SANDOWN & SHANKLIN HURRICANES VETERANS COMPETE IN TWICKENHAM FINAL
Sandown & Shanklin Hurricanes Vets - led by their skipper Greg Dean on his final game of rugby - played at Twickenham at the prestigious England RFU Veterans Rugby Day on Saturday (24th May). This day of rugby was preceded...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT RFC END SEASON WITH VISIT OF NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE
Isle of Wight finished their season in glorious sunshine at Wootton Rec by hosting a touring side - Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) RFC on Saturday (17th May). The tourists arrived on the back of a resounding 54-0 win...
Read moreDetailsVECTIS RUGBY CLUB CELEBRATES RECORD-BREAKING SEASON
Vectis Rugby Football Club is celebrating an exceptional 2024/25 season, marked by a significant rise in membership, growing community engagement and an increasingly bright future for rugby on the Isle of Wight. The season concluded with a successful festival held...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR RUGBY CLUB DONATES £500 TO CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG
Ventnor Rugby Club once more acted as a marshalling post and feeding station for last Sunday’s IW Randonnee, which was a spectacularly successful event with over 3,000 registered cyclists taking part. Under the leadership of Roly Toombs, the VRFC team...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR BEATEN BY 2 LATE TRIES ON THE ROAD AT ALDERSHOT
Ventnor let their last game of the season at Aldershot & Fleet slip through her grasp. Ventnor travelled with a group of vocal supporters who watched their team struggle at the beginning of the game as the A&F scrummage won...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR GO DOWN AGAINST ANDOVER IN FRIENDLY FIXTURE
Ventnor were beaten by Division 3 leaders Andover in a friendly fixture. On the Thursday evening before the match, Ventnor could only muster 13 players, so took the option of offering Andover a friendly match. Within the current Hampshire RFU...
Read moreDetailsHURRICANES BLOW AWAY VENTNOR IN WATCOMBE BOTTOM DERBY CLASH
Sandown & Shanklin Hurricanes racked up the points against Ventnor in front of a large crowd at Watcombe Bottom. Ventnor started strongly and camped on the opposition’s line for the first 5 minutes (and inflicted so much pressure that the...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR GO DOWN TO LAST GASP SINGLE-POINT DEFEAT TO EASTLEIGH
A large crowd at Watcombe witnessed a gut-wrenching loss for a Ventnor 1st XV who deserved so much better. Eastleigh arrived early with a squad that belied their position in the league with talent scattered throughout their 15, and it...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT RFC LOSE FINAL HOME GAME OF SEASON TO HEATHENS
The Isle of Wight were defeated in their final home league game of the season by Heathens in a close contest. Resplendent in their new kit and watched by a large crowd in the spring sunshine, the Islanders played well...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR SUFFER NARROW DEFEAT TO SOUTHAMPTON AT WATCOMBE BOTTOM
Ventnor were beaten by a 6-point margin by Southampton at Watcombe Bottom. The home side started strongly and sustained pressure from the forwards led to a penalty that Harry Ottley calmly slotted. Following that promising start, life got much harder...
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