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…
FOOTBALL: Dixon – Hero and Villain
Hastings United have begun their 2020/21 campaign with two home matches at Pilot Field: a 1-0 FA Cup win over Herne Bay on 12th September followed by a 0-0 draw with Cray Valley Paper Mills in the opening Isthmian League…
CRICKET: Batting Frailties Exposed As Short Season Ends
By Ian Gillespie Hastings Priory finished the truncated 2020 season with a resounding 135-run defeat by local rivals and group winners Eastbourne at Horntye Park in their final August Cup fixture on 29th August. The result sent Hastings to the…
FOOTBALL: Competitive Season Starts At Pilot Field
First competitive match of season 2020/21 for the Hastings United men’s team will take place at Pilot Field on Saturday (12th September) when they entertain Herne Bay in a preliminary round of the Emirates FA Cup. The crowd will be…
GYMS: Two Gyms Emerge from Lockdown
Under guidance issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport earlier in the month, indoor gyms were permitted to reopen from Saturday 25th July. Members of the SSN gym in Battle Road were back in there early that…
FOOTBALL: Spectators back at Pilot Field
Football returned to Pilot Field as a spectator sport last Saturday when Hastings United hosted Folkestone Invicta in a pre-season friendly. Under Football Association guidelines which apply until 31st August, numbers attending were limited to not more than 15% of …
FOOTBALL: United Prepare But For What?
The majority of last year’s Hastings United squad have re-signed for the 2020/21 season together with some heralded new recruits, and embarked on a series of pre-season friendly games from the beginning of this ; Off the field, both energetic…
CRICKET: Priory Come Up Short
East Grinstead 201 for 8; Hastings & St Leonards Priory 192 After victory over Mayfield by one wicket in an opening friendly last month, then a 9-run win over Hayward’s Heath on 1st August in the first August Cup match…
FOOTBALL: October Resumption At Pilot Field?
The government and the Football Association (FA) have together come up with different solutions for the resumption of elite football, on the one hand, and of grassroots play, on the other, as the pandemic recedes – see the main feature…