye health. There are potentially serious eye conditions which can be treated and addressed successfully if identified early enough. One of the most effective ways of detecting potential sight problems is to have regular eye exams at your optician, so the involvement of Specsavers in Vision Awareness Week is a perfect fit.

‘Everyone who attends the launch will not only have the opportunity to find out what we are trying to achieve with Vision Awareness Week, but will also hear an inspirational and entertaining talk from Steve Cunningham, whose own achievements challenge you to reassess your limits and what you can do.’

Official launch tickets, priced £10, are available from Corrin Court in Onchan.

Call 674727 or email enquiries@mbws.org.im for more details.

Other highlights of Vision Awareness Week include what promises to be the largest guided walking event ever in the Isle of Man, on September 21.

The society offers free training to assist sighted people to appropriately and safely guide a person with visual impairment, and Walk My Way invites members of the public to try out guided walking along the Douglas promenade. Entrants will be paired up, with one wearing a blindfold and the other guiding as the walk moves between the Sea Terminal and War Memorial. Walk My Way is open to individuals or corporate teams, and anyone taking part can help raise money for the Society by being sponsored for the walk if they choose.

There will be opportunities around the island to find out about eye health and the services available to blind and visually impaired people at a series of roadshows during the week. The roadshow will be from 10am to 3pm at Castletown Civic Hall on September 16, Corrin Hall, Peel, on September 17, Ramsey Town Hall on September 18 and Promenade Church, Douglas, on September 19.

Debbie added: ‘We are very excited about our first Vision Awareness Week and would be happy to hear from anyone who would like to get involved in supporting or taking part in any of the events.’

This week, fresh from learning about the impacts an offshore windfarm could have on our environment, Cat Turner looks at why the British Isles urgently needs to get its renewable energy programme up to speed

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This week, it was good to see a healthy number of people – not just environmentalists, but others too – at a presentation given by consultants Source Low Carbon, on the environmental impacts of offshore windfarm installations.

SLC is advising our own government, as it approaches the decision of who to award leases to, for potential wind farm developments in Manx waters. It was clear that the team has useful experience – clear, too, however that there are many environmental impacts which just aren’t predictable yet, and that we’ll need robust monitoring.

It’ll be important that we get the balance right between a profitable ‘letting’ of our seabed, and caring for our marine environment in the long term.

Several of the audience asked questions about where the energy generated would go from these farms.

The answer is that it’s destined for the UK, and so it won’t count towards cutting our own energy-related carbon emissions.

But it was a good time for these questions to come up, as it happens, because there’s a big focus on the UK’s approaching ‘energy crunch’ right now.

Only last week, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey let it be known that he’ll be seeking expressions of interest from organisations to run an electricity demand reduction (EDR) pilot, from today (July 29). Apparently, he’s already had more than 400 organisations in contact over the initial £10m round of money, among them hospitals, airports and supermarket chains.

The EDR pilot will let these groups apply for financial incentives, so they can install new energy efficiency measures, and it’ll run for two years.

The plan is that it’ll help the government understand how ‘capacity savings’ – ie cuts in energy usage from installing more efficient electrical equipment – can help manage the UK’s possible energy shortfall, and prevent the sort of ‘brown-outs’ or scheduled power outages that I remember from my childhood.

The UK urgently needs to fix the way it generates and uses, electricity, because a fifth of its existing generating capacity is due to close by the early 2020s – simply through the power plants reaching the end of their useful lives.

But it can’t build more of the same, because it has to comply with EU targets on reducing the carbon emissions of its power plants – so much of this new capacity may have to be filled using clean, renewable energy sources (hurray).

However, until a comprehensive and diverse network of renewable capacity’s in place, there are going to be some problems – all the mature technologies for replacement low carbon generation are presently either intermittent (wind), or inflexible (nuclear).

But people – especially business people – don’t want to wait until new nuclear plants are built, indeed they can’t, it takes much too long.

And demand for electricity is, on current estimations, only set to increase – as major sectors such as heat and transport are electrified.

The UK needs an estimated £110 billion of investment in electricity generation and transmission by 2020.

But here’s the rub: the uncertainties in the underlying economics of different forms of electricity generation (will it produce as much as we think? what will the payback time be?) make achieving the required level of investment difficult.

Without the EDR I mentioned before, the UK would have to rely more and more one type of generation: gas.

But that’s no solution – it reduces our energy security (much imported gas comes from parts of the world where there are tensions, and the ‘alternative’ methods having to be used to extract British natural gas are shockingly bad for the environment, as well as generally producing much less than their operators predict).

All this reduces energy and price security, and damages our climate change objectives. So the UK’s looking for good sites for a relatively tried-and-tested technology, wind power.

The UK government’s energy and climate change three key objectives are energy security, decarbonisation and affordability -– and the Isle of Man’s should, I’d suggest, be no different.

Offshore, and onshore, wind can help meet all these objectives – indeed for much of the world it’s already doing so, along with solar, biomass and biogas, and hydroelectric.

It’s one thing to see our seabed being leased out to help other countries meet their aims; it’d be great to see our government getting on with doing the same for the Manx population too, through a credible investment in Manx renewable energy for Manx people.

Craig Alan Hawley and Caroline Anne Hawley, of South View, Clanna Road, Santon, bought Ridgemount, 44 Vicarage Park, Douglas for £525,000.

It was bought from Ratko Grib and Janet Linda Grib.

Other recent transactions lodged at the General Registry in Douglas are as follows:

Aidan Francis Davin and Kerstin Catherine Davin, sold 5 Olaf’s Close, Governor’s Hill, Douglas, for £362,500, to Richard Lee Taylor, of Flat 2, 138 Bucks Road, Douglas.

Laurence Paul Hind sold Thie Cheerey, Main Road, Andreas, for £360,000, to Karen Jean Maxine Tiplady, of 2 Majestic Court, Queen’s Valley, Ramsey.

David Stoddart Brew and Susan Ann Brew, of Cushag, 29 King Edward Park, Onchan, sold 3 Tromode Park, Douglas, for £330,000, to Hans Hilmer Spechter, of 19 Richmond Close, Onchan.

Yvonne Hennessy, of Pinfold Croft, Fairy Cottage, Laxey, and Gerald Francis Hennessy, of London, and Caroline Hennessy, of Hampshire, sold Santa Maria, 69 King Edward Road, Onchan, for £325,000, to Kissack Care Limited, whose registered office is at 67 Fort William Head Road, Douglas.

Thomas Paul Daugherty and Helen Jane Daugherty, sold Greeba Mount, 32 High View Road, Douglas, for £310,000, to Bryan Scott Beesley and Amy Louise Beesley, of Annexe Flat, King William’s College, Castletown.

Jonathan Andrew Leigh and Paula Suzanne Leigh sold 29 Bowling Green Road, Castletown, for £285,000, to Andrew Simon Lean and Katie Louise James, of Little Cove, 39 The Prom, Castletown.

Carol Norris Frost, care of Castle View Nursing Home, Peel, by receiver, and Heather Charmer as receiver, sold 7 The Quay, Port St Mary, for £250,000, to Roger Mark Gillam, of Water Edge, Shore Road, Port Erin.

Stephen Francis Wilson and Anne Marie Wilson sold 6 Orchid Close, Onchan, for £210,000, to Maxine Shelley Elaine Griffiths, of 13 Hilary Park, Douglas.

Christopher Ashley Andrew Mallon and Lyndsay Anne Posey, sold 13 Lancaster Road, Douglas, for £200,000, to Newell Melling Ballance, of 6 Richmond Court, Douglas.

Tangmere Limited, of Penrith, Colden Road, Douglas, sold 4 Esplanade Mews, Douglas, for £155,000 to Sandra May O’Brien, of Penrith, Colden Road, Douglas.

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We publish details of all house sales unless we receive a written request from the police or probation services.

Last week’s temperatures in the Isle of Man soared up to and well beyond 20 degrees Celsius, whatever that means.

I thought Celsius was one of those washing up liquids in the more desperate commercials on ITV.

Many people like me think in imperial. You could call us Mint Imperials.

But it meant that in the heat wave a lot of old men, managing to wake up to the reality of it being unusually hot outside, felt compelled to stir abroad of a morning without their trousers on and this accounted for some of the more distressing sights to be seen not only in public places but in the workplace.

Of course the men did not discard their Y-fronts as well as their trousers, even though some might well should have done.

They put on what they thought of as shorts.

But the men concerned were unconcerned, even though in many cases their skin was a deathly pale with the legs themselves looking to be, well, on their last legs I suppose. They could have benefited also from a quick rub down with brown shoe polish.

These men didn’t know how frightful their legs looked. Some were obviously no longer able to bend over far enough to have a look at them.

Also shorts today are a misnomer. They are not short. They tend to go down as far as the knees and even the mid-calf. Manly shorts should be short. They should extend down to well before the mid-thigh.

Like mine did.

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My grand-daughter Annie came to the Isle of Man for a few days on an easyJet flight from Gatwick. Before take-off the captain announced:  ‘Our flight time will be five minutes.’

This gave new meaning to the order: ‘Fasten your seat belts.’

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Lots of newspapers carried stories about how 20 minutes of vigorous exercise three times a week will help to prevent the onset of dementia.

I must try and remember this.

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Email in from one of what I appear to have two Mrs P’s on my supply list: ‘I was stunned to realise that the Isle of Man has grown in size overnight. In the Examiner there was an advertisement for the Old Horses Home on Richmond Hill saying it is only 33 miles from Douglas.’

Neigh.

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This week’s Manx crossword clue has come in from Sara Goodwins and Clive Alford. It was in the Radio Times as follows: ‘Gold found under island house (5) – MANOR.

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Church notice: ‘Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.’

Celtic Array has announced it is pulling out of all its proposed wind farm developments in the Irish Sea zone.

It said its decision to stop development was the result of ‘challenging’ seabed conditions that make its projects economically unviable with current technology.

Celtic Array, a joint venture between Centrica and Dong Energy, had spend four years planning its 2.2GW Rhiannon wind farm scheme, which would be 34km south east of the Manx coast, and had just completed the second round of a costly statutory consultation.

Its proposals for the a second wind farm in the North East zone had been put on hold following concerns over disruption to shipping lanes including delays to lifeline Steam Packet services.

The South West Zone has also been earmarked for a possible wind farm.

Now all three have been dropped.

A spokesperson for the project said: ‘We’re disappointed not to be progressing with our work to develop wind farms in the Irish Sea Zone.

‘However, our assessments have shown that ground conditions are such that it’s not viable for us to proceed with the technology that’s available at this stage.

‘We’re extremely grateful for the support that has been shown to us and would like to thank everyone who has taken part in the development of our proposals for the Rhiannon wind farm and other potential projects.’

The Crown Estate, which gave Centrica Energy an exclusive Zone Development Agreement for the Irish Sea Zone in January 2010, has agreed to the request to terminate the agreement, allowing the joint venture to stop development activities.

Celtic Array’s spokesman said it had been a ‘tough call’ to stop development as a lot of work and expense had gone into the schemes.

She said the assessments had revealed a ‘huge variation’ in seabed conditions that meant that with the current technology, the costs did not stack up in the short to medium term.

But she said that while the development agreement had been terminated it may be possible to revisit it at a later stage.

Passenger watchdog TravelWatch says that introducing a flat rate 50p fare on school buses could raise between £325,000 and £350,000 a year.

The group made the suggestion in its submission to the public consultation on public transport and planning.

Reintroducing charges on school buses is one of a number of options currently being considered by the Department of Infrastructure, which is looking to make cost savings of £5 million in this financial year.

Tynwald last month approved regulations giving the Road Transport Licensing Committee powers to fix the maximum fares which may be charged on a school bus.

In its submission, TravelWatch welcomed the consultation, recognising that the island’s public finances were such that difficult decisions must be taken.

But it said it is disappointed that more financial information about the revenue that might be generated by the options set out in the paper has not been provided.

‘Our enquiries suggest that a 50p fixed school fare would yield £325,000 to £350,000 a year,’ said the group’s spokesman Dick Clague.

There are currently 32 school service bus routes operating during term time at a cost of about £1.25m a year. Free bus transport for children to and from school was introduced in 2000.

Transport chief are considering charging 50p per journey. Alternatively, they are looking at increasing fares in line with the distance travelled.

TravelWatch say other scenarios should have then been considered and costed – for instance, flat rate concessionary fares or an annual concessionary travel card.

It points out free school bus transport is a relatively recent innovation and suggests some changes are needed to encourage walking short distances to school and to make a reasonable charge for providing the services.

But it says a balance needs to be struck to avoid unintended consequences such as more traffic congestion outside schools.

TravelWatch says the proposal to link entitlement to free bus travel with the state pension age is logical and it supports the continuation of concessionary fares for those with a significant disability.

But it says all concessionary fares need to monitored to prevent abuse of the system.

The Department of Infrastructure is consulting on a number of proposals designed to raise money to make ends meet.

Among them is a plan to charging Tynwald members and government employees for parking spaces.

It is also considering charging residents for on-street parking permits and is looking at charging for parking in central Douglas.

TravelWatch says it does not generally deal with parking issues.

But in the interest of ‘joined up’ travel, it argues that in making any changes to parking arrangements and charges, special care should be taken about facilities at the port and airport so that those travelling off island are not faced with excessive charges and that short-stay drop-off and pick-up facilities are maintained.

It points out the consideration must be given of the ability and capacity of the public transport system to handle more passengers should commuters be deprived of free parking facilities.

Proposals to make government workers pay for parking include charges for teachers, firefighters, hospital staff and police who park miles away from congested Douglas town centre.

Karl Flint of the National Union of Teachers said any move to make teachers pay to park outside their schools would come in ‘over my dead body’.

And Andrew Shipley of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers said it was totally unacceptable’ and was most likely to put the union in dispute with government.

Fire brigade union regional secretary Les Scarratts said his members were concerned about the proposals and pointed out staff also spent long periods at the fire station preparing equipment and training. He said: ‘Are they seriously suggesting we might have to spend time looking for somewhere to park? It’s just a nonsense.’

Education Minister Tim Crookall will attend the Edinburgh International Culture Summit from August 10 to 12.

It is being held at the Scottish Parliament as the city enjoys its famous festivals.

He will join culture ministers and leading arts and culture experts from around the world to discuss the importance of cultural exchange in a world that, according to a Scottish Parliament press release, ‘is increasingly complex and multi-lateral’.

The summit takes place during the largest annual celebration of arts in the world – Edinburgh’s summer festivals.

Mr Crookall will take part in a series of discussions and debates around the theme ‘Culture – A Currency of Trust’.

This theme reflects the summit’s ‘belief in the capacity of the arts and culture to build bridges of understanding between nations, states and cities’.

The programme features a line-up of speakers including Benjamin Barber from the City University of New York, Nandi Mandela, businesswoman and grand-daughter of Nelson Mandela; and Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO.

Other speakers include Simon Anholt, who is described as ‘the world’s leading authority on national image and reputation, and a world leader on ultra-wide scale human engagement’. Danilo Santos de Miranda, Sao Paolo director of Brazilian arts funding agency Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC), and Australian-based poet, philosopher and artist Paul Carter will present on ‘Place-making and Storytelling’.

The summit will facilitate a wide-ranging conversation across three interlinked topics:

• Values and Measurements: the principles of valuing culture and how to measure that value.

• Cities and Culture: the city as a locus of cultural innovation and participation.

• Advocacy and Identity: how culture and cultural diversity are best sustained, promoted and protected.

The Peel MHK said: ‘Culture is something that connects us all – as small communities, as countries and globally. The island has a long and rich cultural heritage and a wealth of diverse cultural activity that help to define us and shape how the world sees us and I look forward to discussing that with fellow delegates.

‘It’s particularly appropriate that we are participating in the Summit as we in the Isle of Man host our own, vibrant, year-long celebration, Island of Culture 2014. and I hope to share our experiences in Edinburgh.’

Two people were arrested as they were stealing a railway cart in the early hours of this morning.

They had plyboard and pallets, which had been stolen from the surrounding area, with them.

They were found near Rencell Hill in Laxey.

Police are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area, in particular on the Manx Electric Railway tracks, to get in touch.

Police said they wanted to highlight the danger to life posed by trespassing on MER property and interfering with MER rolling stock.

Anyone with information should contact Ramsey police station 812243 or 631212.

Thursday, July 31

• Manx Footpaths Conservation Group walk, Crosby Playing Fields, 10.30am.

• 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 Monday and Tuesday, 6pm-9pm. Monday, Castletown Youth Club, 6pm-9pm and Wednesday Ramsey Youth Club, 6.30pm-9.30pm.

Saturday, August 2

• Craft Club for under 11s at the House of Manannan, Peel,1pm-3pm, £2. Call 648090 or www.manxnationalheritage.im

Monday, August 4

• Mannin Art Group, 10am, at St Paul’s hall, Ramsey.

• Onchan Ladies’ Choir, Methodist hall, 1.30pm. Call 673453.

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

• Onchan Rotary Club, the Max Restaurant, Groudle Road, 6.30pm.

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

• Ramsey Gardening Club at 7.30pm at Quayle’s hall, Ramsey. £2 entry fee.

Tuesday, August 5

• Manx Footpaths Conservation Group walk, Tholt y Will car park, 10.30am.

• Manx Retirement Association northern coffee morning at St Paul’s hall, Ramsey at 10.30am. Also Wednesday, computer discussion group at The Cat with No Tail, Douglas, at 10.30am. Miniature golf at the Onchan Pleasure Park at 2pm.

• 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.

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

• Rotary Club of Rushen and Western Mann meet, Falcon’s Nest Hotel, Port Erin, 7.30pm.

• Glen Maye WI, St James’ Church hall, Dalby, 7.30pm. Call 818194. 1st

• Mannin Quilters, Ballabeg Methodist hall, 7.30pm-9pm. Call 628921. Also Wednesday at St Columba’s Catholic Church, Port Erin, 1.30pm-4pm.

• Santon WI, The Church Centre, Church Road, Santon, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

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

Wednesday, August 6

• MS Society coffee morning, Harbour Lights, St Paul’s Square, Ramsey, 10.30am.

• Laxey Sketch Club, 1.30pm-3.30pm, Laxey Football Clubhouse, winter indoors, summer outdoors.

• Sulby Art Club, 2pm-4pm at St Stephen’s Church hall. New members welcome. Call 488014.

• Onchan Pensioners Club, Morton hall, Castletown, ladies club, 2pm-4pm.

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

• St Mark’s WI, St Mark’s school room, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

• Ballaugh WI, Ballaugh Bowling Club, 7.30pm. Call 803804.

• Isle of Man Chess Club, Belsfield Hotel, Church Road Marina, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call Alan Robertson 495097. New members welcome.

Palace Cinema

• Guardians of the Galaxy 3D (12A). Nightly at 7pm. Matinee at 2pm.

• Hercules 3D (12A). Nightly at 7.30pm. Matinee at 5.30pm.

• House of Magic (U). Daily at 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

Broadway Cinema

• How to Train Your Dragon 2, (PG), 2D. Daily at 11.30am. 3D, 2pm.

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, (12A). Daily at 4.30pm. 3D, nightly at 7.30pm.

• Exhibition: Ramsey and the Great War. How the outbreak of war in 1914 affected the lives of people in Ramsey and the north, runs 10am to 4pm daily, except Sundays, at the Ramsey Heritage Centre, Quayle’s Hall, Albert Street, Ramsey. Until August 16.

• Paul Parker Manx landscapes exhibition at Studio 42, Port St Mary. Until September 7.

• Mannin Art Group annual open art exhibition, St Paul’s hall, Market Place, Ramsey, 10am-6.30pm daily, Sunday 2pm-6pm, Saturday 10am-4pm. Until August 2.

• Bryony Harrison and Brigid Stowell. Exhibition of artworks at Sayle Gallery, Douglas. Until August 15.

• 2014 marks 100 years since the start of the First World War. Holy Trinity Church, Patrick will be hosting an exhibition of photographs, paintings and memorabilia to commemorate this occasion.The preview will be held Friday August 1, 6.30pm -9pm. Admission is free and all are welcome. The Exhibition will be open daily from 10am-5pm during August and September. (Memorabilia only on display for the preview)

Thursday, July 31

• 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 Monday and Wednesday. Call 670308.

• Fitsteps at Onchan Community hall, 7.30pm. Booking is required via text or call 456056.

• Strictly Come Dancing for beginners, Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, 8pm. £3.50 per person.

• Irish set dancing above Macbeth’s, Victoria Street, Douglas, 8pm. Call 457268.

Friday, August 1

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

• Modern Dance, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 5.45pm. Also Thursday at 4.30pm. Tap jnr, 6.45pm. Also tap adv at 7.30pm. Also Beginners tap, Tuesday at 4.30pm.

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

• Line Dancing, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 7pm. Beginners welcome, adults £3.50, children £1.50. Call 878687.

Saturday, August 2

• Dance time for children, Port Erin Methodist hall, from 9.30am. £2.50 per half hour. Call 835696.

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

• Irish dance mixed, 3pm. Also prim/int on Monday at 4.30pm and Tuesday at 6.15pm. Beginners on Tuesday at 5.15pm. Stage snr 4pm. Also stage int at 5pm, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park.

• Sequence dancing, Onchan Pensioners’ hall (across from library), 8pm. Call 829669.

• Social sequence dancing, Pulrose Methodist Church hall, Douglas, 8pm. Also Monday, Wednesday and Sunday. Call 842878.

Sunday, August 3

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

Monday, August 4

• Ballet, Viking Works, Riverside, Peel, 5.45pm. Also Thursday at 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, August 5

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

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

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

Wednesday, August 6

• 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, 7.30pm. Beginners welcome. Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, call 835098.

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

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

Thursday, July 31

• 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, August 1

• Houghton Weavers at the Centenary Centre, Peel. Tickets £15. Also Saturday.

• Little Miss Dynamite at the Station, Port St Mary.

• Dickie at the Whitehouse, Peel.

• Ian Thompson at the Horse and Plough, Braddan.

• 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.

• Kiaull as Gaelg at the Albert, Port St Mary, 9pm.

• Open Mic Night at Café Laare, Douglas, 7pm-9.30pm.

Saturday, August 2

• Little Miss Dynamite at the Mitre, Ramsey.

• Dickie at the Manor, Willaston.

• Ian Thompson at the Haven, Port Erin.

• Joshua T Whalebone’s music night, Promenade Suite, Villa Marina, Douglas. Free entry until 9pm, £5 afterwards.

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

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

• Karaoke at the Central Hotel, Ramsey.

Sunday, August 3

• Shoh Slaynt at Peel Carnival, Weatherglass Corner, 4.30-5.30pm.

• Douglas Town Band, Villa Marina Gardens, Douglas, 3pm.

• Choral Evensong, St German’s Cathedral, Peel, 3.30pm.

• Music Box with David Castro at Guys and Dolls, Douglas.

• Karaoke at the British, Douglas.

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

• Disco Fever at Macbeth’s, Second Venue, Douglas, 10pm-2am.

Tuesday, August 5

• Onchan Silver Band, Villa Marina Arcade, Douglas, 8pm.

• Manx Youth Orchestra, St German’s Cathedral, 7.45pm–8.45pm.

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

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

Wednesday, August 6

• Karaoke at the British, Douglas.

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

Thursday, July 31

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

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

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• Manx Gaelic class, intermediate-advanced with James Harrison, 7.30pm at Arbory Commissioners’ hall. Friday, intermediate-advanced with Adrian Cain noon at the Manx Museum, Douglas. Saturday, intermediate 10.30am at House of Manannan in Peel; intermediate-advanced with James Harrison 10.30am at the Manx Museum, Douglas. Tuesday, intermediate with Adrian Cain, noon at St Matthew’s Church in Douglas, advanced 1pm at the Rovers pub in Douglas; beginners 7.30pm at Patchwork Cafe in Port St Mary. Call 451098. Arbory Commissioners’ hall with Cathy Clucas, 7.30pm. Call 838527. Manx Gaelic class with James O’Meara, St John’s House, 7.30pm. Call 843436.

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

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

Friday, August 1

• Drop-in for coffee and a chat, Sulby Methodist Church, 10.30am-noon.

• The Manx Aviation and Military Museum, Ronaldsway,10am-4.30pm. Also Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4.30pm. Free admission. Donations welcome.

• Coffee and chat, Onchan Methodist Church lounge, opposite commissioners’ office, 10.30am-noon.

• Relax Fridays noon-2pm, Trinity Church hall. Bring your sandwiches and enjoy free tea, coffee and company. Call 628374. Also Revive Fridays 5.30pm-6.30pm. Enjoy the company and a faith tea. Call 621004.

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

Saturday, August 2

• Theatre Tours, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, 10am. Tickets for adults £7.50, children £4, family £20. Call 600555.

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

• Green Centre, opposite Iceland, Chester Street complex, Douglas. Information about recycling, energy, insulation and environmental matters. Zero Waste Mann, Isle of Man Friends of the Earth and Manx Energy Advice Centre. Open from 10am.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market at Northern Lights Community Centre, Ramsey, 10am-1pm.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market at Villa Marina, Douglas, 10am-2pm.

• Manx Wildlife Trust. Marine and coastal bioblitz at Derbyhaven. 91m. Suitable clothing and footwear required. Meet at the slipway. Parking is limited here.

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

• Castletown Festival Day 2014, starts noon.

• Sulby Horticultural Show at Lezayre Parish community hall, 1.30pm. Find out more – www.sulbyhorticulturalshow.net or email sulbyhorticulturalshow@manx.net

• Milntown House Tours every Saturday and Wednesday at 2.30pm. Call 812321.

• A Strawberry fair, The Parish Church of Christ Church in Dhoon on the Douglas to Ramsey coast road at Glen Mona, at 2.30pm. The fair is to be opened by Captain of the Parish Hazel Lace. Admission is £1, free for children.

Sunday, August 3

• Car boot sale, Onchan community centre, noon. Sellers £6 each. Admission 50p, children free.

• Port St Mary Lifeboat day, fun for all the family from 12.30pm-4.30pm.

• Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band rehearsals, Queen Street Mission hall, 7pm.

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

Monday, August 4

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

• Grace Baptist Church in Bridson Street, Port Erin. Half-day Children’s Club from 2pm-3.30pm. For children aged 4-11, to include games, handicraft, refreshments and Bible stories. It’s free of charge. A second half-day club will be held on Monday, September 1.

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

• Shorties, pirate adventure. Children’s soft play centre, Alexandra Road, Castletown, also Tuesday.

Tuesday, August 5

• 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.

• Whist for Hospice, Michael Methodist Church, 7.30pm, £2. F

Wednesday, August 6

• MS Society coffee morning, Harbour Lights, St Paul’s Square, Ramsey, 10.30am-noon.

• Independent Living Centre, Open Day, Ballakermeen Road, 9.30am-3.30pm. Call 642511.

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

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

• Manx Wildlife Trust. Rock pooling at Port Erin. 1.30pm-3.30pm. Meet at, Cosy Nook cafe.

• Bereavement support group, friendly get together for anyone feeling isolated or lonely after a bereavement, however or whenever it occurred, tea, coffee and a chat, Scholl Centre, Hospice Isle of Man, 5pm-7pm. Call 647443.

• Samba percussion workshop, no experience necessary, Onchan Silver Bandroom, off Onchan Commissioners’ car park, 7pm. Cost £3, email sambamann@manx.net

• Bingo Quiz, Archibald Knox Onchan.

Thursday, July 31

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

• Happy Tots, main hall, Willaston School, 9.45am, £1 per family including refreshments. Call 621577.

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

• Arbory Tots, from birth, parish hall, Ballabeg, 2pm. Cost £1 per family. Call 832394.

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

• St John Ambulance Cadets (10+), 6.30pm-8pm, Douglas headquarters. Badgers (5+), 5.30pm-6.30pm, Age Concern in Peel. Adults meetings, Thursday, Monday and Tuesday, Douglas headquarters. Friday, Ramsey, St Olave’s Church hall. For all other times and venues call 674387.

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

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

Friday, August 1.

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

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

• Mums and Tots, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 10am-noon. Call 479839.

• Storybox, Family Library, Westmoreland Road, Douglas, 10.30am-11am. Also Saturday, Sticky Fingers craft, 10.30am-noon; Alternate Wednesday, Busy Bee Time for pre-schoolers, 1.45pm-2.45pm. Tuesday, Sing and Sign with Nickie Gaskell, 11am-noon. Call 673123.

• Parents and Tots, upper room, Sulby Methodist Church, 10.30am. Call 897364.

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

• Tiny Tunes, music time for 0-3s, Family Library, Westmoreland Road, Douglas, 1.30pm, £2.50. Call 673123.

Saturday, August 2

• Young Bowlers Club. Tuition and tips (open to ages 8 to 12), 11am-noon, Surestrike Bowling Alley, Ramsey. To book call 812444.

• Theatrix Theatre Company Musical Theatre, Douglas, Saturday noon-2.30pm for ages 8-12. Also Saturday, babies Irish/mod, 9am. prep ballet/tap, 10am, babies ballet/tap, 11am. Monday, senior ballet, 4pm; senior tap, 5pm; senior jazz, 5.45pm; adult Irish, 6.30pm. Tuesday community ballet/tap, 4pm; beginners Irish, 4.45pm; junior Irish, 5.30pm; adult tap, 6.15pm. Wednesday, grade 2 ballet/tap, 4pm; novice Irish, 5.30pm; adult ballet, 6.15pm.

Monday, August 4

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

• Tots play at Northern Lights Community Centre, Ramsey, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Also tots craft and play on Wednesday, £1.

• Noah’s Ark Tots Group, Church on The Rock, behind Ramsey bus station, 9.30am. Call 223669.

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

• Daniel’s Den, Methodist Church, Arbory Street, Castletown, 10am. Admission £1. Call 822374.

• Michael Miniatures’ parents and tots, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 2pm. £1.50 per family. Call 491592.

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

Tuesday, August 5

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

• 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.

Wednesday, August 6

• 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 at Anagh Coar School, Douglas, 9.30am or Braddan Church hall, 2pm. Call 675091.

• Ballabeg Busy Bugs for under fives, Arbory parish hall, Ballabeg, 10am. Call 429676.

• Mums and tots, Marown hall, Peel Road, Crosby, 10.15am. £1.50 per family.

• Parent and toddler group, Castletown Youth Centre, Arbory Street, 2pm.

• Mums and tots sessions for babies and pre-schoolers at Foxdale School. Dads, grandads, grandmas and carers welcome too. 2pm-3.15pm. £1.50 per family. Call Emma 801946.

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

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

Thursday, July 31

• Free female football fitness sessions, NSC sports hall, Douglas, 7am-8am, also noon-1pm. Michael.baker@isleofmanfa.com

• Zumba at 9.30am-10.15am, total tone at 10.15am, call Jane 201811. Legs, bums and tums at 7pm-8pm, call Lisa 438150. Also Monday, high intensity circuits at 6.30am, Wednesday and Friday 6.30am, call Shelley 487270. School Drop Boot Camp at 9.30am, also Wednesday and Friday at 6.30am, call Errol on 488105. Vibro-step classes at 12.15pm and 7.15pm, also on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12.15pm-12.45pm and Tuesdays and Fridays at 9.15am-9.45am, call Shelley 487270. Tuesday, Tae-Bo at 5.45pm-6.30pm, kettlebells at 6.30pm-7.15pm, call Kate 347160. Wednesday, kettlebell core, 6pm-7pm, also Saturdays at 9.30am-10.30am, call Kelly 220220. Elite Fitness, Douglas.

• Thighs, bums and tums, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 9.30am. Also Tuesday, call 335635.

• Yoga, Iyengar (mixed) 9.30am-11am. Tuesday, men only class, 7pm-8.30pm; Wednesday, mixed, 6.45pm-8.15pm, 10 Perwick Bay, Port St Mary. Call 452791.

• Wheelie Active Parents (mums and buggies) 9.30am – 11am, Villa Marina reception, £2. Also Walk and Talk, Peel promenade, outside Harbour Lights Cafe, 9.45am – 11.30am, £1.50. Friday, Walk and Talk, NSC, Douglas, 9.30am–11.30am; also Mondays, Poulsom Park, Castletown, 9.45am – 11.30am, £1.50. Racquet Sports and Boccia, 12.15pm–1pm NSC, £1.75; Walk and Talk, 5.30pm–7pm, NSC, £1.50. Tuesdays,Walk and Talk, NSC, 9.30am–11.30am, £1.50; Walk and Talk, Ramsey Mooragh Park, (meet Rugby Club), £1.50, 9.30am–11.30am. Call Gianni 688556.

• Pilates, 9.30am and 10.45am, hot yoga 6pm and 7.30pm. Friday: kettlebells 7am and 1.10pm, get yoga fit 10am, hot yoga 6.30pm. Saturday: hot yoga, 10am and 11.30am. Sunday: hot yoga 10am and 11.30am. Monday: kettlebells 7am and 1.10pm, get yoga fit 10am, warm Pilates 5pm, hot yoga for beginners 6.30pm. Tuesday: 7am hot yoga, 5.30pm Pilates. Wednesday: kettlebells 7am and 1.10pm, get yoga fit 10am, hardcore 6 pack ABS 5.45pm, Pilates 6.30pm at The Gym, Ramsey. Call 812100.

• Gentle Circuits, NSC, Douglas, 11am. Also Saturday. Call 688588.

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

• Chair-based exercise sessions, Onchan Youth and Community Centre, 1.30pm. Also Friday, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 2pm; Monday, Ramsey town hall, 10.30am; Tuesday, Castletown Sandfield residents’ lounge, 2pm; Wednesday, Westlands’ residents’ lounge, Peel, 10.30am. Call 642668.

• Tai Chi Chuan, Lezayre parish hall, 2pm. Call 813222.

• Iyengar inspired yoga classes, men’s yoga, 6.30pm-8pm, mixed ability hatha yoga, Monday, 9.15am-10.45am mixed ability for over 60s; Monday, 11am-12.30pm, hatha yoga. Wednesday, 7pm-8.30pm mixed ability. All at Laxey Football Club. Call Jane on 863130 or janepycroft@manx.net

• Unite, mixture of yoga and Pilates, 4pm-5pm. Also, Fridays 6pm legs bums and tums, 7pm aerial suspension fitness. Saturdays, 9.30am zumba and 10.30am aerial fitness. Mondays, 6pm zumba and 7pm aerial yoga. Tuesdays, 6pm, fitness Pilates and 7pm kettlebells. Wednesdays, 6pm, high intensity interval training and fitness yoga. Jillian’s Unique Fitness Solutions, 48 Loch Promenade, Douglas.

• Manx Fencing Club, Ashley Hill School, Onchan, 4pm. Also seniors at Ballakermeen High School, Douglas, 5pm; Tuesday, Arbory village hall, beginners at 4pm and Grade 1+ 5pm; Wednesday, Ramsey Grammar School, juniors at 5pm and seniors at 6pm, also at Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, juniors at 6.30pm and adults at 7.30pm.

• Southern Gymnastics Club, Ballasalla School, 4pm. Also Tuesday, Castle Rushen High School, 5pm. Call 473741.

• Northern Gymnastics Club, Ramsey Grammar School, 5pm.

• Men on mats - core strength/Pilates class, 6pm-7pm. £8. Jillian’s Unique Fitness Solutions, 48 Loch Promenade, Douglas. Call 376574.

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

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

• Zumba, Carrefour Health Club, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Monday, 8pm; Wednesday, 9.45am.

• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm-8pm. Also Monday 7pm-8pm. Call 452729/863602.

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

• Aquafit, Western Swimming Pool, Peel, 7pm. Also Tuesday, 1.15pm.

• Aerobics and body toning, bring your own mat, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 7pm. Also Monday, Park View hall, Kirk Michael. Call 455924.

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

• Fencing for all ages. Ashley Hill School, 7.30pm. Also Monday, Andreas parish hall, 4.30pm; Tuesday, Arbory parish hall, 4pm and Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 6.30pm; Wednesday, Scoill Ree Gorree sports hall, Ramsey, 5pm. Call 880863.

• Pole fitness class at Savina’s Secret Studio, Glen Falcon Road, Douglas, 7.45pm. Call 203502.

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

Friday, August 1

• Pilates at The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 9.30am and The Studio, Falcon Road, Douglas, at 1pm; Monday, The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 9.30am and Colby Methodist hall at 6pm; Wednesday, The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 5.15pm and 6.30pm. Thursday, The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 10am (chair-based Pilates for older, frailer adults) and beginners’ Pilates, 6.15pm. Saturday, 10am, The Pilates Studio, Peel. Equipment provided. Ring Lizzy Main on 427401 or visit www.pilates-isle-of-man.co.uk

• Zumba classes advanced, 10.30am. Also Tuesday Zumba intermediate, 8.30am, and Zumba for beginners, Tuesday and Friday, 9.45am at Zumba Isle of Man, Silvercraigs Hotel. Call 677776 or visit www.zumbaisleofman.com

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

• Manx ABC Boxing, Palace Terrace, Douglas. Juniors, 6pm. Seniors (age 16+), 7pm. Beginners welcome. Also Monday and Wednesday.

• 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. No experience necessary.

Saturday, August 2

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

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

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

• Fun and fitness, NSC, Douglas, 11am-noon. Call 688588.

• St Mary’s football club mixed under 11s training, Pulrose football fields, 10.30am. Call 405859.

• Tae Kwondo beginners, Pinewood Complex, Pulrose, 10.45am. Also 6-7yrs, Wednesdays at 5.30pm and Monday and Wednesday, 8-13yrs at 6pm, all ages at 7.15pm. Text 432152.

Sunday, August 3

• Reikido, The Royal British Legion, Port Erin, 11am-12.30pm. Also Monday 8pm-9pm. Call Nick on 398955.

• Bowling club night, Port Erin Bowling Club, Breagle Glen, 4pm-6pm.

• Yoga and Nutrition, Karma Yoga Studio, Douglas. 6-7.30pm.

Monday, August 4

• Women’s activity morning, NSC, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 688556.

• Beginners yoga, 10am, Karma, 2nd Floor, 8 Victoria Street, Douglas. Also at 10am (over 60s half price, £5).

• Begin to Run ( running club for all abilities), Douglas seafront, meet Jubilee Kiosk, noon – 1pm, cost £2, call Trevor Christian for more details on 688576.

• Aquafit, NSC, Douglas, 1.30pm. Also Tuesday at noon and Wednesday at 6pm. Plus deepwater aquafit on Monday at 7.15pm, and Thursday at 6pm. Call 688556.

• Circuit training, NSC, Douglas, 6pm. Also Wednesday at 6pm. Call 688588.

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

• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm. Also Thursday. 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, August 5

• Fit2Go walking sessions, car park, Station Road, St John’s, 9am. For women looking to improve their fitness. £3.

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

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

• Pilates, the hall at Church on The Rock, Ramsey, 6.15pm. Call 491449.

• 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.

• Early Morning Boot Camp, 6.15am-7am. Also Wednesday and Friday. Evening Boot Camp, 6pm-6.45pm, Tuesday and Thursday, and 9am-9.45am Saturday. Also kettlebell classes, Wednesday, 6pm-7pm, Saturday, 8am-8.45am, Marown Millennium hall. Call 465335.

Wednesday, August 6

• Gentle yoga, women’s class, Gena’s Dance Academy, Peel, 9.30am. Call 456782.

• Balance and Pilates, 10.30am, Manx Legion Club, Douglas. (No floor exercise). Call 491449.

• Gentle body toning, NSC, Douglas, 11am. Call 688588.

• Chair-based exercises/stretch and flex, NSC, Douglas, noon. Call 688588.

• Thompson Travel Netball Club junior training, Braddan School, 6pm. For ages 10-14.

• Valkyrs Hockey Club training, QEII astro pitch, Peel. Juniors (8+), 6pm; Seniors (13+), 7.30pm. Call 801802.

• Iyengar inspired yoga, 6pm-7.30pm, Brightlife, Andreas. Call Kel on 452015.