Reigning champions Shanklin confirmed their position as top dogs in Island League football by beating their closest challengers Whitecroft & Barton Sports at Sandy Lane on Saturday (26th November). Both sides had been unbeaten before Saturday's clash. The 2 sides...

It was a black day for Isle of Wight football on Saturday (26th November) with none of our sides taking 3 points from mainland opposition they might have beaten. ILL-DISCIPLINE COSTS VICS East Cowes Vics lost a game they had...

In the first of our new series, Made on the Isle of Wight, we look at the story of 3 ill-fated airship gondolas made in the Sam Saunders yard in East Cowes. The 1st effective air raids in Britain were...

Pan Community beat East Cowes Sports at the GKN Sports Ground to reach the next round of the Island Echo Challenge Cup on Saturday (26th November). Ash Gulliver opened the scoring for Pan in the 9th minute through a far...

Albert William Ketèlbey – who was 1 of the most celebrated British composers of the 20th century – died on this day in Cowes in 1959. Albert Ketèlbey was born in Birmingham in 1875. He competed for a scholarship at Trinity College of...

Forget about the World Cup - there is plenty of football action on the Island with games in the Island Echo Challenge Cup, Gold Cup, Memorial Cup as well as in the Island and Wessex Leagues. In the Island Echo...

Simon Whitworth from Cowes - who was a top-selling pop star in Japan in the 1980s - has released a new Christmas single: The Biggest Gift. Simon's band in the 1980s, GI Orange, which he formed with his brothers Karl...

Sandown & Shanklin Rugby Club have sadly announced the untimely death of their president, Graham Thomas, who passed away on Tuesday (22nd November). The club issued the following statement on their Facebook page yesterday (Wednesday). “It is with heavy hearts...

Sandown & Shanklin RFC 2nd XV returned to league action and looking to get back to winning ways, as they hosted the high-flying Aldershot & Fleet RFC. The game was a real crowd-pleaser with big tackles, lots of points and...

The Isle of Wight Car Club’s annual 2-day event - the Healey Weekend - was held at BAE systems in Northwood on Saturday and at Westridge car park in Ryde on Sunday. If a competitor competes in both of these...