Sittingbourne XV 5 St Leonards CP 112 With the league ended Ports headed off to Kent to face a Sittingbourne Social XV. The long journey did have an impact though and Ports could only muster 13 people to travel and Ports were unsure of the quality of opposition and despite taking an early lead through […]
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 […]
St Leonards CP 34 Heathfield & Waldron 5 (HT 7-5) Ports recent run of poor form began with a disappointing defeat against Heathfield, and despite the visitors only having 14 players the early exchanges of this game suggested that result was likely to be repeated. Ports lost the ball in contact, and Heathfield dominated territory. […]
St Leonards CP 17 Lewes 22 (HT 0-12) Due to an earlier postponement and a lack of pitch at Hastings, Ports found themselves hosting Lewes at Eastbourne RFC in a ‘double header’ league tie where double league points were available. Despite the importance of the game Ports found themselves struggling for a squad and this […]
Crawley XV 31 Ports 21 (HT 10-14) Ports made their annual journey north to face a Crawley XV under lights. As is traditional Ports opened up their squad to guests from other teams, this year Mike Parker and Max Thomason from Streatham and Croydon and Dan O’Rourke from Bromley pulled on the Ports’ shirt as […]
South Coast Athletico 4 Rock A Nore 1 Saturday February 16th could not come quicjkly enough for South Coast Athletico. It didn’t just mean another football match, it meant the chance to secure the team’s place into the ESFL Wisden’s Sports Challenge Cup final. But first they had to take on higher league opposition Rock-a-Nore at South Coast’s Bexhill College ground. Both […]
Heathfield III 19 St Leonards CP 10 (HT 5-10) After two convincing wins against Heathfield, Ports travelled confidently yesterday with a large squad. Heathfield were strengthened and showed greater steel, but it was clear from the off that Ports were not reaching the form they reached in their two previous wins. While Ports were structured […]
St Leonards Cinque Ports 54 Hastings & Bexhill II 0 (HT 30-0) For a second successive week Ports’ league opposition did not make the trip to 1066 country and hosts and friendly rivals Hastings & Bexhill stepped in to offer opposition for back to back derby clashes. Ports worked through their recent injury crisis and […]
Hastings & Bexhill II 29 St Leonards CP 33 (HT 12-12) An injury crisis at Ports meant they did not complain too strongly at Crawley RFC’s cancellation and instead rapidly arranged friendly against a Hastings & Bexhill XV. The match saw Ports start with a bare XV including a number of players playing out of […]
