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Sail Training Shetland are honoured to have been awarded ‘Sail Training Organisation of the Year – Small Vessel’ by Sail Training International at their annual conference.

L-R: IOSH President, Lawrence Webb, Jessie … Szego and IOSH Scotland Chair, Andy McNair … The Health & Safety team of Shetland Tall Ships Limited (STSL) has been highly commended in an Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) awards ceremony in Dundee last week (Thursday 9 November).

Organisers of July’s Tall Ships Races event have, this week, said goodbye to a friendly face from the event office – as Keith the bear makes his way to a new home.

The organisers of last week’s Tall Ships Races visit to Lerwick have paid tribute to the whole Shetland community for the part they played in making the event an exceptional success.

THOUSANDS of people are expected to line the streets as Lerwick plays host to the long-awaited 2023 Tall Ships Races for four days from Wednesday.

WITH just two weeks to go until the long-awaited return of the Tall Ships Races to Lerwick, the hugely supportive local business community is mobilising to make sure all the key infrastructure needed is in place.

Princess Royal … Her Royal Highness to arrive on 27th July … Visit includes attendance at Captains’ Dinner … She will hear from youngsters involved in the races … Her Royal Highness, who will be accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence will attend the Captains’ Dinner on Thursday 27th July…

ORGANISERS have issued a request to ticket holders for three sold-out Tall Ships concerts later this month that wristbands must be collected in advance.

Scores of young people from Shetland and Scotland will come together as part of their preparations for participating in this summer’s Tall Ships races. In total 100 trainees will be involved in the international event, which stops off in Lerwick for four days at the end of July.

Sullom Voe Terminal operators EnQuest have been confirmed as one of the major backers of next month's Tall Ships Races' visit to Lerwick as part of a final wave of sponsors.

The organisers of next month’s Tall Ships Races visit to Lerwick are appealing for anyone interested in volunteering to come forward and fill the last few remaining vacancies. Thousands of folk are expected to congregate in the town for the four-day event, which runs between 26-29 July.

Free park-and-ride and shuttle bus service to operate in Lerwick … Late-night buses and ferries arranged to get revellers home … Taxi rank in place at the Alexandra Building … EXTRA ferry sailings…