Sport

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...

Cowes Sports began their pre-season campaign by knocking 6 goals past Hampshire Premier League side QK Southampton at Westwood Park on Saturday (9th July). The Yachtsmen included 2 new names in their starting line-up: former Vics’ midfielder Brandon Hayward and...

Anne Corby and Geraldine Parmenter won the McClelland Trophy with 25 points on countback from Carole Bingham and Angela Lassey on Thursday 7th July. Ladies’ Captain, Connie Huntington, and Lyn Guy took the 2 nearest the pin prizes, determined by...

Wight Tri member Liz Dunlop made her 12th World championships appearance for the Great Britain Age Group Team at the 2022 World Sprint Triathlon Championships in Montreal, Canada. Veteran triathlete of 33 years, Liz finished 7th from 37 in the...

Cowes Sports will play fellow Wessex Premier League outfit Hamble Club at Westwood Park in the Extra-preliminary Round of the FA Cup on 6th August. Victory would then see the Yachtsmen face either Southern League Somerset club Larkhall Athletic or...

Former Wightlink Warrior speedway ace Connor Coles again demonstrated his like for the Smallbrook oval with a stylish victory in The Vince Mapley Trophy. Coles signalled his intentions in the 1st race of the night with a win in the...

Islander Adam Hose has been selected for the 13-man England Lions squad to play South Africa’s one day international squad in in a 50 over game in Taunton, Somerset, on Tuesday (12th July). The 29-year-old former Ventnor batsman will then...

Local charity Mountbatten Isle of Wight will be the official charity of the final stage of this year’s Tour of Britain. The finale of the prestigious event, featuring the world’s best riders, will be held on the Island on Sunday 11 September....

Sunday 3rd July saw 104 golfers take to the course at Newport for an 18-hole scramble to raise money for the Isle of Wight Golf Team, raising almost £1,000. The next Island Games will be in Guernsey in July 2023...

Councillors and athletes from the Island Games squad, gathered in Ryde on Wednesday evening to greet the Queen's Baton on its tour around the country before it arrives in Birmingham for the start of the Commonwealth Games on 28th July. ...