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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationFairground Gaming At Forefront Of E-Gaming Consolidation,Isle of Man-based investment firm Fairground Gaming has announced that it has entered into a conditional purchase agreement to acquire all of the online gaming businesses and subsidiaries, which collectively form The Spin Palace Group from Roundit Limited.The acquisition is the first by Fairground Gaming since admission to London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in October 2005. The maximum consideration will be US$66m. Fairground Gaming was formed in 2005 with the specific purpose of taking advantage of expected consolidation within the online gaming sector. The firm enjoys the financial backing of shareholders drawn from leading institutions, players within the gaming industry and private client firms. The Spin Palace Group comprises two recently combined businesses, Spin Palace and Piggs Casino, and is a licensed online casino and poker group offering over 200 different games to a global customer base.
Bikers rally for one of their ownMore than 100 motorcyclists from the San Francisco Bay Area turned out at the San Francisco Motorcycle Club clubhouse Thursday evening to root for the health of fellow biker and Santa Cruz Vampires Motorcycle Club member James Cornell.Cornell, 36, remains hospitalized in the British Isles after suffering head injuries in a motorcycle accident Saturday. He was the member of a sidecar crew that wrecked while practicing for the upcoming Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races, one of the world's premier racing events. "A lot of us are pretty torn up," said Mike Jones, president of the Santa Cruz Vampires Motorcycle Club. "He's a well-known person in the area. There isn't anyone that doesn't like him." Cornell lived in Santa Cruz for about 16 years, and moved to San Francisco earlier this year, Jones said.
The Story of Stanley GibbonsThis new beginning had been preceded by the production of a Post Office prestige stamp booklet telling the story of Stanley Gibbons, written by SG staff writer James Watson, it illustrated historic items from company archives. The following year saw the publication of the first in what was to become a series of thematic stamp catalogues—Collect Birds on Stamps, now in its fifth edition.A new beginning was also announced for Stanley Gibbons Publications when they moved to new premises in the Hampshire town of Ringwood, close to Bournemouth and on the edge of the New Forest. The move began in 1984 and was completed by the end of the year. The new premises provided increased office and warehouse space but the move also led to some management changes. The long-time Editor of GSM, Russell Bennett, retired, his place being taken by John Holman, and Catalogue Editor Stanley Zimmerman relinquished his post to David Aggersberg (though he remained as Managing Director of the division).WERA BBS Continues To Raise Funds For Roadracing World Action Fund ...To date, the WERA BBS auction has raised over $4000 for the Roadracing World Action Fund. Thanks to generous donations made by race fans, industry suppliers, team owners and the WERA family of racers the auction has been successful and is still going strong. Such items as a Ben Spies owned-and-worn HJC helmet, an Eric Bostrom used-and-signed Alpinestars knee puck, a Hooters Suzuki tailsection, an Isle of Man Trophy won by Shaun Harris have brought in some much appreciated cash for Airfence deployment. But it's not over. Through generous donations such varied items as a full Moto-R GSX-R1000 "fast pack", KWS crew shirts, a set of John Haner's KWS Komodo leathers and many other items continue to go up for auction. To check out the ongoing auction, please go over to WERA.com and click the link to the WERA BBS.Historic ShipAn historic ships figurehead has gone on display at the Nautical Museum in Castletown, after Manx National Heritage stepped in to preserve this piece of maritime history. The figurehead, from an unknown vessel, was washed ashore at Bride around 1895. It was previously on view inside the main gate at the Curraghs Wildlife Park, Ballaugh, before being gifted to Manx National Heritage last year. Curator Matthew Richardson commented: This artefact will be familiar to many people who have visited the Wildlife Park over the years. Unfortunately, continuous exposure to the elements threatened the long term survival of the figurehead, so MNH undertook to care for it as part of the national collections. I am delighted to say that the figurehead is now back on public display, after some conservation treatment, undercover in the more appropriate surroundings of the Nautical Museum, alongside other artefacts illustrating the Isle of Mans links to the sea.Horton stands the test of time as a Detroit gemHe sat at a corner bar stool at the Lindell A.C., a venerable bar that shall always remain a part of our rich sports history. This is where my mother worked and I often knocked down one of their third-pound burgers after a Tigers game.He was the Tigers' starting left fielder and I met Horton during a time when players actually mingled with fans in social settings. He wore a sport jacket and crew-cut sweater underneath. It was the spring of 1968 and he was one of my first childhood heroes, along with Lem Barney, Al Kaline and Earl Wilson. To us kids who played baseball at old Pattengill Elementary School, Horton was just as big as Pudge Rodriguez, Ben Wallace and Steve Yzerman are today. Actually, Horton was bigger because he not only was a Tigers slugger but he played at nearby Northwestern High School, a place where we'd later walk to play tennis and baseball.
UK. Young power boaters from across the UK set new recordsPerfect weather conditions for the start of the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship 2006 made sure that the first three events in June got off to a record breaking start. The Irish regional final set a new record with more clubs represented than ever before - seventeen youngsters from a record eight sailing clubs took part. The Channel Islands regional final has been growing every year and this year set a new record with 19 entries, and youngsters from 12 clubs across Scotland took to the water to battle it out for Scottish glory. Competition was fierce at the Scottish regional final, held at Strathclyde Country Park Watersports Centre, especially within the youngest age group (8-12 years), as only 3 seconds separated the top three spots. Craig Johnston, 16, from Royal Tay Yacht Club and Simon Thornton, 12, from East Kilbride Sea Cadets were crowned Scottish regional champions, winning the 812 and 1316 age groups respectively.Races for Extreme Risk TakersFor a certain adventurous type, a simple race -- running, sailing, biking or swimming -- just won't suffice.These people want to do more than test their speed and skill; they want to confront mortality and are only satisfied when there is an element of danger to a competition. Whether it's motorcycles, sports cars, boats, animals or just feet, they are flocking to the most challenging and dangerous races around the globe. Few official industry statistics are kept that chronicle all injuries and deaths in all races, but plenty of stories provide a sense of which carry high danger rates. (See Forbes.com's slide show of the "World's Most Dangerous Races.") . |
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