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ISLE OF WIGHT ROWING CLUBS COMPETE IN FIRST RIVER MEDINA TIME TRIAL OF 2025
The 3 Island rowing clubs - Newport, Ryde and Shanklin & Sandown - combined to run the first time trial on the River Medina of 2025. The calm conditions were perfect for rowing. Division 1, over the 3400m distance, was...
Read moreDetailsRYDE RANKERS NARROW GAP WITH RYDE C IN TABLE TENNIS DIV 1
The gap at the top of Division 1 has narrowed as Ryde Rankers played twice this week, with a whitewash over Newport Vics B giving them 10 points. The Rankers played a much closer match against Ryde B, which they...
Read moreDetailsW&B VANQUISH VENTNOR IN MEMORIAL CUP BATTLE OF DIV 1 TOP 2
W&B beat Ventnor at Sandy Lane on Saturday in the Memorial Cup by the only goal of the game. Whitecroft & Barton's win avenges Ventnor's penalties victory in the the Gold Cup at the start of January. This was the...
Read moreDetailsVICS IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS THEY SEE OFF ATOM MEN AT BEATRICE AVENUE
East Cowes Victoria won their 7th successive game against Aldermaston this afternoon to maintain their 100% record in 2025. The Victorians began the game with the twin threat of Josh and Caleb Neale up front and Scott Jones dropping to...
Read moreDetailsIN-FORM VICS SEEKING SEVENTH SUCCESSIVE VICTORY AT BEATRICE AVENUE TODAY
Wessex Division 1 team-of-the-month East Cowes Victoria face AFC Aldermaston in the only Wessex League fixture on the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Saturday). 4th-placed Vics have won all their games this year, conceding a single goal. Their opponents have...
Read moreDetailsGOLFER BRANDON ROBINSON-THOMPSON SMASHES COURSE RECORD IN BAHRAIN
Isle of Wight golf professional Brandon Robinson Thompson set a course record of 61 in the DP World Tour in Bahrain today (Thursday). The 32-year-old - who began his career at Freshwater Golf Club - is now leading the international...
Read moreDetailsOLI BATTLES DOWNPOURS AND GUSTS TO TAKE 5TH IN FINAL CYCLOCROSS ROUND
Oli Nolan of Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team travelled to Crow, near Ringwood in the New Forest, for the final round of the Wessex Cyclocross season on Sunday (26th January). With the arrival of Storm Eowyn, the muddy course was...
Read moreDetails10-YEAR-OLD TABITHA TAKES PODIUM IN INTERNATIONAL POLE AND AERIAL TOURNAMENT
10-year-old Tabitha Steele gained a spot on the podium at the grand finals of the International Pole and Aerial Tournament in Nottingham on Sunday (26th January). Tabitha has only been training in pole for the past 2 years so to...
Read moreDetailsRYDE RANKERS HOT ON THE HEELS OF RYDE C IN TABLE TENNIS DIV 1
League leaders Ryde C dropped a couple of points against struggling Newport Vics B this week. Vics' Rob Warren and Barry Joyce both won against Ryde’s Joe Chapman, and the match ended 8-2 to Ryde. 2nd placed Ryde Rankers won...
Read moreDetailsHEALTHY TURN OUT FOR WIGHT TRI DUATHLON – THE EAST COWES ENEMA
Wight Tri hosted the first of the winter series Duathlons - The East Cowes Enema - on Sunday (26th January). There was healthy turn out of new Wight TrI members, who braved the gusty and freezing conditions. Organisers predicted the...
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