The Seaview Project based at the Southwater Centre in St Leonards was deemed to have made such an impact on the community it serves that it’s one of only eight national winners of a GSK/Kings Funds Impact Award this year. Local MP Amber Rudd visited the project last week and met with Annie Whelan, the […]
Two of the town’s beaches have been named as some of the best in the country. Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) has given its prestigious Blue Flag Awards to beaches at the Marina in St Leonards and Pelham Beach won a KBT ‘seaside award’. They are two of just 15 beaches in the South East to […]
St Leonards Cinque Ports RFC held its annual awards dinner at the Sussex Exchange on Saturday night celebrating a season where they had finished fifth after promotion to Sussex Division 3. Forty players, partners and family members were present to see a number of key awards being presented. Chairman Paul Smart spoke about the development […]
Locks Heath Pumas – 75 St Leonards Cinque Ports – 17 (55-10 HT) For the two previous weeks Ports had heavily defeated two touring sides., now they found themselves on the receiving end against a well organised Locks Heath side that had just been promoted to Hampshire 1. The early exchanges were encouraging. Tom Ingram […]
St Leonards/Rye XV 65 Alresford 27 (HT 31-5) After their own ground became unavailable Ports needed to find alternative arrangements to host touring Hampshire side Alresford RFC and Rye came to the rescue with a ground and a shared team. Ports provided the majority of players, but Rye provided dangerous backline runners and strong back […]
Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents 10 St Leonards Cinque Ports 93 The Sea Serpents are Sussex’ newest club, and in two previous meetings with the Ports they were on the end of two convincing defeats. A season of league rugby has sharpened the Serpents and they came into the game off the back of a […]
Heathfield & Waldron III 10 St Leonards Cinque Ports 12 (HT 5-5) Ports found themselves quickly organising a game away to Heathfield, after league opposition Horsham cancelled at the last minute. Despite Ports being a league above, a strong Heathfield team were clearly prepared for the challenge. The early moments were a midfield scrap, Tom […]
Rye 43 St Leonards Cinque Ports 22 (HT 33-12) After a run of good league wins Ports pitted themselves against higher league opposition in a friendly game. Rye hold their own against good quality opposition in Sussex 2 and defeated Ports by 50 points in their last clash. The game started with both sides holding […]
St Leonards Cinque Ports 24 Eastbourne 5 (HT 12-5) What was nominally a home game for Ports was moved to Eastbourne, this was not a major concern after a 31-5 win earlier in the season at Eastbourne and Ports having an impressive backline available to them. The level of concern did rise though when the […]
