Athletics

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...

Elizabeth Steward Gary Marshall, an unattached (non-club) runner from Newport, was the surprise winner of the Isle of Wight Marathon on Sunday in a time of 2:58:06. The debutant described his victory as beyond his wildest dreams, although he had...

Wight Tri’s Peter Farwell travelled to Cervia to complete Ironman Italy alongside 2,600 athletes from around the globe at the end of last month. The 23rd September race started at 07:45 with a 2.4 mile swim in the Adriatic sea....

Front: Danny Spooner (10) and Freya Taylor (10) Members of the Isle of Wight Athletic Club are now sporting brand new running vests thanks to the support of Wightlink. With its focus on helping youth and sporting organisations on the...