England's Calendar of Events | June
Round the Island Race
June 3, 2006
The original idea for the Island Sailing Club's Round the Island Race came from member Major Cyril Windeler. In 1930 he suggested a handicap race around the Isle of Wight which could cater to smaller boats - those in the category 5 to 25 tons. He may, at that time, have been enjoying a quiet joke at the expense of the Royal Yacht Squadron, who had stated that their members must own a yacht of minimum of 30 tons!
The first race took place in 1931 with 25 entries and it was indeed one of the smaller boats which won. The successful skipper, Peter Brett, competed in a 22 foot Cornish fishing boat "Merry Conceit". He had bought it, in partnership with his friend Henry Trefusis, from the builders in Looe, for the sum of £45 ($84.66).
The top trophy then, as now, was the Gold Roman Bowl. The original had been seen on display in a goldsmiths near the site of a Roman wharf in London. It had been dredged up from the River Thames. Major Windeler so loved the design he ordered a replica to be made by Bruce Benzie, the Cowes jewellers.
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F-1 British Grand Prix
June 11, 2006
No other event matches the intensity and atmosphere of the Formula 1™ Foster's British Grand Prix, and there's only one way to experience it... LIVE!
Silverstone is the home of the Foster's British Grand Prix, the UK's only round of the FIA Formula 1™ World Championship. The historic circuit had the honour of staging the first-ever British Grand Prix back in 1950 and to this day remains home to this country's most spectacular annual motor sport showpiece.
As one of the fastest and most challenging circuits on the GP calendar, Silverstone never fails to deliver one of the year's most exciting F1™ showdowns.
June Dates of Note
June 2 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953)
June 3 - The Rolling Stones begin their first tour of the United States (1964)
June 7 - The United Colonies make a name change and become the United States.
June 10 - First Oxford v Cambridge boat race. Oxford won. (1829)
June 15 - King John signed the Magna Carta. (1215)
June 15 - Children's Day - Britain
June 17 - Queen's Official Birthday Celebration
June 18 - Battle of Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington beat Napoleon, in Belgium (1815)
June 19 - Police force formed by Robert Peel in London. (1829)
June 20 - Feast of St. Alban, the first British martyr.
June 24 - Midsummer Day/Feast of St. John the Baptist. The feast of St. John the Baptist is unusual in the Christian calendar as it commemorates his birth and not his martyrdom/death.
June 24 - Henry VII is crowned the King of England (1509)
June 29 - Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burns down. (1613)
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