Sport

The Isle of Wight Bowls Club took on Witney Bowling Club earlier this month in the latest friendly game between the 2 sides, carrying on a traditional that dates back many years. The game is now played for the Ralph...

Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club celebrated another successful season by hosting an awards presentation at their clubhouse on Saturday (13th October).   Club President Peter Allsopp welcomed around 70 members and guests and thanked them for attending. He also thanked them for their...

With both Rew Valley Youth Football Club and Ventnor Football Club hit with a major increase in their costs for winter training areas, Ventnor Rugby Football Club’s committee has sat down with the 2 clubs to find a solution to...

Elizabeth Steward Gary Marshall, an unattached (non-club) runner from Newport, was the surprise winner of the Isle of Wight Marathon on Sunday in a time of 2:58:06. The debutant described his victory as beyond his wildest dreams, although he had...

Newport IW Football Club have made the decision to pull out of the Harwoods Isle of Wight Saturday leagues, citing difficulties in getting enough footballers together to compete. The decision affects both Newport Reserves in Division 1 and Newport A in Combination...

Similar to 2 weeks ago when the Hurricanes welcomed Eastleigh RFC 2nd XV to the Fairway, the conditions were less than ideal for free-flowing rugby with the wind and rain swirling around the pitch for Sandown & Shanklin RFC 1XV's...

In between the thick fog and the gale-force winds the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) managed to fit in its 15th annual Small Ships Race on Saturday. This Cowes-based event, on the first Saturday every October, saw 22 sailing vessels...

Despite a large number of players unavailable for selection and travelling with a bare 15, Ventnor RFC gained a bonus point win over at the Southampton-based Trojans 2VX on Saturday.  This was Ventnor’s first playing experience of one of the...

The winter competitive indoor bowls season got under way in Ryde last week. All weekend daytime leagues and Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening leagues all completed their first games of the new season, which got underway on 1st October. Throughout...

In a game affected by wet and windy conditions, Isle of Wight Rugby Football Club's 1st team went down to an Ellingham & Ringwood side - who showed a little more awareness of the conditions at vital times in the...