Sport

With most of the ‘big’ yacht races postponed or cancelled for 2020, it is time to look forward to the plans for the 2021 season - including the Rolex Fastnet race. Last week would have been Cowes Week and in...

After several months of no competition owing to COVID-19 interrupting racing in March, Wight Tri member Natalie Lawrence took on her first multi-sport event of the year at the Ultimate Aquathlon in Shropshire last weekend. The event consisted of a...

The Island Sailing Club has announced their intention to run the ISC Nab Tower Race on Saturday 5th September 2020 and Christchurch Bay Race on Saturday 26th September 2020. The Nab Tower race will see competitors race from Cowes, eastwards...

The Island Sailing Club has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Round the Island Race.  Since first announcing the postponement of the 2020 event from May to September, the club has been exploring every avenue with all relevant authorities to...

Kimberley Murray's hopes of becoming an Olympian have been dashed just 2 years before Beijing 2022 after being deselected from the British Skelton squad. It was 5 years ago that Island Echo reported the news of Kimberley's fundraising efforts as...

Following the announcement earlier in the year of the Sonata National Championships returning to Cowes for their 44th edition of the annual event and after a gap of 18 years, the organising team have had to take the hard decision...

2 teenagers from the Isle of Wight have raised thousands of pounds for Aspire Ryde by sailing around the Island. 18-year-old Jamie Winterbottom and 17-year-old Xander Huber were determined to help the local charity with their amazing work for young...

133 boats took part in a race around the Isle of Wight on Saturday, marking the return to competitive racing at the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) - the first since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Bartholomew’s Tokoloshe...

High Sheriff for the Isle of Wight, Mrs Caroline Peel, recently presented representatives from Shanklin FC with grants to help fund new goal posts, pitch improvements, provide COVID-19 safety facilities and help develop a new youth football team. The High...

Just a week after announcing that there would be no speedway on the Island in 2020 comes news that 6 or 7 tracks are hopeful of running a mini-season at weekends. The meetings will be classified as being at a...