Sport

Sandown & Shanklin Rugby Club's 2XV made the hour-long trip up to Farnham at the weekend where they blew away their competition with some incredible play throughout the 80 minutes. The hosts kicked off but found themselves immediately under pressure...

Cowes Week Limited, organisers of Lendy Cowes Week, have announced that they will continue their youth initiative which offers discounted entry fees to boats with crews of under 25-year-olds. The Under 25 Youth initiative, which has been running since 2012,...

2 of the Isle of Wight's All Star Cricket Centres, Arreton and Ventnor, have been recognised for their achievements over the last 2 years by being awarded a 5 Star Centre plaque by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The...

First Place Rider Tim Wiggins Over 180 mountain bikers took on the Isle of Wight's legendary 7 Hills challenge on Sunday, organised and hosted by GP Sport and Wight Mountain.  Clear blue skies and unusually warm temperatures greeted riders as...

Isle of Wight trails rider Chris Stay proved yet again that he is one of the most talented riders to hail from the Island when he won the first round of the British Trials Championships at Hookwood near Guildford last...

The Isle of Wight's rising football stars, Holly Stephan and Sienna Brennen, helped their team secure the Hampshire U13's Girls League Cup at the weekend. You may remember the Island Echo report on the girls' season success earlier this month....

It was a successful days rowing for Newport Rowing Club on Saturday when they picked up 2 wins at the BTC Head of the River in Southampton. The first win came when the Newport Men’s Junior Four of Toby Batchelor,...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club secured 4 wins at last weekend’s BTC Spring Head Race in Southampton. The Novice Ladies crew of Yasmin Wright, Lottie Tapsell, Mia Phelan, Sophie Atkin and Lesley Walters (Cox) had a commanding victory over the 5k...

Former UKSA student and instructor, Josh Stickland, has been announced as 1 of the 11 professional skippers to lead a novice team in the 40,000 nautical mile Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Race. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race...

A pretty little 1927 one-off yacht is one of the first entries for the 12th Cowes Classics Week. Chough, owned by Alex Kathrin Vowinckel, typifies the spirit of the event which, despite being a draw for vintage yachts and designs...