Ventnor RFC 2XV 75-0 Portsmouth RFC 3XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West Saturday 6 April 2024 Portsmouth RFC 3nd XV travelled to Ventnor for the final game of the season – a game which would ultimately decide whether the Ventnor Lions squad would take home a silver or a bronze medal in their …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 37-7 Portsmouth RFC 2XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 6 April 2024 With typical contrariness, Ventnor 1sts saved their best performance for the last game of the season with a comprehensive victory over an excellent Portsmouth RFC 2nd XV. Following on from an overwhelming win by Ventnor 2nds in the early …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 26-37 Aldershot and Fleet RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 16 March 2024 Ventnor RFC 1XV’s sorry season continued with another game that the home team will feel they let slip away. The main inconsistencies, shown throughout the season, were again in evidence; namely the inability to select a settled …
New Milton RFC 2XV 29-19 Ventnor RFC 2XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West, Saturday 16 March 2024 Without a game since before Christmas due to teams not travelling to the Island,Ventnor 2nd XV had to resort to extra training sessions to prepare for this top-of-the-table clash against their unbeaten New Milton RFC 2XV …
Havant RFC 3XV 64-34 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 9 March 2024 An away trip to league leaders Havant RFC 3rds was always going to be a tough call for a Ventnor team struggling to put out a consistent starting XV. However, one thing the Ventnor team is not lacking in …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 29-13 Eastleigh Pirates RFC 2XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 17 February 2024 It was an unusual luxury for Ventnor to be able to pick from an almost full-strength squad for this Hampshire league encounter against a strong Eastleigh RFC 2XV side. In front of the usual enthusiastic Watcombe crowd, the …
Fareham Heathens RFC 1XV 51-0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 3 February 2024 It was another tough day at the office for Ventnor RFC 1XV but – as ever with this team – there was so much to admire in their performance. An away trip to Fareham Heathens RFC, the league …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 26-13 Christchurch RFC match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 27 January 2024 In front of another good crowd at Watcombe which was boosted by a vocal travelling band from the visitors, Ventnor and Christchurch went at each other from the kick-off without either getting a firm foothold in the game. Ventnor will always …
Romsey RFC 68-10 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 20 January 2024 After their excellent win the previous week, Ventnor’s 1sts travelled with a few enforced changes and lost out to an excellent Romsey RFC side who used the blustery conditions to the full. As ever, Ventnor started strongly with the returning …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 33-15 Alresford RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 13 January 2024 It was with some alarm that the large crowd at Watcombe watched Ventnor fluff their lines at the first kick off and go down to an early try against a fired-up Alresford side. Then, when their subsequent kick off …
Andover RFC 2XV 80-0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 6 January 2024 This season – as the song goes – if it wasn’t for bad luck Ventnor would have no luck at all! Despite their mid-week training kyboshed by impassible floods and having a squad member miss the Red Jet, it …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 8-32 Isle of Wight RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 16 December 2023 The Isle of Wight completed a deserved double over Ventnor when their 1st XVs met at Watcombe on Saturday. Ventnor kicked off and it was Harrison Marsh and Guy Entwistle who set the tone with some hard …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 12-12 Overton RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 9 December 2023 Ventnor came up short against a fired-up Overton RFC side, who travelled with thirteen players. The visitors played to their strengths which were in their pack and with their greater size and excellent skills of supporting the ball carrier, …
Aldershot and Fleet RFC 31-26 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 2 December 2023 There were real signs of progress as Ventnor’s 1st XV travelled to play Aldershot and Fleet RFC and suffered a narrow defeat in a game that could have gone either way, in the Counties 3 Hampshire League 2023-24. …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 7-55 Fareham Heathens RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 25 November 2023 Ventnor’s season in Hampshire Counties Three continues to disappoint but the spirit of the team and its supporters remains high as the performances belie the difficult times the club is going through as the injury list grows. Jake …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 0-29 Havant RFC 3XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 18 November 2023 With at least nine 1st XV regulars missing from the line-up including skipper Lewis Jones who is out until the new year with a hand injury, Ben Savill led out the Ventnor team. Will Broomfield, Charlie Magnurson, Harry Colson …
Eastleigh RFC 2XV RFC 1XV 37 – 0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 11 November 2023 Stricken by injuries, player unavailable and last-minute call-offs, Ventnor RFC 1XV mixed and matched their team and put on a strong performance against an Eastleigh RFC 2XV team on a pitch that suited the home …
Eastleigh RFC 3XV 12 – 25 Ventnor RFC 2XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West, Saturday 11 November 2023 Ventnor 2nd XV took on the challenge of a powerful Eastleigh RFC 3rd XV with relish and, although the usual dominance in the set scrum was missing, they found a way of prevailing after a …
Christchurch RFC 1XV 52 – 0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 21 October 2023 This was another disappointing day for Ventnor RFC 1XV who started well and put pressure on Christchurch’s line with another powerful performance from skipper Lewis Jones and a set piece that stamped their identity on the game. …
Christchurch RFC 2XV 5 – 35 Ventnor RFC 2XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West, Saturday 21 October 2023 This terrific performance by this Ventnor 2nd XV represented another step up in their development in which took the game to the opposition from the off, away to Christchurch RFC 2XV. Image: Andrew Cooper Photography Strong …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 5-33 Romsey RFC match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 14 October 2023 This game followed a pattern that is worryingly repeating itself this season where Ventnor get to halftime well in contention and with the momentum in their favour, only to watch the game slip away from them early in the second …
Ventnor RFC 2XV 25-25 New Milton RFC 2XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West, Saturday 7 October 2023 Ventnor welcomed New Milton RFC for the first 2nds XV home game of the season, and with Ventnor currently on a run of two wins from two games looking to make it a third with another …
Alresford RFC 34-15 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire, Saturday 7 October 2023 Ventnor’s 1st XV put on a fine performance away to an Alresford RFC team who came down from a higher league at the end of last season. The game started with Ventnor RFC 1XV having slightly the better of …
Ventnor RFC 1XV 24-10 Andover RFC 2XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire, Saturday 30 September 2023 A large and vocal crowd witnessed a highly competitive game in which Ventnor’s 1st XV in general dominated without finding a means to secure a deserved victory until quite late in the game against a highly competitive Andover RFC …
Isle of Wight RFC 2XV 20-34 Ventnor RFC 2XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West, Saturday 23 September 2023 Ventnor’s ever-improving 2nd XV took to the field with a squad of 23 players for this local derby against Isle of Wight RFC 2XV. It was good to see James Morley, Chris Skelley, Mike Flanagan …
Isle of Wight RFC 1XV 35-7 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire, Saturday 23 September 2023 I’ll leave it to Isle of Wight RFC to write this report . . . Image: Andrew Cooper Photography Ventnor 1st XV: Pratt, Jones (capt), Savill, Coltham, Collett, A.Morton, Coughlin, L.Morton, Souter, Lines, Turner, Fairman, Braham, E.Blake, …
Portsmouth RFC 2XV 20-17 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Saturday 16 September 2023 Ventnor travelled to Portsmouth RFC for this away double-header with 40 players which bodes well for the season to come. However it took some time for some new combinations to settle down and Ventnor’s rhythm was a little off as the game …
Pre-season friendly Southampton RFC 2XV 15 – 19 Ventnor RFC match report Ventnor RFC travelled to Southampton with a squad containing a mix of experience and came away with a deserved win against a strong Southampton side who never gave up throughout. Coaches Jason Evans, Clive Cardwell-Hill and Neil Evans used the game to try …
Friendly Local Derby Ventnor RFC 2XV 31-40 Sandown and Shanklin RFC 2XV Sat 15 April 2023 match report In front of the customary large crowd at Watcombe, Saturday 15 April 2023, the Sandown and Shanklin RFC 2XV Hurricanes squad beat an emerging Ventnor RFC 2XV team in an open and fast-paced match which was full …
Isle of Wight RFC 1XV 17-22 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 18 March 2023 Ventnor RFC 1XV gained revenge for the Isle of Wight RFC 1XV’s victory at Watcombe earlier in the season with a win at Wootton that said as much about the character of the team as it did about their ever-improving rugby. The …