Hastings & Bexhill recorded their sixth successive win in the Kent 3 League when they travelled to Whitstable last Saturday and won 23-10. Those victories have included four away from home -no mean feat in a league where sides tend to assemble much stronger line-ups when they’re playing at home.

However, 2nd–placed Beckenham also won convincingly away last Saturday, against Tunbridge Wells 2nd XV, so that their final match with H & B on 5 April will not now decide the runners-up spot. The best H & B can hope for is a victory over them on the day to challenge for third place behind them and champions Tonbridge Juddians. Even then, a bonus point win for Sittingbourne over Brockleians would elevate them above the Hastings team in the final league table.

Nevertheless it’s been a superb run of form for H & B that bodes well for the cup fixtures which are still to be played.


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