2 Wessex League games are being played on the Isle of Wight today (Saturday): Cowes Sports take on Blackfield & Langley at Westwood Park and Newport face Whitchurch United at Beatrice Avenue. The Yachtsmen have have won, drawn and lost...

In the 2nd part of our Isle of Wight Surnames series, Island Echo examines long-established Island family names from the middle of the alphabet from Dyer to Rayner. Dyer There are 241 Dyers on the Isle of Wight - the...

Club Captain Sean Millward with Club Champion Joseph Green Competition was fierce at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club's Championship over the weekend of 26th and 27th August with 84 members participating.  After day 1, Joseph Green had a significant lead...

Brading Town played their 1st ever Hampshire League game on 1st September 1973 - 50 years ago today. In their inaugural Hampshire Division 4 match against Sway, the Romans went a goal down before a 32nd-minute strike by Tony Grimwade...

Ferries operating between Portsmouth and Southsea and Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor were ordered to cease operating on 31st August 1939. Just 4 days later, Britain declared war against Nazi Germany. The ferries were needed for the war effort. 3 Southern...

Victory over Ventnor 3rds has confirmed Newport Cricket Club's 1st team as Isle of Wight Division 1 winners. Valuable runs from Tom Keyzor (38), Louis Payne (27), Luke Chessell (53) and a destructive (70) from Harry Dye saw the Port...

A powerful performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is set to open the Apollo Theatre’s 51st season this September.  This bold production’s staging looks at the doomed love story in a modern context. Shakespeare’s rich and beautiful language is set...

Cowes Sports have reached the 2nd round of the Velocity League Cup by beating Whitchurch United 2-6  in North Hampshire this evening (30th August). This is the 3rd cup competition in which the Isle of Wight's sole Wessex Premier League...

It was set to be another bumper programme of shale track action at Smallbrook tomorrow Thursday), but organisers have decided to cancel the meeting. The Wightlink Warriors speedway team were due to take on the Cradley Heathens for the 2nd...

Bembridge Heritage recently held its annual exhibition, which this year was sponsored by the Bembridge Harbour Trust and was entitled 'Bembridge Then and Now'. Ken Orchard, 1 of the Bembridge Heritage Trustees, took the concept of comparing Bembridge of yesteryear...