March 28th, 2008 | Events, Featured, Videos
In this video Robert Roessler of Roessler Cellars and Sporting Club Food and Beverage Director Ruchi Farzad share details about a special Wine Dinner for members on Ambergris Cay.
DPS Development Buys Out Turks & Caicos Sporting Club Partners
March 27th, 2008 | News
WIV4’s Angie Toussaint reports on the recent acquisition of shares in the Turks and Caicos Sporting Club (on Ambergris Cay) from partners Henry Mensen and Harold Charles by DPS Development
Ambergris Cay Aiport to begin operations for member aircraft.
March 21st, 2008 | Development, News
Peter Mckinney, Director of Development, has announced that certain member aircraft can now operate out of the private airstrip here on Ambergris Cay subject to interim restrictions. The new Ambergris Cay Airport and its 5,700 foot Jet Strip is currently operating under a Restricted Aerodrome Certificate that will require any international flights to clear Customs [...]
DPS Proudly Supports Design and Architecture Communities with a Sponsorship of The Charleston Design Leadership Conference
March 17th, 2008 | Events
On March 5-7, 2008, DPS proudly supported the third installation of The Design Leadership Summit in Charleston, S.C. which brought together over 130 principals of the country’s leading architecture and design firms. For three days of inspirational and experiential conventions and discussions, design greats like Campion Platt, Tom Filicia, Charlotte Moss, Suzanne Kasler, and [...]
Whale Watching Off Ambergris Cay
March 14th, 2008 | Naturalist, News, Outdoor Pursuits
This is the perfect time of year to see the Humpback whales migrating south. They have traveled all the way from off the coast of Nova Scotia, where they feed in the summer, to breed and give birth here in these warmer waters. We are likely to see these whales near Ambergris Cay [...]
Top UK Editors Visit Ambergris Cay
March 10th, 2008 | News
After an incredibly successful event at Farlow at 9 Pall Mall in London, Mimi Crume, Director of Communications traveled directly from the UK to Ambergris Cay with 3 of the top writers from The Times, The Telegraph, and The Guardian.
During the weekend, Kasia Maciejowska, Anna Tyzack, and Saundra Satterlee, along with DPS’ partner representative [...]
Shark Fishing at Night!
March 10th, 2008 | Outdoor Pursuits
Greg, one of the Sporting Club’s fishing guides took the Elfman family shark fishing off the Jet Strip on their last trip to the Cay. They had quite an adventure catching and releasing these predators of the sea.
A New, Nighttime Nature Tour on Ambergris Cay
March 10th, 2008 | Naturalist
Did you know spiders have a reflective coating on the backs of their eyes that allow them to take in more ambient light and thus see better at night?
One of the newest additions to our nature tours is the “Nocturnal Discovery.” On this tour, guests will discover a world of sea animals, insects and [...]
Ambergris Cay plants to be preserved for the Millennium Seed Bank
March 10th, 2008 | Naturalist
To help us better understand and sustain the populations of critically important plants found only on the island of Ambergris Cay, members of the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London recently visited Ambergris Cay. As part of the UK Overseas Territory Division at Kew Gardens, Martin Hamilton and his horticulture team conducted a a population [...]
New Naturalist Activity: Algae Dissection
March 10th, 2008 | Naturalist
Algae dissection is one of the new activities offered for members of all ages by the Naturalist’s here at the Sporting Club and, so far, it has been a big hit!
Algae around Ambergris Cay are a great habitat for young sea life. When dissecting the algae here, you can find mud grabs, brittle stars, mantis [...]
