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 …
Pre-season friendly Ventnor RFC v Southampton RFC Sat 27 August 2022 match report The long wait is over and rugby has returned to Watcombe Bottom! With the pitch looking magnificent owing to the efforts of James Blake, there was much anticipation, with new head coach Jason Evans joining Fergus Kenny and Clive Cardwell-Hill and some new …
Pre-season friendly Ventnor RFC v Southampton RFC Sat 27 August 2022 Ventnor RFC play a pre-season friendly at Watcombe against Southampton RFC on Saturday 27th August. Kick off is at 3pm. There’ll be rolling substitutions with several exciting new Ventnor RFC players on view. Then the season starts for real the following weekend (3rd September) …
Ventnor RFC at Southampton RFC Touch Rugby Competition 2022 A Ventnor team did the club proud yesterday at the Southampton RFC Touch Competition, Saturday 23rd July 2022. Entering into the true spirit of the tournament, Ventnor RFC entered a team containing guys and a gal (thanks Claire) with ages ranging from 13 (Jayden) to …
This was a disjointed match in which a combative Southampton team played a full part based on a game-plan of spoiling Ventnor’s possession and challenging the offside line at every opportunity. Ventnor started slowly – possibly still emotionally charged from the minute’s silence given to in respect for the family bereavement of Alan Whitehouse, a …
After three promising but ultimately disappointing performances, Ventnor travelled to Southampton with a team featuring several members playing out of position. Things didn’t bode well when Southampton started strongly and only excellent tackling from Dean Magnurson, Ben Savill, Alex Morton and the ubiquitous Dominic Marsh kept them out before Ventnor began to establish themselves through …
Some last minute call offs meant that, with thirteen players, Ventnor travelled to Overton in hope rather than expectation. And so it appeared after an early try from the hosts. But, to their great credit, Ventnor fought back and, after a storming break by Marsh and good work by Gough and Teague, Cooper burrowed under …
Match report Southampton RFC 2XV 34-26 Ventnor RFC 2XV 2 March 2019 Ventnor’s Mighty Lions (Ventnor RFC 2XV) travelled away to Southampton RFC 2XV. 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 …
Match report Southampton RFC 1XV 45 -30 Ventnor RFC 1XV 2 March 2019 Despite scoring 5 tries away from home, Ventnor were unable to seal the victory away to Southampton RFC 1XV. After winning the coin toss, Southampton RFC opted to play with the significant wind in the first half. This looked like a great decision after …
Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV v Southampton RFC 1XV 03/11/2018 Ventnor RFC 1XV 63 – 22 Southampton RFC 1XV In the dwindling autumn sun, Ventnor have the home crowd another win to cheer about. The game started hesitantly from Ventnor as the mental challenge of playing against a side short of full numbers …
Ventnor on Track with home win Southampton RFC 17-19 Ventnor RFC 1XV Sat 12 March 2011 Ventnor RFC 1XV won a Hampshire One game they threatened to dominate before nerves and poor tactics had them praying for the final whistle. Victory means their fate is in their own hands as the season draws to a …