Rugby

Isle of Wight marked their first home league game of the season in style with a blockbuster victory over Ventnor at Wootton Rec. A large crowd saw the home side dominate throughout with some scintillating rugby in evidence at times,...

Ventnor 2nd XV won bragging rights for the away side in the local rugby derby against Isle of Wight 2nd XV at Wootton Rec by winning 20-34 after trailing 3-10 at halftime. The game began with some patchy rugby interspersed...

Ventnor were narrowly beaten in their opening fixture against Portsmouth on Saturday (16th September). Ventnor travelled to Portsmouth for this away double-header with 40 players which bodes well for the season to come.  However, it took some time for some...

Ventnor travelled to Southampton with a squad containing a mix of experience and came away with a deserved win against a strong Southampton side that never gave up throughout. Coaches Jason Evans, Clive Cardwell-Hill and Neil Evans used the game...

An itinerate group of veteran rugby players - The Nags - have raised over £6,000 for Cancer Research UK by walking around the Island. The walk took most of the Nags 2 days, but some managed it in 3 -...

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help support local rugby player Luke Orton, who sustained a broken neck whilst taking part in the South Island Sevens rugby tournament at the weekend. It was on Saturday morning that medics were...

Jacob Jordan will be captain of Sandown & Shanklin RFC 1st XV next season. Jacob Jordan began his career with Sandown & Shanklin in 2015, graduating from Vectis RFC and making his 1st appearances with the Club at scrum-half. Following...

A Hampshire Development team, coached by Sandown & Shanklin Director of Rugby Damien Marriott and featuring several Hurricanes players, was selected to take on their equivalents from Sussex on Friday night (12th May). This fixture, aimed to promote and develop...

Ross Harris Over 1 hundred players, members and sponsors of Ventnor Rugby Club attended the annual Dinner Dance and Awards Nights on Saturday (6th May).  The evening was a great success with an excellent dinner, some great music and the...

Vectis Under 11s went to Hampshire’s U11s county festival on Sunday to play in a tournament hosted by Southsea Nomads. With a relatively new squad, Vectis struggled against generally more experienced sides. Starting against a familiar Portsmouth side, Vectis conceded...