Shanklin took a grip of the oldest rivalry in island cricket through openers Mark Ringer (top left)(38) and James Lucy (29)(right). Spin pair Ben Attrill and 15-year old Fred Gurney checked Shanklin's progress, but some handy contributions from the lower middle-order saw the visitors to a winning 158-8.
Four of Ventnor's top five made starts but with only Hugh Calloway (32) managing to get more than 25, the innings fell away to 139 all out, with Calum Wright taking 3-24 and the evergreen Andy White 2-27.