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Author: Rachael Brooks

Olympic Flag Handover Off The Wight

Thursday, 21st August, 2008 at 9:04 pm, Isle of Wight

24, August 2008
3:30 pm

If you want to watch the handover of the Olympics from Beijing to Great Britain, make sure you head over to the Needles this Sunday afternoon, as it takes place right here on the Isle of Wight.

Olympic Flag Handover Off The WightTo mark the occasion, a young crew of Island sailors will sail to the Needles and at 3.30pm raise an enormous spinnaker carrying the London 2012 Olympic logo.

Once the spinnaker has been hoisted, the crew will sail to Cowes where they’ll be greeted by the samba band, Leader of the Council, David Pugh, Chairman of the Island Games Committee David Ball and Olympic 2000 gold medal winner for rowing, Louis Attrill.

With the predicted fantastic weather, this’ll be a photographers dream come true.

Cowes, Events, Sports, West Wight


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2 Responses to “Olympic Flag Handover Off The Wight”

  1. Helen Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Cool! Thanks for the heads up on this one.

    LOL ‘greeted by the samba band’ - fabulous tho they are, would’ve been even better to get Ventnor Jazz band eh?

  2. James P Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Is it really too late to ditch that hideous logo? There were some excellent designs posted on the BBC website immediately after the official one was released…

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