Match report: Ventnor 1st XV v Overton 1st XV (30th January 2010)
Overton 13 – Ventnor 13 Ventnor had not played since the beginning of January and showed some rustiness against forthright opponents in this Hampshire Division 2 match. Ventnor were under pressure in a very forward orientated game and Overton were in the lead late into the game with Ventnor’s only points coming from two penalties [...]
Match report: Ventnor 1st XV v Fawley (5th December 2009)
Ventnor 33 – Fawley 14 This rearranged fixture between Ventnor and their close league rivals was closer than the scoreline suggested but the victory was all-important to Ventnor after their disappointing display against the Isle of Wight before Christmas. Damien Marriott settled Ventnor’s nerves with an early individual try but Fawley came straight back and [...]
Match report: Ventnor 2nd XV v Isle of Wight 2nd XV (19th December 2009)
Isle of Wight 2nd XV 18 – Ventnor 2nd XV 28 Both teams should be congratulated for deciding to play on a frost-rutted pitch and putting on a great show of attacking rugby. The Isle of Wight started strongly and things looked bad for Ventnor when the home side scored a converted try in the [...]
Match report: Ventnor 2nd XV v Fawley 2nd XV (5th December 2009)
Ventnor 2nd XV 17 – Fawley 2nd XV 5 After a four week gap, Ventnor 2nds got back on the Merit Table campaign with a good home win against a determined Fawley side – despite the fact that the Ventnor side was scattered with faces that adorn old sepia photographs in their Watcombe clubhouse. Ventnor [...]
Match report: Ventnor 1st XV v Locksheath Pumas (28th November 2009)
Locksheath Pumas 10 – Ventnor RFC 23 This was a hugely important victory for Ventnor in their promotion campaign and was won through a game-long intensity by the entire fifteen – something that was lacking a couple of weeks ago at Chineham. Locksheath fielded their usual uncompromising pack but Ventnor matched them at every phase [...]
