St Leonards CP – 22 Heathfield & Waldron II – 10 (HT 5-10) Ports hosted a Heathfield team sitting at the top of the league, having already lost the first fixture earlier in the season. Heathfield were slightly short-handed and Ports loaned them veteran Craig Barningham to begin the game in parity. Ports continued to […]
Martial artist Marky Straughan has fulfilled his long-held ambition of fighting abroad – and even came away with a stunning victory writes Rob Griffin. The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu purple belt, who trains at the Gracie Barra Hastings academy in Earl Street, entered the Copa de Bangkok championship in Thailand. And not only did he win […]
St Leonards CP – 18 Rye – 7 (HT 10-7) Rugby is often a free-flowing game, but sometimes like today an arm wrestle between two evenly matched sides can provide real spectacle. With both sides evenly matched in the league in the opening seconds Rye strung together a slick set of offloads and support runs […]
Lewes II – 10 St Leonards Cinque Ports – 48 (HT 10-24) Ports returned to league action with a trip to a Lewes side who had beaten Ports twice the last season. Ports had a competitive squad and despite hosting, Lewes were short-handed with Ports veterans Gavin Thomas and Kim Wan starting the game in […]
Eastbourne II 5 St Leonards CP 22 (HT 0-17) Ports found themselves with a strong squad as they made their Sussex Bowl bow in wet and windy conditions under the lights in Eastbourne. Despite having beaten Eastbourne convincingly in the league earlier in the season, Ports took the field knowing they had never won a […]
South Coast Athletico – 3 St Leonards Social II – 2 Wet and windy weather was the order of the day as St Leonard Social 2nd team arrived to take on South Coast Athletico. Looking for a first win in three league games the Chopbacks found themselves behind early on after poor communication at the back allowed Social to take advantage and […]
Hasting Kickboxing Academy had a team of fighters at Battle of Kent in Gillingham last weekend. The HKAteam scored four wins – two of them by stoppage and two loses. Here Head Coach Carl Denne reviews the performance of his squad on the day. Sanjay Rajan was first up and scored a second round stoppage, […]
For Paul Bridges tradition is important, a lifelong martial artist he believes it’s vital to learn from the best; from those who understand what they are teaching at the most fundamental level. One of the UK’s leading Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructors Paul hasn’t got to where he is today without putting himself through some tough […]
St Leonards CP 25 Eastbourne II 15 (HT 18-10) Ports had started the season slowly with injuries and lack of availability meaning that going into this key league game a radical new front row of Kim Wan, James Daniels and Greg Montier were at the heart of a large Ports pack. Eastbourne brought a large […]
