Drawing with "easily the best team in the league" and walking away with two points shows the strength and depth throughout the club said coach, Damien Marriott.
Following the disappointing first league loss of the season, Sandown & Shanklin looked to get back on track, yet knew that visiting Bognor RFC would be a tough nut to crack in order to get back to winning ways.
Everything seemed to be against the 'Frustrating day at the office' for Ventnor RFC team making it to the away match on Saturday, but they made it in the end.
A day hit with nippy conditions took a bit of heat out of Round 5 of the Snows Group Hampshire 2 match between Ventnor and their geographically closest neighbour.