DRIVER FLEES AFTER CAR HITS SIGN AND SPINS IN VENTNOR
11th July 2026
The Wightlink Warriors speedway team are preparing for their next home National League meeting against Eastbourne Eagles at the Andrew Younie Smallbrook Stadium this coming Thursday (31st August). After last week’s very disappointing home defeat, the Warriors must re-group and face...
Read moreDetailsRichie Powers, 7 times world power boat racing champion, is returning to help race the boat in which he won the 1974 championship, the Dry Martini (Cigarette 35), during this weekend's Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race. Dry Martini will have a crew of...
Read moreDetailsThe Warriors speedway team played host to the National League leaders Belle Vue Colts at the Andrew Younie Smallbrook Stadium yesterday evening (Tuesday) and sadly were on the wrong end of a ruthless display of speed and power by the...
Read moreDetailsVentnor fell to a 49 run defeat at Liphook & Ripsley in the British Gas Southern Premier League on Saturday. Set to score 260 to win, Nicklin (101), James Cheek with a season’s best 74 and Schaughn van Greunen (64)...
Read moreDetailsIsland Sailing Club (ISC), organisers of Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay, has announced a new date for the 2018 race. The annual Race, which attracts over 12,000 competitors, will now take place on Saturday 7th July...
Read moreDetailsPhotos thanks to Ian Groves After a promising first half that saw the Warriors build up a 6 point lead, things turned against the Island side in the second half of last night's (Thursday) speedway meeting against Plymouth. Spearheaded by...
Read moreDetailsThe upcoming August Bank Holiday weekend (26th-27th August) will see the world’s most prestigious offshore powerboat race, The Cowes-Torquay-Cowes, return for the 57th year. The race covers a distance of 190 nautical miles and sees powerboats reaching a staggering average...
Read moreDetailsShanklin and Sandown Golf Club's county champion Jordan Sundborg went one better than 12 months ago by claiming the Stoneham Trophy for the first time on Saturday. Having become the first player from the Island to win the Solent Salver...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: The Wightlink Warriors return to speedway action tomorrow (Thursday 17th) when, for the third time this season, they entertain the Plymouth Devils. The 2 previous encounters in the Knock-Out Cup and National Trophy have seen the Devils take 4 and...
Read moreDetailsWightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club produced a reasonable set of results in the final Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association Regatta of the season at Bournemouth on Saturday (12th August). There was a 10th win for the Ladies Coastal Junior Four of...
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