Important Information

• Today is Tynwald Day, a public holiday and our Manx National Day, when many gather at Tynwald Hill to hear the laws enacted during the past year proclaimed in Manx and English and to participate in the festivities of Tynwald Fair
• Games souvenir programmes now on sale from Thursday (today) lunchtime from the NSC (delayed issue following printing difficulties) - cost £3
• Changes to the issued Games bus services schedules will be notified each day of the Games in this section of the site (the schedule is posted in the Latest News section of the web site
• changes to the schedule of medal presenters will also appear in this section on a daily basis

• The stage is almost set!  The final full rehearsal for this Saturday's Opening Ceremony took place last Saturday, banners are flying all over the Island, the medals have been engraved, accreditation and welcome packages have been put together, PCs and printers and extra telephone lines for the Results Service and for the media are nearly all installed, the very complex transport schedules have all been put together, the huge number of volunteer helpers have been briefed, the catering tents are up, and at all the sporting venues the final touches are being applied - and the first teams will soon be with us!
• over 150 media personnel have now been accredited so we're hoping for first class coverage of the Games in the press, on radio and TV.
• the Gideons are providing some 3,000 Gideon Bibles (in the range of languages covered by our visitors) for distribution to competitors,officials and supporters.
• and, most importantly the weather forecast for Saturday is favourable! We shouldn't have to use the wet weather programme for the Opening Ceremony!

Monday July 2nd

• Manx Telecom have launched their Island Games Phone Cards - four cards sponsored by Securicor (Shooting), Scottish Provident (Golf), the Isle of Man Steam Packet (Swimming) and Manx Telecom (Sailing) each depict the sport sponsored. Further details will appear shortly in the Latest News section.

• the winner of the June Island Games web site competition is Jayne Grigoriadi from Rhodes - the overall winner drawn from the 4 monthly winners is Frodi Petersen, the March winner.

Friday June 29th

• Games souvenir programmes go on sale at the NSC foyer desk until tomorrow (Wednesday) lunchtime. Costing £3 they give full details of all the events together with much essential background information.
  There will be individual programmes for each of the 15 sports focussing on the key information for each particular sport. They cost £1 each - each competitor will receive a copy in their accreditation pack.
• The Opening Ceremony on Saturday July 7th is a complete sell out!
• Visitors from off-island who wish to watch the various competitions are strongly advised to purchase an 'Accredited Spectator Package'. At a cost of £30 sterling this gives the right to use the Games free transport facilities (shuttle buses, steam railway, horse trams, electric tram etc) and gives entry to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies (subject to availability).on July 13th. These packages are obtainable from the Games Office (NSC, Groves Road, Douglas, Isle of Man). Written or email requests should be accompanied by a passport size photograph (email address - clicking here).
  

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