The Isle of Wight has struck gold in the English Individual Sporting shooting event in both the male and female categories. Daniel Bishop took the gold medal in the men's event with a total of 89. Remarkably, the Isle of...

Isle of Wight swimmer Abigail Lacey has won the Isle of Wight's 1st gold medal in the pool by topping the podium in the 100 metres individual medley. Abi took gold in a time of 1:05.09, 0.32 seconds ahead of...

The Isle of Wight achieved 4 podium places - 2 gold and 2 bronze - on Day 4 of the 2023 NatWest Island Games in Guernsey. The 2 golds were won by the shooting team: the most successful sport for...

The 1st train departed from Ryde Pier Head bound for Ventnor on 12th July 1880 - 143 years ago today. The steam train disappeared in clouds of smoke into the newly-built tunnel just beyond Ryde Esplanade station then remerging out...

The Isle of Wight's men's and women's teams have both struck gold in the English Sporting Shooting Team Event. The men's team of Daniel Bishop, Mark Downer and Lee Pitman scored 180, 17 ahead of silver medallists Guernsey and 22...

Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Racing Team members James Veal, Charlie Orchard, Oli Nolan, Chris Marsh and Jason Peach travelled to Goodwood Circuit for Round 1 of the RCR Fatcreations Goodwood Races last Tuesday (4th July). Despite torrential rain resulting in difficult...

Isle of Wight footballer Dan Butler has signed for League 1 Stevenage Football Club subject to EFL/FA approval… Left-back Dan has spent the last 4 seasons at League 1 Peterborough United where he made 112 appearances in League One and...

Isle of Wight competitors won a total of 9 medals on Day 3 of the NatWest Island Games in Guernsey. Shooting was the Isle of Wight's most successful event, with our competitors taking 4 silver medals and 1 bronze. Matthew...

2 Jake Scrimshaw strikes saw the Isle of Wight through to the semi finals of the football tournament. The game began badly for the Isle of Wight with Liam Triggs booked in the 1st minute. Jake Scrimshaw opened the scoring...

Roly Toombs of Ventnor Rugby Club recently presented a cheque for £250 to Indra Riches and Rob Engelgardt outside the traditional red telephone box in Niton, soon to become the hub for local tourist information. The money was raised when...