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Strong Island Exhibition Launch

Sunday, April 17th, 2011. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Community, Cultural & Exhibitions, Strong Island by

The last day of hanging the work went very well with loads of people on hand to help out. Ian Parmiter came by with his torpedo as part of the props, Malcolm Irving from Irving Brewers dropped off the Strong Island Hopper Ale, All About Tea delivered more Strong Island Tea and Beth from University Catering brought the nibbles and soft drinks.

By 6.30pm the place was heaving and an incredible turnout. Tristan, Paul and I were pretty impressed with the numbers – in excess of 500 people! the tower was crammed full with hardly any space to move. We ran out of Strong Island Hopper quite early so apologies for those of you that never got to try any.

Thanks to all the creatives that have taken part, all working to the theme ‘Strong Island’ and thanks to everyone that came along and made it a night to remember. Jack Palmer and Will McNicol thanks for the music. The unofficial after party took place in the oldest pub in Portsmouth – The Dolphin, and again many pints of local Irving Ale went down well.

A few pictures below of the last minute preparations and the evening launch party. Much thanks to Fark for the help this past week and curating. Pop in and say hi to him. Will be posting up more photographs during the coming week. Please send us your images.

Remember that the exhibition runs from Tues to Sun 10-3pm until 1st May. Go and snap up the work and support the local creative movement. The shop also stocks work from Badger Press, Southsea Gallery, aspex, Bored of Southsea, Southsea Skatepark, Jodie Silsby, James Weaver, All About Tea and Strong Island tees, totes, notebooks and much more.

Once again thanks to all of the people that have been along to see the exhibition and the venue already.Remember to add your feedback to the comments book.

Strong Island Exhibition at The Round Tower

Strong Island Exhibition at The Round Tower

Strong Island Exhibition at The Round Tower

Strong Island Exhibition at The Round Tower

TORPEDO HAS LANDED

Photograph below by Matthew Maber

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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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