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COWES WEEK CONTINUES SUPPORT OF YOUTH SAILING
Cowes Week Limited, organisers of Cowes Week, one of the world’s best-known sailing regattas and a highlight of the British sporting summer, have announced that they will continue their youth initiative which offers discounted entry fees to boats with crews of...
Read moreDetailsLIL’S CHALLENGE TO SET NEW RECORDS AT SMALLBROOK
Islander and air fence sponsor John Thorburn has come up with a very good reason for any Wightlink Warrior to break the National League speedway track record around Smallbrook during 2016. John has purchased an air fence advertising banner in...
Read moreDetailsNEWPORT KNOCKED OUT OF THE FA VASE
Newport IW FC have been knocked out of the FA Vase following a battle with Ashford United in front of over 250 spectators at St George's Park on Saturday afternoon. Although the pitch was still soft from the rain that...
Read moreDetailsBIG WEEKEND AHEAD FOR NEWPORT IW FOOTBALL CLUB
It’s a big weekend on Saturday as Newport IW Football Club welcome Ashford Utd to St George’s Park in the 4th round of the FA Vase, with the winners going into the last 16 in the country and face a home...
Read moreDetailsROUND THE ISLAND RACE ENTRIES OPEN
Entries for the 85th edition of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race on 2nd July have opened today (Friday). For the first time the new Fast 40+ Class will be competing in this year's Round the Island Race....
Read moreDetailsRRE ON BOARD WITH SUPPORT FOR THE WIGHTLINK WARRIORS
Riddiford Racing and Engineering have announced they will be offering riders of the Wightlink Warriors speedway team support in the 2016 season. RRE was started in the '70s by Dick Johnson who combined his sub-contact machining business with a grasstrack sales van....
Read moreDetailsFOOTBALL MUNDIAL 6-A-SIDE RESULTS: 12TH JANUARY
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 12th January – Isle of Wight 6-a-side league UTB 2...
Read moreDetailsSTUART RECEIVES MOST IMPORVED SWIMMER AWARD
Godshill Model Village owner, Stuart Dyer has received the Isle of Wight Masters Swim Club's most improved swimmer of 2015 trophy from the Club's chairman Bob Cooper. This was at the early morning session at The Heights, Sandown. The Club swim...
Read moreDetailsGIRLS FOOTBALL GIVEN A BOOST ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Girls football on the Isle of Wight will be given a boost as the Hampshire FA Centre of Excellence girls' Under 11s and Under 13s play at St George's Park later this month. The two teams will take on Newport's boys'...
Read moreDetailsFRANKIE JOINS CHARLIE AS A WARRIOR MASCOT FOR 2016
Lucky 4-year-old Frankie Stacey from Poole is to join Islander Charlie Luckman as a mascot for the Wightlink Warriors speedway team in 2016. Frankie's mum Dawn said: "Frankie's been attending speedway from around 3 weeks old and has been riding...
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