FOOTBALL
Fan Park On The Pier While spectator sport remains largely confined to digital images with limited audience capacity, Hastings Pier is about to stretch those limitations to the ultimate. Its decking above the waves will be the setting for big-screen…
Train against the dying of the light
By Nick Pelling After a 55th birthday you would probably think the pressure to have the body beautiful eases off a bit. Surely we can all just relax into our wrinkles and laugh at joggers from inside the pub. But…
FOOTBALL
United in Transition By Nick Pelling Hastings United Women and Girls team have won the Sussex County Womens Football League in their first season of existence. A thrilling 4-3 victory over nearest rivals Montpelier Villa at Pilot Field earlier this…
TENNIS: Mission Accomplished
Doug Keen, the charismatic American who doubles as Calvary Chapel minister in Silverhill and Amherst club tennis coach, will be returning to his native country next month after 21 years in Britain, the last 15 spent in ; PICTURE: Dave…
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: 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…