FOOTBALL: Managing Disappointment
Who would be a football manager? Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino experienced the highest of highs last week as each guided their respective teams, Liverpool and Spurs, back from the dead in Champions League semi-finals to win famous victories. Literally…
SAILING: Boat People
On Saturday 25th May, as part of the Royal Yachting Association’s annual initiative Push The Boat Out, Hastings & St Leonards Sailing Club is holding an open day. Adults and children (from age five upwards), whether complete novices or with…
FOOTBALL: Not Going Up
Hastings United drew a crowd of 1,123 - the biggest at Pilot Field for over six years – for their Bostik League play-off semifinal on Monday night. But for the home supporters it was as miserable an experience as if…
ROWING: Ruling The Waves
Formed in 1868, Hastings Rowing Club may not be quite the oldest sporting institution in town - some form of cricket was being played by the Priory Club at the Central Cricket Ground from 1864 - but it can legitimately…
RUGBY: Cup Challenge for H&B
By Peter Knight Hastings & Bexhill RFC face their toughest challenge of the season, as they prepare to take on Horsham in the final of the Bob Rogers Sussex Cup. East Grinstead RFC are hosting the event on Saturday 27th…
GOLF: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Roger Hyder, director of Beauport Park Golf Club, is back where he started his professional career. In his early 20s he was senior assistant pro here before being headhunted to the East Sussex National in Uckfield. Now, having made a…
FOOTBALL: Calculators at the Ready
After Hastings United’s 1-1 home draw with Hythe Town last Saturday they need just three points from their last three games in the Bostik League South-East to qualify for the promotion play-offs in the week beginning 29th April. Two of…
RUGBY: Heroic H&B Fall Short
Beccehamian 31, Hastings & Bexhill 24 By Peter Knight They came, they fought and though they did not conquer, Hastings & Bexhill gave their all - as they have done all season. Only a win in the final match of their…
HOCKEY: Season Of Redemption For Saxon Ladies
This time last year the South Saxons Ladies team were relegated from the Sussex Premier League by the very last hit of the 2017/18 season. A year on, the tears were only of joy as they stormed back to win…
FOOTBALL: Peaking For the Play-Offs?
Hastings United notched a fourth successive Bostik League victory at Pilot Field last Saturday, overcoming tidy but limited opposition from visitors Ramsgate to win 3-0. This followed a 3-1 away win the previous Saturday at Three Bridges, where the ‘U’s…