With this being the last ever Ventnor 2nd XV game due to being thrown out of the Merit League, Foxie pulled out all of the stops to get a bumper team together to go out with a real bang. Surely nobody would want to miss out on such a momentous game as...
Ventnor RFC hosted touring side Harwich and Dovercourt RUFC to kick start preparations for the new 2019/20 season starting in September. Both teams played with mixed squads to get as many players game time as possible. The game was played in fantastic...
Ventnor’s Mighty Lions travelled away to Southampton RFC. Going from 11 to 8 players 3 hours before kick off, they knew it would be a tough day. However, they managed to beg to borrow and steal a few players from other clubs to eventually arrive with 13 And get...
Ventnor Mighty Lions played Sandown and Shanklin Hurricanes 2nd team this past Saturday on a wet and muddy Watcombe Bottom. This was a much anticipated local derby as the two teams haven’t been in the same league for a couple of years and the last time they met...
Ventnor’s young Lions show the way! With a side containing all but 1 player under 30, Ventnor put on a great display of running rugby with 9 tries away from home. Travelling up to Chineham is never an easy game and Ventnor had to show great defensive prowess to...
Ventnor RFC 2XV 19 – 58 Trojans RFC 3XV The Mighty Lions returned to the field after a two weeks rest to face Trojans 3XV at Watcombe Bottom in a rearranged fixture as Trojans couldn’t put a team out the previous week. The week starting off promising with a total of...
Farnham RFC 4XV 29 – 5 Ventnor RFC 2XV In torrential conditions, 11 mighty Lions travelled up to Farnham in this rearranged fixture. Boulstered by former Islander, now Andover player, Jason Corney and given 2 players by the opponents, Ventnor looked to get into...
Ventnor 2XV “The Lions” 41 – 12 Tottonians Vets Tottonions arrived hours early hoping for an early kickoff but instead had to take in the sights and sounds of Ventnor as they couldn’t access the playing field whilst Ventnor had to wait for all...
Ventnor 2XV 0 – 59 Fordingbridge 2XV Ventnor 2XV proved their depth of players with still being able to field a good, full team despite injuries meaning a lot of players travelling with the first team. With a lot of players trying out new positions as they...
Ventnor RFC Lions 2XV 35 – 33 Locks Heath Pumas RFC 2XV 15/09/2018 The Ventnor 2nd team, the Lions, hosted Locksheath Squirrels at Rew Valley on Saturday. It was clear from the word go that Locksheath was a well drilled young side guided by two or three old...
Ventnor XV v Cheshunt RFC On Saturday, Ventnor played host to touring side Cheshunt. The sun baked ground at Watcombe Bottom gave the game a bit of an edge as both teams were a bit nervous of contact on the harder pitch. Cheshunt had a self enforced law of not being...
Southampton RFC XV 60-10 Ventnor RFC 2nd XV Reporter Stuart Babington Ventnor 2s travelled to Southampton for the last game of the season on a joint away day for both teams. The side were a good mix of young and old with 3 of the players equally more than 150 years!...
Ventnor RFC Magazine, Issue 12 Summer 2020
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