GOLF: The New Head Pro:
Still Aiming For Glory Paul Nessling, who was appointed last month as head professional at Sedlescombe Golf Club after arriving initially in June, has a distinguished pedigree in sporting circles of Hastings and Rother. Paul Nessling in action His dad…
GOLF: Local Clubs Boom Despite Covid-19 Restrictions
Golf is a sport that could have been invented for social ; So, it’s no coincidence that up and down the country it has been booming in the plague year of 2020. That is certainly so for local golf…
FOOTBALL
Covid Rules Frustrate United Hastings United were back in action twice last week after five weeks of lockdown lay-off. Neither game will live long in the ; Last Tuesday, in an FA Trophy cup-tie away to Isthmian North team Aveley on…
HOCKEY
Saxons Competitive When Allowed For the first team players of South Saxons hockey club, both men and women, this month’s lockdown interrupted upturns in form. The men’s team, retaining their status in the Kent/Sussex 1 regional division of the South…
FOOTBALL
Going So Well It was all going so well for the players, management and supporters of Hastings United. Five successive league wins sending them to the top of the Isthmian League table; advancement in the FA Trophy and Sussex Senior…
FOOTBALL
United Host SheGoals Project Believing that the Beautiful Game transcends all social barriers, Hastings social enterprise Eggtooth is combining with the United club to promote a new project in women’s football. The title they have given it is SheGoals –…
FOOTBALL
Strikers Hit Form Hastings United 3,FC Romania 0 Hastings United scored only one goal and conceded none in their first four games of the season – three 0-0 draws after a solitary strike by midfielder Jack Dixon defeated Herne Bay…
FOOTBALL: Denied At The Death
Ebbsfleet United 2, Hastings United 2(Ebbsfleet win 4-1 on penalties) Hastings United came within a couple of minutes of a notable FA Cup scalp last Saturday, only to concede a 30-yard belter in added time and then lose in the…
SWIMMING: Seagulls Back in the Water
For the swimmers of the Hastings Seagull Swimming Club, and for their parents, coaches and administrators, Covid-19 conditions have changed everything. Distancing and hygiene rules at Summerfields, and at other pools they use at Battle Abbey and Rye, require protocols…
TENNIS: Sussex Doubles Leagues Start – Then Stop
This winter’s Tennis Sussex (TS) men’s and women’s doubles leagues resumed at the beginning of this month as the first form of competitive tennis in the county since March. But not for long. After a decision of the TS Leagues…