Sport

Budding photographers, Sophie Hunt, Simon Dear and Will Ball have all been announced as winners of the 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week Photography Competition that challenged entrants to capture the ‘spirit of the regatta’. The competition, now in its...

Ventnor’s second team saw their hopes of promotion to the Southern Electric Premier League end in disappointment on Saturday. In a nail biting climax  to their Hampshire League Division 1 campaign, the Steephill club were defeated by one wicket by...

Three members of Wightlink-LCM Systems Cycle Race Team travelled to Winchester on Sunday to take part in the VC Venta Winchester Park and Ride Criterium.  Sam Baker, Kev Foster and Ian Hayden lined up with 35 other riders for the...

The roar of powerboats returned to the Solent yesterday (Sunday) as a total of 16 crews battled it out to take the victory in the classic Cowes-Torquay-Cowes powerboat race. For 2014 the start line returned to the Cowes area allowing...

FC Bayern Bru started with 3 new players in the squad when they took on FC Sporting at Beatrice Avenue in the Leisure Leagues yesterday, falling behind 0-1 at half time following a deflected goal from sporting midway through the...

Two Island football clubs hit the Wembley trail again later today (Saturday) when they play in the next round of the FA Cup. Cowes Sports FC will entertain Southern League side Yate Town at Westwood Park after beating Team Solent in the last round....

The 20th Isle of Wight Fell Running Series is being held over the weekend of 13th and 14th September and consists of three races held over the two days with the runners covering a total of 24 miles of off-road running with over 4300...

Three Wightlink-LCM Systems Cycle Race Team riders headed to the Thruxton Motor Circuit on Sunday for closed circuit racing. The 2.4 mile closed circuit includes technical chicanes and an uphill stretch just before the finish. A large field of 60+...

Ventnor won a fluctuating contest at The Linden Oval on Saturday to increase bottom placed Totton & Eling’s relegation woes in the penultimate round of ECB Southern Electric Premier Division matches. In a close run finish, the battling Islanders edged...

2014 was the first year for Cowes-based youth charity, UKSA, as the official charity of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. It was a week full of royalty, celebrities, racing, sending bosses 100ft up the mast of a yacht as well...