Sport

Wightlink has agreed to continue its sponsorship of Ryde Rowing Club for another year, taking the sponsorship through to at least December 2022. The cross-Solent ferry company provides the club with considerable assistance in transporting its competitors, coaches and equipment...

Team members and sponsors from Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team presented a cheque for £1,500 to Mountbatten Hospice last Friday. The funds were raised by the team through the TT Series held on the Island last season. The team are...

The Isle of Wight derby at Beatrice Avenue produced the result most had predicted with Newport – the only Isle of Wight Wessex League side to have won in 2022 ­– cruising to victory. Both sides had a key player...

John Cornforth Top Island player Scott Lawson turned out for 2 Ryde teams this week and helped them both to strong victories. Ryde Raiders beat Wroxall A 9-1, with Wroxall’s Para Champion Tom Johnson gaining their only win. Ryde A...

Ventnor 1st XV’s preparation for their game against Fareham Heathens was disrupted by the late withdrawal of Ben Savill which meant the Islanders started the game with Chris Hill in the unaccustomed position of hooker, whilst skipper Lewis Jones slotted...

Promotion chasing Newport, who are currently 2nd in Wessex League 1, will tonight (Tuesday) face struggling East Cowes Vics, who are 17th – just 1 place above the division’s drop zone. The fixture was due to be played at Beatrice...

Whitecroft & Barton Sports have maintained their 100% record in the season to date and opened a 6-point gap at the top of Division 1 by emphatically beating Cowes Sports Reserves at Westwood Park. W&B showed their ruthlessness in a...

Newport put their off-field woes behind them as striker Joe Butcher returned to form, scoring a hat-trick in an emphatic 6-1 'home' victory against Verwood Town in Dorset. The Port started brightly with early efforts from Joe Butcher and Joe...

Entries for Cowes Week 2022, which will take place between 30th July-5th August, have opened with Super Early Bird discounts available until 18th February. Having run a successful regatta last year, despite COVID restrictions, the team are excited about plans...

This Saturday the Port are to play their home game 40 miles from the county town of the Isle of Wight in Verwood, Dorset. The official reason the club has given for the switch (which was decided last week) was...