Sport

Newport IW Football Club welcomed Worthing United to St George’s Park for a pre-season friendly in what should have been their toughest test of the pre-season so far. Manager Andy Sampson made one change from the side that defeated the HMS Royal...

Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competed at Poole Regatta on Saturday (25th July) and had a reasonably successful day,  the highlight being a fine win for Joel Smith in the J16 Boys event. Joel (pictured) also competed with Tom Kearney, Ben...

Andy Sampson's Newport IW FC came away from HMS Temiraire last night with a third pre-season win and a third successive clean sheet, this time against HMS Royal Marines. Playing on a difficult 3G pitch, it was the Royal Marines...

Island darts star Keegan Brown has missed out on getting to the last eight in the World Matchplay darts competition after suffering a defeat to Dave Chisnall in Blackpool last night (Wednesday). Keegan, 22, who works in the pathology department at...

Following a very successful week at the Island Games, the Wightlink-LCM Systems Cycle Race Team members have now returned to trade colours for the rest of the racing season. On Tuesday (21st July), team rider Stuart Waite travelled to Thruxton...

More than £270 was given to the family of Phil Selby at a special memorial event on Saturday (18th July) at Smallbrook. Phil, who recently passed away, was a long-serving firefighter on the Island but was also a member of...

Reigning Southern Electric Premier Division cricket champions South Wilts defeated Ventnor by 100 runs in Saturday’s clash at Bemerton. Batting first, the league leaders were given a 115 run start by openers Tom Morton and Eddie Abel before Rob Snell...

Entries are still rolling in right up to the wire for the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary International Regatta and now stand at 72 in the IRC class along with 10 teams in the Team Racing division and 10 Level Rating...

The Isle of Wight Hockey Club has renewed its ‘lucky’ sponsorship deal with Shanklin-based firm Deep Design, which will see the company's logo appear on the front of the club’s new playing shirts. Ever since the club were first sponsored...

A small team from the Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competed at the Bournemouth Regatta on Saturday, with the Men’s Coastal Junior Pair of Will Ford and James Smith achieving their best result of the season to date finishing in 3rd place...