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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationScot free Monty looking more relaxed than everMAMARONECK, N.Y. On Day 1 at the U.S. Open, Winged Foot West won. If we were to measure the round collectively, after 18 holes give "Tillie's" beast a 3-up jump out of the gate.
Twenty-two rounds in the 80s, a scoring average nearly six strokes over par, just a single card in the red. It's a familiar tune, played out in Dolby surround sound.
You didn't have to have one of those silver competitor's money clips and a Thursday tee time to see the damage that was done. Simply put, the wind and that wild rough conspired to end more than a few Open dreams before they ever took flight.
There was an Open tale that seemed to discover a second wind amid all those 15 mph gusts on Thursday.
PartyGaming to buy online bookmaker GamebookersLONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - The world's biggest online gaming group, PartyGaming (PRTY.L: Quote, Profile, Research), is in talks to buy online bookmaker Gamebookers, an industry source said on Sunday.PartyGaming recently arranged a $500 million loan with Dresdner Kleinwort and Royal Bank of Scotland, part of which is intended to fund an acquisition. PartyGaming shares rose by 2 percent last Thursday on speculation it was planning to buy either Gamebookers or Sweden's Unibet (UNIBsdb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research). But one industry executive told Reuters on Sunday he was certain it was the former.
"A million to one it's Gamebookers and not Unibet," he said, without giving further details. Antigua-licensed Gamebookers was founded in 1998 and is owned by Isle of Man-based Trident Gaming.
Worst holiday ever: week 13The Sunday Times is now into its 13th week in the search for the most disastrous, most wake-up-screaming-in-the-night holiday ever, - and the stories don't stop coming. The 'best' story of the week will be published in the newspaper that weekend - and at the end of 2006, the one adjudged to be the most truly appalling will win the holiday of a lifetime. Post your bleak memories at the end of the article, in 200 words if possible please! .Cuban Soap Opera Sparks DebateOnce persecuted, then excluded, and finally tolerated, Cuban homosexuals have seen the debate on sexual diversity expand in recent weeks as a state-sponsored soap opera featuring some gay characters has riveted the nation.
In a recent episode of "La Cara Oculta de la Luna," or the "Dark Side of the Moon," Yasel, who is married and the father of a little girl, is as surprised as viewers are to discover he is physically attracted to another man, named Mario.
The attraction leads to a sexual relationship and Yasel's subsequent contraction of the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
The series on state television is intended to educate Cubans about AIDS by telling the stories of those with the virus.
But it also has sparked a more open debate about homosexuality in a society where macho attitudes persist.
Blog, Play, and Win an Entry Into the 2006 World Series of PokerDOUGLAS, Isle of Man, June 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- PokerStars.com, the world's largest poker tournament website, is hosting the second annual World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP). The free poker tournament will be held at PokerStars.com on June 18, 2006. Starting time is 4 pm EST (1 pm PST). The competition will be a no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. .Heroes and Villains: Bruno the bear and the £37m WindsorsNB: we know that there are far more worthy heroes than those listed here - doctors, nurses, aid workers, Franck Sauzee, etc. Similarly, murderers, rapists and dictators are indisputably far greater villains. This column does not deal with them. It is designed to honour those who have caused surprise by their actions. Hero: Bruno the bearHe was hit by a car and it came off worse. He shunned honey-laden bear traps. He eluded skilled hunters. He out-toughed Norwegian elk hounds. He ate his prey on the steps of a police station. .Global Update: Who's where and doing what - June 2006 - by Benoit Gateau-Cumin - Heads Above The RestGeorgina Sussan is now one of the Corporate Vice Presidents at Host Marriott in Bethesda. She most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of Decatur Hotels in New Orleans. Sussan has also been the General Manager of Walt Disney's Grand Floridian in Orlando.Michael Shindler has joined the Las Vegas Sands as Vice President Development and Asset Management. He comes from Hyatt where he first served as Vice President of Development for ten years, returning in 2002 in a similar capacity. In between, Shindler served as Vice President of Development for Mandarin-Oriental and for Rockresorts. Ian Schrager has appointed Mitch Hochberg President and Chief Operating Officer. He is a former President of Spectrum Communities. Also at Schrager, Michael Overington becomes Vice Chairman.
The island saviour of lost souls who imported 'slaves' to do up ...GOD chose Pieter Van Rooyen to lead the broken, the depressed, the rejected and the confused and save their souls for Christ. Or so the balding 46-year-old South African, a former financial adviser at Barclays bank, says.But He is unlikely to approve of this self-appointed shepherd who puts himself on a par with Noah, Moses and Abraham importing illegal immigrants from his native country and putting them to work renovating his Isle of Man home for £1.36 an hour. Van Rooyen and his Life Church, the evangelical ministry he founded in Douglas, the islands capital, face ruin after he appeared in a Manx court to admit charges of faking documents that allowed five South African workers to enter the country illegally. He insisted that his intention was to coach them in spiritual matters, but in reality, the court was told, they were set to work as cheap labour doing up his family home in Onchan.
CROWE AND HOPE TAKE SIDECAR HONOURSIsle of Man pairing Nick Crowe and Darren Hope took victory in the Sidecar A TT race, a repeat of their success last year.The Manxmen came home 47.11 seconds clear of the field after registering an overall race time of one hour and 27.15 seconds. Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell were second with John Holden and Andrew Winkle third. Hope said: "We had to work really hard early in the race to get that win. "But there were some flags out on the last lap so I think we could have gone even faster but for that." The race started an hour later than originally planned - at 2.15pm - after mist on the west coast of the island had drifted across the 37.73-mile Mountain Course and delayed the start of the morning's Superstock race by an hour.
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