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THOMPSETT BAGS HAT TRICK AS PORT BLAST 5 PAST ROMSEY TOWN AT BEATRICE AVENUE
Newport returned to good form with a comprehensive 5-2 win over Romsey Town at Beatrice Avenue on Wednesday evening. This was Port's 1st win in 2025 after a 5-game winless run since beating Alresford Town on 14th December. Beatrice Avenue...
Read moreDetailsMARTINE AND IAN WIN INAUGURAL WEST WIGHT PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT
32 competitors took part in the inaugural pickleball tournament held at West Wight Sports and Community Centre on Friday (17th January). It was played on a round robin basis where all play all, with each player playing a total of...
Read moreDetailsSANDOWN’S THE BAY CE SCHOOL CELEBRATES YEAR 7 FOOTBALL TRIUMPHS
The Bay CE School's Year 7 football teams are celebrating an outstanding achievement after securing victory in both the island schools’ outdoor league and the indoor 5-a-side tournament. The boys capped off a remarkable unbeaten season in the outdoor league...
Read moreDetailsYOUNG RIDER ALFIE HAYDON TRAVELS TO PLYMOUTH IN LATEST ‘SOGGY BOTTOM’ ROUND
Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Racing Team member Alfie Haydon travelled to Plymouth to compete in his first race of the season at Newnham Park in the second round of the ‘Soggy Bottom’ MTB XC Series last weekend (19th January). Alfie was...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR 1ST XV LOSE BY 46 POINT MARGIN AT ROMSEY
It was a tough day at the office for Ventnor’s 1st XV when they travelled across the water to play Romsey. Ventnor included the father and son combination of Iain and Dylan Reeves for the first time. The team hadn’t...
Read moreDetailsENTRIES OPEN FOR COWES WEEK 2025 – THE 199TH EDITION OF WORLD’S BIGGEST ANNUAL KEELBOAT REGATTA
Cowes Week organisers have announced that entries for the 2025 Regatta are now open. It's a big summer of sailing on the Solent, and the 199th edition of the world's biggest annual keelboat regatta kicks off on 2nd August. Super...
Read moreDetailsFRESHWATER BAY GOLF CLUB CAPTAINS WELCOMED INTO OFFICE
Freshwater Bay Golf club's newly elected Club Captain Bill Evitts, Lady Captain Paula Burke and Senior Captain Sean Wright were welcomed into office in the traditional manner at the club's annual Captains Drive in. Braving the cold weather, the newly...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR 2ND XV TAKE HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY OVER TOTTONIANS AT WATCOMBE BOTTOM
An exceptional all-court performance by Ventnor’s 2nd XV resulted in a hard-fought victory against a strong Tottonians 3rds in the Hampshire Premier South. Skipper Jack Rushton was exhorting his team to give him the 80 minutes that they had been...
Read moreDetailsOSBORNE COBURG KNOCK 5 PAST NORTHWOOD AT ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY CLUB
Osborne Coburg have bounced back from last weeks 8-1 trouncing by league leaders Ventnor with an emphatic 0-5 victory over Northwood St Johns at the Isle of Wight Community Club. Osborne Coburg raced to a 3-0 half time lead before...
Read moreDetailsYACHTSMEN VANQUISH BULLDOGS TO EXTEND UNBEATEN RUN TO 5 GAMES
Cowes Sports comfortably beat Laverstock & Ford at the Zilch Waste Stadium (Westwood Park) by a 4-goal margin this afternoon (Saturday) to extend their unbeaten run to 5 games. The Yachtsmen were unlucky not to have scored 6 after having...
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