Cowes Sports have advanced to the next round of the FA Vase by putting paid to Portchester on penalties. Portchester are the team regarded by many as the strongest and wealthiest in the Wessex League. The Yachtsmen specialise in winning...

Michael Maybrick The famous singer and composer - and prime Jack the Ripper suspect - Michael Maybrick, who lived and was buried in Ryde, died on 26th August 1913. His death was described in the Portsmouth Evening News as: "More than...

All 3 Isle of Wight Wessex League teams - East Cowes Vics, Cowes Sports and Newport - are in FA Vase action this afternoon (Saturday). East Cowes Vics - the only Island side to be drawn at home - play...

The Isle of Wight was bracing itself for possible disruption as 11,000 Mods arrived on the Island for the August Bank Holiday scooter rally of 1983 - but thankfully things are much calmer nowadays. The previous year, Medina Borough Council...

Thousands of people lined the streets of Newport last night (Thursday) for this year's Newport Illuminated Carnival. There was a bumper turnout for the event, which came following the disappointing cancellation of the main carnival in July due to the...

Cowes Sports have been given a plum draw in the 2nd round of the Servio Hampshire Senior Cup: they face Championship side Southampton at Westwood Park. The fixture is to be played in the week commencing 11th September. The Southampton...

East Cowes Vics have reached the 2nd Round of the Servio Hampshire Senior Cup by beating Wessex Premier League Lymington Town at the Hythe Garage Stadium yesterday evening (Wednesday). Vics are the 2nd Isle of Wight side to have reached...

Cowes Sports reached the 2nd Round of the Servio Hampshire Senior Cup by beating Hythe & Dibden on penalties at Westwood Park last night (Tuesday). However, this was a game that the home side should have comfortably won during normal...

Over 70 riders signed up to compete for the 2nd time on the Colemans 10-mile course in the final round of the Wightlink-Wight Mountain CRT Evening TT Series on Thursday 17th August. A strong easterly wind hampered the chances of...

12 past captains and the incumbent Ladies’ Captain, Chrissy Gould, took part in a 9-hole Greensomes Stableford Past Captain's Competition last Monday (14th August). The event was organised by Chrissy’s predecessor, Connie Huntington. The ladies were joined by Yvonne Wood,...