Sport

Following a 2-year hiatus, the historic Pier to Pier Rowing marathon returned to Sandown Bay this year, with 9 Shanklin-Sandown Rowing club crews racing from the site of the old Shanklin Pier to and from Sandown Pier. With competitors ranging...

Perennial Division 1 champions, Whitecroft & Barton Sports, have returned to their familiar position at the top of Isle of Wight Division 1 after narrowly beating an improved Vectis side 1-0 at Sandy Lane. Alex Wright was the man on...

After knocking out Cowes Sports in the previous round, Bournemouth Poppies claimed their 2nd Isle of Wight scalp in succession in the FA Vase by beating Vics 5-3 at Victoria Park. FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round: Bournemouth (Poppies) 5-3 East...

The sun finally made an appearance for the last event on the Wightlink-Wight Mountain TT calendar - the September 2-Day Festival. The Brook 10 Mile circuit was the first up on Saturday and most riders returned on Sunday morning to...

Isle of Wight 1st Division side Oakfield beat Combination 2 Vectis Reserves at Brading Town’s Vicarage Lane on Thursday evening to win the Island’s oldest cup competition at a canter. Oakfield began the game kicking down the slope and opened...

Bournemouth centre forward, Christian Saydee Cowes Sports were knocked out of the Hampshire Senior Cup in the 2nd round at Westwood Park on Tuesday night by an Under-21 Bournemouth side fielding 4 players with 1st team experience, including Guianan international,...

Crews from the Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competed in the South Coast Rowing Championships at the Royal Victoria Country Park in Southampton on Saturday. This event is the culmination of the season where the champions and runners-up from the 3...

37 teams, a large number of whom had made the early morning Solent crossing, took part in one of Shanklin & Sandown’s biggest annual events on Saturday 11th September. The well attended and richly rewarded Am-Am, saw the teams battling for...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club took 5 crews to the season-ending South Coast Championships at Netley Park, Southampton at the weekend. The boy's J16 quad produced the best result of the day finishing in the runners up spot behind Lymington. The...

4 Wight Tri members - Laura Abrook, Nina French, Kev Winchcombe and Nick Kenny - took on the Outlaw Bowood Half Ironman Triathlon in Wiltshire last week. The event started with a 1.2-mile swim in the Bowood Lake, followed by...