Vagabonds Rugby Union Club-RUFC Ballafletcher Sports Field, Braddan,, IM4 4RJ Vagabonds was established in 1965 as Douglas High School Old Boys by school master John Timson, and was made up of current and former players from the Douglas High School rugby team. With no grounds of its own it quickly adopted the name of Vagabonds. In 1980, the club moved to Glencrutchery Road and in […] Read More
Valkyrs Hockey Club Queen Elizabeth II High School, Douglas Road, Peel, IM5 1RD At the end of the 1950s, Hockey, on the Isle of Man, was not a popular sport. The Thursday mixed hockey league had been associated with half-day closing of offices, shops and firms, but Saturday was now becoming the principal day off. As a consequence the Saturday mixed league was established in the 1961/62 season. […] Read More
Viking Amateur Boxing Club-ABC Victoria Road, Douglas, IM2 4AE Isle of Man Amateur Boxing is made up of two clubs. The Manx ABC, and the Viking ABC boxing club which has been affiliated and active since 1999 and is currently based in Victoria Road, Douglas. Over the last 10 years they have travelled to compete in South Africa, Miami, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Poland and Denmark. […] Read More
Vikings Badminton Club National Sports Centre, Groves Road, Douglas Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with four events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, and women’s doubles, with mixed doubles added four years later. Read More
Vikings Hockey Club National Sports Centre, Groves Road, Douglas, IM2 1RB Nobody knows where the name Hockey comes from. It is possibly a derivative of hoquet, a Middle French word for a shepherd’s stave because the sticks used look a bit like a shepherd’s crook. Another suggestion is that the name derives from the use of cork bungs, (stoppers) in place of wooden balls to play […] Read More
Vintage Motorcycle Club Knock Froy Road, Santon, IM4 1JD A chance to meet up and ride with like minded enthusiasts. The Club is involved with the Manx Rally every August and the Jurby Festival of Motorcycles. https://www.jurbyfestival.com Read More
