1st XV Match Reports

Ventnor RFC 1XV 26-37 Aldershot and Fleet RFC 1XV match report

Ventnor RFC 1XV 26-37 Aldershot and Fleet RFC 1XV match report

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 …

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Ventnor RFC 1XV 7-55 Fareham Heathens RFC 1XV match report

Ventnor RFC 1XV 7-55 Fareham Heathens RFC 1XV match report

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 …

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Isle of Wight RFC 1XV 35-7 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report

Isle of Wight RFC 1XV 35-7 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report

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, …

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Pre-season friendly Southampton RFC 2XV 15 – 19 Ventnor RFC match report

Pre-season friendly Southampton RFC 2XV 15 – 19 Ventnor RFC match report

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 …

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Isle of Wight RFC 1XV 17-22 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 18 March 2023

Isle of Wight RFC 1XV 17-22 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 18 March 2023

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 …

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Havant RFC 3XV 52-24 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 11 March 2023

Havant RFC 3XV 52-24 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 11 March 2023

Havant RFC 3XV 52-24 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 11 March 2023 In the penultimate fixture for Ventnor RFC 1XV of the 2022-23 season, in the Counties 3 Hampshire league, Ventnor travelled away to Havant RFC 3XV, with their final fixture next Saturday. A series of injuries during play probably decided this game for Ventnor who, once …

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Locksheath Pumas RFC 38-19 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 18 February 2023

Locksheath Pumas RFC 38-19 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 18 February 2023

Locksheath Pumas RFC 38-19 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 18 February 2023 A Ventnor RFC 1XV side, buoyed up by their previous weeks’ victory over Gosport and Fareham, took to the ferry again to take on a strong Locksheath Pumas RFC side. Unavailability and injuries meant a couple of changes to the starting line-up, …

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Ventnor RFC 1XV 46-7 Gosport and Fareham RFC 2XV Match Report Sat 11 February 2023

Ventnor RFC 1XV 46-7 Gosport and Fareham RFC 2XV Match Report Sat 11 February 2023

Ventnor RFC 1XV 46-7 Gosport and Fareham RFC 2XV Match Report Sat 11 February 2023 Ventnor RFC 1XV were on top throughout this match against a Gosport and Fareham RFC 2XV team which travelled with a bare fifteen but who never gave up, in this Counties 3 Hampshire league game. Not for the first time, …

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Guernsey RFC 2XV Ventnor RFC 1XV 66-10 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 28 January 2023

Guernsey RFC 2XV Ventnor RFC 1XV 66-10 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 28 January 2023

Guernsey RFC 2XV Ventnor RFC 1XV 66-10 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 28 January 2023 Captain Lewis Jones will be pleased that all his efforts in collecting a Ventnor RFC 1XV team together for the long away trip to Guernsey were rewarded with those selected assembling at E.Cowes at 5.30am!! Zoe Jones had done …

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Ventnor RFC 1XV 62-17 Fareham Heathens RFC Match Report Sat 21 January 2023

Ventnor RFC 1XV 62-17 Fareham Heathens RFC Match Report Sat 21 January 2023

Ventnor RFC 1XV 62-17 Fareham Heathens RFC Match Report Sat 21 January 2023 The contrast between this week, and the last, Romsey RFC 1XV 60-3 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 14 January 2023, could not have been more vivid as Ventnor turned on the style and scored ten tries against an always game Fareham …

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Romsey RFC 1XV 60-3 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 14 January 2023

Romsey RFC 1XV 60-3 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 14 January 2023

Romsey RFC 1XV 60-3 Ventnor RFC 1XV Match Report Sat 14 January 2023 Weather-related transport difficulties, which meant their squad lost two players before the day began, do not excuse another tepid display by Ventnor RFC 1XV when they travelled to Romsey RFC, whose excellent new pitch allowed the game to go ahead when many …

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Portsmouth RFC 2XV 18-8 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 10 December 2022 Match Report

Ventnor RFC 1XV 0-7 Andover RFC 2XV Sat 7 January 2023 Match Report

Ventnor RFC 1XV 0-7 Andover RFC 2XV Sat 7 January 2023 Match Report The scoreline bears witness to a game that was dominated by defence in which the commitment of both sides kept a typically large Watcombe crowd entertained despite the best efforts of the weather, when Ventnor 1st XV play Andover RFC 2XV, in the Counties 3 …

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Portsmouth RFC 2XV 18-8 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 10 December 2022 Match Report

Portsmouth RFC 2XV 18-8 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 10 December 2022 Match Report

Portsmouth RFC 2XV 18-8 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 10 December 2022 Match Report This match represented another disappointing result for Ventnor which masked some of the positive progress the team is making. With further disruptions due to unavailability, illness and a growing injury list, the Islanders travelled with players having to slot into unaccustomed positions …

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