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Friday 3 July 2009

John Watterson's fantastic Island Games coverage


I know that I have said it many times before, but the coverage of local sport provided by Isle of Man Newspapers must certainly beat anything that anyone else provides around the British Isles. And I doubt if there is any other island covering the Island Games in Aland so well.

It really is staggering to see the depth of coverage from Aland. And there is no magic to the method. Just dedication and hard work added to no little skill.

The quality of the print has been by evolution rather than revolution. At first we got the occasional colour photo but now the Manx Independent is full of colour. 30 years ago, although most of the local events were covered, it tended to be the same photos used week after week from a library.

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