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Tuesday night was never going to be an easy task for the Port, with Follands sitting just a point and 2 places behind. And so it proved, with Newport facing an immediate and unrelenting battle. Follands first forced a fingertip...

The Wightlink Warriors management have continued their pre-season planning by releasing confirmation that nomadic clubs Cradley and Weymouth will join the home side for this season’s 3 team tournament. The tournament has been scheduled for Smallbrook Stadium on 3 dates...

Merv Ringer, who died on 7th February 2022, wasn’t a rugby player but became part of the beating heart of Ventnor Rugby Club. He and his late wife Jill took over the full responsibility for all catering and the highly...

Hampshire’s Royal London Cup match against Northamptonshire Steelbacks will be played at Newclose Cricket Ground on Tuesday 9th August. This will be the first time a 1st class game has been played on the Island since May 2019. Newclose, located...

27 members of the Wight Tri club took part in the 4th event of the Wight Tri Winter Duathlon Series, with the choice of either 2.5km or 5 km runs, either side of a 19km undulating cycle.  1st in the...

Hat-trick hero Dan Vale 4 Isle of Wight teams – Brading, Shanklin, Pan and Wroxall – have all battled through to the semi-finals of Hampshire cup competitions. Hampshire Trophy Quarter Final: Brading Town 6-4 Fleetlands The quarter final began bizarrely...

Newport IW have maintained their push for promotion by beating Ringwood Town 3-0 and are now 5 points behind leaders Bemerton with 2 games in hand. The Port put out a strong side for their 1st game at Smallbrook this...

Newport IW Football Club will play their first home game at Smallbrook Stadium in 2022 against Ringwood Town this Saturday. Due to flooding at Smallbrook, inadequate floodlighting and a dispute with co-tenants Ryde Saints, the currently homeless club have played...

6th-placed East Cowes Vics Reserves were held at home by a 2nd-from-bottom Newport Reserves side in a floodlit game on Wednesday evening. Both teams started with teenagers playing their first season of men's football, including 6x 16-year-olds in their respective...

Player of the Match Mesha Gough The Wight Eagles Under 12 squad started the second half of the new season at the weekend with a shake-up of the league system, which saw them move from Division 3 - in which...