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WARRIORS HITCH A TAXI RYDE
Ryde Taxis have announced that they are the latest Island-based business to back the Wightlink Warriors speedway team in 2016 as the sport returns to the Isle of Wight. The firm, who are the Island's largest Taxi company, provide a wide choice of vehicles...
Read moreDetailsYOUNG VLOGGER OF THE YEAR AWARD LAUNCHED
The Island Sailing Club (ISC), organisers of the annual J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, have today (Monday) announced a brand new Award, 'Young Vlogger of the Year'. This initiative has been launched to encourage some of the...
Read moreDetailsFOOTBALL MUNDIAL 6-A-SIDE RESULTS: 29TH MARCH
Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde is the home of the Isle of Wight 6-a-side Football Mundial league that runs every Tuesday Night between 18:00-22:00 on the fantastic Astroturf Pitch. Results for Tuesday 29th March – Isle of Wight 6-a-side league Ryde Rovers...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTLINK WARRIORS INTRODUCED AHEAD OF THE 2016 SEASON
Both the press and public were introduced to the 2016 Wightlink Warriors speedway team for the very first time at Smallbrook Stadium this afternoon (Saturday). After posing for photographs the 8 Warriors took to the track to demonstrate their speed and skill...
Read moreDetailsCOWES SPORTS FC TAKE ON CLARIDGE’S SALISBURY TODAY
Hundreds of football fans are set to descend on Cowes today (Saturday) as the town's team take on Salisbury in the Wessex Premier League. Salisbury are riding high at the top of the league and their success has generated huge...
Read moreDetailsHELPING HANDS NEEDED THIS WEEKEND AT SHANKLIN CRICKET CLUB
Locals are being invited along to Shanklin Cricket Club this weekend to help the club get set for the new season. All hands are being urged to get stuck in to make the grounds ready for match play. The working...
Read moreDetailsSMITH AND ALLSOPP TAKE ON CASTLE COMBE
Two riders from the Wightlink LCM-Systems Cycle Race Team travelled to Castle Combe in Wiltshire for the Good Friday circuit races. Returning member Deane Smith rode first but despite efforts to force a breakaway, was unable to escape the fast moving...
Read moreDetailsJUST A WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE TAPES GO UP AT SMALLBROOK
There's just a week to go until the tapes go up once again at Smallbrook Stadium - a day Isle of Wight Speedway fans feared would never happen after the club closed in 2013. The full Wightlink Warriors team plus other...
Read moreDetailsYOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BECKONS FOR ATHERTON
Daniel Atherton, from Cowes, will be going for gold when he competes at the upcoming RYA Youth National Championships next week (2nd-8th April) with teammate Matt Viney. The 17-year old will take to the water in the 420 class, to...
Read moreDetailsRED FUNNEL PARTNER WITH 2016 ETCHELLS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Red Funnel Ferries have agreed to partner the 2016 Etchells World Championship in Cowes. The cross-Solent operator are providing a range of benefits aimed at assisting competitors and spectators for the Etchells World Championship, which is to be hosted by the...
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