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New Website For The Artists Studio: (14/10/02)
Well known local artist Neil Hopkins now has a website where a large selection of his work can be viewed and ordered online - Click here to visit his website at
www.theartistsstudio.co.uk

Kieran Evans Wins West Coast Open.... beating Newquay based Grishka Roberts into second place with Abersoch local Phil Wood third - click here for more info...

The 'West Coast Surf North Wales Open Surfing Contest' is, apart from being a bit of a mouthfull, ON this weekend. The surf is looking promising with the current westerly swell being replaced by another over the weekend. Entrants are advised that the sign in is at Porth Neigwl car park Llanengan between 9.00 and 10.00am (no entries will be taken after 10.00am). The entry fee is once again £2.00. Previous champion Keiran Evans has confirmed his intention to compete and a strong East Coast presence is expected. The party at the Harbour Hotel on Saturday evening (entry £3.00 on the door) promises to be another good one with 'Snatch' playing live and Johnty spinning the discs. There is a late bar and proceeds go the usual charities and causes. On Friday evening The Vaynol Arms are organising thier table football contest - get there before 8.00pm to enter. With the great October weather we have been enjoying do you need any other reasons to visit Abersoch this weekend? For more info visit www.westcoastsurf.co.uk

World Silver for Lucy Horwood - Formula Windsurfing Champion: (03/10/02)
Lucy puts in another great performance in Germany - click here

Tidal Aid Raises £2200:- : (05/09/02)
This years Tidal Aid event on Abersoch main beach raised £2200 towards the local playing field fund and the local branch of the RNLI.

Autumn Walking Festival:- : (31/08/02)
Abersoch Tourist Association in conjunction with Llyn Tourist Association have organised a Walking Festival - which will take place from Thursday 31st October - Sunday 03rd November. There will be 11 themed walks all over the Llyn Peninsula and a local company will be providing local guides and transportation to the walking sites.
For more info visit the festival website - www.llyn-walking-festival.com

Abersoch Gourmet Weekend 2002 - : (06/08/02)
Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th sees Celebrity TV chef and Manchester Evening News Columnist Paul Heathcote (Simply Heathcote's restaurant) down here for the Abersoch Gourmet Weekend. A veteran of many culinary tv shows (Ready Steady Cook, Richard & Judy, BBC2's Saturday Kitchen), Paul will be demonstrating alongside local BBC Masterchef Chris Chown (Plas Bodegroes) at the Whitehouse Hotel. Also on, at SCYC, Land & Sea, and Riverside Hotel will be the Welsh Culinary Team and others demonstrating dishes using local fresh produce. The produce will be on sale at the Village Hall all weekend where there will be a free Welsh Producers Market. A full programme and tickets are available at Abersoch Tourist Office. For more info: click here

Wakestock 2002 - Turtle Photography Photos Now Online: (01/08/02)
Over 200 photos taken by local photographer Martin Turtle can now be viewed on the Turtle Photography website - click here for the event index...

RNLI Abersoch Hog Roast:
Saturday 27th July at the Powerboat Club - £2718.00 raised - a brilliant effort.

Wakestock 2002 - First Event Photos: (28/07/02)
Wakestock was a great success with the annual mixture of slider stunts in the marina and 2 nights of music entertainment proving to be more popular than ever. Over 4000 people packed the new festival site at Penrhos on Saturday night - and saw headliners Reef truly go off followed by local boys Snatch who gave us a taste of their great talent. Click here for a selection of our photos.

Abersoch Dinghy Week 2002 - (24/07/02)
The annual Dinghy Week event is now well under way with over 300 boats competing. Results are uploaded each day and can be viewed here.

New Café for Abersoch - (16/07/02)
The Angorfa Guest house has reopened the café side of its business and are currently offering all day breakfasts, light lunches and afternoon teas and homemade scones. They will be 7 days a week so you can dine inside or on their sunny patio (weather permitting!) "It is our aim to offer good home cooked food and value for money." says Mandy who will be running the cafe. "Children's portions are available and dogs are very welcome outside. So come and give us a try I am sure you will not be disappointed."

Celtic Week 2002 - Photos Online: (06/07/02)
Over 200 photographs taken during the Celtic Week Regatta can now be viewed on the www.turtlephotography.co.uk website - click on the events tab on the menu in the Turtle site.

Message In A Bottle: (21/06/02)
5 years and nearly 5000 miles later, a message in a bottle thrown into the Gulf of Mexico, was found at Porth Neigwl by regular visitors to the area, the Woodward's. Read the full story here on the pennlive.com website. Many thanks to Jane Woodward for sending us the item.

Abersoch Jazz Festival: (08/06/02)
This years Abersoch Jazz Festival kicked off today with large crowds for the jazz parade through the village. For full details - click here.

OOPS: (17/05/02)
A rather embarrassing photograph was sent to us recently of a slight mishap on Lon Golff - we shall mention no names!

West Coast Surf Shop New Website: (13/05/02)
The West Cost website has been revamped for the season at www.westcoastsurf.co.uk.

Shop Openings and Changes: (13/05/02)
There has been quite a few changes in the village over the last few weeks - with Talafon (the Mace in the middle of the village) under new ownership and now becoming a Londis store. Its also undergone refurbishment and is now open until 10pm every night. The Harbour Shop has been split in two with OSD Abersoch in one half that can be accessed by a new entrance - check out their website at www.osdabersoch.co.uk. White Stuff will be moving into the Burgs shop next door to the Vaynol in the next few weeks and the hardware store is due to become a greengrocers.

Gloroious End To Easter Week: (07/04/02):
Beautiful weather today in Abersoch for those still on their Easter breaks - with conditions on the beach more like June than April (apart from the water temperature!)

Yet More Severe Gales!!!! (01/02/02)...
Abersoch is getting another battering this morning from gales and a very high tide. We have a few pictures of the main beach and a short video... click here.

Severe Gales Again: (28/01/02)...
This morning at 6.56am, an 83 knot gust of wind was recorded at the Abersoch weather station - the highest since it was installed 12 months ago... click here for image of spray up Cilan Head from 8.35am...

Jazz Festival Returns to Abersoch:
The hugely popular Abersoch Jazz Festival is back - and looks set to be the biggest and best yet. It will take place in the village from the 7th - 9th June ... click here for the latest info ... www.abersochjazzfestival.com...

New Sailing School To Open In Abersoch:
Abersoch Sailing School, the brainchild of round the world sailor, Pete Coop, opens on March 1st, 2002... click here ...

News Round Up: Season 2001:
As another summer season is drawing to a close - here's a few reminders of what went on...Click on the links for pop up photos for a particular news item...

The season began with concerns over the Foot and Mouth epidemic with confirmed cases on Anglesey and the closure of Snowdonia National Park and all footpaths. Fortunately for our area, the disease did not stray over the Menai Straits and many restrictions were lifted in time for Easter. In fact the Easter holidays along with the bank holidays in May proved to be as busy in the village as ever.

In June the Jazz festival returned to the village and despite some problems over the licensing of the marquees, proved to be as successful as ever with top class acts performing over 3 days and a parade through the village. During that weekend, gorse fires broke out on Llanbedrog Head with concerns that some of them may have been started deliberately. The fires burned for 3 days and at one stage, firemen from all over North Wales battled to keep them from houses at the foot of the headland. Fortunately they were extinguished, though a fire at the same time gutted the Spinnaker chip shop in the village.

The weather during the early part of the summer was generally good though in July a northeasterly gale caused some problems to the moorings. Gusts of up to 50 knots meant that a couple of boats pulled their moorings and were beached.

Fortunately, the weather perked up in time for another highly successful O'Shea Wakestock (27th/28th July) - with top wakeboarders competing and 2 nights of musical entertainment - full report here.

August brought a mix of weather with unfortunately no prolonged settled spell - maybe next year?

It was also another busy year for SCYC with the dinghy, mirror and keelboat weeks as good as ever. The One Ton Cup was held in Pwllheli in early September - a highly prestigious event and a bonus for the Llyn. In mid September the European 1720 championships were hosted by SCYC with a big fleet and an even bigger beer consumption! For results for the year click here.

Other 2001 News Stories...

- Presentation Of Bravery Awards to Abersoch Lifeboat Crew: (24/09/01)
4 crew members of Abersoch Lifeboat were presented with bravery awards... for the full story...click here...

- The West Coast Surf North West Surf Championships took place on Saturday 6th October...for the report and some stunning photos of the event - click here...
- Huge Waves Batter Coast: - Thursday 18th October
A huge swell has been battering our exposed beaches today - we went to have a look at Porth Neigwl and Porth Ceiriad and brought back a few photos... click here...
- Abersoch Food Fayre: 7/8th November.... click here...
- Snow in Abersoch: December 2000:
Between Christmas and New Year Abersoch had lying snow for several days ...for photos ... click here...