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YOUNG ISLE OF WIGHT CANCER SURVIVOR ARTHUR FARLEY TO COMPETE AT MAJOR REGATTA IN ATHENS
Arthur Farley - a 20-year-old ILCA sailor from the Isle of Wight - is about to start his first major regatta since winning the under-19 European championships and his 8-month battle with cancer. The 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships &...
Read moreDetailsHEATHENS DISH OUT DOUBLE DEFEAT TO ISLE OF WIGHT RFC AT WOOTTON REC
Any flickering hopes of league glory for the Isle of Wight were extinguished by top-of-the-table Fareham Heathens in a hard-fought match-up at Wootton Rec. It was an attritional tussle between the 2 high-flying teams, with a rainy week resulting in...
Read moreDetailsSHANKLIN & SANDOWN GOLF CLUB PRO PETER HAMMOND WINS PRESTIGIOUS TGI AWARD
The prestigious TGI Golf Partner of the Year award has returned to the Isle of Wight as Shanklin & Sandown PGA Professional Peter Hammond clinched the award at a special ceremony. Leading figures from the golf industry attended the event...
Read moreDetailsAFC WOOTTON GO 2ND IN ISLE OF WIGHT DIV 2 BY KNOCKING 9 PAST SEAVIEW
AFC Wootton comprehensively demolished a Seaview side lacking a recognised goalkeeper by 9 goals at Wootton Rec yesterday (Saturday). Seaview did well to limit Wootton to a half time 2-goal lead. Harry Collier opened the scoring for Wootton with a...
Read moreDetailsVICS FINALLY REACH PLAYOFF POSITIONS BY BATTERING ALDERMASTON IN BERKSHIRE
East Cowes Vics have recorded their 4th successive victory at 2nd-from-bottom Aldermaston today (Saturday) to go 5th in Wessex Division 1 and reach the play off positions. Vics opened the scoring through Jacob Reynolds in the 36th minute (0-1). However,...
Read moreDetailsADMIRAL’S CUP REGATTA COULD MAKE RETURN TO COWES NEXT YEAR
Plans are underway for the return of the Admiral's Cup Regatta to Cowes in 2025 with an Advisory Committee set up to steer the event forward. Admiral's Cup events were based in Cowes from 1957 to 1999 when a decline...
Read moreDetailsYACHTSMEN AIM TO KEEP TOEHOLD IN WESSEX PREMIER PLAYOFF PLACES
Cowes travel to 2nd-from-bottom Christchurch today (Saturday), hoping to remain 5th in the Wessex Premier in the 4th playoff position. On Tuesday, the Yachtsmen finally advanced to the playoff places by beating Lymington Town 3-1 at Westwood Park. However, just...
Read moreDetailsYACHTSMEN TAKE BERTH IN WESSEX PREMERIERSHIP PLAYOFF POSITION
Cowes Sports have taken 5th spot in the Wessex Premiership after beating bottom club Lymington Town at Westwood Park yesterday evening (Tuesday). Earlier in the season, the Yachtsmen had beaten the Linnets 0-8 in the corresponding fixture on North Island....
Read moreDetailsNEWPORT JUNIOR CREWS WIN DIV 1 AND 2 AT MEDINA TIME TRIALS
Newport - with the support of the other island clubs - hosted the 1st of 2 time trials on the Medina this winter on Sunday (11th February). The 1st Division was rowed over the 3.3km Head of the Medina course,...
Read moreDetailsRYDE C REGAIN TOP SPOT IN ISLE OF WIGHT TABLE TENNIS DIV 1
Ryde C took back the lead at the top of the local table tennis league with a 9-1 drubbing of Newport Vics A. Ryde’s Paul Rainford, Ryan Cates and Graham Evans were all on top form, with Evans the only...
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