Announcement: The 2009 Ronin Formula 1 Championship has been won by Robert Harris and the Essex Team after increasing their lead in the championship to 31 points following the Abu Dhabi race. Congratulations to Rob and the team for wrestling the trophy from Team Wiltshire who have won for the past two years!

Comment: Having just returned from the annual pilgrimage to Paphos in Cyprus I have updated the Cyprus page with, what is in our opinion, the best places to eat.

Announcement: Unfortunately due to the pressures of work I have had to step down from my position of Instructor at Calne Karate. However, I am pleased to confirm that Calne Karate has been handed over to Dene Marshallsay, 2nd Dan, who has trained with me since the beginning of the club in 2001 and I am confident will take the club sucecssfully forward in the years to come.