Christos Polykarpou memorial Darts competition

The Inaugural Christos Polykarpou memorial Darts competition took place at the 1911 club in Pissouri. A large turnout of entries meant that the competition went on for four hours.

The eventual winners were Damion and Matt, with Bryan winning a medal for the night’s highest individual score.

A Swedish Sailor

News reaches us from Sweden that Robin has joined the crew of the sailing ship Briggen Gerdas. The ship is currently sailing along the East coast of Sweden.

Robin tells us that he is thoroughly enjoying his time aboard ship.

A day at Kyriena beach

We spent an enjoyable day at Kyriena beach that is just outside Pissouri. The local kite surfers were out doing their amazing twists and turns on the water.

The beach is also known for it restaurant which serves reasonally priced, home cooked food.

In the evening we were kindly invited to a BBQ at Paul and Judith's house, Paul cooked up some tasty food and as the sun set over the Med, we put the World to rights.

A concert by the Parachute regiment band

To commemorate the 65th anniversary of the D day landings, the band of the Parachute regiment played a concert in Pissouri amitheater. With a superb backdrop of Pissouri bay, the band played a superb variety of music.

Dinner at Mandria

The village of Mandria was the setting for a party to celebrate Toby’s 8th birthday. The event was held at George’s taverna in the village square. Live music and a superb mixed grill made for a lovely evening.

Kolios Winery and Bush fires

Along with Steve, Mary, Matt, Sue and baby Luke, we took the picturesque drive up to the Kolios winery. The restaurant at the winery has stunning views over the countryside to the North Western Coastline.

We enjoyed a fine lunch accompanied by several bottles of Persofoni white wine.

A large bush fire broke out on the outskirts of the village sending large back clouds of smoke into the air. Three fire fighting helicopters were scrambled and made numerous sorties to collect water from the sea to dowse the fire.

On a warm evening friends of Alan gathered at the 1911 club to celebrate his birthday.

New Pissouri Video via Youtube showing Pictures of the village and surrounding area.

Sheena's Birthday

Sheena celebrated her birthday with a meal at the Hillview Restaurant followed by drinks with friends at the 1911 club.

Pissouri News Snippets for May.

The Official opening of the New village school took place on the 17th May with a speech from the Minister of Education.

A new Wednesday Open air Market has been set up in Pissouri, it is situated on the B road opposite the Hani restaurant.

The Parachute regiment band are due to play in the Ampitheatre on the 23rd May.

Lee and Deb took a break to New York City and had a fab time.

Lee, who is a huge fan of the TV show, The Sopranos, took time out to visit the Bada Bing nightclub that is used in the show.

News reaches us from Birmingham, England that Mark, Emma, James and Jade have booked to come and see us.

Look Out Cyprus !!!

Pissouri's answer to The New oo7 Bond.

Visit the New YouTube trailer

Kirsty’s birthday party

Sheena and Brian invited us to Kirsty’s birthday party at their house. Arthur cooked up a couple of his famous curries and the party went with a swing especially when certain ladies attempted Karaoke with bread sticks !

Wine Country

Rob and Theo took a trip up to the Kolios winery to collect supplies for the 1911 club. The winery is North Eat of Paphos and situated on a mountain peak just outside the village of Statos Ayios Photios. Their Persefoni white wine is very popular with the club members.

Family in Birmingham

Mandy’s return to the UK did give her the chance to meet up with some of her family and catch up with the latest News.

Sadly, Mandy had to return to the UK to attend her brother’s funeral. Tony was a well known and talented professional singer on the Birmingham cabaret circuit.

Mandy would publicly like to thank Tony’s daughters, Tanith and Shelly for organising Tony’s funeral with such dignity and consideration for their Father’s memory. The whole day was a superb tribute to him.

Alektora Hike

The village of Alektora was the starting point for a 15k walk to Aphrodite hills. This walk passes through vineyards, a forest, an open plateau and has stunning views of the surrounding area.

Highlights of the walk are the Well of Franks which sits astride an old Roman road that once lead from the harbour at Akrotiri to the town of Kouklia. The walk also passes by the church of Ayios Georgios and a renovated Hani, which was an old stage post for travellers and was built about 300 years ago.