Other Sport

Priory School’s Year 9 basketball team were crowned U14 IOW Basketball League champions after competing at Medina College last Thursday (14th March). Having won all of their group games, and winning the semi-final 9-0 and the final 8-0, the Priory...

Frank Schlepp Ferenc ‘Frank' Schlepp - a 45-year-old powerlifting enthusiast from the Isle of Wight - has secured a bronze medal in the fiercely competitive British Classic Bench Press Championships held in Rayleigh, Essex. Despite facing significant challenges - including...

Harry Vernon won the Isle of Wight's first Rapid Chess Tournament which was held in Ryde on Saturday (20th January). The event was a great success attracting 24 players and more spectators to Yelf's Hotel. 60+ chess games were played...

Andy Rann Jay Morris' Assassins Boxing Club put on an entertaining show for Isle of Wight boxing fans at Gurnard Pines last Saturday (2nd December). Up first was an exhibition fight between Patrick Swanson and Jamie Wrighty after Patrick’s opponent...

Harry Vernon has won the Winter Session of the 4 Seasons Chess Tournament, ahead of Terry Simms. The 4 Seasons Chess Tournament is a series of competitions organised by VectisChess and hosted by the Shanklin Chess Club on Regent Street....

Charlie Hatton, Gym01 After a successful first show back in June, IFL returned to GG's Bar & Restaurant in Newport on Saturday (2nd December) for another night of top quality martial arts.  This was a fantastic evening with some incredible...

Island Fight League 2 is bringing Mixed Martial Arts to Newport in December. A fantastic evening has been lined up of top quality martial arts fighters, as many local athletes gather to compete alongside some of the top MMA gyms...

Isle of Wight MMA fighter Connor Tymon has won his 2nd Welterweight Champion belt at the South Coast's biggest mixed martial arts show, Shock 'N' Awe, at Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday (14th October). After being called out by Yassine Adjadj...

Local horse rider Alison Heywood claimed the Petplan Equine Area Festival Elementary Freestyle Silver Championship at the Petplan Equine Summer Area Festival Championships at Arena UK last Friday (6th October).  The Petplan Equine Area Festival Summer Championship is the pinnacle...

Pip Smith from the Isle of Wight rode the Mountain & Moorland Ridden New Forest Pony of the Year, Vynnes Magical Edition, at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham on Wednesday (4th October).  The 7-year-old New Forest Stallion...