Athletics

3 members of Wight Tri took the long journey to the west coast of Wales earlier this month to take on the Wales Middle Distance Triathlon. Mary Norman, Joe Norman and Grant Philbrick all competed in the award winning, middle...

Wight Tri Members Dave Sweet and Steve Dines recently travelled to West Sussex for the Chichester Lake Standard and Sprint Triathlons, taking place just outside Chichester in the Westhampnett lake. Dave, who is soon to represent the Isle of Wight...

3 Wight Tri members made the long journey to Leeds to take on the British triathlon standard distance age-group championships at the weekend, which also incorporated the GB age group World Championship qualifier for Canada 2020.  Glyn Jenkins, Liz Dunlop...

3 Christ the King College students represented the school in the Hampshire Schools' Athletic Association Combined Events Championships in Andover on Thursday (23rd May). Athletes competed in a total of 5 events on the day. The biggest field was in...

Isle of Wight triathlete Peter Farwell represented Team GB in the Long Distance Triathlon on Saturday 4th May as part of the ITU Multisport World Championships, hosted by the city of Pontevedra in Spain. Peter was able to represent Team...

6 Wight Tri Members ventured across the Solent for the Applemore Triathlon event in Southampton earlier this month. The event consisted of a 400m pool swim, a 30k bike ride and a 5k run. In stark contrast to the weekend...

L-R: Henry McLuckie, Mabel Lewis and Campbell Laird 4 young Isle of Wight Athletes, who are each supported by Wightlink through the Council’s Talented Athlete scheme, represented Hampshire and Vectis schools at the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships last weekend....

Churchers Solicitors have been announced as the main sponsors of the Isle of Wight Athletics team ahead of the NatWest International Island Games XVIII in Gibraltar. The Island Games is a multi-sport tournament that allows islands from across the globe to compete...

Wight Tri member and Wightlink-supported Isle of Wight Talented Athlete, Liz Dunlop, rounded off her season with a 2nd place finish in her age category at the Ironman 70.3 Turkey, held in Belek near Antalya. As this hosted slots for...

The Isle of Wight's rising athletics star Henry McLuckie has started this year’s cross country season on a high, recently winning the Simplyhealth Great South Run 5km. The 16-year-old from Newport was the fastest of 800 competitors to take part...