10 ladies took to the course to contest the Royal Isle of Wight Medal on Sunday (27th April).  The Royal Isle of Wight Medal is played for annually by the ladies of Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club who have either won, or have come 2nd, in a medal competition throughout the preceding year. It dates from 1882 and was gifted to Shanklin &

A record £51,500 has been raised for Wessex Cancer Support following Sunday’s London Marathon. The charity had its biggest ever team with 15 runners taking part in the 26.2-mile event. Darren Godbert was one of the runners, raising around £3,600 towards the overall total. He said: “It still doesn’t feel real, there were moments I didn’t think I could do it. Moments when

14 Shanklin Sandown and Ryde Rowing Club’s juniors travelled to the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham on Saturday (26th April) to represent the Wessex region at the Junior Inter Regional Regatta.  Shanklin’s J14 double of Josh Batchelor and Digby Ridgewell had an excellent row in the time trial raced over 1000m, setting the 5th best time. In the final, this time racing side

Isle of Wight champions W&B won the Memorial Cup by beating Cowes Sports Reserves at the Zilch Waste Stadium on Tuesday evening (29th April). Whitecroft & Barton now have a clean sweep of Isle of Wight trophies, having already won Harwoods Division 1 and the Challenge Cup. However, this is the first time W&B have lifted the Memorial Cup since 2019. The victory