by paul-wsh | Nov 11, 2013 | The Seventies
The Isle of Wight Surf club were very lucky to be given use of one of the huts owned by the National Trust at Compton. The club paid a donation every year to the NT which gave them use of the hut and free parking at Compton. The original hut was used to store...
by paul-wsh | Apr 19, 2012 | The Eighties
IOW Surf Club wins the Annual Ventnor to Sandown Cracker Race – by Tony Macpherson This race took place in the early 80’s. We had a surf club meeting in the Castle Inn in Newport and this peculiar race was mentioned. It got everyone interested and we...
by paul-wsh | Mar 12, 2012 | The Eighties
A Stiff onshore breeze rendered the three to four foot surf bumpy and unpredictable for the IW Surf Club’s 17th annual competition at Compton Bay on Sunday, but an increasingly high standard of surfing was displayed as the competition progressed. A close first...
by paul-wsh | Mar 28, 2011 | The Noughties
Congratulations to the ‘Surfers Against Sewage’ for another successful beach clean at Grange Chine. Saturday the 26th March saw glorious weather and a really good turn out by at least 48 volunteers to help with the beach clean. There was a really lovely...
by paul-wsh | Feb 10, 2011 | The Noughties
It seems that the last few weeks have been so dark, gloomy and wet that when on Tuesday we had glorious sunshine and waves on the same day it almost seemed to good to be true. Here are a few images from the morning at...
