Sport

Ventnor Cricket Club were defeated in their weekend fixtures with Southampton University. On Saturday, the visitors totaled 253-4 from their 40 overs and dismissed Ventnor for 124, while on Sunday at Newclose the students also won convincingly. Chasing a target...

A small team from Ryde Rowing Club competed in the Southampton Coastal Head of the River Race on Saturday – a time trial staged over two divisions, over four and a half miles on the River Itchen. The race was...

It was a busy weekend of racing for the Wightlink-LCM Systems Cycle Race Team when the squad sent members to two different races in South. Matt Allsopp, Sam Baker and Ian Hayden (pictured above) travelled to Long Sutton just north...

David Hayles, director of Newport Football Club IW, has been elected as the new chairman of the club. The role of chairman has been vacant since Paul Phelps stepped down back in January after seven years in the role. At a...

An aspiring basketball coach from the Isle of Wight has been awarded a University Scholarship to help him pursue his coaching ambitions. Ryan Emery, who is from Ventnor, has played the sport since the age of 14, and is in...

Seven members of the Wightlink-LCM Systems Cycle Race Team travelled to Andover to race at Thruxton Motor Circuit on Sunday. First up, Stu Waite and Martin Sanders lined up in the 4th category race. The 90+ riders on the start...

Ventnor Cricket Club continued their pre-season programme of friendlies with a match with Lymington at Steephill on Saturday. In a useful work out for both first teams, the New Forest side won a close contest by one wicket, having been...

Just days after the news broke that that ex-rider Barry Bishop and business partner Martin Widman are determined to bring speedway back to the Isle of Wight, the duo have revealed that they have secured a big partnership deal with local...

With 30 days to go until Britain's fastest cycling teams race into action on the Isle of Wight, the leader jerseys for the seventh edition of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series have been revealed. This year's fastest team will wear...

The Race entries team at the Island Sailing Club in Cowes, organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, have witnessed a flurry of activity since the clocks changed. The nod towards summer has encouraged an increase...