Sport

Each year members of Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club take part in a mixed greensomes stableford competition for the rather unusual prize of a rolling pin - and 2018 proved no exception. The event, which took place on Bank Holiday...

Ryde Rowing Club will host the fourth Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association Championship Regatta of the season on Saturday (2nd June) with Shanklin's Championship Regatta taking place the following day (Sunday). This year’s Regatta marks the 41st Anniversary of a...

The Isle of Wight’s beach soccer season gets under way this weekend (2nd/3rd June) with the Youth Championships at Appley. The youngsters will kick off a jam-packed 17th season on the sand, with a massive 19 events taking place this...

It was another reasonably successful day for the Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club at Christchurch Rowing Club's Annual Regatta on Saturday (26th May). The 2-boat racing format of this Regatta, on the narrow River Stour, presented a different challenge from the...

4 Wightlink Wight Mountain Cycle Race Team members traveled over to Goodwood last Tuesday to race in the Elite, First and Second category races of the 6th round of the Southdown Velo Goodwood Summer Series. A full field of 60...

Despite an afternoon of light rain, speedway went ahead as planned at Smallbrook Stadium last night (Thursday) and regrettably for the home side a heavy defeat was meted out by the Kent Kings due almost entirely to their whirlwind start...

Jordan Sundborg in action New county captain Colin Roope will play his double joker when Hampshire cross over to the Isle of Wight to face Kent in their second Daily Telegraph South East League match of the season on Sunday....

At their AGM last Tuesday (15th May), Sandown & Shanklin RFC appointed Damion Marriott as their head coach for the forthcoming 2018/19 season. Damion has been coaching for 4 years with 2-and-a-half seasons as head coach at Ventnor RFC. Whilst...

Last Thursday (17th May) saw the first of the Spy Velo time trial series on the Colemans 10 mile course. There was a great turnout of 39 riders and fast conditions with very light wind and new smooth road surface...

Winning Novice Sculler Joel Smith Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club had a successful day competing at the Lymington Rowing Club Regatta, held at Milford-on-Sea, on Saturday (19th May). There was a win for the J16 Coxed Four of Austin Smith, Tom Starkey,...