Following on from Pauls post here are my rag tag photos from the Bored & Strong Island party last Wednesday. Big thanks again to everyone who came down. We’ll do something that doesn’t fall on a school night next time. Saying that, it didn’t seem to stop people sinking more than their fair share of booze.
With The Strong Island X Bored Christmas Moustache & Metal Bash approaching fast we need your help to gather some classic METAL. Gentle Bren is in the middle of his University Graphic Design Dissertation, and to help take the edge off and also so you can have your own input, we are asking for your Top Ten METAL tunes.
Either drop them to me, Paul, Bren, whoever, or email them to tristan@strong-island.co.uk and Bren will make a playlist for the night. The night being next Wednesday December the 2nd. Get involved and make sure you book Thursday off work.
EDIT: Or add your suggestions as comments!
EDIT: And I’ll legally download them!
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To celebrate the festive season and Strong Islands 1st Birthday we’ve teamed up once again with our favourite skatestore Bored to bring you some midweek fun and entertainment. This time in the shape of a Moustache and Metal Bash at The Little Johnny Russells on Albert Road. Gentle Bren will be taking it back to his younger days with some Metal mixed with a Disco touch. Backing Brendan with DJ support will be Paul Gonella, Toby Taylor, Jay Pateman, Julian Brett & Daniel Emo. We’ve no idea what they will play and have left it totally open. Be warned…
There will be a limited supply of FREE Moustaches on the night and hopefully some Brandy & Christmas Cake too. So, get involved in the kick start to the Christmas Holidays and either grow one, shave one, draw one or stick one on to show your love with some top lip action.
Big thanks to the Johnny Russells boys for letting us have the pub. Oh yeah, book Thursday off work. What better way to use that remaining holiday than nursing a spectacular hangover.
As always, thanks for all the support over the last year and we look forward to putting on more events and working with friends new and old in the new year.
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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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