by paul-wsh | May 9, 2012 | The Noughties
A huge thakyou to everyone who made the effort and put in some really hard graft in the cold a wet weather to help clear up the rubbish from the beach last Saturday. We shifted at least 6 big Biffa bins (6600 litres) of plastics and other debris from the beach at...
by paul-wsh | May 3, 2012 | The Noughties
Compton Beach : Compton Farm (Fields) Car Park Next Saturday 5th May 2012 first thing in the morning at 9am,we are meeting at Compton Farm Beach Car Park, Compton Bay to clean up the beach. You are not obliged to spend hours cleaning or if you cant make 9am no problem...
by paul-wsh | Apr 25, 2012 | The Noughties
This is my favourite beach on the Isle of Wight, but not how I wish to see it. 20-30 people with a black bin bag could have it all cleared in an hour or two. Ironically there is a bin washed up on the beach too. Surfers , walkers and other beach users walk past like...
by paul-wsh | Jan 30, 2011 | Surfer Profiles, The Noughties
I always remember seeing Johnny down the fields at Compton surfing from dawn until dusk, and then in 1994 people began to notice his amazing talent as he became best cadet in the South Coast Surfing Championships at Niton. Johnny grew up surfing on the Island and last...
by paul-wsh | Jan 13, 2011 | In Print, The Eighties
In 1985 The Isle of Wight Surf Club produced a calender for sale to its members. It was pre-printed with all the years events, meetings and the tide times at Compton at the weekends. Highlights for that year were; Thursday 3rd January – Slides/Talk by Roger...
