HOCKEY: Tough Travelling
South Saxons Mens, Womens and Mixed teams were all in action over the weekend despite the desperately wet weather. In South East Mens Division 1 (East), the Men’s first team, captained by Lloyd Williams, travelled to Rochester to take on…
HOCKEY: Saxons Honour Sophie Ford
Eighteen year old Sophie Ford, a much loved first team player for South Saxons Hockey Club, tragically lost her life in a car accident on the A21 in October 2023. In her memory, the club has established an annual award…
TENNIS: Amherst Ladies Rule
There’s both strong local rivalry and shared camaraderie in relations between the tennis players of Amherst, whose club courts sit squarely in Hastings, and those of The Green, a mile or so west in St Leonards. Anthony HickeyAmherst captain Nikki…
TENNIS: Local Teams Seek Promotion
The Green men’s first team virtually ensured their promotion from the third to the second division of the TDS Ultra Sussex Winter Doubles League when they defeated Preston 3-1 last Sunday in their final match. The St Leonards club were…
FOOTBALL: Dissent Punished in Derby Defeat
3 February: Kingstonian 1, Hastings Utd 3 6 February: Hastings Utd 0, Horsham 2 10 February: Hastings Utd 1, Lewes 3 HUGH SULLIVAN A comfortable away win for the ‘U’s at Kingstonian on 3 February elevated them to fourth in the Isthmian Premier League table. Two…
FOOTBALL: Home Comfort for United
20 January:Carshalton Athletic 2, Hastings Utd 1 27 January:Hastings Utd 2, Hashtag Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United’s ten-match unbeaten run came to an end on 20 January when they lost 2-1 at Carshalton. However, they remain sixth in the…
FOOTBALL: Chalmers Comeback Boosts United Prospects
1 January:Cray Wanderers 0, Hastings Utd 06 January:Cheshunt 2, Hastings Utd 313 January:Hastings Utd 2, Dulwich Hamlet 2HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United have stretched their unbeaten run to ten games since they lost at home to Canvey Island on 25 November.…
CRICKET: Priory Set to Return to Horntye for 2024
Sussex Premier League cricket is set to return to Horntye Park for at least one more season following the withdrawal of plans for the Hastings & St Leonards Priory club to relocate permanently to Claremont School (see page 3). Dave…
ATHLETICS: Spring Ahead
CHLOE LEFAY January is cross-country season. At the Sussex county championships at Bexhill earlier this month, athletes and coaches from Hastings Athletics Club (HAC) revelled in a positive exhibition of team spirit, showing the good atmosphere that prevails throughout the…
TEAM SPORTS – 2023: Highs and Lows of the Competitive Year
HUGH SULLIVAN Football It’s been a tumultuous year off the field for Hastings United. The quashing of the long-pursued ambition of owners Daren Burney and Peter Sherlock to relocate the home stadium from Pilot Field to Tilekiln led not only…