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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationCeltic cultural celebrationsCelebrating its tenth anniversary this year the festival, held in the city's Grant Park on September 16th and 17th, brings together elements of Celtic culture from Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany and the Galicia region of Spain, as well as Ireland and Scotland.Visitors to Celtic Fest Chicago will be able to enjoy all the traditional elements of Celtic culture with plenty of music and dancing as well as local arts and crafts.From the Petrillo Music Shell, which will showcase a variety of traditional and cutting edge Celtic music, to the Celtic Voice Tent where visitors will be able to enjoy poetry, story-telling and song, all elements of Celtic culture will be on show.There will also be performances by Chicago's top dance groups, daily parades by the bagpipe circle, as well as an informal meeting place where the public can mix with performers and a kids' activity area.Visit the Celtic Fest Chicago website for more details.TT 2006; SUPERSTOCK RACE REPORTNew Zealander Bruce Anstey continued his dominance of the TT Superstocks when he won the Scottish Life International-sponsored event in the Isle of Man today after one of the most exciting races in the history of the meeting. It was his fifth TT triumph.Ansteys Suzuki, and the Kawasaki of Ian Hutchinson, had enjoyed a race-long duel with only a few seconds separating them for most of the race until Anstey extended his advantage on the final lap. In fact, Hutchinson who was third in Saturdays Superbike TT - got his nose in front, briefly, on lap three. The final margin of victory was 8.3 seconds with Jason Griffiths, Yamaha, 23 seconds behind Hutchinson in third place. The start had been delayed for an hour as a result of patches of sea mist but when racing got underway it was last years winner, Bruce Anstey, who swept into the lead. TT crash riders still 'critical'The two riders involved in a high speed crash in Monday night's Isle of Man TT practice session both remain in a critical condition in hospital.Irish rider Seamus Greene, who has head injuries, is in Walton Neurological Centre on Merseyside but is stable. Japanese rider Jun Maeda is also in a critical condition after suffering pelvic injuries and collapsed lungs. US sidecar passenger James Cornell remains critical with multiple injuries after crashing at May Hill on Saturday. His driver Doug Dano, also from the USA, is comfortable in hospital. Donegal man Greene and Maeda were airlifted to hospital in the Isle of Man after the accident on the Ballahutchin Straight. Greene was later moved to the Walton Neurological Centre in Liverpool. The riders were in collision coming out of the Union Mills section about four miles onto the circuit.
John McGuinness in fine formJohn McGuinness put in a scorching ride in Saturday's TT Superbike race to win his ninth TT, also setting new lap and race records along the way. The Morecambe rider broke his own outright lap record on the first and second laps leaving it at a new high of 127.933mph and he eventually ran out a clear winner by over 39 seconds. It was a textbook performance by the HM Plant Honda rider and just has he has done in previous years he left his rivals trailing in his wake on the opening lap. At the first check point at Glen Helen John was the joint leader along with Ian Hutchinson but upon seeing his first signal he pushed harder and by the time the first lap had been completed his lead was up to an ominous 12 seconds. A standing start lap of 127.835mph broke not only the lap record but also the opposition and the trend continued over the second lap.Rights and wrongsLAW exists to protect our lives and our liberties. Important issues of law arise again and again from the recurring conflict between these two objectives.Since the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001 and London in 2005, the American and British parliaments and courts have had to wrestle with this issue: How can one protect the safety of the public without injustice to the individual? Under the Romans, there was a simple, if brutal, answer: The safety of the Republic is the supreme law. That maxim is still quoted by legal authorities in our own age. But Parliament and judges have to reconcile the safety of the public with the requirement of due process of law. Last week saw two legal decisions, one in England and one in the United States, on this issue of protecting security without destroying liberty. Daniel H. Woo, engineer; at 68RANDOLPH -- Daniel H. Woo , a retired engineer and supervisor for Hewlett Packard Co. , died June 24 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He was 68 .Mr. Woo was born in Boston and raised in the Chinatown neighborhood. He attended Boston Technical High School and Northeastern University , graduating with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He moved to Randolph about 20 years ago. He worked for Hewlett Packard as an engineer and supervisor for 45 years, retiring in 2002 . He was a member of the DepartMENTAL 56ers Club , a social group for Southeastern Massachusetts residents interested in collecting and displaying miniature villages. Mr. Woo especially enjoyed collecting holiday village displays for Christmas, Easter, and Independence Day.
Successful tarmac test for Fagg in Ireland - Pt. 1Last weekend saw Isle of Man based co-driver Rob Fagg travel to Ireland to contest the Shell Donegal International Rally alongside MSA British Rally Elite member James Wozencroft in the Dealer Team Suzuki Ignis Super 1600. Isle of Man Steam Packet Scholarship recipient Fagg and Wozencroft were using the event as a test prior the upcoming tarmac rounds of the Tesco 99 Octane British Rally Championship which they are contesting this year. After a successful recce and test prior the event the team were looking forward to the 22 stages that lay ahead over the three day event. It was not long though before they encountered their first problem, a half spin mid way through the first stage left them caught between two grass banks on a blind left hander with very little room to manoeuvre, and with cars running a 30 second intervals there was not much time until the next car would be on top of them.Lavilla defies Mallory demons to extend leadGregorio Lavilla had to settle for third place in the opening race at Mallory Park, but the defending Bennetts British Superbike champion hit back to win the second race of the sixth round and tighten his hold on the crown. The Spanish rider had complained of a lack of grip in the first race as he struggled to match the pace of Ryuichi Kiyonari - who posted his first victory since the opening round at Brands Hatch - but Lavilla's Airwaves Ducati team solved the problem next time out. The Japanese rider made the early running but Lavilla, starting from pole, was in close pursuit, and with a smooth move through the chicane he went ahead on the sixth lap and powered on to a seventh win of the campaign. "It was unbelievable," the defending champion said. "In the first race I was struggling and not happy because I could not fight for the victory, but my team made changes, and I have won on what is my worst circuit in the series." Behind Lavilla, his team-mate Leon Haslam overcame a missed gear to match his second place in the opener, with Kiyonari third.Motorcycling: Blazing saddlesTT Superbike victor John McGuinness took full advantage of cruel luck which struck three of his greatest rivals - Guy Martin, Bruce Anstey and Ballymoney's Adrian Archibald - to score a convincing opening win on the Isle of Man yesterday.McGuinness blazed away from his rivals - all of whom were forced out with mechanical problems, and then insisted: "I rode the perfect race." In scorching conditions, the 33-year-old produced a vintage performance as he romped to the chequered flag 39.14 seconds clear of Ian Lougher on the Stobart Honda, while Yorkshire rider Ian Hutchinson, on the McAdoo Kawaski, came home third with Martin Finnegan from Lusk on the Klassi Honda in fourth.. Morecambe-based McGuinness broke the official lap record on two of his six circuits of the 37.73-mile mountain course.
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