Wisden Junior Cup Final Victoria Baptists 1 South Coast Athletico 3 The final game of South Coast Athletico’s second season had arrived, the opponents were Eastbourne’s Victoria Baptists, the match was the final of the Wisdens Sports Junior Cup and the ground was Hastings United’s. The two teams had already played each other twice during the season, Baptists leading by two goals in […]
News that The Jerwood Gallery will be relaunched this summer as Hastings Contemporary has been given a warm reception by the new gallery’s Artist Patron Sir Quentin Blake. Artist and Hastings resident Sir Quentin said: “I could never have imagined, many years ago when I bought my ancient house in Hastings, that one day there […]
While a lot of attention has been focussed on a feature in Sunday’s Observer about Hastings Pier, over in Brighton, writing for The Argus, Adam Trimingham has his own thoughts which are sure to be controversial no matter which side of the debate you sit on. Has the owner of Hastings Pier taken on too much? […]
There’s another chance to join Hastings Greenway Group this weekend and join a walk that will take-in a route from the Conquest Hospital to Alexandra Park following the route of the greenway. To be part of the walk those wishing to join it should meet at the Coffee Box cafe at Kings Church, opposite the […]
It’s been lying empty and unused for more than 30 years but this week Hastings MP Amber Rudd was given a tour of the Observer Building in Cambridge Road and was told about the plans to bring in alive. Ms Rudd heard that White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures (WRNV) are hoping to put the Observer Building […]
More than 50 people turned up on Saturday morning to help clear rubbish from Speckled Wood in Ore as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great Spring Clean. Cubs and scouts from the 4th Hastings group based in Ore joined their parents and more than 40 local residents along with their children and dogs. Between them […]
Hastings Pier will reopen on Monday according to its owner. And Sheikh Abid Gulzar has reassured the town that he and his team remain 100 per cent committed to the town’s Victorian, award-winning pier. This morning he has asked the community ‘to bear with him’ in his bid to make the iconic site a huge […]
He’s only just 16 but Billy Joe Fitzgerald is already marking his mark in the world of full contact kickboxing. On Saturday night, in just his second full contact fight and matched against a strong and very able opponent Billy Joe notched up his second decisive win. His opponent was Jack Johnson from TKO and […]
St Leonards CP 47 Crawley 0 (HT 26-0) After Ports had taken the journey to West Sussex twice this season, it was much appreciated when Crawley brought a sizeable squad for Ports’ final league game of the season. Ports were not extending the charity to the pitch though, from the initial kick off Max Olujobi […]
