Shanklin & Sandown Rowing Club Junior crews again enjoyed a successful regatta with 5 wins and 2 3rd place finishes at the 3rd regatta of the new season on Saturday (17th May). The Boys J14 quad of Alex Collier, Connie...

Isle of Wight finished their season in glorious sunshine at Wootton Rec by hosting a touring side - Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) RFC on Saturday (17th May). The tourists arrived on the back of a resounding 54-0 win...

50 competitors took part in the Isle of Wight Ladies Golf Association (IWLGA) Ladies Championships at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club on 12th and 13th May. Sammi Keen from Freshwater Bay and Emma Powell from Ryde were the finalists of...

With just a week to go until the highly anticipated Workwear Island Charity Football Match, excitement is building as the event edges closer to its £2,000 fundraising target on JustGiving. Taking place on Sunday 25th May, at Brading Football Club,...

Charles Dickens visited the Isle of Wight more than once and is believed to have derived inspiration for characters in 2 of his greatest novels - David Copperfield and Great Expectations - here. Dickens was born just the other side...

Isle of Wight pickleball player Thomas Turney took silver at the English National Pickleball Singles Championships held at Loughborough University on 3rd and 4th May. Thomas won all 4 of his group matches in his category (Men's Open), before receiving...

National newspapers reported that television newsman Michael Buerk - who presented the BBC 1 show '999' at the time - rescued an injured man from an overturned vehicle in Apse Heath on 16th May 2000. The 9 o'clock news presenter...

Ventnor lost their second game in their 2025 Southern Premier Cricket League campaign on 10th May - beaten by Rowledge by 39 runs. After winning the toss, the visiting side put themselves into bat, amassing a total of 261/5. Opener...

Bembridge Youth FC have been awarded the title of Grassroots Club of the Year by the Hampshire Football Association. The East Wight side are one of over a thousand clubs affiliated to the association in Hampshire and the Isle of...

Cowes Sports winger Connor Kelly has left the Yachtsmen to join the Isle of Wight's only other Wessex Premier side, East Cowes Victoria. Connor Kelly joined Cowes Sports in the Summer of 2023 from Newport. In the 2023/24 season, he...