Sport

As entries pass the 1,000 mark for this year’s Round the Island Race, all eyes are on the front runners that will lead the fleet away from the Royal Yacht Squadron start line on Saturday 1st July. The new boat on the Solent scene this season is Notorious, a stunning Maxi 72 owned by Peter Morton, a long-time local in Cowes, who will skipper the boat in this year’s Round the Island Race. Boat captain...

Lola Shaw, Daisy Sheaff and Raymond Groves have all been selected to represent the Isle of Wight in the Hampshire Athletics Championship. Lola will run in the 200 metres, Daisy in the 100 metres and Raymond will compete in the...

41 boats competed in the Inaugural All-Contessa Regatta that took place at the Royal Solent Yacht Club (RYSC) in Yarmouth between 9th-11th June. The racing included the Contessa 26 Nationals, the Contessa 28 Nationals and Contessa 32 Points Series. After...

Island Echo readers have the opportunity to vote for an Isle of Wight Primary girls' football team to win a national award. Binstead Primary School's Under-11 football team have been nominated for the English Schools' Football Association Team Achievement Award....

Isle of Wight Panther Club junior kickboxer Harvey Abbott has been selected to represent Great Britain in Turkey. 14-year-old Harvey began attending World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) GB training camps and, as a result, has been selected to represent...

Ellora Jones 3 Legacy Elite Gymnasts - Ellora Jones, Skye Couse and Lucy Collins - recently competed in the South Region finals at Carterton Gymnastics Club, achieving some respectable results. This is the 1st time ever that gymnasts from the...

The Australian batsman Travis Head scored 163 last week as Australia won the World Test Championship Final against India and, a decade after a stint with Isle of Wight's Ventnor Cricket Club, he could prove a thorn in England's side...

Pearl Dobson Isle of Wight bodybuilder Pearl Dobson won 2 Masters Bikini contests at Worksop, Nottinghamshire at the weekend. Pearl came 1st in both the Over-35 Masters Bikini and Over 40 Masters Bikini competitions. Victory in both classes led to...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club had representation at a national level, with 2 crews competing at last month’s National Schools Regatta - the biggest junior regatta in the country. Fred Giemza-Pipe, in only his 2nd competitive outing in the single scull,...

The latest round of the Hants & Dorset regatta season took place on the River Itchen, with Coalporters hosting the event on Saturday (10th June). Newport had crews in the Men's Novice and Women's Masters 40+ categories. The Novice men of...