Honest Politician Pool Competition

The Honest Politician on Elm Grove is holding a pool competition on Monday 1st March from 8pm. Only £2 to put your name down and if you are good enough you may well get snapped up as a member of the pub’s pool team. Be warned, the staff there are training up in preparation…!

(Artwork by Emo)

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Sunday Darts

Sunday night saw the Taswell Arms become Southsea’s own Lakeside with a darts competition with almost 20 players getting involved. Needless to say there was some shocking darts thrown but there was also some tungsten magic too, with Nick ‘The Lightning Bolt’ Lightening coming out on top in the final.

Expect more Southsea adventures from the oche with Little Johnny Russells now adding a dartboard too. Here are some photos from Sunday night…LETS! PLAY! DARTS!

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Play Up Pompey

Things are pretty bleak for Portsmouth FC at the moment with today a particularly fraught day in their finances. The supporters groups have arranged a protest march in Portsmouth before the next game (Birmingham City this Saturday – 16th) that starts at the Guildhall at 1pm or Milton Park at 2:15pm, the march will then walk to Fratton Park. The march is open to everyone wishing to show support to the team and also protest against the current financial situation. Find out more at the Facebook group.

Fratton Park photo by Bruce.

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Sport was the real winner tonight…

One of the best Sundays I’ve spent as of late was watching 14 people compete on the ‘Okey’ down The Little Johnny Russells for fame and glory. A few missed team members were quickly replaced with ringers and hand crafted shoulder emblazed titles adorned the backs of each player. Accompanied by individual walk on music and plenty of beer the night was off to a winning start.

With Austin on the mic for the full 3 hour knock out title championship it was anything but your average game of darts. Look out for the next leg in the new year.

Congratulation to Charlie ‘The Mack’ Waddington on his glorious triumph.

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Back the Bid

England2018, the team behind England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018, has asked for the support of 15 cities from across the UK to apply to become a World Cup host city. ‘Portsmouth. People. Passion. Pride.’ is Portsmouth’s bid to become a host city and is urging the whole of the south coast of England to get behind the bid. If you want to get involved visit the Council’s Back the Bid website to download a poster PDF to print out to show your support locally and visit the England 2018 Bid website to register your support for Portsmouth.

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Pier to Pier Swimming Competition

On Sunday 6th September Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club will be hosting an open water swimming race between the two piers in Southsea (From Clarence to South Parade), a distance of two kilometres. Entry to the race is now closed but it should be fun to watch and show your support to the swimmers. The race begins at 2:30pm.

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