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NEWPORT UNDER 13S TAKE TITLE FOR THIRD SEASON RUNNING
Newport IW Football Club's Youth Under 13s team have won the Island Youth League for the 3rd season running. The Newport side, whose last league defeat on the Island came back in April 2013 - have played nearly 25 games in...
Read moreDetailsTOP TEAMS TO COME TOGETHER AT WESTWOOD PARK
The Island’s top two football teams go head to head tonight (Thursday) as Cowes Sports FC and Newport IW FC lock horns in the Wessex Premier league. A tight game is in prospect as just one place and four points...
Read moreDetailsLESSONS LEARNT FROM 20 POINT DEFEAT
Photographs by Ian Groves Over the weekend the Wightlink Warriors speedway management, riders and fans were still trying to fully accept that they had suffered a 20 point defeat in their first home meeting of the National Trophy season. Last...
Read moreDetailsNEWPORT’S LAST HOME MATCH OF THE SEASON TONIGHT
It's the final home match of the season for Newport IW FC as they welcome Sholing FC to St George's Park for a 19:45 kick-off this evening (Tuesday). With a gruelling schedule of 7 games in 14 days, Newport will need to be...
Read moreDetailsATHLETES COMPETE IN JUNIOR REGATTA ON THE MEDINA
Over 30 junior athletes aged between 12-16 from 3 Island rowing clubs – Newport, Ryde and Shanklin – competed in the 5th Isle of Wight Rowing Forum’s Junior Regatta on Sunday (24th April). The event, hosted by Newport Rowing Club, was supported by officials from...
Read moreDetailsBRADING UNDER 14’S TAKE LEAGUE WIN
Brading Town Colts Under 14s and Newport IW Youth Under 14s started their final league game with an identical record of played 13, won 12, drawn 1 when they came head to head on Sunday, with only one team able to take...
Read moreDetailsWARRIORS ARE AIMING TO DETHRONE THE KINGS OF KENT
It's the Wightlink Warrior's first home 2016 National Trophy speedway meeting at Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde on Thursday, a meeting that looks to be one of the toughest tests so far for the Isle of Wight side as they bid...
Read moreDetailsMAINLAND HUB FOR ROUND THE ISLAND RACE CHOSEN
The Hamble-based Royal Southern Yacht Club has been granted the exclusive right by the Island Sailing Club (ISC) to be the mainland HUB Club for this year's Round the Island Race, the last under J.P. Morgan's 12-year title sponsorship. The...
Read moreDetailsINJURIES RULE SMART AND SAUL OUT
Matt Saul Injuries have forced both Lee Smart and Matt Saul of the Wightlink Warriors speedway team out of the first 2016 National Trophy match away at Mildenhall's West Row stadium in Suffolk tomorrow afternoon (Sunday). Lee (featured image) has pulled...
Read moreDetailsBUILD UP TO THE ETCHELLS WORLDS 2016 BEGINS
Probably the most competitive and hotly contested keel boat class in the Solent, the Cowes Etchells fleet is tuning up for the 2016 Etchells Worlds hosted the Royal London Yacht Club. The April Training Regatta with coaching attracted 19 teams...
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