Sport

UPDATE (12:00): Cowes Sports v Bournemouth Poppies is OFF. East Cowes Vics v Ringwood Town is ON Andover Town v Newport (IoW) is OFF Cowes Sports - who are on a 9-game unbeaten run - currently lie 1 point below...

Following the success of the Warriors' pre-Christmas track meeting, the club are running another ‘Winter Warmer’ this Saturday (20th January) at Smallbrook Stadium, starting at 11:00. With 50 riders expected and almost 50 races programmed, speedway, flat-track and grasstrack are...

A matched-funding grant from the national charity RALPHH has enabled the Isle of Wight’s oldest rowing club to install weatherproof defibrillation equipment onto the exterior of its clubhouse. Newport Rowing Club has been in existence since 1863. It is a...

The 4th round of the Wight Tri winter duathlon series took place from East Cowes Esplanade on Sunday (14th January). There were fine if not chilly conditions for the 18 club members who took part in a run/bike/run format. Each...

A full entry has been secured for this year’s Sandown Sprint, sponsored by Island Car Centre, which will once again see 100 competitors taking part in high-octane action along Culver Parade. The Isle of Wight’s speed trial is a motor...

Ventnor RFC beat bottom club Alresford at Watcombe Bottom on Saturday (13th January). It was with some alarm that the large crowd at Watcombe watched Ventnor fluff their lines at the first kick-off and go down to an early try...

UPDATE (14:30): The Cowes Sports v Moneyfields game has been called off as part of the pitch at Westwood Park is frozen. UPDATE (19:00): Millbrook v Newport has also been called off despite having passed a pitch inspection this afternoon....

Lewis Johnstone (Ryde Reprobates) Rydes table tennis teams made short work of Newport in Division 1 in the week ending 13th January. Newport Vics A suffered a 10-0 defeat by Ryde Reprobates, with player-of-the-match the Reprobates’ Hugh Idle, and Newport...

Sandown & Shanklin RFC have gone top of Hants County 2 after vanquishing Basingstoke by a 40-point plus margin on Saturday (13th January). In the 1st half, the home side raced to a 19-point lead, scoring 3 tries without reply....

Shanklin, Brading Town and Ventnor all consolidated their position in Isle of Wight Division 1 by taking 3 points on Saturday (13th January). Cowes Sports Reserves 1-3 Ventnor 6th-placed Ventnor vanquished the 5th-placed Yachtsmen at Westwood Park thanks to an...