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22-year-old identical triplets Charlie, Tom and Harry White have been nominated for a British Yachting Award in the category Youth Sailor of the Year. The triplets made waves at this year’s Cowes Week, racing their Squib, Kestrel. They are veterans...
Read moreDetailsThere was no change at the top of Isle of Wight Division 1 with comfortable victories for both leaders W&B and 2nd placed Shanklin on Saturday (8th October), Whitecroft & Barton Sports 4-0 Sandown & Lake A brace by Sam...
Read moreDetailsThe Port won their 5th successive game; the Yachtsmen were destroyed by the Deans; draw specialists Vics drew again, on Saturday 8th October. Vics welcomed Ash United to Beatrice Avenue for this Wessex league Division 1 game, with both sides...
Read moreDetailsLucy Doorly Wight Tri member Lucy Doorly completed the London marathon in a personal best time to break the 4-hour hour barrier on Sunday (2nd October). Ms Doorly had previously trained up to 19 miles for the 2020 race, and...
Read moreDetailsIn the only Wessex League fixture to be played on the Isle of Wight this Saturday (8th October), 3rd-from-bottom East Cowes Vics take on 17th-placed Ash United in Division 1 at Beatrice Avenue. Draw specialists Vics have yet to win...
Read moreDetailsWight Tri Member, Kevin Read took on the Outlaw X Half Ironman event held at Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire, raising over £800 for Isle of Wight Defibrillators last weekend. Due to the cold lake temperatures, the 1900m swim was shortened...
Read moreDetailsSandown & Shanklin secured a 3-point victory in a tough and physical game against Bognor in Counties 2 Hampshire on Saturday 1st October. The visitors started brightly and this caused Bognor issues, which resulted in 2 yellow cards in quick...
Read moreDetailsWightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team team member, Ben Johnson, competed in the annual 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race in the Yorkshire Dales National Park last weekend - billed as the toughest and biggest Cyclo-Cross event in the UK. With over 1,000...
Read moreDetailsThis season has seen 3 games, 3 wins and 3 try bonus points for Isle of Wight RFC, who continued with their impressive start to the season by beating Portsmouth 2nds, despite 6 enforced changes to last week’s derby-winning side....
Read moreDetailsIsland resident and Wight Tri member, Rob Johnson, competed in the gruelling SwimRun World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, last month. This was a race he had to qualify for through the global SwimRun series with his SwimRun partner Chris Goodfellow,...
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