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The Nora 92 Speedway League featuring teams representing Plymouth, Cradley, Isle of Wight and Sittingbourne will start in just a few weeks. However, due to unprecedented pressure from the Speedway Control Bureau, Plymouth promoter Mark Phillips has informed the Nora...
Read moreDetailsIn 1 of only 3 Division 1 games to survive the weather on Saturday, top-of-the-table Shanklin knocked 6 goals past Pan Community at Downside. Pan Community 0-6 Shanklin The goals for Shanklin came courtesy of a Cory Sanderson hat trick,...
Read moreDetailsCowes Sports appear certain to retain their Wessex Premier status after beating Shaftesbury with a last-minute penalty this afternoon (Saturday, 15th April). The game ended in controversy with strict referee Robert Walczak sending off 3 members of the Shaftesbury side...
Read moreDetailsCowes Sports entertain 12th-placed Shaftesbury today (Saturday) knowing that a win is likely to be sufficient to ensure Wessex Premier football at Westwood Park next season. The Yachtsmen are currently 3 places and 5 points above 2nd-from-bottom Pagham, who they...
Read moreDetailsNewport travelled to Andover Town knowing that only a win could keep their title challenge and automatic promotion alive. The Port were without their usual front 3: Joe Butcher, Jordan Browne and Joe Craig. Also missing were influential midfielders Liam...
Read moreDetailsShanklin & Sandown Rowing Club held their annual pre-season training camps with the junior squad returning to Dorney Lake - home of the 2012 Olympics rowing regatta - and a 2nd camp courtesy of the Folly Inn on the river...
Read moreDetailsNewport IoW travel to North Hampshire this evening (Thursday) to play Andover Town, needing a win to keep their slim hopes of automatic promotion alive. The Port are currently 10 points behind Division 1 leaders Andover New Street but have...
Read moreDetailsEaster weekend saw over 200 competitors and nearly 40 boats taking part in the RORC Easter Regatta. Based in Cowes and sailed in Solent waters this popular regatta is the first of the season for RORC boats. Billed as a...
Read moreDetailsAlex Smith East Cowes Vics manager Alex Smith was angered and baffled by the last-minute postponement of his side’s game against Andover New Street on Tuesday evening. The club were only informed that the game would not be played on...
Read moreDetailsSteve Parsons A minute's silence was held at Camp Road on Saturday (8th April) to mark the passing of West Wight Chairman Steve Parsons last Tuesday. West Wight Football Club have written on their Facebook page: "It is with absolute...
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