Having a ball The Royal Solent Yacht club held its annual charity auction and regatta on 29 and 30 May - raising a whopping £15,480 for RNLI funds.

The weekend event which also included a ball, a barbecue lunch following the yacht racing, and a prizegiving tea was a runaway success - even though Yarmouth crew members who were attending literally had to run away to a shout during the barbecue, leaving the wives with the cooking! VIPs and guests danced to the sounds of popular local band 'The Accelerators' until the early hours with the support of the Wight Diamond Roadshow.

Just the auction itself brought in £9,000 with the draw and tombola together netting almost another £2,000 for the coffers..