Tag: Mike Summers

• Sunday, October 4th 2026 - 21:19 UTC

  Falklands Chamber of Commerce backs the Punta Arenas route despite Argentine warnings

  

  The president of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, Mike Summers, has defended reopening trade with Chile's Magallanes region despite Argentina's campaign against economic activity linked to the archipelago, and warned that this week's business meeting in Punta Arenas will only be a success once cargo starts crossing the sea.

• Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 09:21 UTC

  Falklands’ new sports complex and its fantastic climbing wall

  

  One of the center pieces of the Falkland Islands new sports complex is expected to be finished by the end of the month thanks to the energy and commitment of The Falklands Climbing Club who have been working hard assisting accomplished British climber and highly experienced route setter Gavin Symonds to set the climbing walls (populate them with different size and shaped holds).

• Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 16:42 UTC

  Falklands budget increase for national sports facility including artificial ice for skating ring

  

  In 2019 the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the National Sports Council (NSC) agreed that investment in sports in the Falkland Islands was a key priority and a dedicated sports facility should be developed. FIG’s technical experts calculated that the cost of the facilities that would be required to future proof the facility would be around £6-£10m depending on detailed specifications.

• Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 21:37 UTC

  Ex Premier League Chelsea coach Graham Potter visits Falkland Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Stanley Leisure Community, SLC, were pleased to be able to link up with BFSAI and obtain a time slot for Graham Potter to visit the new football pitch during his flying visit to the Falklands.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 07:18 UTC

  Falklands with ten teams at Guernsey Island Games, plus live coverage

  

  Next week the Falklands Islands will be participating at the Island Games, to be held in Guernsey with twenty-four islands competing and running from July 8/14. Falklands is sending 76 athletes in ten teams, Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Bowls, Swimming Shooting, Golf, Table Tennis, Cycling, and Football.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 15:14 UTC

  Falklands budget, “it won't be easy for the private sector”

  

  The latest announcements on the Falkland Islands budget have not gone without comments from the Falklands Chamber of Commerce and its current president Mike Summers, according to an interview on the local television channel.

• Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguayan news team visits Falklands ahead of referendum's 10th anniversary

  

  A team from Uruguay's news show Telenoche (Montevideo's Channel 4) is visiting the Falkland Island marking the 10th anniversary of the referendum whereby the local population ratified its will to remain a British Overseas Territory despite sovereignty claims from Argentina.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 23:40 UTC

  Falklands receives the Queen's Baton for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

  

  The Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games which kicks off in Birmingham on July 28, will be making its stop in the Falkland Islands on June 6 and beginning June 7 in the City of Stanley will make a forty-kilometer relay with some forty volunteers, across the Islands.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Falklands expects air links fully operational for the next tourist season

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) expects to reestablish commercial air links with Chile early next July, and with Brazil in November in time for the tourist high season, plus the humanitarian flights for the Argentine next of kin of the combatants buried at the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  New sports facility for Falklands: an artificial all-weather pitch, and a multi-purpose sports hall

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council has given final approval to the National Sports Council (NSC) to proceed with the construction of a new national sports facility for the Islands. This follows the signing of a Development Agreement in April 2021, and subsequent work to develop a detailed Concept Design.