Sport

An Isle of Wight legend has been recognised by the ESFA and he has been given a prestigious award. John Bell who lives on Carisbrooke Road has been given the highest possible award and this comes in the form of...

The Island's 3 main football teams will be on the sidelines until at least late January as the Wessex League suspends football matches amid COVID fears. Wessex League bosses decided at a board meeting last night (Monday) to suspend all...

East Cowes Vics lost the only Wessex League match to survive the atrocious weather conditions on Saturday in a game in which they managed only 1 attempt at goal in 90 minutes of play. The Vics welcomed Verwood Town to...

Despite all the uncertainty with regard to COVID 19 the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), organisers of the Rolex Fastnet Race are advising would-be competitors to pre-register for the race, which is planned to depart from Cowes on 8th August...

The England Cricket Board have announced their provisional schedule for next summer where they will host Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India in what is going to be a busy period for the Three Lions. Danny Briggs is hoping he plays...

The Christmas Mixed Foursomes at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club was played in very damp and windy conditions on Sunday (13th December).  14 teams took to the course vying for the much-prized cups. The winners were husband and wife team...

A Wessex League fixture had to be abandoned at the weekend after players from the visiting team allegedly directed obscene ‘racial’ abuse towards Island players and supporters. The match between East Cowes Vics and Alton FC at Beatrice Avenue had...

Supported by her family and crew, disabled sailor Natasha Lambert BEM has safely completed the 2020 ARC Rally, completely 2,808 nautical miles across the Atlantic in just over 18 days. Natasha, an award-winning sailor from Cowes renowned for challenging her...

Seaside Course Suits Streb Thirty-three-year-old Robert Streb has won two PGA Tour tournaments and both victories came at the Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The first of which came in 2014 at the McGladrey...

Speedway, like so many other sporting disciplines, has been hard hit by COVID-19 with 2020 a year like no other - and the knock-on effect for speedway teams up and down the country has been traumatic, concerning and frustrating. On...