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Barclays bank Gibraltar hosts a week of olympic activities for charity

Barclays bank on Gibraltar’s Main Street is hosting a week of fundraising activities this coming week in order to raise money for a number of charities.
The Gibraltar branch have opted to take part in this fundraiser as part of Barclays banks aim to raise £50,000 in just one week across Europe.
Events will start on Monday 6th until Friday 10th August.

Activities will include a quiz night at The Lord Nelson Pub in Casemates square, a family fun Olympic themed day of activities at the Victoria Stafium and an Ascot style race night at Bruno’s in Ocean Village.

Barclays staff will also be cycling a marathon in the branch.

Everyone is welcome to come and join in all the fundraising events.

Event organiser and Barclays Counter Manager Sarah Hopkins said: ‘This is a wonderful opportunity for Barclays to engage with the community as well as raise funds for charity. It would be fantastic for members of the community to come along to our events and have a fantastic time. There really is something for everyone throughout the week and it is a great way to commemorate the 2012 Olympic Games.’

For more information on any of these events or to book your tickets, please telephone Christina Williams on (+350) 580 08702 or email | christina.williams@barclays.com

Please follow the link below for more information

http://www.insightgibraltar.com/barclays-gibraltar-staff-in-olympic-fundraising-initiative

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Hamish and Andy do the Gibraltar Strait

I came across this great video footage of Austrailian comedians Hamish and Andy attempting to reach Africa from Gibraltar using only their aqua trike.
This comedy duo have shot a very funny film, a must see.
Europe and Africa are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.3 km; 8.9 mi) of ocean at the strait’s narrowest point.
After 8 gruelling hours watch the clip to see whether or not they succeed.
Click on the photo below to view Hamish and Andy’s video.

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A tilt-shift film of Gibraltar by Joerg Daiber

Another tilt-shift film by Joerg Daiber. This time he has shot a cheeky little number all about the rock of Gibraltar.
It shows great video footage of the airport and border from an aerial view.
In this short 3 min film he manages to give us a fantastic overall package of a day out visiting the Rock.
As with a lot of visitors, he found it bizarre eating good old British fish and chips in the balmy climate that is Gibraltar.

Please click the photo below to watch Joerg’s great little film. Love the accompanying music.

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Dekorum comes to Gibraltar

Dekorum is hosting it’s ULTRA BEACH FESTIVAL in Gibraltar ahead of it’s 10 Country World Tour

With Pacha London, this venue promises to be the best event of the summer

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Dekorum holds its head high amongst the ever growing back drop of clubland.  They bring the best underground sounds from DJ’s and producers at the forefront of their craft.

The dance festival is happening on 5th August 6pm – 6am  Tickets £20
Eastern Beach Gibraltar

Tickets are available from Latino’s, Latino’s on the Beach and Brunos.

For more information and a link to Dekorum’s own site click the picture below.

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Gibraltar Mini Dash

 

The Gibraltar Mini Dash July 14th 2012 was another great success.

Thanks to Dino Chincotta and his team, in excess of 20 Minis entered.

Please look at the official facebook page for photos and comments from the people who came on down and had a great day on The Rock.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/gibMINIclub/449412901755744/?notif_t=group_activity

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Gibraltar to be the first Wikipedia City

After the success of Monmouth becoming the 1st Wikipedia town in the United kingdom, Gibraltar is to become the 1st Wikipedia city.  GibraltapediA is aiming high. It will be the first time a whole city has been embraced in this way.
This means that there will be Wikipedia pages describing all the different tourist attraction and places of interest around the rock.

This will be fantastic for Gibraltar.  Visitors to the rock will be able to use their mobile devices such as iPhones, smart phones and iPads to look up all the historical facts regarding the places they are seeing in their own native language.
QrPedia codes will be used to enable this.  The QrPedia codes sense the language that your mobile devices are set to.
All landmarks and places of interest, for example St Michael’s Cave, will have a Qr code for you to scan and obtain all the relevant information regarding its history.
Absolutely amazing news for Gibraltar that is said to receive anything from 6 million to 9.5 million visitors a year.
Gibraltar is such a historical place that these Qr codes will be invaluable  for visitors wanting to gain knowledge without going on an official tour.   They will be able to learn so much simply by using their phone!

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Gibraltar Buddhist Group

The Gibraltar Buddhist group have opened an official Facebook page.
For everybody interested in learning more about Buddhism please follow the link
below.

Gibraltar Buddhist Group

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Gibraltar, a great first port

I love to come across people’s blogs when they are complimentary about the wonderful rock that is Gibraltar. Have a little read, you may find that you are mentioned!

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Gibraltar Internation Regatta

XVl Gibraltar International Regatta


For information and registration please contact:
The Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club Tel: 00 350 20078897

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Jubilee Photographic & Memorabilia Exhibition

Jubilee Photographic & Memorabilia Exhibition

9th – 20th July

Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery

Venue: Casemates  Vault

Time: To be confirmed

For further information contact Ministry of Culture Tel 00 350 20048063

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