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Injury to Negi compounds Priory woes 18 JUNE:Match drawnHastings & St Leonards Priory 195 East Grinstead 182 for 9 25 JUNE:Lost by seven wicketsHastings & St Leonards 248 for 9Three Bridges 254 for 3 A home defeat by Three Bridges last…
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21 May:Hastings & St Leonards Priory 173;Middleton 175 for 1 28 May:Bognor Regis 130;Hastings & St Leonards Priory 76 Despite valiant performances by John Morgan with both bat and ball, Hastings & St Leonards Priory were well beaten in their…
2021 The year in sport
By Hugh Sullivan, Ben Cornwell and Peter Knight The year began in lockdown and ends with renewed concern over social contact indoors and mass spectator gatherings. Covid-19 continues to cast its shadow. Nevertheless almost all forms of local sporting activity…
Horntye to Claremont: why we must move
John Morgan, chair of Hastings & St Leonards Priory Cricket Club, explains The Priory cricket club and South Saxons hockey club are two of the town’s leading sports institutions. We each see the projected move from Horntye Park to Claremont…
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Status Retained Priory Coach Ian Gillespie reflects on a successful season The pre-season aim at Hastings & St Leonards Priory was to build on the 2019 promotion by holding our own in the Premier League. We’ve done that. And the…
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Against all odds Thrilling Victories Boost Priory League Hopes 21st August:Won by one wicket:Brighton & Hove 102;Hastings & St Leonards Priory 106-9; 28th August:Won by three wickets:Cuckfield 239-9;Hastings & St Leonards Priory 242-7 On 14th August Hastings Priory won their…
Sport at Horntye: Past and Future
PETER FINCH, chairman of Horntye Park Management Company which acts as sole trustee of Hastings and Rother Sports Trust, explains the history of the former Central Cricket Ground at Priory Meadow, its replacement at Horntye Park, and why a further…
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Priory Win Big Haywards Heath 94;Hastings & St Leonards Priory 97-2 Last Saturday Hastings & St Leonards Priory celebrated their first win in the Sussex Premier League since early May when they routed Haywards Heath by an eight wicket margin.…
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Dilshan De Soysa: A Sporting Journey De Soysa, a 26-year-old recruit from Sri Lanka, has played all 12 games for Hastings & St Leonards Priory in the Sussex Premier League this season, making valiant contributions with both bat and ball…
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The Finch Factor 12th June:Hastings & St Leonards Priory 250-8; Haywards Heath 224-9 19th June:Brighton & Hove 181; Hastings & St Leonards Priory 104 The Hastings side remains with only one Premier League victory this summer after contrasting games over the…