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DISABILITY CRICKET TEAM LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO PURCHASE SPORTS WHEELCHAIR
Can you help fund a sports wheelchair for the Isle of Wight Disability Cricket Team? The team recently won the regional championship after beating Essex by some 29 runs in the South East Regional final at Northwood last weekend, as...
Read moreDetailsJOSEPH GREEN WINS SHANKLIN & SANDOWN GOLF CLUB’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Club Captain Sean Millward with Club Champion Joseph Green Competition was fierce at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club's Championship over the weekend of 26th and 27th August with 84 members participating. After day 1, Joseph Green had a significant lead...
Read moreDetailsBRADING TOWN PLAYED FIRST EVER HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE GAME HALF-A-CENTURY AGO
Brading Town played their 1st ever Hampshire League game on 1st September 1973 - 50 years ago today. In their inaugural Hampshire Division 4 match against Sway, the Romans went a goal down before a 32nd-minute strike by Tony Grimwade...
Read moreDetailsNEWPORT’S ‘INVINCIBLE’ 1ST TEAM WIN CRICKET LEAGUE WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE GAME
Victory over Ventnor 3rds has confirmed Newport Cricket Club's 1st team as Isle of Wight Division 1 winners. Valuable runs from Tom Keyzor (38), Louis Payne (27), Luke Chessell (53) and a destructive (70) from Harry Dye saw the Port...
Read moreDetailsYACHTSMEN SAIL THROUGH TO 2ND ROUND OF VELOCITY LEAGUE CUP
Cowes Sports have reached the 2nd round of the Velocity League Cup by beating Whitchurch United 2-6 in North Hampshire this evening (30th August). This is the 3rd cup competition in which the Isle of Wight's sole Wessex Premier League...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTLINK WARRIORS WON’T TAKE ON CRADLEY HEATHENS AS TROPHY MEETING CANCELLED
It was set to be another bumper programme of shale track action at Smallbrook tomorrow Thursday), but organisers have decided to cancel the meeting. The Wightlink Warriors speedway team were due to take on the Cradley Heathens for the 2nd...
Read moreDetailsRYDE MARINA BOWLING CLUB WIN WOMEN’S SENIOR FOURS NATIONAL TITLE IN LEAMINGTON SPA
The Ryde Marina Bowls Club Women's Senior Fours team have won the Bowls England National Championship in Leamington Spa. The 4 ladies - Leen Hampshire, Carole Wolton, Sandra Aldridge and Anne Bernard - will now go on to represent England...
Read moreDetailsPOWERBOAT RACING ENTERTAINS WEEKEND CROWDS AT COWES
Thousands of spectators lined the South Coast for the 62nd Cowes-Torquay-Cowes powerboat race at the weekend, which was closely followed by the popular Cowes-Poole-Cowes race. There was plenty of action on the Solent on Sunday as the 29 powerboats took...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER LEE BRADBURY LEAVES THE SPITFIRES
National League club Eastleigh has announced the departure of Isle of Wight manager Lee Bradbury after just 5 games. The announcement came after the Spitfires lost 2-0 at Southend United on Friday night. The Hampshire club had been winless in...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT’S JAN FLETCHER TAKES TOP PLACE IN BLITHFIELD TRIATHLON TO WIN TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan Fletcher took 1st female spot and 1st place in the PSUK National Standard Triathlon Championships at the Blithfield Triathlon in the West Midlands in her final race of the season on Sunday 20th August. The 1500m swim was in...
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