Sport

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is set to officially open the Orkney 2025 International Island Games - an event that will see over 250 athletes from the Isle of Wight compete across 13 different sports. The Opening Ceremony will take...

Football League referee and Premier League fourth official James Linington has visited St Mary’s Catholic Primary School to deliver a special workshop on the use of technology in modern refereeing. The East Cowes-born official, who regularly officiates at the highest...

Competing in the fastest growing Olympic sport of Beach Sprints, Bass Andre of Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club faced current world champions and Olympic gold medallists in the English Beach Sprints championship at Studland Bay last weekend (17th and 18th May)....

Franny Benali is leading a group of fundraisers to the Island for his latest trek with Saints Foundation, the charity arm of Southampton Football Club. Now in its 3rd year, ‘Iron Fran’ and his group of Benali on Tour walkers...

Cowes Sports celebrated retaining their position as the Isle of Wight's leading football club by winning the Isle of Wight Senior (Gold) Cup for the third year in succession at their awards evening on Saturday (17th May). The Yachtsmen went...

A cohort of 6 Ryde Harriers made the journey to Netley near Southampton for the latest fixture in the Hampshire Road Running League, with Chris Newnham securing a dominant overall win in a field of nearly 700 athletes. The 10km...

Sunsail will return as the Official Charter Sailing Partner for Cowes Week 2025, continuing its long-standing involvement with the world-renowned sailing regatta. The global yacht charter company has renewed its partnership for another year and will once again play a...

Ventnor claimed their second Southern Premier League Division 1 victory of the season in extraordinary fashion in just 22 overs at Old Tauntonians & Romsey on Saturday (17th May). It was 4 wins from 4 games for Ventnor with the...

A total of 33 teams - several of whom made the early morning Solent crossing - took part in one of Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club’s biggest annual competitions last weekend (Saturday 17th May). The event included the much-loved 9th...

Wight Tri’s Helen Scholes delivered a heroic performance at the Nottingham National Water Sports Centre last weekend (Saturday 18th May), securing automatic qualification for the 2026 European Sprint Triathlon Championships. Competing in a sprint triathlon qualifier, Scholes completed a 750m...