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 the game very quickly as they only arrived off the coach …
Match report Ventnor RFC 2XV The Lions 41 – 12 Tottonians RFC Vets Ventnor RFC 2XV “The Lions” 41 – 12 Tottonians RFC Vets Tottonions RFC 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 …
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 continue their development, co captains Jac Stemmet and …
Match report Ventnor RFC Lions 2XV 35-33 Locks Heath Pumas RFC 2XV 15/09/2018 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 …
Match report Ventnor RFC XV 20-30 Cheshunt RFC 12/05/2018 On Saturday, Ventnor played host to touring side Cheshunt RFC. 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 …
Match report: Southampton RFC XV v Ventnor RFC 2nd XV 14/04/2018 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 …
Match report: Ventnor RFC 2nd XV v Alton RFC 2nd XV 07 April 2018 Ventnor RFC 2nd XV 31-10 Alton RFC 2nd XV It may have been a cloudy day down at Rew Valley, but nothing was going to overcast the focus or determination that Ventnor had set the target to get that big win …
Ventnor RFC Magazine Winter 2017 edition The Ventnor RFC Magazine Winter 2017 edition is available now. Only the second issue of the quarterly magazine for Ventnor RFC, published by Kaitango Publishing, this edition is a bumper 72 pages (22 pages more than the first edition of the Ventnor RFC Magazine Autumn 2017). The Winter 2017 …
Ventnor 2nd XV 5 v 40 Kingsclere XV Kingsclere who haven’t been to Ventnor since they dropped out of the Hampshire leagues, arrived with a full squad, medical team, media team & coaches. They were not there to make up the numbers! In comparison Ventnor had to dig deep to get their team out, fielding …
Southampton 2nd XV 37-48 Ventnor Lions Written by Andy Teague With the 1st XV having a week off the mighty Ventnor seconds made the long journey over to Southampton on Saturday to take on a strong Southampton side. A strong start to the first half showed Ventnor had learnt from previous games with Captain for …
Trojans 3rd XV 74-7 Ventnor Lions, 07/10/2017 Ventnor Lions travelled to Southampton to play Trojans for their second league fixture. In the week before the match, team Captain Grant Richardson would have been very optimistic with the team available to him. Towards Thursday this declined through various reason including work commitments, tooth ache and first …
Match Report Petersfield 3’s v Ventnor Lions 23/09/2017 Ventnor Lions travelled to Petersfield for their first game of the season and the first of five consecutive away games. The game started badly for Ventnor with 2 quick try’s for the home team which was mainly down to the lack of experience shown by some of the …
Ventnor seconds played Portsmouth 4 in this tough merit table clash. The game was typically physical with both sides putting in big hits. Ventnor welcomed back from injury Winter, Newbury, Cripps and Rogers who all put in a massive shift. The first half ended 0-0 and the second half was where Ventnor began to dominate …
Finally a side traveled to Ventnors 2nd XV. Fawley only had 12 and as the rule states we either have to lend them players or we play with 12 as well to make it fair. Ventnor had the wind in their sails from the start with and early try from Jacobus and the game carried …
Locks Heath Pumas RFC 2nd XV 7 – 7 Ventnor RFC 2nd XV With only 14 people on the boat – one of which being Nolan Winter, the new captain running on to the boat and an ill thought out fancy dress theme, this looked to be a typical Ventnor II away day. The squad …
Ventnor RFC 1st XV 42-8 Southampton RFC 1st XV Continuing their good start to the league this season, Ventnor gained another win at home this week against a strong Southampton side. Unlike the previous two games in which Ventnor started on the back foot and conceding early on, they took to the pitch ready to …
Hampshire Division 2 Fawley RFC 31-38 Ventnor RFC 1st XV Ventnor 1st team travelled to Fawley this week for a game that was always going to be physical from start to finish, and came out on top with their heads held high. With a few absences from the team fielded last week and players in …
Ventnor RFC 2XV 22-18 Basingstoke RFC Cavaliers With the sun shining on the south coast of the island the season got off to a terrific start thanks to two teams playing the game exactly the way it should be played. Strong running and support are bywords for the way Ventnor RFC 2XV like to play …
Southsea Nomads RFC 17-34 Ventnor RFC 1st XV 12 April 2014 Ventnor RFC 1XV‘s last game of the season was also Danny Newbery’s last game as captain, and so Ventnor wanted a big win! Southsea Nomads RFC had the starting kick which Dan Bell, returning from Exeter University, caught and ran through pitiful tackle attempts …
Ventnor 1st XV 32 – 0 Locksheath Pumas Ventnor’s final home game of the season had the glittering title of being a revenge game as they looked to settle a score with a team that they lost to on the away fixture. Locksheath also had something to fight for as they were still mathematically in …
Ventnor 1st XV 7 – 14 Petersfield 1st XV Ventnor’s penultimate home game was the biggest game of the year for them against a nye-on unbeaten Petersfield. The team returned to full strength, with players like Todd Riches, Chris Dobbas, and Sam Pickard returning from other priorities. There was a big crowd at Watcombe Bottom …
Fawley 34 – 14 Ventnor Ventnor traveled with only a bear 15 players to a team who sat 1 place below them in the league. Despite this Ventnor were keen for an upset and kicked off to immediately have a run at the try line. Unfortunately the referee deemed flanker Harrison Marsh to be holding …
Aldershot & Fleet 0 – 61 Ventnor 1st XV Ventnor travelled to the mainland this week to face Aldershot & Fleet on another sunny day perfect for Ventnor’s style of rugby. With a short warm up and a change of pitch after the original had craters dotted about the game started with the home side …
Ventnor 13 – 7 Chineham Ventnor again produced a winning result against a team who literally put up a fight. The game started with some bruising hits from both sides, an early indication of the nature of the game ahead. The first points were not scored until the 25th minute as Damien Marriott slotted over …
Stoneham RFC 0-78 Ventnor 1st XV Ventnor, having been forced to travel with a make shift squad, where still able to run out convincing winners against bottom of the table Stoneham. With 12 players missing due to personal commitments on what was supposed to be a spare weekend and only having played one game since …
Petersfield II 49 – 12 Ventnor II On a surprisingly good pitch in unsurprisingly terrible conditions Ventnor II took on a very powerful Petersfield II team and learnt a lesson in the importance of playing regularly. This was Ventnor II’s first game since November and, while there was no lack of endeavour or effort, the …
Locksheath Pumas 10-5 Ventnor 1st XV Ventnor were away to Locksheath Pumas this week and again were a victim to their own downfall. For the second time this season having to travel in their kit ready to play and with little warm up and without their regular captain, Todd Riches took charge to face a …
Ventnor 1st XV 32-25 Fawley 1st XV Ventnor kept their home record intact with a hard fought battle against a physical Fawley side. The home side did not get off to the best start with letting the visitors get an early 5 points with an error made by Jake Babington allowing their winger to score …
Chineham 9-15 Ventnor 1st XV This week Ventnor travelled to Chineham and came away with a big win against a strong opposition. Ventnor travelled with 17 men all of who were in kit already as there was no time to change and barely time to warm up as they had got the later ferry. Even …