The Unofficial Weymouth & Portland 2012 Olympic Blog

If you fancy trying something different on the weekend of 21-22nd May head on down to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy and give stand up paddleboarding, known to its followers as SUP, or windsurfing a try! The event is being organised by Jaffa (of Jaffa Cakes fame?). On offer is fully qualified instructors [...]

Just in case you don’t watch or read the news, today is the last day to register your interest for tickets at the 2012 Olympic games!

10 February 2011 Sport Industry Award 2011 Shortlist for the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) has added yet another sporting stellar achievement to their 2011 wall of honour.  The Academy is now shortlisted for the 2011 Sport Industry Award in the category ‘Sport Participation Event of [...]

Wow it’s been a few years since the last update on this site, so let’s get back up to speed with what’s happening in Weymouth & Portland recently… The relief road is almost complete and is due to open within the month! It has already been officially opening by HRH Princess Anne however the rather [...]

At first what I thought was actually a monkey with the words london and 2012 stamped on it has actually been officially unveiled yesterday as the new 2012 Olympic logo. I know these things are almost always rubbish but the previous one although not great certainly got the message across! This is the London Olympics [...]

The campaigners have come out shouting after the governments decision not to hold a public enquiry over the long disputed £77 million relief road. The air is being heated by CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) condemning the decision as controversial and highly damaging, adding that ‘not calling for a public enquiry could threaten our [...]

VisitBritain tourism agency has offered advice to Weymouth & Portlands tourist attractions: ‘Start preparing now’. Top on the agenda according to the agency is the need to learn foreign languages to help the influx of foreign visitors. Lord Coe has jumped in on the act describing the games as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity [...]

The official London 2012 Olympics website has launched their own blog (I’m flattered!). The main focus is on behind the scenes developments attributed to delivering the games on time (like Wembley) and on budget. Although I suspect this will mainly be used as a propaganda tool it’s still worthy of a look and a bookmark.