Sport

The Isle of Wight Under 18 cricket team beat Worcestershire Academy by 5 wickets in a 3-day match on Wednesday (13th July). After losing the toss and being put in to bat, Worcestershire made 303/9 in their 1st innings. The...

Wight Tri member Laoise Bennis had a fantastic start to her season by winning the female overall race at the Eton Dorney Sprint Triathlon in June. Laoise started with a solid swim time of 15:03 for the 750m swim and...

4 Shanklin & Sandown golfers played 92 holes over 8 courses in a single day in aid of the incumbent Captains’ charity: the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. At 04:00 on Wednesday 22nd June, Mark Taskas, Lucy Burke,...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club’s single sculler Kayleigh Batchelor - a potential future Olympian - crowned an amazing season by representing Great Britain in the annual GB v France match last Thursday (7th July). Having enjoyed great success at the National...

Ventnor Rugby Club is preparing for the forthcoming season, which begins on Saturday 3rd September. Pre-season training is in full swing, every Tuesday and Thursday at Watcombe.  All players, old and new are welcome to work on fitness and core...

Ladies’ Open Winners: Maggie Pearson, Jan Peters and Sandy Wiswould with Ladies’ Captain Connie Huntington Alan and Sheila Richard from Freshwater Bay Golf Club took 1st place in the Shanklin and Sandown Mixed Open on Sunday 26th June. Mainland and...

It was honours even as Wessex Division 1 side East Cowes Vics took on the strong Island League side Whitecroft & Barton Sports in a pre-season friendly at Beatrice Avenue on Tuesday evening (12th July). Vics began their pre-season campaign...

The Wightlink Warriors US Style Handicap speedway fixture planned for Thursday (14th July) at Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde will have a slightly different format from previous seasons. As opposed to the usual 12 rider set-up for this style of event,...

Elvis Belton Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team riders travelled to Goodwood last Tuesday to race in the penultimate round of the Summer Series last Tuesday (5th July). James Veal had a tough task up against some of the South’s top...

It was a successful Saturday for Isle of Wight cricket teams with victories for 4 of the 5 men's teams playing in the mainland leagues. Ventnor ended a run of 3 successive defeats in Southern Premier Division 1 by narrowly...