Fifty members of Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) graded last weekend and according to chief instructor Carl Denne there were some ‘fantastic achievements’. Carl says that gradings don’t just grade the children in the actual martial art but also helps them to understand things like time keeping for events, making sure they have everything they need […]
It might be one of the newest football clubs on the local scene but South Coast Athletico has big plans for the future. This week the club has announced a significant investment in filming equipment which it intends to use for the majority of its games in the 2018/19 season. Equipment includes a camcorder that can […]
Parkfield 3 South Coast Athletico 7 Goals galore yesterday as the Chopbacks finally played their fixture against Parkfield at the Eastbourne Sports Park. The Chopbacks nearly took an early lead but poor communication between Connor Easton and Jack Bloomfield meant the chance went begging. It wasn’t long after though before Easton put South Coast in front, […]
Crowhurst 0 Hollington United 1st 7 Scott and Andy took the 1st team on a short trip to play bottom of the league Crowhurst in their Premier league encounter and as expected, things went true to form………eventually. With conditions not exactly ideal, and once again missing key players, the Lions were down to a bare […]
Rye 43 St Leonards Cinque Ports 22 (HT 33-12) After a run of good league wins Ports pitted themselves against higher league opposition in a friendly game. Rye hold their own against good quality opposition in Sussex 2 and defeated Ports by 50 points in their last clash. The game started with both sides holding […]
It was a sad weekend for the footballing community of Hastings with the death of Chris Tutt writes Dave Grass. Although we don’t think that he ever appeared in a Hollington Utd shirt, Chris was a very talented footballer – up there with the best that this town has produced. Our thoughts are with his […]
South Coast Athletico might be Hastings’ newest senior football team but this year the club – only in its second full season – is chalking up some big wins. But how did South Coast Athletico come to be known as the Chopbacks? Well we’ve dipped deep into the murky history of the town to find […]
Sovereign Saints 3 South Coast Athletico 4 This weekend saw the Chopbacks travel to Eastbourne to face Sovereign Saints II in what would turn out to be a closely contested game. There was a minute’s silence before kick-off in memory of the father of one of the Sovereign Saints players who had died last weekend. […]
St Leonards Cinque Ports 24 Eastbourne 5 (HT 12-5) What was nominally a home game for Ports was moved to Eastbourne, this was not a major concern after a 31-5 win earlier in the season at Eastbourne and Ports having an impressive backline available to them. The level of concern did rise though when the […]
