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CRICKET: Chastening Defeats for Priory
18 July: West Chiltington & Thakeham 231 for 9; Hastings & St Leonards Priory 181 all out25 July: Priory 237 all out; Haywards Heath 238 for 3 HUGH SULLIVAN After their encouraging win against…
HOCKEY: Saxon Men Clinch Title, Women on the Brink
The South Saxons men’s team have stormed to the Martlets league title for 2024-25 with two matches to spare. Defeating their closest challengers East Grinstead 3rds 3-1 away last Saturday,…
TEAM SPORTS: Another Sporting Dawn at Horntye?
HUGH SULLIVAN The Horntye estate currently provides the town’s primary cricket ground and only current hockey pitch alongside a pavilion complex and large sports hall. Its trustees, the Hastings and…
CRICKET: Scowen Leads From The Front
11 May: Hastings Priory 316 for 5; Roffey 306 for 9 18 May: Hastings Priory 204 for 8; East Grinstead 104 all out HUGH SULLIVAN Hugh SullivanHarry Scowen after century at Horntye The…
CRICKET: Priory Set For Horntye Return
HUGH SULLIVAN The cricketers of Hastings & St Leonards Priory will start a fresh Sussex Premier League campaign tomorrow (Saturday) when they travel to Horsham side Roffey. The next day…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Housing, Not Amusements Dear HIP With reference to Year of Shutdown for Owens Refurbishment (HIP 241), what Hastings needs is housing, not a huge indoor games complex. How many…
Playing Pitch Strategy Document Still Awaited
Dave YoungHorntye Pavilion Speaking in the Hastings Borough Council (HBC) debate concerning the future of Hastings United football club, Green party councillor Claire Carr called for a “proper new town-wide…
Stadium relocation “not viable”
HUGH SULLIVAN On Monday (6 June) the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council – newly reappointed as per our narrative on page 1 - will review the report of Chief Executive…
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…
FOOTBALL
Horntye to Claremont – Plans on Display Display boards illustrating the projected moves of Hastings & St Leonards Priory Cricket Club and South Saxons Hockey Club from Horntye Park (off…
ARCHERY: The Oldest Sport?
Cave dwellers carved them in pictures, Stone Age tribes hunted with them, they were key weapons for ancient armies in battle. Whatever else they symbolise, bows and arrows embody a…
ARCHERY: I Join The Bowmen
Storms Ciara and Dennis have been shrieking overhead on recent Saturday afternoons at Horntye, lashing the South Saxons hockey players on the astro turf outside with horizontal rain. Not quite…
CRICKET: Priory Ladies Make A Game Of It
Hastings & St Leonards Priory Ladies 136 for 1; St Peters, Brighton 137 for 1 Hastings & St Leonards Priory Ladies cricket team suffered their second defeat of the season on…
CRICKET: Horntye – BOWLED OUT
Hugh Sullivan talks with Priory chair John Morgan It’s a Friday night at the beginning of February, and snowing outside, but John Morgan, chair of Hastings & St Leonards Priory…
HORNTYE: Cricket, Hockey Clubs Stay Put
A year ago it all looked so promising. The directors of Hastings United FC and trustees of the Horntye estate were proceeding with a joint venture to sell off their…