Ellen MacArthur

Renault Organises The First Eco-Driving Day For The General Public, In the Presence of Ellen Macarthur

Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008

TAO Group on River Thames with BT

LSI Online News (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008

UK - TAO Group companies TAO Productions, TAO Fire, TAO Misc and TAO Medical recently joined forces to supply event production, safety planning, services and personnel to the launch of BT's ...

Sailors prepare for the Vendee Globe

The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008

The Barbarians were at the gates of the Bois du Boulogne yesterday as over a third, 11, of the skippers lining up for the big French launch of its singlehanded racing pride and joy, the Vendée Globe were not French and the most powerful threat was one of the seven British skippers, Brian Thompson in Pindar.

'Top Gear' will open its doors to Adlington

The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008

Having left the opposition trailing in her wake in Beijing, Britain's Olympic heroine Rebecca Adlington will swap her swimming costume for driving overalls with an appearance on the BBC's Top Gear.

Demolition derby sets sail

Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Move over Ellen MacArthur. Sailing has a new hero, and it’s not a person, it’s a boat. Last weekend, 11 Extreme 40 catamarans came to Cowes at the start of the famous regatta, and in the course of three days of racing, packed with high-speed collisions and cartwheeling crashes, they took the sailing world by storm.

Zennstrom and Peckham stay at front in trophy hunt

The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008

A clutch of regular winners swept aside the early bleak conditions on the second day of Skandia Cowes Week to add more victories yesterday to those of the opening day on Saturday.

Sam Davies: Sailor Sam's pretty gritty in pink

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Tarquin Cooper meets a new rival for sea queen Ellen MacArthur's crown

BTCC: BTCC trio shine in Round the Island race.

Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

Matt Neal, Gordon Shedden and Tom Chilton finish second in class in yachting event.

MacArthur still going strong

The Why of the World (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

Unfeasibly chirpy at 0445 in the morning? Bright eyed too, when most others were still concentrating on keeping the lids apart. Wouldn't you know that Ellen MacArthur can manage it. Sleep management and functionality whilst awake must be programmed into her very being after all those days alone at sea. Ellen was preparing her Extreme 40, BT, in Cowes Yacht Haven. Not much to do, but checking and asking...

JP Morgan Round the Island Race's Gold Bowl goes to Robert Swann

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008

Robert Swann's TP52 Ran claimed the of the JP Morgan Round the Island Race's top prize, the Roman Gold Bowl, writes Tim Jeffery.

Lewis goes sailing

Formula One Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008

The Hugo Boss sponsorship of McLaren required Lewis to go for a day's sailing on Saturday aboard the big black yacht which takes its name from the German fashion house and I was lucky enough to be invited along for...

Lewis Hamilton in yacht crash

The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton was involved in a crash before the start of one of the world's largest yacht races today.

Sailing: B & Q sets sail for Middle East

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008

Ellen MacArthur's round-the-world record-setting trimaran B & Q is heading to the Middle East, where her new owner is the Sultanate of Oman.

Birkenhead Soroptimists Celebrate 75 years

A New Direction for Wirral West (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

Planting 75 trees in Arrowe Park to Celebrate 75 years of Birkenhead Soroptimists It was a delight to speak at the Soroptimists 75th Birthday last Saturday. Over 100 ladies and a few brave gents attended the celebrations! Asked to speak about women and their accomplishments over the past 75 years I decided, amongst other things, to read out [...]

New Chief Scout in Summer 2009

Cornell Finch (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008

The Scout Association is looking for a replacement for Peter Duncan as the Chief Scout when his term runs out in 2009. The Chief Scout is the volunteer Leader of the Scout Movement in the UK. With half-a-million members Scouting is the largest youth movement for girls and boys in the UK, and is part of [...]