Isle of Wight rowing sisters, Daisy and Emily Faithfull, did well to stay out of the crashes in a somewhat chaotic race at the weekend, going on to secure a deserved win and their championship winning point.
There is loads going on in Sandown during Go Orange Day/weekend on Friday 10th February. Check out this list of events gathered together for us by Linda Bassett
Many schools and businesses will be taking part in the Island-wide fundraising event for the Isle of Wight independent lifeboat stations in Ryde, Sandown and Freshwater.
Three Isle of Wight lifeboat crews will be among around 67 nationwide joining forces on 21st February to raise awareness for Independent lifeboat stations that operate outside the jurisdiction of the RNLI.
Shanklin and Sandown’s Ryan Harmer and Jordan Sundborg created a bit of history by both reaching the knockout stages of the English Amateur Championship at Ganton, last week.
A letter from Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, sent to Directors of AET in March said the standards of performance at the Academy were unacceptably low, and likely to remain low.