CRICKET
Old and New at Horntye Grassroots sport was effectively halted in the first months of this year, wiping out the season’s schedules for football, rugby and other winter games. But the easing of outdoor restrictions under Prime Minister Johnson’s ‘roadmap’…
Walking Back To Happiness
By Nick Pelling Bob Claridge is an unlikely football star, given that he is 83 years old. But ‘Granite Bob’ is a keen member of the Hastings 1066 Walking Football Club. The club usually plays on the fenced-off six-a-side pitch…
FOOTBALL
Lower Leagues Take Centre Stage The East Sussex and Mid Sussex Leagues sit at the twelfth tier and beyond of the English football pyramid. But with the regional leagues above them – in Sussex, the three divisions of the Southern…
FOOTBALL: From Roker to Podcaster
Chris Laverick recounts his journey as football fan I’ve always been keen on my football. I was born in West London, but funnily enough my first experience of live football was watching Sunderland, as my father’s family is from the…
The Return of Sport
Yesterday (Monday 29th March) was a date in the diary that seems to have been long in arriving for all frustrated sports enthusiasts. Across the country, followers of football, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis and other games have spent months watching…
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…
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…
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…