The Sea at Hastings: A Sails Pitch
The sea created Hastings as a fishing port and base for defending against invasion - the famous Ann Bonaventure ship, manned by a Hastings crew, fought against the Spanish Armada. The sea also provided a forum for local smugglers to…
The Wall Goes Up – Bohemia Nets Major Heritage Lottery Grant
The Bohemia Walled Garden Association The Bohemia Walled Garden Association has been awarded a grant of £97,000 to complete its restoration and development of the unique Victorian garden situated in the middle of Summerfields Wood off Bohemia Road. Rectangular in…
Grassroots football in mudslide
You look from a distance. The green sward stretches invitingly between sets of goalposts across the level playing field. Could be a perfect surface for skilful flowing football. Look closer and, if you're well booted, dare to tread. Your feet…
Winning at tennis: 10,000 hours to spare?
In his best-selling book Outliers American author Malcolm Gladwell promoted an arresting thesis. Prodigious performances, he declared, whether in the arts or in sciences in any other spheres of human activity in which they can be documented, do not stem…
Football: No summer holiday for new United boss
Although the football in France may be dominating our TV screens this month it's holiday time for those footballers not participating. Opportunity for rest and recuperation, rehab for torn hamstrings and dodgy knees, more time with the family. Time for…
Cricket in Hastings: Young Talent to Watch
If you don't have a satellite dish you won't have watched any live international cricket on your home TV since 2005. If you live in Hastings the nearest venue to watch senior county cricket is Hove - Sussex have not…
Table-tennis in Hastings: Enjoying a low profile
Back in the days when wooden bats came with rubber pimples, table-tennis was seen as the universal sport for youth. Tables were set up typically in youth clubs and church halls. As a miniature version of tennis which required agility…
Winning at tennis: 10,000 hours to spare?
Olivia Stapley hitting at Amherstcredit Ben Hamilton In his best-selling book Outliers American author Malcolm Gladwell promoted an arresting thesis. Prodigious performances, he declared, whether in the arts or in sciences in any other spheres of human activity in which…
The Matchmaker of Whitefriars Road
In a modern gym what you tend to notice first is the equipment: the exercise bikes, the weight-lifting contraptions, the rowing machines, the treadmills. They crowd the floor; their steel shafts gleam enticingly. The users seem overshadowed by these instruments…