CRICKET: Back To The Middle
Amateur sport of any kind is still only allowed nationally under the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic if it involves a gathering of no more than six players and there is no close contact between any of them. But those…
Council Sports Facilities
No Sport, Please, “Keep Hastings Safe” HIP reported in the article, Stink Over Toilet Closures on 2nd June 2020 that, with national lockdown restrictions gradually easing, the tennis courts and golf courses of local clubs had reopened from mid-May, subject…
TENNIS: On the Rebound
Before 8am on the morning of 13th May, residents in homes around Amherst Gardens, Hastings may have woken to sounds they hadn’t heard for nearly two months – the crisp snap of rackets on balls, the duller thud of the…
GOLF: Out Of The Rough
In Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Lysander complains that “the course of true love never did run smooth.” Roger Hyder, director of Beauport Park Golf Club since September 2018, could be forgiven for transposing the saying: his love of a true…
FOOTBALL: What’s In A Badge?
Pride, Passion, Purpose, says Billy Wood With no on-field contests or controversies to get worked up about over the past two months, and any further progress on the projected move to Tilekiln (see Hastings United Submit New Stadium Plans) some…
FOOTBALL: Hastings United Submit New Stadium Plans
The board of Hastings United has submitted formal plans to the borough council’s planning department for its proposed new stadium at Tilekiln. The 12-acre site off Queensway, the freehold of which belongs to the council, currently accommodates a trio of…
Bring Back Sport – But For Whom?
France is preparing to ease its lockdown from next week, re-opening some schools, public transport and public libraries. Social gatherings up to a maximum of 10 people will be allowed, and small shops can trade again. Social distancing in the…
FOOTBALL: “Positivity” At Pilot Field As Groundsman Returns
Players, directors, backroom staff and supporters of Hastings United could all be forgiven for wallowing in a combination of outrage and self-pity after the club’s Betvictor Isthmian League 2019/20 campaign was declared null and void at the end of March.…
Sport In The (Home) Cinema – Ten Films To Watch
My top ten sporting films listed below range across nearly 40 years of cinema and a wide cross-section of sports. They are a personal selection that won’t please every taste. But I believe that each of them reveals something essential…
FOOTBALL: No Fruits Of The Season?
Hastings United will challenge FA decision to expunge results The Premier League and English Football League have yet to decide how to resolve their unfinished schedules. Supporters of Liverpool (waiting to celebrate their first league title in 30 years) and…