Battlers of Hastings
Hastings United ended a winless sequence of seven league and cup games last Tuesday (3 October) by upsetting Carshalton Athletic, previously unbeaten in the Bostik League. The 2-0 scoreline at Pilot Field provided a first victory under new manager Chris…
Uncertain Start For New ‘U’s Boss Agutter
Hastings United's uncertain start to the new football season lurched into apparent crisis last week with the exit of further key players, resignation of manager Adam Hinshelwood after a tenure of barely four months, and two more league defeats. Billy…
Plan B: Kids United?
It was on Match of the Day in August 1995 that Alan Hansen made his famous assessment - “You can't win anything with kids”. He was commenting on an early season defeat for Manchester United at Villa Park, when the…
Rowe Sees Red, United Battle In Vain
Forget the goal-fests of last season, the 4-4 draws, the seat-of-pants defending. Hastings United would settle for half the excitement in the current league campaign provided that it ends successfully in promotion. On the evidence of their 2-1 defeat by…
Mind Over Matter: Hastings Tennis Coach Pete Farthing Goes Mental
Peter Farthing is a professional hypnotherapist, trained in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and advanced coaching skills. He offers solutions to problems such as anxiety, addiction, stammering, fear of flying and other phobias. But he started as a tennis coach, and still…
Jada Prepares For Wimbledon Finals
Hastings tennis junior Jada Ani, 13, was attending the Costa Del Tennis camp sessions in Barcelona last week after qualifying to play in the finals of the HSBC Road to Wimbledon Challenge - the biggest national junior tournament in Britain…
Hastings Open – 100 Not Out
It was in September 1911 that the first formal Hastings Bowls Tournament was contested. It was then known as the Hastings and St Leonards Bowls and Quoits Tournament and took place at the Central Cricket Ground in Queens Road over…
Sporting Summer: Holiday Fare
We report elsewhere on the town's present sporting harvest at adult level. But with schools out until September, summer is also the time for junior sporting seeds to be sown and fertilised. There is a wealth of opportunity for kids…
Sporting Summer: The Season So Far
It's been a mixed summer so far for the town's leading sports teams - some victories, some disappointments, and some wait-and-see. Hastings and Bexhill RFC's rugby players should take pride of place. Odd perhaps to include them in a summer…
Indoor Courts For Rye? Play Continues
Most tennis clubs, not just locally but up and down the country, have long abandoned grass for a variety of all-weather artificial surfaces. Exceptionally Rother Meads Tennis and Games Club in Rye, founded in 1922, maintains eight superb grass courts.…