St Leonards CP 15 Crowborough II 19 (HT 12-7) During the reverse fixture at Crowborough, Ports shipped 60 points, the home tie saw a strong Crowborough side who are solid in second place arrive to face a Ports side that was missing some key personnel and were playing full-back Chopper Gooders in the back row. […]
Ten martial artists from Hastings competed in the inaugural Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu Jitsu UK National Championships writes Rob Griffin – and they all made the podium! The talented GB Hastings team scooped two gold, five silver and three bronze medals at the event in Wolverhampton. Paul Bridges, the academy’s head instructor, said he was hugely […]
St Leonards Cinque Ports 73 Heathfield III 14 (HT 42-14) After two close defeats Ports faced a Heathfield team that travelled with only ten players. Ports loaned them Chris Challinor, Rob Fink and Mike Hutchins in the first half – the game being played 14 v 13. Despite the clear numerical advantage Heathfield started brightly, tough tackling […]
Hawkhurst Utd II 3 South Coast Athletico 3 At the weekend the South Coast Athletico traveled to play Hawkhurst seconds with a couple of key players unavailable. It was perfect weather for football and the squad was looking to get back to winning ways in the league. Hawkhurst had other ideas however fielding a first team striker and midfielder […]
St Leonards Cinque Ports 29 Hellingly II 31 (HT 17-14) Historically these clashes have been very close and this tie was no different, Ports were bolstered by a number of Hastings & Bexhill players as part of their ground sharing relationship and had a sizeable and experienced squad. Ports as typical, were structured and organised, […]
Rye 38 St Leonards CP 19 (HT 12-19) These two sides only met two weeks ago and it was clear that Rye were stung by the defeat, a strong Rye squad faced Ports but for 25 minutes things looked very different. Ports started with real structure, Rye’s big runners were shackled by big tackling from […]
Two leading martial artists are joining forces to give their students an extra set of skills writes Rob Griffin. Paul Bridges, head instructor at Gracie Barra Hastings, and Ed Lofts of the Fitness Loft are putting on a series of masterclasses at each other’s schools. While Bridges will provide a 16-week introduction to Brazilian Jiu […]
•Scroll to bottom of page for video link Last Saturday saw Carl Denne stage his ninth Hastings Kickboxing Academy Fight Night. Feedback from those who attended confirm it was Carl’s biggest and best show yet with the night’s final showdown between local favourite Marlon Gillett and Michael Samperi who’d travelled from Italy specially for HKA […]
Rye RFC 21 St Leonards Cinque Ports 27 (HT 14-10) Ports had started the newly structured Sussex Division 3 East with three defeats, all away from home, they continued on the road this week, but only the short hop to Rye. Rye had suffered two defeats too but had bested a Lewes team that ran […]
