Sport

The Isle of Wight Bowls Men's team progressed through to the third round of the Denny Cup when they defeated Worthing Pavillion by 88 shots to 81 at the weekend.  The match was close throughout with the Island team leading by...

Isle of Wight cricketer David Lloyd has been awarded the Lifetime Service to Cricket award at the ECB's OSCA's for his 30 years of work in disability cricket. Whilst David is known around the Island as a player and volunteer,...

Isle of Wight Talented Athletes Oliver Evans and Toby Atherton have just returned from Italy where they have been competing in the 29er Eurocup finals at Lake Garda, which featured 132 boats from 20 nations. After 2 days of qualifying,...

The home crowd at Ventnor RFC were certainly cheering on Saturday when Ventnor 1XV secured a win over their Southampton opposition. The game started hesitantly from Ventnor as the mental challenge of playing against a side short of full numbers...

The Isle of Wight Bowls Club crashed out of the first round of the Egham Trophy when they were defeated by Palmerston of Hampshire. The first 15 ends of the match were close throughout but Palmerston took advantage in the final...

Following the disappointing first league loss of the season, Sandown & Shanklin RFC looked to get back on track - yet they knew that visiting Bognor RFC would be a tough nut to crack in order to get back to...

The Isle of Wight's rising athletics star Henry McLuckie has started this year’s cross country season on a high, recently winning the Simplyhealth Great South Run 5km. The 16-year-old from Newport was the fastest of 800 competitors to take part...

The Island's top motorcycle trials rider, Chris Stay, ended his 2018 British championship season with yet another podium finish. The final rounds were held at the Bob Macgregor trials Academy just south of Glasgow earlier in October where a tough...

Nick Matthews, an up and coming Isle of Wight golfer who is part of the Wightlink-sponsored talented athlete scheme, played in the Paul Hurring Trophy in the Test Valley last week (24th October). The annual competition is played between Hampshire...

The Isle of Wight's Kim Murray and Olympic bronze medalist Laura Deas are among 6 British Skeleton sliders selected for this year’s opening World Cup races as the team look to build on last season’s historic success. Deas made the...