Steve Langton sent over his Represent after having a relaxing time on the beach in Thailand and feeling a rumbling in his chair. They were eagerly asked to leave the beach and make they’re way home as wave warnings were coming in. A speedy trip back to the hotel in a Tuk Tuk and several power cuts later the all clear was given. Steve made it back to the bar for some Long Island Iced Teas and to put up a Strong Island sticker. Representing.
Dan recently travelled to Berlin where he planted some stickers, when I go in a few months I will try and find them. A bit of Strong Island hide and seek!
Lorna (@Fauxlo_)is currently studying up in Guildford but represents Southsea/Portsmouth and Strong Island heavily up there in Surrey. Thanks Lorna!
Remember to send in your photos of you rocking your Strong Island tee and we’ll post it up on the blog.
We’re always super stoked to see people repping Strong Island tees and James Massey got in touch via Twitter (@strongislanduk) with a photo of him sporting the a 2011 anchor logo tee all the way over over in New Orleans, quite a way from our sunny isle! Send us over a pic of you in a Strong Island tee and we’ll pop it up on the blog too.
P.S. We’re also interested in seeing where Strong Island stickers end up too, the more unusual or unexpected the better so send us some pics of those too…
Late Friday. Sending a holla to Captain Kirkham on Facebook about Saturdays antics. How did I ever miss this. Some straight up represent steez from Kev, supported by Rebecca, Allana & Chinzia. Oh yeah. The initial Bestival lineup is out too. Check IT.
Strong Islander Ian Peach represented with one of the brand new Autumn/Winter tees at the West Ham v Portsmouth game at Upton Park yesterday (at which Pompey sadly lost). Cheers Ian! Ian got in touch with us via Twitter, if you are on there follow us at @strongislanduk.
If you find yourself representing Strong Island while you are away from the city (tees, stickers, etc) take a photo and send it in and we’ll feature you in a Represent post.
P.S. The new tees are available in the store, get involved.
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.
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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