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Charity Cricket Match Ventnor CC v Ventnor RFC Saturday 14 August 2022 On Saturday 14 August 2022 Ventnor RFC will play against Ventnor CC in a charity cricket match at Steephill cricket ground. Following on from the Charity Cricket Match Ventnor RFC v Ventnor FC ...
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Charity Cricket Match Ventnor RFC v Ventnor FC Friday 15 July 2022 This Friday (15th July 2022) there is a charity cricket match being played at Watcombe between Ventnor Rugby Club and Ventnor Football Club, starting at 6pm, in aid of a Ukrainian Orphanage. Many ...
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What a game! This was cup rugby at its best with both teams playing with huge intensity and equal sportsmanship so that the large crowd at Watcombe, in the Hampshire Shield Semi-Final- bolstered by the travelling support from Aldershot and Fleet – were treated to ...
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It was Storm Dennis that led to the postponement of this game in February, but it was another storm of equal magnitude that greeted a strong Fawley RFC side as Ventnor completely dominated this match with a brilliant display of physical intensity and rugby skill. ...
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Two words sum up the feeling at the end of this game, but as one of them is unprintable, we will have to resort to just one: FRUSTRATING! After another game in which they played all the rugby, Ventnor just failed to beat a strong ...
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Locksheath Pumas RFC 1XV 22-14 Ventnor RFC 1XV 22 February 2020 – extended match report When Locksheath scored within a couple of minutes of the kick-off, there was concern that this could be a long afternoon for Ventnor. But not a bit of it! Playing ...
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Locksheath Pumas RFC 1XV 22-14 Ventnor RFC 1XV 22 February 2020 When Locksheath scored within a couple of minutes of the kick-off, there was concern that this could be a long afternoon for Ventnor. But not a bit of it! Playing with the wind, the ...
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When Tottonians RFC 2nds visited Ventnor RFC in late September last year, two of their players left the ground in ambulances – Harry Morse with a neck injury and Todd Arnison with a leg break. Tending them both during the wait for the ambulances was ...
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Playing against a stiff breeze, Ventnor started strongly and were unlucky that, after a sustained attack, the final ball from Sam Lines to Alex Enache just went to ground with the line begging. However Portsmouth soon set out their tactical plan, playing ten-man rugby and ...
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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 ...
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This was an excellent performance from Ventnor who have started the new decade in style. Despite missing some regulars such as Adam Pratt, Dominic Marsh, Harry Colson and George Finan, from the first whistle Ventnor were on the front foot, putting together phase after phase ...
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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 ...
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This derby match was scrappy at times but always entertaining for the large and vocal crowd. Ventnor started strongly with excellent play from their forward pack that gave scrumhalf Louis Malkin plenty of time to choose his pass and get the outstanding Sam Lines and ...
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Ventnor started this game at real pace and camped deep in Chichester’s half for a long period with the drives of Cameron Griggs and Harry Colson prominent. Under this constant pressure, the visitors came offside and Max Wheeler slotted the penalty to take a deserved ...
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After many players made themselves available for our home game against Trojans RFC 3XV Warren Riches and myself were tasked with putting a team together for Ventnor’s 2xv first home game of the season. After tough negotiations and a team sheet and the bribe of ...
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This was a terrific match in which Ventnor went toe-to-toe with Southampton University Hospitals RFC, the league leaders and ended disappointed that they couldn’t snatch a deserved win. In difficult conditions, both teams played quality rugby but it was Ventnor who came out of the ...
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The match kicked off in driving rain (a reminder of the conditions when Ventnor travelled to Locksheath last year) and immediately the home team found themselves on the back foot as the Pumas drove close to the ruck and it took some pretty heroic defence ...
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After two impressive consecutive performances, this was a disappointing fall to earth for a Ventnor side who travelled to Fawley RFC with a strong side. In foul weather and a howling wind in their faces, the islanders never got a foothold in the game where ...
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This game represented a real statement of intent for Ventnor, invigorated by the excellent win against Southampton in their last match. The match was dominated by two defences who never shirked or relented but it was Ventnor who came through to win emboldened by a ...
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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 ...
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On a very windy day at Watcombe Bottom, Ventnor 1XV hosted Tottonians 2XV in what looked to be a very exciting game.It was from the offset a game with great energy shown from both sides.The scores were opened up by the away side, great support ...
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Unfortunately, due to injuries and absences, Ventnor RFC were only able to travel with 13 players this week. 2 of which were in their 50s. However, this did not deter them, and so lead to one of those games the players will be talking about ...
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A Performance of Promise by Ventnor Without several first-team regulars, Ventnor put on a promising performance in a loss to Romsey in their first Hampshire Division One game of the year where the final score was hardly a reflection of their quality in many aspects ...
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It was another sunny day at Watcombe Bottom as Ventnor RFC took on Isle of Wight RFC in the Hampshire Plate. With it being the opening game of the season for both clubs, it promised to be it’s usual competitive derby clash. A minutes silence ...
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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 spirits with referee Matt Edwards ...
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Ventnor RFC cheque presentation to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance Ventnor Rugby Club recently hosted one of the checkpoints for the Isle of Wight Randonnee, held on 5th May 2019. The Wayfarers Cycle Touring Club carried out the marshalling for the 3,000 that ...
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The last home game of the season for Ventnor proved to be one of the most entertaining, with end to end rugby on the fast, hard track. Both sides started well with strong running lines and hard tackles, in a fixture that both sides had ...
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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 ...
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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] After a hard fought loss last weekend on the road to Southampton RFC, Ventnor were keen to return to winning ways in their penultimate home game of the season. The game started well for Ventnor, with Andrew ...
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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 ...
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