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Strong Island Charity Raffle & 2nd Birthday Party

Monday, October 4th, 2010. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Strong Island by

What an incredible success. Myself & Paul owe everyone who attended, donated & helped out with our Birthday Raffle a HUGE thank you. I’d estimate that at least 200 Strong Islanders were in attendance on the night and we sold a staggering amount of raffle tickets.

With your generosity we managed to raise an amazing £625 for The Portsmouth Autism Support Network and The Portsmouth Lifeboat Station. The money will be split equally between the two charities and hopefully we can hand it over this weekend.

Everyone was having a really good time and there was a great vibe throughout the whole joint. It was great to put some faces to names finally. Thanks to everyone who came down, all of the very generous prize donators and of course extra special thanks to Graham and all The Belle Isle staff for letting us hold our party and making sure no one went thirsty. Cheers guys.

Prizes were very kindly donated from the following people: The Belle Isle / Bored / Portsmouth University / Paul Gonella /Tristan Savage / Claire Sambrook / Desperados Beer / Ian Parmiter / Rob Trigg / Wallspace Gallery / Head Hairdressing / FarkFK / Southsea Fixed Gear / James Weaver / Mikee Ayling / Matt O’Neill / Diana Goss / Caleigh Illburn / Cat Vaughan / Steve Bomford / Owain Harris / Miki Organic / Louise Bush / Nick Hicking / Candice @ Inksquatch / MyDogSighs / Paul Thurlow / Jobsite & Ye Olde Bike Shoppe. I hope I didn’t forget anyone. Apologies if I did.

Matt Saxey took some great photos of the whole evening so be sure to check them out over at his Flickr. Cheers Matt.

We’re already looking forward to our 3rd Birthday Party next year. Hope you can make it. All the best and thanks again.

Tristan & Paul






EDIT: There are three unclaimed prizes, available from Paul and The Belle Isle. Someone was lucky enough to buy the raffle tickets but sadly had to leave by the looks of things. If you’re yellow 20 then head to the Belle and show your ticket, if you are pink 377 or yellow 159 email us to sort out pickup. If any are not claimed over the next few weeks we’ll offer them up for some kind of competition. Assuming no one minds…








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13 Comments to Strong Island Charity Raffle & 2nd Birthday Party

  1. it might be me as I had tickets in the 20′s BUT alas I have lost my tickets :[ poop.

    claire sambrook on October 4th, 2010

  2. well done everyone especially Tristan and Paul for being them :] and organising such a great night.

    claire sambrook on October 4th, 2010

  3. There are two other prizes to be claimed, I’ll add photos in a bit

    Paul Gonella on October 4th, 2010

  4. I found them in one of the boxes when I got everything home.

    I’ve added photos and info to the post.

    Paul Gonella on October 4th, 2010

  5. Top night full of top people. Tidy amount of charity money too. Well done all.

    Pudding Snack! on October 4th, 2010

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  7. Sooooooo gutted I couldn’t have been there!

    Ben Mills on October 4th, 2010

  8. Gotta be your number one Thursday on the books since opening Ben?

    Tristan Savage on October 4th, 2010

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Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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