Athletics

Ryde Harriers took part in the annual Alresford Rotary 10-kilometre race on Sunday (18th June). After having taken the 06:00 ferry to this quiet Georgian town (which was kindly recognised by the race announcer with his loud microphone), a warmup...

Lola Shaw, Daisy Sheaff and Raymond Groves have all been selected to represent the Isle of Wight in the Hampshire Athletics Championship. Lola will run in the 200 metres, Daisy in the 100 metres and Raymond will compete in the...

Wight Tri members Mike Kimber, Rob Doorly and Phil Bunn attempted to break the 6-hour mark at the Cotswold Middle Distance Triathlon. This event consisted of a 1.2 mile open water swim, 56 mile cycle and a 13.1 mile half...

Nearly 150 competitors took part in the Brading 10km organised by Ryde Harriers, with an unusual Sunday evening start.  The race provided the ‘headline event’ to start the Isle of Wight Festival of running (4th-13th June) this year.  After a...

2 Wight Tri members and IW Talented Award athletes - Jan Fletcher and Liz Dunlop - took on 2 British Triathlon Federation (BTF) age group qualification events over the last 2 weekends, achieving qualification for the 2024 European Championships. Eton...

Jan Fletcher All 3 Isle of Wight triathlon clubs took part in the Wight Tri Spring Triathlon - a 600m pool swim, a 24.3km undulating cycle, starting from Freshwater, followed by a 5km run loop around the village. 1st to...

Jan Fletcher takes top spot 5 members of Wight Tri crossed the Solent to take part in the Challenging Event Southampton Fast Twitch Sprint Triathlon, held at Applemore Recreation Centre in Dibden Purlieu. This is the season opener for many...

The Isle of Wight Island Games Association has announced that all of the athletes have now been selected for the 19th International Island Games in Guernsey this July. While many of the athletes are returning champions, the Association is excited...

Young talented athlete Noah Patey, who competes in the 3000m steeplechase, has recently secured his place to represent the Isle of Wight in the 2023 NatWest International Island Games in Guernsey. Noah has attended the Isle of Wight Athletic Club...

Wight Tri had a strong contingent at the 1st of the Ryde Harrier Cross Country events, the Ryde Harriers Cross Country Club Championships, on 22nd January. Rob Johnson ran strongly to finish in a superb 2nd position overall in 44:26,...