Heathfield & Waldron II 31 St Leonards Cinque Ports 15 (HT 31-3) Ports took a large squad to their first league game of the season, but a number of players were carrying significant injuries which meant there was a need for rotation throughout the match. The early exchanges promised a lot for Ports. Ashley Mountain […]
Two fighters from Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) took part in Kombat Zone earlier this month both having what Head Coach Carl Denne says were ‘great fights’ offering his fighters ‘huge challenges’. Callum Helsdown was first up and had what Carl says was ‘a very tough, hard fight’. “To be honest it could have gone either […]
South Coast Athletico – 3 Sedlescombe Rangers II – 2 After a free weekend the Chopbacks were back in action this week against Sedlescombe Rangers II. The match started very slowly with few chances for either side in the opening exchanges although South Coast came close on a couple of occasions. however, the game remained scoreless. Dan Aldous was brought […]
Newick RFC 34 St Leonards Cinque Ports 15 (HT 19-5) An un-seasonally warm day greeted Ports as they arrived at higher level Sussex 2 club Newick for the last of their pre-season friendlies. Ports were affected by a number of injuries and unavailability and travelled to Newick with only 14 players. Those who did make […]
Hastings United Legends – 3 Manchester United Legends – 2 Chris Casper scores from the penalty spot to make it 3-2 Footballing heroes from yesteryear laced up their boots again for a charity match to help raise funds for St Michael’s Hospice writes Rob Griffin. Stars from Hastings United’s past took on legendary names from […]
Ashford Barbarians 28 St Leonards Cinque Ports 14 (HT 7-7) After their opening friendly with Hellingly was cancelled, Ports travelled to Kent with an extra layer of rust to shake off. The opposition had already played a couple of friendlies, and this showed in the opening exchanges. Ashford carried well and it took strong tackles […]
South Coast Athletico 3 Wittersham 1 The 2019/20 season was finally here and the players of South Coast Athletico were eager to get their campaign off to a winning start. The game started with a high intensity from both teams, each eager to get the first goal early and Wittersham had the upper hand to begin […]
The departure of Neil Sutcliffe as both club Chairman and first team Manager The Chopbacks have had to make a number of changes to the management setup before the start of the new football season writes Tony Cook. First was to install a new first team manager and Sam Cook accepted that role. He needed to rebuild his coaching team […]
Fighters from Gracie Barra Hastings returned from the Brighton Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament with an incredible haul of 15 medals writes Rob Griffin. The team picked up two golds, eight silvers and five bronze medals from the annual event, which featured both gi and nogi divisions. Photographers Noah Moralis, Caivan Namvar and John Rose caught […]
