Forming part of an old estate and located on the site of an old gunnery overlooking the Sir Francis Drake Channel, Brandywine Bay Restaurant, with its unassumingly elegant, flagstone dining room, has become a BVI institution.

The variable menu changes depending on fresh daily ingredients and choices range from home-made mozzarella, to Livorno-style stuffed rabbit, to calf's liver in crème de cassis, to Davide's signature roast duck.

A recent addition to Brandywine Bay Restaurant is the Cicchetti Lounge where guests can sample cicchetti (chi-KET-tee) - Venetian style tapas - such as bresaola & goat cheese, snail dumplings, and bacalao fritters.

The first wide ranging freedom a child will have is often experienced on a bicycle.  Children will frequently face situations that are beyond their level of road safety understanding.  Bicycle Safety Awareness For Everyone (B-SAFE) is a program that will develop a healthier lifestyle and influence the choices children face when venturing out on their own.

Nationally recognized cyclist Chris Ghiorse will be running the BSAFE program to help build awareness of the safety concerns on our roads in the BVI and prepare the children of the BVI for these life lessons.

For more information: www.bsafe.vg

The BVI Bar Association is a voluntary association of lawyers admitted to practice in the British Virgin Islands. It has its own constitution, ethical standards to uphold, and disciplinary procedures. The Association meets fairly regularly to discuss and decide on various matters affecting the legal profession in the BVI.

The British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) is a private, not-for-profit organization that brings together the Territory’s sport federations to form a common “team” to compete in both regional and international multi-sport games.

The BVIOC performs this function at not just the senior level but also at the youth level, with the recent introduction of the Commonwealth Youth Games and Youth Olympic Games. Since the organization’s founding in 1980, the BVIOC has been responsible for representing the Olympic Movement, and promoting its values, in the BVI.

The BVIOC is much more than a bureaucratic intermediary between the national sport federations and the major multi-sport games. The organization provides both intellectual and monetary support to its member federations, primarily through financial grants provided by international sporting associations (IOC, PASO, CGF, etc) and the BVI Government.

The BVIOC currently has 12 member federations and continues to be interested in acquiring new viable members.

FirstCaribbean is the result of the combination of two complementary and leading financial services businesses in the Caribbean - CIBC West Indies Holdings Limited and Barclays Bank PLC. FirstCaribbean aims to offer its customers enhanced products and improved and extended access to banking services. FirstCaribbean focuses on the needs of the businesses and people of the Caribbean while delivering the global reach of its founding institutions. FirstCaribbean is the largest locally listed bank in the Caribbean based on a market capitalization of US$2.4 billion. FirstCaribbean currently serves 16 countries, from Belize, to The Bahamas to Barbados.

More information about FirstCaribbean can be found at: www.firstcaribbeanbank.com

Horizon Yacht Charters has a fleet of 63 yachts throughout the Caribbean with 15 yachts in Antigua & St Martin, 14 yachts in Grenada and 34 in the British Virgin Islands. Horizon is the authorized Caribbean dealer for Fountaine Pajot catamarans and the Regional dealer for Bavaria Yachts.

For more information on Horizon Yacht Charters visit: www.horizonyachtcharters.com

Nanny Cay is a full-service marina and boat repair facility, located within a natural basin on the south side of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. It has berths for 180 motor cruisers and yachts up to a draft of 12 feet and storage space for 260 boats.

Nanny Cay's boatyard has a 50 and 70 ton Travelift; the latter capable of lifting catamarans up to 33 feet wide. Riggers, sailmakers, provisioners, restaurants, marine engineers, shipwrights, fiberglass specialists and yacht charter companies are all based at Nanny Cay. Nanny Cay's hotel has forty-two luxurious apartments appointed with classic West Indian design and easy access to tennis courts and a large swimming pool.

Founded in 1973, Parts & Power Ltd has been serving the marine and industrial needs of the Caribbean for over 36 years. With over $1 million US dollars in inventory, it is the largest supplier of diesel engines, parts and accessories in the Eastern Caribbean.

Parts & Power Ltd is the Caribbean Distributor for Northern Lights generators, Perkins diesel engines, Eaton Cutler Hammer electrical distribution and switchgear products, Lugger marine engines, Perkins Sabre marine engines, Perkins generators, ZF and Hurth marine transmissions, Racor filtration products, Shurflo pumps and accessories, Isspro instrumentation, Dometic, Cruisair and Marine Air marine air conditioning and Centek fiberglass exhaust products.  Parts & Power is the BVI Distributor for JCB excavation equipment, Eaton Powerware UPS products and Cummins/Onan Power Generation.

For 330 years from about 1640 until July 31st, 1970, Great Britain's Royal Navy issued a daily rum ration to its sailors. This daily allotment was known as the 'tot', and its issue and the ritual that went with it was one of the longest running traditions in maritime history.

In 1979, Charles Tobias - entrepreneur, global sailor, raconteur - sought to resurrect the Pusser's Rum tradition. He obtained the rights and all the blending information from the Admiralty and began bottling and selling this storied spirit in 1980 to the public for the first time.

PUSSER'S NAVY RUM today is the same rum that was standard issue in the Royal Navy right up to the time of the rum issues termination on July 31st, 1970 ("Black Tot Day"). PUSSER'S was never sold or offered to the public, but was highly prized by connoisseurs for its rich flavour.

The Queen's Baton Relay symbolises the harmony and shared ideals of the Commonwealth of Nations. It has been an inclusion in the games program since the Cardiff 1958 Commonwealth Games in Wales. The Queen's Baton Relay 2010 Delhi will be one of the longest relays in history traveling 118,060 miles over a 240-day period. The baton will then continue its journey throughout India for another 100 days, making its way to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and the Opening Ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi on October 3, 2010.

During the ceremony, the final Batonbearer will hand the baton back to Her Majesty, or Her representative. The message, which is engraved onto a miniature 18-carat gold leaf designed in the shape of the Indian pathra leaf, will be read out to the athletes. This will mark the official opening the Games.

The baton will visit seventy of the Commonwealth countries and arrive in the British Virgin Islands on March 22, 2010.

Racing In Paradise builds and operates a fleet of IC24s in the British Virgin Islands. IC24s are J/24s that have been modified with an open cockpit.

Events they run include the Financial Services Challenge, Nanny Cay Nations Cup. The IC24 fleet was used by Bitter End Yacht Club in the 2006 Bitter End ProAm

For more information on Racing In Paradise visit: www.racinginparadise.com

The sol Group was formed through the acquisition of Shell's petroleum distribution and marketing businesses in the Eastern Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname and Belize in February 2005. sol acquired The Shell Company (Puerto Rico) Limited in August 2006, which was subsequently renamed sol Puerto Rico Limited. sol made a further purchase of Esso's assets in Suriname and Guyana in November 2007 and in Haiti on February 29, 2008.

sol supplies fuels, lubricants, bitumen and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) through an extensive service station network, marine and commercial operations, as well as acting as an agent for Shell Aviation and Shell Marine products. Sol uses the Shell brand under license across its service station network, and acts as the sole distributor of Shell's fuels and lubricants. This is fully backed by Shell's world-class technical expertise.