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• 25 August 2009

  Four New Teams for The Tour of Britain 2009

  

  SweetSpot Group Ltd, organisers of The Tour of Britain, today announced the names of four additional professional cycling teams that have confirmed they will be taking part in Britain’s biggest free to attend sporting event, taking place from 12 – 19 September.

  The newly added teams are Cervelo Test Team, Euskaltel – Euskadi, Garmin Slipstream Pro Cycling Team and Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team.  All the teams except Garmin Slipstream Pro Cycling Team are participating for the first time - Garmin came 4th overall in last year's race.  

   The Tour of Britain is the UK’s biggest free to attend sporting event, attracting over a million spectators per year to towns, cities and communities across the length and breadth of the country.  The 2009 event begins in Scunthorpe on Saturday 12 September and finishes eight days later in the centre of London on Saturday 19th September.                                                                                       

  Category: International Events
• 18 August 2009

  Scottish Thistle Awards 2009 Finalists announced

  

  The VisitScotland Scottish Thistle Awards celebrate innovation and business excellence in Scottish Tourism.  EventScotland sponsors the Events & Festivals category, and the finalists have been announced:

   

  Events & Festivals (International)

  Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival, Edinburgh
  Royal London Watches Grand Prix, Glasgow
  Senior Open Championship, Troon

   

  Events & Festivals (Regional)

  Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Beauly
  Kirkintilloch Canal Festival
  StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival, St Andrews

  For more information please visit the Scottish Thistle Awards website

  Category: Industry News
• 18 August 2009

  Whisky & Words - Stella Line Wigtown Book Festival returns

  

  The 11th Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival will take place from 25 September – 4 October 2009 and is a key event in the Homecoming Scotland celebrations.  Last year’s festival was an unprecedented success with ticket sales more than doubling and the festival won the Thistle Award for Best Regional Event and Festival 2008.   This year’s programme extends beyond books to encompass music, film, poetry, theatre and the first ever artist residency.

  This year’s programme will include appearances from Roddy Doyle, Julia Donaldson, Kenny Logan, Giles Foden, Nick Nairn, John Boyne, Irma Kurtz, Diana Athill, Iain Banks, David Owen, Quintin Jardine, Roberta Taylor, Christopher Brookmyre, Sue Lawrence, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, William Dalrymple, Louis de Bernières, Robert Crawford and Yasmin Alibhai Brown.  The Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival is also proud to announce that Liz Lochhead will be launching and judging the Wigtown Poetry competition, Scotland’s largest poetry competition.

  New this year is a unique festival-within-a-festival called “Whisky & Words” with a programme featuring events about the relationship between whisky and writing.

  For more information and tickets click here

  Category: National Events