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Whether you watch, play, help organise, coach or simply enjoy reading about it, sport touches virtually everyone’s lives and our aim at Sussex Sport is to entertain and inform you about sport in this great county of ours. We continue to get extremely positive feedback from our first three issues – you have written to tell us you love the quality of the journalism, the variety of interesting articles, even the quality of print! Thanks for that, from everyone associated with Sussex Sport. Our letters page which you can find on page 7 is just the forum to discuss the magazine and sport in general. We hope you enjoy it.
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There simply aren’t enough pages to cover everything that is going on in the county and we always need your help. If you think your club or someone you know who is making a name for themselves, locally or nationally, deserves some exposure get in touch. It’s your magazine remember. We cover everything from the Albion and Sussex CCC to grass-roots and if you contact us with a good idea expect to see it on the pages of a future issue. Email editorial@sussexsport.co.uk This month we focus on one of the biggest sporting events in the Sussex calendar – the Brighton Half Marathon on February 20. Around 8,000 runners will be pounding the streets, many of them running for good causes, and we have spoken to three of the athletes to get their life-affirming stories as well as organiser Becky Stevens, for whom organising the event is a full-time job, about her hopes to make the event even bigger. With Albion heading we hope for promotion we talk to defender Marcos Painter, one of their most consistent players this season. 2011 began with a fantastic Ashes victory for England’s cricketers in Australia and we caught up with Sussex’s Matt Prior, who played a key role in the success. Look out too for features on Olympic swimming hopeful Charlotte Wooliscroft, East Grinstead hockey club – the most successful team in the country – and cage fighter John Hathaway from Brighton whose sport is one of the fastest-growing in the world and who has fought in front of 17,000 fans in the last year. Our regular columnists Tony Cottey and Michel Kuipers give us their unique take on the Sussex sporting scene and our regular schools’ feature this month spotlights Hurstpierpoint College.
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A big thank-you once again to the growing number of leading local companies who as advertisers have supported us in this issue. With a further increased readership of 150,000 throughout Sussex I feel very confident that Sussex Sport will prove to be a shrewd marketing investment as well as providing assistance in promoting sport in the county. Our job of making the magazine more widely available is ongoing but we have a great subscription offer in this issue for individuals and clubs. From April, we will be publishing on a monthly basis so now is a great time to get involved with the magazine, whether you want to publicise your sport or club or get your message across to the sportsmen and women of Sussex by advertising with us. Thanks for reading,
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CONTENTS Page 7
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Letters
Crawley Town FC
Your say on what's in Sussex Sport
Old Trafford here we come!
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Page 41
Tony Cottey: comment
Plumpton/Fontwell
Cotts on the month's big talking points
Cheltenham preview nights
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Cricket Meets Football
Meet three runners with inspiring stories
Merse and Kerry in Sussex
Cage Fighter
Sussex hero on his Ashes triumph
John Hathaway's on a mission
Seb Rodgers
Bats made order in the garden shed
Decathlete's dedication to the job
We have a fabulous Canon IXUS 105 camera to give away in each issue for the best photograph and article we receive. You don’t have to be a professional photographer – just send us a quality picture of something or someone to do with Sussex sport and a few words to accompany it.
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Charlotte Wooliscroft
East Brighton Golf Club
Swim star's Olympic ambitions
The course Piers plays
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Since our first issue hit the streets we have been inundated with news of events and personalities as well as information about rising stars to feature in future issues of Sussex Sport. Now here’s a further incentive to get in touch with your sports stories.
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Woodstock Cricket
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Matt Prior/Toney Cottey
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Send us your stories and photos!
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Brighton Half Marathon
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Active Sussex
Wickers Gymnastics Club
People, personalities and places
Getting bigger and better
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Disabled Sports/Tennis
East Grinstead Hockey Club
Disability football special
Champions indoors and out
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Falmer Update
SussexSport Calendar
Time to chose your seat
What's on and when
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Marcos Painter
A to Z
Albion defender eyes promotion
Every club and league in Sussex
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It could be of your team, a rising sports star in your family or even an action shot from a game. It doesn’t matter what sport or what level – professional or amateur – as long as it has a Sussex theme. Not only will we publish your efforts in our next issue, you could also win a fabulous camera with which to take even more great pictures. Email your submissions, together with a story of not more than 200 words, to editorial@sussexsport.co.uk All photographs supplied must be a hi-res jpeg suitable for use in a magazine format. We look forward to receiving your pictures!
Sussex FA How you can show some Respect Page 37
Kuipers Crawley keeper on their Cup run
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Your Say
We welcome letters on any subject relating to the magazine or sport in Sussex Please email them to editorial@sussexsport.co.uk or by post to: Kent and Sussex Sport, 3 Ridley Court, Pound Hill, Crawley RH10 3DH. We reserve the right to shorten letters for publication.
I used to attend Warden Park School and have to say that for a state school their commitment to sport was always outstanding. That was about 20 years ago and it was great to see in that they continue to punch above their weight in a variety of sports compared to private schools who obviously enjoy more funding. Well done to Warden Park’s sports staff and pupils and congratulations to Mike Donovan for his excellent article about their achievements. J Pearson, Haywards Heath How good it was to read about all the unsung heroes honoured at the Sussex Sports Awards. Recognising the big names of sport is easy but men and women who operate at grass-roots level, with kids or disabled athletes and often unpaid, deserve more credit. The logo of the awards is ‘a reflection of excellence’. How true that is. Congratulations to all the award winners; coaches, volunteers and competitors. A Salts, Brighton Great to see a nice piece about Des Lynam in Sussex Sport. As everyone knows Des is a massive Albion fan and when I see him at Withdean he always stops to chat about the way the team are playing. Some of the bloopers he has made over the years which you featured were absolutely hilarious! PB, Hove What I like more than anything about Sussex Sport is that you cover different sports rather than just the obvious ones like football and cricket. In your last issue I was interested to read about the triathlete Elisabeth Brama and Emily Llewellyn, the three-day eventer. These are two young people who are
both obviously committed to their sports and their dedication to achieving their goal can only be admired. I wish them every success in following their dreams. R. McCarthy, Eastbourne
what an impressive magazine. It is a must read for all true sports fans in the county and the professional content and appearance can only be admired. Congratulations to all involved in producing this outstanding effort. I don't know what your publication intentions are but will you be providing some form of opportunity to subscribe? J. Stone, Bexhill John – you'll find subscription details within this issue. Our next edition will be out in the first week of April and the plan after that is to go monthly.
England’s Ashes win was a fantastic start to 2011 and congratulations to Matt Prior for the part he has played. Matt must be the most improved international cricketer of the past two years and those of us at Sussex who have followed his career for the last ten years are thrilled for him. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer man. I only wish I could have been in Sydney when he scored his hundred and we won the Ashes. How about something from Matt in Sussex Sport? Lesley Seymour-Groves, Hove Happy to oblige, Lesley. Look out for our tribute to Matt within this issue.
I was secretary of a Brighton League football club for many years in the 1960s and will never forget the kindness Ron Reeve showed me when May I congratulate James I was ‘learning the ropes’ in the days Boardman for his outstanding before we had computers and secretarial photography in your last issue, in work, even for a modest Saturday football particular the portraits of Emily Llewellyn team, was all done with pen, paper and and the yard at Gary and Jane Moore’s post. I was delighted that Ron received racing stables. I’m no expert (I can hardly point my digital camera in the direction of the Torch Trophy – it could not have been awarded to a more deserving person. the subject) but great pictures definitely enhance a magazine like SussexSport. Thanks for highlighting the work he has Debbie Reynolds, Brighton done for football in the county in Sussex You can see more of James’s work at G Atkinson, Lancing Sport. www.boardmanpix.co.uk
The quality of the articles in Sussex Sport is excellent. As a Guardian reader I always look at Paul Weaver’s columns and it’s great that he is contributing to your magazine. Well done to all concerned on a great product – long R Boddie, Seaford may it continue. Paul lives in Hove and has covered Sussex sports for over 30 years. He will be writing a regular column for the magazine from the next issue.
I attended the Sussex Cricket OSCAs ceremony and was delighted to see the coverage in SussexSport. These people do so much fantastic work nurturing the greatest game in the world at grass-roots level and it is great to see their efforts being recognised. Thanks also to Ollie Rayner and Chris Nash who came along and entertained us before the awards. Not quite Morecambe and Wise yet but not bad! A.Walsh, Shoreham
I have read all three issues of Sussex Sport and think is has gone from strength to strength. The most enjoyable article in the last issue was Tommy Bennett, the young tennis player, and especially the bit where he confesses to shouting “Who’s the Daddy” when he wins an important point in one of his matches! It is great to see young people like Tommy and others getting some much-deserved recognition and publicity as they follow their dreams. Good luck to each and every one of them! Paul Fox, Worthing
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Former Sussex batsman Tony Cottey casts an amusing eye on the SussexSport scene It really is an exciting time to be involved at Sussex County Cricket Club. The new season is only two months away and as an ex-player I feel really lucky to be back at the club when there is so much positive activity. When asked, I’ve always likened Sussex to the old Nottingham Forest side managed by Brian Clough. They always punched above their weight, winning European Cups, league titles and League Cups in abundance against such wealthy clubs as Liverpool and Manchester United at home and Cologne, Ajax and Hamburg abroad. Sussex has achieved unparalleled success over the last seven years, winning the County Championship in 2003, 2006 and 2007, the C & G Trophy at Lord’s in 2006, the 40-overs League in 2008 and 2009 and the Twenty20 Cup in 2009. This has been achieved on a much smaller budget than the big hitters such as Surrey, Lancashire and the other Test match counties. When you factor in the home-grown players that have played a huge part in this success such as James Kirtley, Jason Lewry, Robin Martin-Jenkins, Mike Yardy, Matt Prior, Chris Nash, Andrew Hodd, Carl Hopkinson, Ollie Rayner, Will Beer, Ben Brown and Joe Gatting it really is a huge success story. I’ll throw another football analogy into the mix. I signed as a player in 1998 with Peter Moores at the helm. He sold me a dream of a five-year plan during which time he believed he could take Sussex from the bottom of the Championship to champions. This was done with a mixture of great work ethic, fantastic team spirit and also an understanding of what a great tradition and history Sussex enjoys. In short, he made you feel very proud to wear the six martlets. When Pete departed in came Mark Robinson, who had been coaching the second XI, to oversee the most successful period in the club’s history. The football analogy? Sussex had developed something similar to the old Boot Room at Anfield where Bob Paisley replaced Bill Shankly and Joe Fagan readily carried on the Liverpool tradition after him. Off the field it has been just as exciting. We are undergoing a total ground redevelopment, featured in this issue, which will be virtually finished for the start of the new season at the end of April. We have a fantastic new hospitality facility on the south-east side of the ground. The Boundary Rooms can cater for 50 to 300 seated guests and are available for seminars, parties, weddings, engagements and club dinners and have attracted great feedback during 2010. We have also held some great dinners with Paul Merson, Phil Bennett and Robert Croft speaking at our “When Cricket meets….” dinners last year. On Thursday March 3 we have Bob Champion, famous for his Grand National victory on Aldaniti, joining us for “Where Cricket meets Racing.” At the southern end of the ground the framework for the new stand is already up as is the new impressive South West Stand which will seat over 1,700 spectators. The Members Pavilion has had a total refurbishment. The “Long Room”, otherwise known as The Jim Parks Bar, can accommodate 200 guests and the newly furnished dining room (Dexters) will be available for breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The ground floor will house our fantastic new museum. There is also activity at the Indoor School with a state of the art gym and pool added to the dressing rooms complex. There is an opportunity for businesses to sample what it is like to face Brett Lee and Shane Warne as we have set 12 days aside for corporate team-building events. These will include a net session facing the bowling machine and Merlin, an innovative spin-bowling machine. There will also be a Sussex-type warm-up and an indoor game followed by hospitality. I will be running these events alongside a Sussex player and any companies interested can contact me at the club. The Boundary Club, Sussex’s new networking lunch club, has flourished and has over 60 members and we are still accepting more. As you can see, it really is an exciting time to be involved at Sussex and I hope we see you at the PROBIZ County Ground in 2011 when Sussex aim to add to their already bulging trophy cabinet. www.sussexsport.co.uk March 2011 | SussexSport ■ 9
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Race director Becky Stevens has high hopes for the 21st Brighton Half Marathon. After a year working on making the event happen, Stevens will watch the 8,000 serious, semi-serious and fun runners from across the country and the continent, pitter-patter and stagger 13.1 miles for charity and self-esteem on Sunday, February 20. Becky will be keeping her fingers crossed that The Sussex Beacon‘s primary annual fund-raiser will: • Raise £85,000 for the HIV clinical care centre. • Be a big step in putting the city on the running map. • Provide the impetus which ensures the event will grow in size to the level of the prestigious Bath and Reading Half Marathons. The first aim is feasible given that the 2010 race raised £80,000 for The Sussex Beacon but the next two are more ambitious. Mention of Sussex’s seaside city can conjure up images of holiday makers mixing with cool locals in restaurants, clubs, bars, music venues and shops, all intent of having a good time. Becky, who works for The Sussex Beacon, says: “I love the Half Marathon. It’s brilliant. There are not many charities that organise a race of its size. There are a lot of elements to pull together involving the police, the AA, Brighton & Hove City Council, volunteer marshals, paramedics and more. We want an enjoyable race which will encourage runners to return and others to join. For instance, for the more serious runners it is a good time to run as preparation for the Brighton and London Marathons.
Around 8,000 runners will line up for the Brighton Half-Marathon. Mike Donovan speaks to race director Becky Stevens, who aims to make the event bigger and better and to three competitors about their hopes for the race
“When I was working at the Brighton & Hove City Council events office years ago, the race had 2,000 runners. I hope we can have 12,000 next year and then move up to 15,000 like Bath and Reading. It’s good for the city to have a race of this size. It has made such an impact and is growing in popularity.” Becky is confident that the new, flatter route - mainly along the seafront - will produce personal bests by the bucket load. The likes of Olympic champion Sally Gunnell and Norman Cook, aka DJ Fatboy Slim, have taken part. Actor and comedian Steve Coogan started the race which has come a long way since it was first put on by the city’s athletics clubs Brighton and Hove, Phoenix and Arena 80. Everyone it seems are glad they did. Adam Bates, Brighton’s head of tourism and leisure and one of this year’s runners, said: “It gives the city the reputation as a healthy place. It brings people in to spend money which is good for local employment. I’ve done a few half marathons and a couple of marathon and it makes me feel better.” Robin Parfitt, a chef at The Sussex Beacon, is running for the first time. “I felt it was time to take on a physical challenge, and the Brighton Half Marathon seemed like the perfect opportunity as it supports the charity I work for. I currently split my time between preparing healthy meals for everyone at the centre and training for the race – really looking forward to the big day, come down and cheer me on!.” Fiona Powell, who won the women’s race last year while Hertfordshire’s Dave Wardle took the men’s crown out of the county, also hopes she can produce a second successive personal best. She said: “I started running when I moved to Brighton and it has become a regular event for me because I really enjoy it. What do I remember last year? It was cold wet and windy!” Perhaps the sun will shine on the righteous this year.
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CORINNE Ellison will compete in the Brighton Half Marathon after a hole-in-the-heart operation
The amateur athlete and qualified nurse and midwife wants to show there is life after major surgery and she goes in feeling like “a new woman” and convinced running saved her life. Brighton-based Corinne was diagnosed last January and had the operation in the summer. She said: “I was quite shocked and it took a while for the reality to sink in. I was fit through my sport and only 28. The symptoms manifested themselves during the Berlin Marathon in September, 2008. I felt awful and so tired. I put it down to the heat but a series of tests revealed I’d been born with a hole in my heart. “The consultants told me I could have dropped down dead if it had gone undetected, like when I did a 16-mile training run the day before my diagnosis! They said my heart was starting to fail because I’d been pushing it so hard with marathon, half-marathon and triathlon races. Then I couldn’t do any exercise - apart from a short walk - while they waited six months for my hole to be big enough for the surgery to be done. “It wasn’t the fear of the operation that was troubling me, more that I could not do what I loved doing. It drove me round the bend. Running is part of who I am. I couldn’t even do my midwifery because of the physical side of the job. “But the experts kept me going by telling me I could get back my fitness. I have taken it slowly and now I’m able to run again this year, starting with the Brighton Half Marathon. I was determined to take part and now I feel like a new woman and a better athlete who can run a personal best. Running saved my life. It brought the problem to the surface quicker than it would otherwise have done. I have been lucky.” Corinne will run to raise funds for Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease charity.
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ANDREA FOX, who spends each morning hosting the breakfast show on Brighton’s Juice FM 107.2, has proved she is prepared to step outside her comfort zone
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Graham Brooks, 78 and one of the oldest competitors in the race, was born just a few miles from Mandela in South Africa and while he was working his way up from political activist to prisoner 46664 to president of South Africa to a muchloved worldwide icon Graham carved a career in chemical engineering in England while playing squash and developing a passion for long-distance running. He has returned to his homeland twice to compete in the 56-mile Comrades Marathon on a stretch of road out of Durban known as The Land of a Thousand Hills. Graham reckons the Brighton event is a “walk in the park” by comparison. Indeed, he views it merely as preparation for April’s Paris Marathon where competitors are given red wine to drink on the last mile. He said: “I have run Brighton about six times in the past ten years. I used to go faster and although my body’s strong I have to accept I can only go as fast as my heart allows. It is a walk in the park compared to the Comrades Marathon, which is very up and down and you run up to 2,000m above sea level and are kept going by Coke and chocolate. Your body is like a car engine and needs to be re-fuelled. You have to put the strength in your legs and get your body accustomed to running for ten-and-a-half hours doing halfmarathons and a marathon distance every Sunday. You don’t ‘hit the wall’. You just don’t notice it. Similarly, I’m building up for Paris with 10k runs in January and half marathons like Brighton in February and three 20-milers after that.”
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Graham, who this year will also compete in the Seven Sisters Marathon, the Three Forts Half Marathon and a 10k in Newhaven, has no plans to stop. He might even carry on until is 100. He says: “Running is in the blood. It’s like breakfast - something you do. I’ll go on as long as my body lets me. Two years ago I was up against a 98-year-old Sikh in the Edinburgh Marathon. I’m a spring chicken compared to him but running when I’m 100? We’ll see.”
She guested with the Gully’s Girls dance troupe before Albion took on Millwall at Withdean last season. But pomspoms and a pink-and-white striped football shirt will be replaced by a bright lime green running top and trainers come February 20 when she will line up with 8,000 others for the start of the Brighton Half Marathon along Madeira Drive. She says: “I’m an addict for going outside my comfort zone because I get bored. I also do stand-up comedy. I was petrified of dancing in front of the football fans. The lovely girls taught me a routine to Cheryl Cole’s Fight For This Love, which I believe is about her marriage. I was thinking about the freezing cold not cheating husbands though! But the half-marathon will be a bigger challenge, lasting around two hours rather than three minutes. Most of my time in Brighton is spent in pubs, clubs and music gigs as opposed to jogging along the seafront. “I was never sporty at school or university but wanted to get fitter in my adult life. I’d mastered the gym, boxing training and swimming but never running. Ten minutes and I’d be bored out of my mind. The Brighton Half Marathon people came in to the station to launch it and on a whim I said live on air I’d do their race. There was no way I could wriggle out of it. “There have been low points like attempting my first hill climb. It was up Wilson Avenue and I kept stopping and when I did the distance in training and reached Saltdean I thought ‘why am I doing this? But when I got back to Brighton I didn’t feel too awful and said to myself ‘I can do this’. It’s been useful getting my strength up in the gym, having a training partner and giving up booze, apart from my birthday! It will feel like I have achieved something when I get over the line.”
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The Brighton Half Marathon is approaching fast, and if you are one of the 8,000 runners expected at the start line to run the 13.1 miles on 20th February then you are in the final stages of your training now. There has been a lot of hype about the 2011 race with a range of partners, sponsors and supporters announced over the last few weeks, training days taking place and ambassadors keeping us up-to-date with their training progress. The Brighton Half Marathon is one of the most popular and longest established seafront races, the first major city half marathon of the year and the perfect training race for all spring marathons so its popularity is no surprise. Everyone is invited to get involved and help celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Brighton Half Marathon so make sure that Sunday 20th February is in your diary! The main race starts at 9am, with both the start and finish line on Madeira Drive. General public places are sold out but limited Sussex Beacon VIP Bond Places are still available so this is your last chance to enter. Go to www. brightonhalfmarathon.com to register online or phone 01737 814 844 to secure your place now and contribute to raising valuable funds for The Sussex Beacon. Entries to the 1 mile Youth Races are still open. Another way to get involved is through volunteering so if you want to do something for charity and actively help to make the race a successful and unforgettable event for runners and spectators alike then get in touch with Lisette Glanvill on 01273 694 222 or send an email to lisette.glanvill@sussexbeacon.org.uk. There are various roles available to suit your lifestyle and the amount of time you can commit. The Brighton Half Marathon is organised by and the main fundraiser for Brightonbased charity The Sussex Beacon, a unique centre providing innovative services to meet the changing needs of people living with HIV. Go to www.brightonhalfmarathon. com for further details, registration, route maps, road closures and results. You can also join the Facebook page www.facebook.com/BrightonHalfMarathon or follow ‘BrightonHalf’ on Twitter.
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Tony Cottey Former Sussex batsman Tony Cottey on comparisons with Paul Collingwood – and his contempt for Kevin Pietersen A couple of years ago I was paid one of the biggest compliments of my career. I bumped into someone who remembered a couple of decent seasons I’d had as a young player with Glamorgan and he asked me why I’d never been picked for England. “Not good enough” was my honest reply. “Nonsense” he said, “I always thought you’d have had the same career as Paul Collingwood.” I was chuffed to be compared favourably with Colly, as I have the utmost respect and admiration for the career he has carved out for himself at the highest level. Colly and I probably share a very similar approach to batting. I think we both decided early on in our careers that we were no Viv Richards or Kevin Pietersen (more of him later!), so we worked out what our strengths and limitations were and played to both. Colly just had that bit extra and was able to carry out his plans on the biggest stage. He was always the man for a crisis and seemed to come alive when England were 100-4 rather than 350-4 which is testament to his character and steely nerve. Even his retirement was all about what was best for the team. He could have hung on and given the selectors a dilemma for the next 12 months, but realised that would only be pinching a year from the Test careers of Eoin Morgan or perhaps Ravi Bopara. His decision proved that, right to the very end, his only thoughts were for English cricket. Which brings me onto Kevin Pietersen. What a shambles of a man. What type of bloke chooses the very moment that England retain the Ashes down under for the first time in 24 years to dredge up a scandal that he created two years ago? Apart from his double hundred in Adelaide, Pietersen has been a bit-part player in the series and that would have been killing him so he thought cheap shots at Peter Moores would get him some headlines. It told me all I needed to know about a bloke who is so desperate for credit that he tried to turn his sacking as captain into some sort of act of martyrdom that led English cricket to new heights. The man is seriously deluded and stands for everything that is the total opposite of what marks Collingwood out as such a great team player. I was delighted that Jimmy Anderson, England’s most influential player in the series apart from Alistair Cook, decided the day after Pietersen’s rant to credit Peter with basically rescuing his Test career, such was the confidence he showed in Anderson who had very much lost his way at Test level when Pete was England coach three years ago. Pietersen should have taken a look around England’s dressing room and realised that the likes of Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Chris Tremlett were all given their Test debuts by Peter, whilst the one-day and World Cup-winning t20 squads contain many more players nurtured by the former Sussex coach. The only thing that matches Pietersen’s bitterness would be Peter’s total and absolute pride in watching a team he played a major part in developing winning the Ashes so comprehensively. His silence in response to Pietersen’s selfish and petulant outburst spoke volumes.
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Prior so Proud The lows made Ashes high even more special for Matt
Pictures: Graham Morris (www.cricketpix.com)
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the ashes Sussex's Matt Prior says last month’s Ashes triumph was made even more special because of some of the setbacks he had to overcome to be part of the first England team to win in Australia for 24 years. Prior played his 40th Test match when England completed a 3-1 triumph in Sydney and he scored what was the fastest Ashes hundred by an Englishman since Ian Botham at Old Trafford in 1981. But three years ago, after a poor series in Sri Lanka, Prior was replaced for the tour to New Zealand by his former Sussex team-mate Tim Ambrose and did not win his Test place back until 2009, when England lost 1-0 in the West Indies in Andrew Strauss’s first series as captain. “My career has been a massive journey and it’s not just been highs - there have been a few lows as well,” said Prior who made his Sussex debut 11 years ago. “But I think it’s the lows that make this so special. If this happened every day, it wouldn’t feel the same. It’s the work that you put in, the hard times that you have been through that made it so special for every single person who was in that dressing room when we won the Ashes.” Since his recall Prior has not looked back. He averaged 50.40 after finding his form with the bat in the last two Tests and took 23 catches, a testament to the accuracy of the English bowlers but also the continued improvement in his wicket-keeping which can be traced back to 2009 when Prior got back into the side and began working with former England ‘keeper Bruce French. England’s most capped Test cricketer Alec Stewart knows all about the pressures of keeping wicket and being expected to contribute with the bat. He believes that Prior is now alongside India’s MS Dhoni as the leading keeper-batsman in world cricket. Stewart said: “He deserves that tag because of the way his keeping has improved over the last 18 months and the way he is now batting with responsibility. He has been outstanding recently.” Prior’s series average was the best by an England keeper-batsman for more than 20 years. Since 1991 only Stewart, of the seven who have worn the guantlets, averaged more than 20.
It’s another feather in the cap for the boy who learned his cricket at Brighton College and whose Sydney success was enjoyed by his wife Emily, their young son JJ and his father watching with the rest of the Barmy Army in the vast Sydney stands. He added: “It didn’t get any better than that. It was the highlight of my career and undoubtedly the best couple of days of my cricketing life - it was just phenomenal. To be sat in the pavilion of the SCG with all the great players that have been here and the great Ashes memories is very special.
“The backroom staff have been brilliant as well,” he said. “If they weren’t here, we would not have achieved what we did - I’m absolutely certain of that. Touring Australia, we had to be a tight unit and they all contributed.”
“I am so proud to be part of this England team. The performances on the pitch were outstanding: bowlers, batsmen, fielders. But it’s the team unit and the way the guys were in the dressing room that is the thing I’ll treasure for as long as I live.”
Then after a brief rest he will play some county cricket for Sussex in April and May before England’s summer series against Sri Lanka and the world’s top-ranked Test nation India. It’s a daunting schedule, but the hard-working Prior is at the top of his game right now. He would not have it any other way.
As well as Prior, there were others in Team England with strong Sussex connections. The huge improvement in their fielding over the past two years was evident against Australia. Their ground-fielding was superior and they pulled off three run-outs compared to none by their opponents. A lot of credit for that should go to fielding coach Richard Halsall, who was brought into the England set-up by former coach Peter Moores having done a similar job at Sussex when Moores was the county’s coach. After arriving in this country from Zimbabwe in 1993, Halsall taught sport at Eastbourne College before going full-time into cricket with the county in 2003.
Prior enjoyed the celebrations but was soon back to work, having signed up to play in Australia’s Twenty20 competition for Victoria Bushrangers. The 28-year-old is desperate to be England’s first choice keeper in all formats, having not played one-day cricket for his country for more than a year.
Matt's father was in the crowd at Sydney
Another familiar face is Sussex legend Mushtaq Ahmed, England’s popular spin coach and another person brought into Team England by Moores. Their contribution is recognised by Prior.
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John has worked in the sports industry for 25 years, most of them in golf management, before he joined Newbery six years ago in a management capacity. Last winter John, 50, decided to branch out on his own. Not in custom-built premises but in a workshop at his home. He said: “During my time at Newbery I made a lot of contacts with both professional and club cricketers at all levels. I understood the quality of bats that some of the best players in the world would use and the personal nature of individual requirements. “I spent last winter honing my bat-making skills and putting together a range of tools and machines. I make bats in a purpose-built workshop which people visit to see their bat in production.”
“I have signed some professionals to use Woodstock gear including Surrey’s Matt Spriegel and Steffan Piolet, who plays for Warwickshire. We have strong links in Australia with Shane Warne’s old club St. Kilda, where our distributor is based, so all in all it is a very exciting time.”
Cricket-bat manufacturing is a big industry with the market flooded with imported bats from the sub-continent, but by using the personal touch, as well as the many contacts he has made around the UK and overseas, John has quickly got Woodstock established. He added: “I am the only director and I chose to sell by offering high quality products direct to clubs, schools and academies rather than through traditional retailers by using a number of re-sellers in the UK. Woodstock also has distributors in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and the brand has taken off really well.
Although John may add to his stable of professionals using Woodstock equipment, he believes the company can expand organically through word of mouth and a little advertising. He said: “Woodstock has grown rapidly in the first season and the ambition is simply to keep supplying the highest quality bats and equipment possible. I believe that growth is the result of quality of product and excellent customer service.”
Woodstock manufacturer three bats that have all sold well but the most popular has been the Tour de Force which has a slightly bowed blade with big edges and the weight centred to the lower-middle of the blade. “Customers seem to love the contours, balance and performance and it comes in weights from 2lb 7oz to 3lb,” said John. “I have had very good feedback about the quality and performance of our bats and word of mouth has been the most powerful sales tool. The marketplace is very big but offering the bespoke service has proved very successful to the discerning cricketer.”
Checkout www.woodstockcricket.co.uk or call John on 0797 369 6417
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John Newsome played golf to county standard but admits his first love has always been cricket which is why he is thrilled to be involved in the game through his company Woodstock Cricket, which celebrates its first anniversary in March.
Swimming
Anything is possible Storrington swimmer Charlotte Woolliscroft nearly died in pursuit of her Olympic dream.
Mike Donovan hears her inspirational story
Charlotte Woolliscroft has come face to face with death in pursuit of her Olympic dream. The 20-year-old international from Sussex aims to make the British open water swim team when the biggest sporting show on earth comes to London in 2012. Charlotte remains 100 per cent focused on the quest even though a combination of an epileptic condition and shambolic organisation almost claimed her life but for pure good fortune. It was a sunny day in August, 2009, on a stretch of open water in Bulgaria when Charlotte could have ended up breathing her last. It was during the European Championship when Charlotte and her fellow competitors were scheduled to swim three laps of 3km. Unfortunately, the meeting organisers had got the course wrong. It ended up with Charlotte, who is a member of the Shiverers club in Hove, floating exhausted and helpless and about to be swallowed up by the sea. “That could have been it for me. It was really scary. The course was laid out so badly I didn’t know where I was swimming. Halfway through the organisers realised the laps were longer than 3km and put up a sign to cut the length of the race which I didn‘t see".
“I don’t have many of them these days and they are controllable. When I’m competing I have a safety boat nearby and wear a different colour hat from the other swimmers to help identify me as quickly as possible. I make sure I’m hydrated and fed at the right times. It comes on when I get too run down and too tired and not particularly hungry. I’ve since discovered if I go too long without food my blood sugar levels drop.”
“I thought I’d swum 3k in an unwelcoming, wavy, extra salty sea full of jellyfish when I‘d actually done about 1k more than that. It messed up my feeding time. I went for over an hour without taking in any fluids. As I was swimming hard that wasn’t a good idea. It brought on my epileptic condition. I couldn’t see, was in a delirious state and couldn’t make sense of anything.
Her inner drive remains on full throttle thanks to her outlook. She says: “My motto in life is ‘embrace this concept’. Athletes have got to embrace everything. If it’s not good, just embrace it anyway. If you come through it you will feel better.” She cites the example of Sussex’s Gemma Spofforth, who was featured in issue 3 of SussexSport. Gemma has become a world recordbreaking swimmer on course for London 2012 despite the death of her mother and her ongoing battle with pancreatitis. Charlotte said: “After what she’s been through, it’s amazing. But the fact is she has. That’s the mindset you have to have.”
“I felt like I was about to black out. There was no safety boat with me. I put my arms up as I lay on my back and hoped I‘d be spotted. Luckily, someone saw me in distress. I was exhausted and passed out as soon as they pulled me out of the water and into their boat. They wanted to take me to hospital but I knew what was wrong with me and told them, in my delirious state, I’d be fine and to just to give me some water. I was very emotional afterwards. It was such a shock feeling that vulnerable. I could quite easily have gone under.” Charlotte, who has competed in two World and two European Championships suffers from epilepsy. Her condition is defined as ‘a sudden burst of excess electricity in the brain causing temporary disruption in the normal messages passing between brain cells.’ She had her first seizure in December 2008 while with her physiotherapist at a sports testing centre at her Manchester training base and more recently she even damaged the wooden floor of her flat during another attack. She said: “I’m unconscious for the actual seizure and wake up shaking. After my first one the ambulance man asked me who the Queen was and I said Victoria! I couldn’t remember my own name.
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There are also financial considerations. “It’s been hard,” said Charlotte. “My parents have helped me out hugely but guilt comes with that because they are suffering while I live my dream. Guilt is never healthy. So on top of training six days a week, I work in a call centre for 16 hours over the weekend.”
Charlotte, from Storrington, spent 2010 working on her speed and went into the New Year with plans to do some altitude training in South Africa. In March she will compete in the pool in the British Championships in the 800m and probably 400m. The longer distance is the first of two qualifiers - the second is in May - to make Britain’s team for the summer’s World Open Water Championships after which Olympic selection will be made. An impressive performance at 400m will prove the speed work has been worthwhile and might get her into the World Swimming Championships later this year. The former Lancing College student believes it is all worth it. She has never had a moment’s doubt from when she won the 3,000m UK title in the pool in Sheffield five years ago. “I’d just been going through a tough time and didn’t know what I wanted to do in the sport. I had zero confidence. I never ever thought I’d win a national title. The win cemented in my mind
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I felt like I was about to black out. There was no safety boat with me. I put my arms up as I lay on my back and hoped I‘d be spotted.
that this is what I wanted to do. A huge turning point is when you know why you are doing it and things then become a whole lot easier. “I’ve got to see how things go. But I know I want to go to the Olympics. My absolute dream is to get a medal. I’ll get my head down and see what I can do. Nobody thought Becky Adlington was going to come away with two gold medals at Beijing before the actual meet. Anything’s possible.”
Picture: simon@gbswimstars.com
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People Sport England allocates £40m to grassroots development Sport England has confirmed its financial support for Active Sussex, helping to secure the future of grassroots sports development in the county over the next four years. “As one of the 49 CSPs in England, Active Sussex is pleased to receive this news of funding until March 2015,” said Active Sussex’s Chief Executive Sadie Mason. “It provides much needed stability and focus for sport in Sussex at a time of economic constraint and reduced investment in our sector, and enables us to continue our support for NGB community clubs, coaches and volunteers and deliver our own Active Sussex legacy for the 2012 Olympic Games.” The funding guarantees investment for all 49 county sports partnerships (CSPs) across England, who will receive a total of £40m over the next four years from the National Lottery fund.
Green light for Hastings Active Women project Over 3,000 women living in Hastings and Rother are to be given new opportunities to take part in sport, thanks to a £275,000 National Lottery grant. It is one of 21 projects backed as part of Sport England’s £10 million Active Women campaign to bridge the gender gap in sport. It aims to encourage women with children and those from disadvantaged communities to play more sport. The Hastings and Rother Active Women project focuses on eight sports; swimming, netball, tennis, rounders, table tennis, cycling, athletics and badminton – chosen after consultation with women living in Hastings and St Leonards, Sidley and Central Bexhill. Main photo: Jon Bewley/Sustrans
www.activesussex.org/2011/01/06/greenlight-for-hastings-active-women-project/
Photo: Kejoli
www.activesussex.org/2011/01/07/40m-forgrassroots-sports-development
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Is your workplace up to the challenge?
Double your money with Sportsmatch fund
Brighton-based charity Adventure Unlimited, which runs outdoor activities for children and young people, has guaranteed the future of its innovative New Heights programme, thanks to a grant of almost £240,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. The grant will enable the charity, in partnership with housing association the Hyde Group, to deliver its programme for the next five years in four “challenging” Hyde neighbourhoods in Sussex. New Heights provides year-round skills-based adventure activities such as rock-climbing and archery for 7-14 year olds.
Have you got the team spirit in your office or workplace? If so, the Sussex Sports Series could be a great way to start the New Year. Any Sussex business is eligible to take part. “Last year’s series was great fun. The competitions are a lighthearted way to let off steam and keep fit,” says Series organiser Donna Imrie. The Series kicked off in January with a basketball tournament, and continues later in the year with a range of sports, including Street 20 cricket and the popular beach volleyball tourney.
Sport England’s Sportsmatch fund reopened for applications on 17 January. The fund supports formally constituted not-for-profit organisations and statutory bodies. These might include sports clubs, voluntary organisations, local authorities, schools, universities or national governing bodies of sport, all of whom can apply for matched funding up to a total of £100,000. For example, if a sponsor gives £10,000 to its local rugby club to organise new coaching opportunities in the community, Sport England can match that with a grant of £10,000 – thereby doubling the amount of money available to the club.
www.activesussex.org/2011/01/01/biglottery-grant-secures-future-of-communityadventure-scheme/
Sussex Sports Series www.activesussex.org/run-sport/activeworkplace/sussex-sports-series-battle-of-thebusinesses
www.sportengland.org/funding/ sportsmatch.aspx
Swim school reopens A popular swimming school is to reopen at its former home. Sean’s Swim School was forced to suspend lessons at Bodiam Manor School last term after the school went into administration. But now Bodiam Manor, near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, has reopened as Claremont Senior School, allowing swimming lessons to return. Founder Sean Collins said: “It’s a relief to be able to return to the pool that has been our home for eight years.“We were so upset when we were told that we would have to find somewhere else to hold our lessons.“Being able to come back to the familiar settings of this fantastic facility is a great result for us, for the children we teach and for their families.”
www.seansswimschool.co.uk
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Youth adventure scheme wins Lottery backing
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1,000 bursaries for volunteers
Inspired Facilities fund launches April
Cash 4 Clubs grants of up to £1,000
The aim of the Torch Trophy Trust Bursary is to help volunteers improve their skills as coaches or officials if they are unable to do so without funding. The Bursaries provide financial support for those wishing to undertake training. A Torch Trophy Trust Bursary is awarded to enable individuals or groups to enhance their knowledge in order to assist their club, organisation or community to develop their chosen sport, by making grants of up to £1,000.
Sport England has announced its Inspired Facilities Fund as part of its £135m Places People Play intiative. The fund – for clubs, community and voluntary sector groups and councils – will offer grants of between £25,000 and £150,000 towards projects that can prove a local need for a facility to be modernised, extended or modified to open up new sporting opportunities. The fund launches next month, with the first round of applications opening in April.
Cash 4 Clubs offers sports clubs in the UK the chance to win grants ranging from £250 to £1,000. It is a simple scheme aimed at giving community clubs a helping hand and provide the opportunity to raise the money they need to invest in their club. Past winners have used their grants to fund anything from racing wheelchairs and tennis court resurfacing to training all club coaches to Level 1. With awards of £250, £500 and £1,000 available, any sports club can apply as long as they are registered with their sports National Governing Body or local authority.
www.torchtrophytrust.org/bursaries.htm
www.sportengland.org/media_centre/press_ releases/places_people_play
King Alfred to open £450,000 gym
Netball and cycling lead statistics race
Hove’s ailing King Alfred Leisure Centre is set to open a new £450,000 multifunction gym at the end of January as part of a major refurbishment of its foyer and reception area. The new gym replaces a redundant cafe and includes over 40 LifeFitness cardiovascular and resistance training machines. An adjoining studio area will be equipped with 12 Star Trac static cycles. “It is really exciting to be able to actually give some good news regarding the King Alfred,” said Leisure Centre General Manager Kerry Taylor. “With the level of investment being made, the new gym will be a fabulous addition to our facility.” The refurbishment comes at a pivotal time for the centre. Leisure company Freedom Leisure will take on the day-to-day running of the facility for owners Brighton & Hove Council from 1 April, replacing current management company DC Leisure.
Netball and cycling have seen a marked increase in participation over the last two years, according to the latest figures released by Sport England. The Active People Survey results show that the number of people regularly cycling is up by almost 100,000 over the period. Netball’s participant numbers are up by over 26,000, an increase of a fifth in the size of the sport over two years. Much of this success is due to the Back to Netball programme, encouraging women to return to the sport. “Our Back to Netball scheme in Littlehampton has been particularly successful,” says Hannah Brooks, Netball Development Officer for Sussex. “Women have been happy to return to the sport because our sessions are indoors and very social. We’ve even got a Back to Netball team that now plays in the Worthing & District league.” “England Netball is immensely proud of the success of its Back to Netball scheme,” said England Netball’s Chief Executive, Paul Clark. “It has allowed us to begin to reach out to women who would never have contemplated returning to the game through more traditional structures."
www.cash-4-clubs.com
Smash for Cash charity fundraiser Badminton England South East organised a series of simultaneous badminton events to raise money for Help the Heroes charity on 29 January. Arun Leisure Centre in Bognor hosted the Sussex event, helping to contribute funds to aid the rehabilitation of returning soldiers through sport and physical activity. For more details of the event visit 'Badminton Development Sussex' Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/pages/BadmintonDevelopment-Sussex/311593909646
www.sussexnetball.com/back-to-netball.php www.sportengland.org/about_us/our_news
www.activesussex.org/2011/01/07/new-lifefor-king-alfred-courtesty-of-450000-gym
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Two GB football teams are aiming for gold at London 2012 (we live in hope that the able-bodied side coached by Stuart Pearce makes it three). It will be the blind and Cerebral Palsy teams that will hopefully be picking up gold medals at the Paralympics. Having a disability should not stop you playing our national game. Here’s how you can take part.
www.visuallyimpairedfootballleague.co.uk
FA National Cerebral Palsy Football League In partnership with the FA, the league includes six regional teams providing competitive opportunities for over-16s. Each team is co-ordinated by either a county FA or professional club with each recruiting the most talented players from respective FA regions. Contact James.Watkins@TheFA.com
FA National Blind Futsal League The FA has worked closely with county associations, professional clubs and universities to develop new and support existing Blind Futsal teams who compete in central venue fixture dates each month and consist of over-16s at differing stages of development. Contact James.Watkins@TheFA.com
English Deaf League Championship and Cup A number of deaf teams in England compete in mainstream leagues. However, English Deaf Football has developed a league for male players with teams competing in up to six fixtures annually organised in north and south groups. www.britishdeaffootball.com
Wheelchair Football League The Wheelchair FA National League has three separate divisions and last season had 17 teams. Divisions operate a promotion and relegation system creating a highly competitive environment. All fixtures are played at a central venue over six weekends. The Wheelchair Football Association is also supporting the development of Regional ‘Powerchair’ Leagues. www.thewfa.org.uk So what is happening in Sussex? Albion in the Community (AITC) have recently launched their third wheelchair club at Freedom Leisure, Bexhill. The sessions will be identical to those that have been a success in Angmering and Portslade which are run by AITC’s qualified coaches and provide an opportunity for many who might otherwise struggle to engage with physical activity. The sessions take
place every Monday between 5pm-6pm and cost £3. They are open to all ages, genders and levels of experience with the view to forming another team within the disability group Seagulls Specials. email jonathanhart_bhafc@hotmail.co.uk
AITC Wheelchair football tournament Albion In The Community hosted this event at Lancing Manor Leisure Centre and it consisted of skills sessions in the morning to get players ready for action followed by a big tournament after lunch. All of the players showed great skills in the drills and the games were closely contested. We were lucky enough to be visited by former Albion skipper Danny Cullip who spent the whole day in a wheelchair, taking part in all of the skills and playing in matches. All players received medals from Danny including tournament winners Oak Grove School.
Tennis In the last issue of Sussex Sport we focussed on those coaches who spend hours at the grassroots level. But how do people get into coaching? And did you know that in Sussex children as young as SIX can act as leaders? They start with a Young Leaders Award where children learn the basics of leadership through STEP - Space, Task, Equipment and People. The programme was created by Sports Leaders UK (www.sportsleadersuk.org) and is aimed for children aged 9-13, however through adaptations Marlow Sports is currently delivering the programme to children as young as six! Once children have reached the age of 14 they can then take part in the Level 1 Sports Leaders Award followed by Level 2 Community Sports Leaders and then Level 3 Certificate in Higher Sports Leaders. These awards give children the expertise to coach and lead other youngsters as well as adults. But to what extent does tennis utilise them? In clubs across Sussex coaches are delivering the LTA-designed Tennis Leader Awards to children so they can then support younger children in their tennis. There are four modules: Planning, Organisation and Communication; Club Media and Communications; Playing Partner/Buddy Hitting and Competition Assistant. • So if you love tennis or know someone who does then visit www.marlowsports.co.uk to find out more. • If you wish to join a club, check out www.sussextennis.net. • There are many free courts in Sussex and a charity called Tennis for Free has a list at www.tennisforfree.com or www.eparktennis.com For tennis coaching always ensure a coach has Public Liability Insurance, a recognised coaching qualification and if they are working with children they must have a CRB check and First Aid qualifications.
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Visually Impaired League The league provides competitive opportunities for visually impaired footballers over the age of 16. Participating teams represent player groups, academic institutions and professional football clubs and a number have achieved full international honours with The FA’s Partially Sighted squad. Teams play five-a-side adhering to adapted ‘Futsal’ laws.
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ALBION IN THE COMMUNITY
GO RACING! For the first time in the charity's history Albion in the Community (AITC) is going racing. __________________________________________
Monday 28th February Plumpton Racecourse
_______________________________________ The event will be attended by
current players & Seagulls legends
Albion in the Community (AITC) is the charitable arm of the Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. Their aim is to become one of the country’s leading community schemes by pushing the boundaries of what is possible through the power of football to improve and make a difference to people’s lives. Show your support and help raise money for disadvantaged people in the community by buying a ticket to the charity lunch and auction. Registered Charity Number: 1110978
Join the Charity Lunch & Auction in the Pavilion Marquee, with tickets at only £75 per person (maximum 10 per table) to include: • Hospitality admission badge • Champagne reception • 1/2 bottle of wine
• VIP Parking & Racecard • Three course lunch • Afternoon tea
To book a table please contact the racecourse office on 01273 890383. Gates open at 12 noon with the first of seven races scheduled for 2:20pm.
business opportunities There are numerous opportunities for local businesses and individuals to support the event through race sponsorship, auction prizes, bottle stand prizes or donations. Please contact Steve Gibbon on 07834 022 230 or email steveg@studysupport.org
advance tickets For Grandstand and Paddock enclosure tickets, visit www.plumptonracecourse.co.uk to book in advance at the special price of £14. Tickets must be purchased by Tuesday 22nd February.
Competition Win a day at the races for two people within the charity lunch and auction. Prize includes a table in the Pavilion Marquee, champagne reception, 3 course served lunch with coffee and chocolates, 1/2 bottle of wine, afternoon tea, entrance badge and race card. For your chance to live it up at the races, simply answer this question:
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Which international football team did Brighton manager Gus Poyet play for?
Send your answer along with your name, address and telephone number to: competitions@plumptonracecourse.co.uk or Plumpton Racecourse, Plumpton, East Sussex, BN7 3AL. Please note only one entry per household. Closing date for the competition is Tuesday 22nd February. 30 ■ SussexSport | March 2011 www.sussexsport.co.uk
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Falmer Update: Our first look at the AMEX Tickets for the new American Express Community Stadium at Falmer went on sale last month and the response from Albion fans even took the club by surprise. SussexSport went along to ask a few of the fans what they thought of the new stadium and the dawn of an exciting new era for their club. Phil Coleman: “It’s an awesome set-up, most impressive on the eye and I can’t wait to get in there, hopefully sitting in E block as close to the halfway-line as possible. I’ve been following the Albion since Roy Jennings was captain in the late 1950s so it’s an exciting time for us. We were at the Town Hall years ago when (former chairman) Dick Knight was giving us all the chat about a new stadium and now it’s actually going to happen. This has realised every hope and expectation.” Steve Tennyson: “It’s amazing to be here. Having survived the Goldstone era then the nightmare travelling up to the Priestfield in Gillingham this is the place we want to be at. I haven’t let myself come along here until its near completion and it’s certainly got that wow factor, it’s looks brilliant when you turn the corner and it seems to appear from nowhere. I’ve been following the Albion for 41 years and I can’t wait until August. My two sons are also season-ticket holders so we’re looking forward to many great years moving forward at the Amex, in the East Stand, on the halfway line.” John Knight: “I’m really looking forward to the next era as a fan. I had not been to the stadium before but we’ve been well looked after and everything has been explained to us very carefully. We’re looking at seats in D block which is halfway up the stand near the corporate seating, right near the halfway line, which is perfect. I’ve been watching Albion from the age of eight and I’m now 66. I would watch Albion wherever they are because I’m that much of a fan but it’s great to have a nice stadium and I’m really looking forward to it.” John Rodway: “It’s absolutely marvellous. I’ve only been following the club since 1977 but it’s long enough to have seen the side in the first division then almost in the Conference and now where we are today. We had aspirations of the stadium and they have all been met. We have a decent seat, in D block on the halfway line, just where we want to be. The club has moved in a lot of different directions in recent years and I’m really looking forward to the next era.” Karen Barrett: “I’ve been supporting Albion for years and it’s such an exciting time, I really can’t wait. We’ve had our ups and down but it seems like the club is going in the right direction and it’s such an enjoyable time to be a fan at the moment. It’s the first time I’ve been here to the stadium and it’s truly amazing. I’m fed up with the rain at Withdean but you put up with it like a true supporter but we won’t have to next season and with padded seats I won’t have to take my own cushion to the games anymore!” Ben Holmes: “I’ve been a fan for 12 years, since I was four, so I’ve been through the lows. The new stadium is so much better and I’m really looking forward to a roof and an atmosphere. It’s by far the most exciting time for me as an Albion fan, rivalling the play-off final in 2004 and I’ve now picked my position in the East Stand which I’m happy about.” Andy Kilbey: “I’ve supported the club since four or five and our new home is incredible. I went on the marches and supported the planning process so seeing the ground is incredible. It’s a really exciting time for the club and if could get promoted and play our first game in the Championship at this stadium would be fantastic.” www.sussexsport.co.uk www.sussexsport.co.ukMarch March2011 2011| |SussexSport SussexSport ■■31 31
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Keep Believing Marcos Painter played in the Premier League for Birmingham. Now Albion’s reliable defender believes he could be heading back there with the soaring Seagulls In the precarious, dog-eat-dog profession of football you sometimes have to take one or two steps back to move forwards. Serious injury, a change of manager, can knock your career off course. Marcos Painter was only 19 when he played against world stars like Ronaldo and Rooney in the Premier League for Birmingham City against Manchester United. Now 24, the born-and-bred Brummie with the Spanish sounding christian name is re-establishing himself with Brighton in League One. The giddy heights he experienced with his home city club seem a long way off, even with Brighton pushing for promotion to the Championship, but Painter has not given up hope of getting back to the Premier League. “It was an amazing experience and I always think now, when I watch Match Of The Day, I was so lucky to get that chance,” he said. “I only wish I could turn the clock back. I’ll be working hard to get the opportunity again. Every player wants to play in the Premier League and you have to have that belief you can do it one day.” For now Painter is content to have earned a reputation as one of Brighton’s most dependable performers. The left-back joined the Seagulls in the January transfer window just over a year ago, initially on loan from Swansea, before making the switch from Wales to Sussex permanent last summer in a two-year deal. He helped Swansea win the League One title under Roberto Martinez, now manager of Wigan in the top flight. The Spaniard did not hesitate in recommending Painter to his good friend Gus Poyet, the Brighton boss. Painter’s Swansea career was progressing nicely until the joy of being a champion was followed, just a few months later, by the despair of a serious knee injury suffered in a home game against Southampton. “It was October the 25th, 2008,” he recalled. “See, I remember the date still to this day. I’d had a good start to the season, probably one of the best starts I’d had. It was as simple as getting the studs caught in the ground, turning and then agonising pain and complete numbness. That ruled me out for ten months and it was hard.I went through some lows, where I had to really dig in and think about what I wanted to get back to. To get the injury and then for a new manager (Paulo Sousa) to come in caught me at the wrong time really. I am never one to quit and the hard work has been rewarded, because I am back fit, feeling good and strong and playing a lot of games.” Ironically, Painter’s League One title success with Swansea was completed at Withdean, Brighton's temporary turned semi-permanent home since 1999. The Welshmen, already guaranteed to finish top, were presented with the trophy after their 1-0 victory on the final day of the season, the Brighton players forming a guard of honour and clapping them one-by-one. Painter, now a resident of Hove, remembers it well. “It was a brilliant day. I have still got the photos at home and the winners' medal. The last thing I thought after walking off the pitch that day was that I would be here now.” But here he is, hoping history might just repeat itself when Albion tackle promotion rivals Huddersfield in the final game to be played at Withdean at the end of April before the Seagulls move to the American Express Community Stadium at Falmer next season. Painter said: “One thing I thought about when I signed my contract is it will take me into the new stadium. That will be brilliant.There is a buzz around the whole area. We’ve had the tour of the site. Every player wants to be playing on a nice pitch and at a nice ground.” Painter’s career could just turn full circle at The Amex in the future with a return to the Premier League. If Blackpool can do it why not Brighton? “We were playing against a lot of their players not so long ago,” he said. “To see them coping so well with the demands of the Premier League is credit to them. They are a massive inspiration.” 32 ■ SussexSport | March 2011 www.sussexsport.co.uk
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I was so lucky to get that chance – I only wish I could turn the clock back
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This season the Sussex FA have teamed up with the Sir Robert Woodward Academy at Lancing, their local secondary school The association gives work experience opportunities at its headquarters to students as well as offering work to them on a voluntary basis. The Sussex FA also sponsor some of the student activities, including school plays, and are part of the Academy’s Breakfast Group. On the pitch, the Year 7 side lost two games to Chichester School for Boys 1-0 and 4-1 but acquitted themselves well in the first match, which was a National Cup tie, and only lost to a goal in the second period of extra time. Team: Sam Thompson, Samuel Bengar Wells, Elliott Dollner, William Allen, Dennis Bowyer, Lewis Whiting, Harrison Moulton, Caleb Livous, Liam Reynolds (capt), Jerry Hopkins, James Thurgar, Aaron Feldberg, Ethan Simmonds, Dillon Nagle, Owen Fieldus, Thomas Hannan. This year the Academy has entered the Under-19 Sussex Cup and league. This is a new venture and there is a mix of experience and talent in the squad but all players are enthusiastic and keen to play under coach Paul Dollner.
The Football Association, with the support of the Sussex FA, has taken a radical new approach to tackling bad behaviour from fans and players by launching its own football club Respect FC. The aim of the club is not to win silverware or secure a Champions League place, its goal will be to unite fans against the ugly side of the beautiful game to create a safe and enjoyable environment in which it can take place. Appointing comedian and avid Bristol City fan Mark Watson as chairman, the club has been founded through concern from both the top level of the game and the grassroots community around abuse towards referees and poor behaviour on the sidelines. Respect FC is not your usual football club, it’s a football club made up of people from all walks of life with one collective goal – to bring Respect back to the game we all love. For every fan that joins Respect FC, The FA has pledged to put £1 back into the Respect initiative within grassroots football (up to the value of £50,000). Members of the club will be able to vote online at www.RespectFootballClub. com to say how this money is used at the end of the 2010-2011 season. Rallying fans to get behind Respect FC, Mark has filmed an impassioned plea from the club’s modest headquarters which features starring roles from former Liverpool captain Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock, Portsmouth legend Steve Claridge and Sky Sports commentator Chris Kamara. In addition, Mark and Neil gave Respect FC further publicity when they made the draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup with Mark ensuring a great reception the next time he gigs in Crawley when he pulled their ball out after Manchester United! Mark said: “We know that it’s so much easier to take a stand against poor behaviour if you are not on your own, if you have someone else on your team. Collectively we can stand up to the gobby morons. If you’d like to show the people spoiling our game what they’re up against go to www. RespectFootballClub.com to join my new football club. Latest research from The FA has shown that 45% of players, coaches and referees think the Respect programme has improved their experience of the game. The majority of participants surveyed were also aware of the Respect programme's key objectives with 68% recognising that Respect aims to create a safe and enjoyable environment for the game.
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Crawley and former Albion keeper Michel Kuipers writes in every issue of SussexSport I have to confess that when I decided last summer to continue my career with Crawley the last thing I thought was that they would help me achieve one of my lifetime ambitions. During my Albion career I was fortunate to play at a few Premier League grounds but never Old Trafford. Now I have got my wish after we became the first non-league team since 1994 to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup. The whole Cup run has been a fantastic experience and it has definitely brought what was already a really tight bunch of players in our squad even closer together. From the first tie we played against Newport County back in October to the fourth-round victory over Torquay I don’t think anyone can say that we haven’t deserved to win every time. Since the win over Derby the publicity the club and the players have attracted has really picked up. We have been on TV, radio and even The Sun are sponsoring the back of our shorts. And since we drew Manchester United it has gone off the wall! The lads love it because it is the sort of attention none of us have had too much of during our career. Dannie Bulman played in an FA Cup semi-final with Wycombe but they were a league club. We are a non-league club living the dream and we have loved every minute of it. The support has picked up too. We took 1,100 fans to Torquay and from the moment we went out for the warm-up until the final whistle the backing they gave us was tremendous. They were like our 12th man so Manchester better beware – the decibel levels made by 9,000 Crawley fans at Old Trafford is going to be something else! I was at home watching with my son Duke when the draw was made and as we realised that we would definitely be playing a Premier League club he was getting very excited. And when we were drawn out with Manchester United it was like he was celebrating ten Christmas mornings at once! He will be up at Old Trafford along with quite a few of my relatives from Holland. As soon as the draw was made they were on the phone so there is going to be a lot of us up there hoping to see me keep a clean sheet against Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen! The cup run has improved our league form rather than been a distraction. It just proves that winning matches, whatever the competition, breeds confidence. We approach every game now thinking we are not going to lose and there’s no reason why that shouldn’t continue for the rest of the season. The Cup run has been fantastic, especially for the supporters, and the finances will obviously safeguard the club’s future but our priority has never changed. It has been a great season for Sussex football so far but by the end of it I hope Albion can look forward to Championship football at the wonderful new AMEX stadium and Crawley are in League Two. That has been our aim and while the Cup run is a marvellous bonus we have to make sure that it does not affect what we are trying to achieve. I hope you have enjoyed my column and my thanks to everyone who has passed on their best wishes during the Cup run – it means a lot. www.sussexsport.co.uk March 2011 | SussexSport ■ 37
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Old Trafford here we come!
It's the football fairytale that has had not just Sussex but the whole world talking Crawley Town hadn’t won an FA Cup tie for seven years before this season but how they have made up for lost time. Victories over Newport County, Guiseley, Swindon Town, Derby County and Torquay United means they are only the sixth non-league club since the War to reach the fifth round and their reward was the dream tie – Manchester United away! Crawley Town are on the map. The club have been inundated with good luck wishes from around the globe since they knew they would be heading to Old Trafford for a game which will make the club over £1m and secure their future as they try and achieve their main objective this season of promotion to the Football League. Sussex Sport photographer James Boardman has been with them every step of the way during their unforgettable Cup run and here are a selection of his favourite images from the games so far. And who knows, it might not be over yet although if it has to end what a place – Old Trafford in front of 75,000 fans including an army of 9,000 supporting the real Red Devils!
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Plumpton Racecourse is repeating its very popular totesport Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening on Friday March 11. The event promises to be the best yet and features a panel of distinguished racing celebrities including leading Sussex-based owner Andy Stewart, the owner of leading stayer Big Bucks, Channel 4 presenters Richard Hoiles and Mick Fitzgerald, betting pundit Mark 'the Couch' Winstanley, Tom Symonds, who is assistant trainer to Nicky Henderson, and tote PR director George Primarolo. The evening starts with a champagne reception at 7pm followed by dinner and the opportunity to watch the key trial races and debate the chances of the leading contenders for the main races at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival. Tickets are only £50 and can be purchased online at www.plumptonracecourse.co.uk or from the Plumpton Racecourse office by calling 01273 890383.
FORTHCOMING Fixtures: • Albion in the Community Raceday 2.20pm, Monday 28th February • Festival Fever Raceday 2.00pm, Monday 14th March • At The Races March Raceday 2.10pm, Monday 28th March • April Raceday 2.20pm, Monday 11th April • Totesport Easter Sunday Raceday 2.00pm, Sunday 24th April
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Former Arsenal and England midfielder Paul Merson and Albion legend Kerry Mayo entertained over 250 guests when Sussex CCC staged the second of their “When Cricket Meets –” dinners in the Boundary Rooms at the Sussex County Cricket Club Ground.
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These days, Merson is a spiky pundit on Sky Sports’ football coverage but both he and Kerry had the audience roaring their approval as they recalled hilarious stories from their long careers. The Auction and Raffle raised a fantastic £2,000 for the St John’s Centre and Cafe for Older People in Hove. St John’s is situated within 200 yards of the County Ground and has become an established meeting place for older people in the local community for nearly 30 years. Members can visit the Centre to meet friends, meet new people, go on outings, join in well planned activities and have a meal at the Centre Cafe.
Sussex County Cricket Club's Business Development Manager Tony Cottey hands over a cheque for £2,000 raised by guests at the Football Meets Cricket Dinner (above)
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Eventually I want to be No.1. I have the body-type, the skills, the will and the desire to get there.
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recognition There's a fair chance you’ve never heard of Brighton fighter John Hathaway but to mixed martial arts fans he is already an established name The former Hove rugby club open-side flanker has made it big in cage fighting and is a rising star of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the leading mixed martial arts (MMA) association in the world. Not since the days of title-winning boxers Chris Eubank and Scott Welch has a Sussex fighter reached such a global audience. His last fight on UFC 120 was watched by a sell-out crowd of 17,133 at the O2 Arena but also beamed across the world on the under-card of the Michael Bisping versus Yoshihiro Akiyama main event. Britian’s biggest name in boxing, world heavyweight champion David Haye, could be forgiven for being a little envious. Haye, who was at the O2 for UFC 120, may have attracted massive attention in Britain in 2010 with his two world title fights but neither were screened live in the United States where MMA is fast becoming the most popular combat sport. You might not have heard of Bisping either but all of his bouts since 2006 have been seen in 147 countries, in 19 languages and Hathaway has joined the Manchester fighter and Nottingham’s Dan Hardy in a select group of elite UK UFC fighters. The 23-year-old, who turned down a chance of making it in professional rugby,
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announced himself as a man to be feared in the welterweight division when he beat UFC legend Diego Sanchez in May last year but his stellar rise stalled against Mike Pyle at the O2 when he lost by a unanimous decision to suffer his first defeat in 15 MMA outings. That defeat has not changed his targets, though, in the sport where fighters use a combination of jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, boxing, kickboxing and wrestling to overcome opponents. Hathaway said: “Eventually I want to be No.1. I have the body-type, the skills, the will and the desire to get to there. I am going to keep working and, hopefully, will get into the top ten by the end of the next year and keep going up the ranks.” Hathaway trains at the London Shootfighters Gym, where Katie Price’s estranged husband Alex Reid is based, and is working on putting right what went wrong against UFC veteran Pyle. Hathaway, who is known as the Hitman, said: “I have learned a lot from the defeat. It’s funny because I don’t normally make those kind of mistakes in fights that I made on the night. “It has shown me the things I have to work on. I have always been fairly confident in the skills set I have and I am always trying to improve what I have
Two fighters compete in the Octagon (cage) using a mix of fighting techniques including jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, boxing, kickboxing and wrestling.
and what I can achieve in the sport. I am working on becoming as good as I can be and this was a bump in the road but the loss has just illustrated that I want this and I want it a lot.” Hathaway, who returns to the octagon (cage) in March, believes that the popularity of UFC will grow in this country, especially with the saturation coverage it enjoys on ESPN satellite sports television. He said: “It’s the fastest growing sport in the world and a lot of things contribute to that. There’s excitement in combat sports and it wasn’t so long ago that everyone would tune in to watch the heavyweight bouts or title fights in boxing. Boxing has faltered, although it picked itself up a little bit recently. But in MMA there are so many different ways a fight can finish so they are always exciting. “A lot of people don’t know about the sport, let alone the athletes in the sport. The public are coming round though especially with UFC putting on shows over here in big arenas. Hopefully everyone next year will have heard of the organisation and fighters will be putting on their best performances for the crowds.”
In cage fighting’s early days pretty much anything seemed to go but UFC has strict rules and fighters are not allowed to head butt, kick a downed opponent, knee a downed opponent in the head or strike the groin or throat to name but a few restrictions.
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How many Sussex sportsmen competed in front of a 17,000 crowd last year? Hove’s John Hathaway did, in a sport which is growing in popularity all the time.
Athletics
Ten times the challenge Seb Rodger is following in the footsteps of Britain’s great decathletes – and loving the challenge of trying to become a world-class multi-eventer Being world class in one track and field event is tough enough. Those that aspire to be the best must stick to a gruelling training schedule, look after their diet and plan everything in such a meticulous way that they peak at precisely the right moment. Even then there are no guarantees that an injury at a crucial time won't make all the hard work worthless. Multiply all those factors by ten and you discover the challenge facing Sussex’s finest decathlete Seb Rodger. Not only does Rodger have to train for ten events, when it comes to competing he then has to produce top class performances one after the other in the space of two days. One slip and it can ruin months, if not years, of preparation. That is why the likes of Daley Thompson and Dean Macey, along withn female multi-eventers Denise Lewis and Jessica Ennis, have enjoyed a special place in the British public’s hearts over the years. Rodger is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Thompson and Macey after becoming Sussex’s only current full-time athlete. The 19-year-old has a long way to go to match their achievements but can be encouraged by his progress last year. He broke the Sussex decathlon record and tasted success on the world stage for the first time – bagging a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Canada as part of the British 4x400m relay team. His success won him the title of Sussex’s young sports personality of the year in 2010 at the Sussex Sports Awards and there could hardly have been a more deserving winner considering the effort he has to put in. Rodger said: “There is no doubt being a decathlete is hard graft but I love it. I never really planned to be a multi-eventer but when I first joined an athletics club I enjoyed doing lots of events and was pretty good at them so it went from there. “There are only seven days in a week but you need to train for ten events so it can be difficult getting the balance right. I train with athletes who do individual events and they have a lot of respect for what I do. What they do is demanding but then they see that I have to work on another nine events. If you are
a runner or a jumper then you probably do a three or four hour session and that is it for the day but I have to do more. I train in the morning, have a rest in the afternoon and then train again in the evening. I do that six days a week so it is pretty full on.” If the training is tough then what about competition. Ten events in the space of 32 hours is a pretty tall order, especially when the slightest mistake can be so costly. Rodger knows how costly from personal experience. Last summer he was leading after the first day’s events in the national AAAs Championships knowing that a place in the top two would earn him selection for the World Junior Championships. Disaster struck when he was disqualified from the first event on the second day – the 110m hurdles – which wrecked his chances of a medal. He said: “It’s quite funny as I was telling somebody the other day how tiring completing a decathlon is but then worked out if you put all the events together they only take around six minutes in total! But it is the fact you have to be at your best consistently over the period of two days. Somebody doing an individual event does it once, perhaps twice if there are heats, but we have to keep on getting prepared and then performing which is mentally draining as much as physically.” Like any aspiring athlete Rodger dreams of competing at the Olympics one day but admits the London Games may just come too soon with his 20th birthday not until June. However, he believes he has the talent and, more importantly, the dedication to emulate the likes of Thompson, who was based in Crawley during his Olympic success in 1984 and 1988, and Macey in the future. “My aim is to compete at the highest level possible and that is obviously the Olympic Games,” Rodger continued. “That is the aim for a lot of people but I truly believe I have a chance of realising it and that is why I have gone full-time to give myself the best possible shot. London may be too soon as I am still developing but I want to be targeting 2016 for sure. If I didn't compete in an Olympic Games one day I would be disappointed.”
Day 1: 100 metres – Long jump – Shot putt – High jump – 400 metres Day 2
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Athletics
I was telling somebody how tiring completing a decathlon is but then if you put all the events together they only take around six minutes in total! But you have to be at your best consistently over the period of two days.
Factfile: Age: 19 Born: Brighton Lives: Eastbourne Schools: St Bede's, Cavendish Clubs: Crawley/Eastbourne Rovers Coach: Steve King Best event: 400m Achievements: • Bronze medal in 4x400m relay at World Junior Championships • Silver in heptathlon at England Under-20 Indoor Championships
2: 110 metres hurdles – Discus throw – Pole vault – Javelin throw – 1500 metres Picture: James Boardman
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Spurs footballer Gareth Bale and TV presenter Piers Morgan have stood on East Brighton’s 12th green by the city’s racecourse. They have no doubt spun round to take in the 360-degree panorama atop the South Downs out to the English Channel, along the coast from Beachy Head in the east to Selsey Bill in the west and inland across the county’s rural landscape.
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They are not the only golfers who know why club professional Adrian Milligan talks so passionately about the quality in East Brighton DNA: its greens and fairways and the overall layout designed by five-time Open champion James more than 100 years ago in 1908. When Braid laid it out on naturally-draining chalk he ensured that East Brighton’s 6,346 yard par-72 layout would enjoy all-year-round play. It is extremely rare to have to aim your approach to a temporary green. Milligan said: “We pride ourselves on being open on main greens of exceptional quality for a coastal course 12 months of the year. No one else in this area can say that. A lot of my friends who are golf pros from local clubs will come here and tell you we are in the best of condition - and have been for two or three years. “It remains close to James Braid’s design apart from amendments brought about by modern technology. We are not American-ised with water everywhere. The only water obstacle we have is a natural dew pond. We are a private members’ club but attract a lot of visitors. Gareth Bale has been a couple of times for a game with a friend who I believe is still a member while Piers turns up here every now and then when he is living at his Sussex home. “We get the very affluent to those for whom golf is a real treat. But it doesn’t matter if you are a Premier League footballer, a television personality, a city banker or a tradesman. Everyone comes together and is judged on their golfing ability rather than what they do. We have a lot of return business because the visitors enjoy the experience
The traditions that have been in place since James Braid designed East Brighton mean as much today as they did more than 100 years ago, as Mike Donovan discovered
so much. Many come back to Brighton for a week at a time and spend three or four days of it on our course. Our ethos is to be a welcoming golf club whilst upholding our tradition. Milligan believes East Brighton favours neither scratch golfers nor high handicappers. “It is not like the course is very short and easy for the 20-handicapper to reach the green in two, but likewise it is not so long that it requires a driver and a three-iron for a two-handicapper. It is not a tight course but accuracy is rewarded with approaches to subtlety undulating greens. It is a good test - tough but fair. It offers a good blend of par 3s and par 5s which is something that can’t be said for every course.”
Milligan is a former county match-play champion but these days, at 32, he eschews competition to focus on a 14-hour day at East Brighton. He considers himself to be on the young side to be a club pro but he is Brighton born and bred and was promoted from assistant to the role three years ago; he might be old by time he steps down. He said: “It’s a job for life. A lot of pros stay on to retirement.” In the meantime, he gives tuition, runs a successful shop with assistants Sam Gayler and Ben James and reflects how lucky he is to have joined East Brighton five years ago. “It’s a great place,” he said. “Anyone coming here for the first time will return because it is that sort of golf club.”
Milligan rates the 563-yard fifth as East Brighton’s nearest to a signature hole. “Some like it for the great views. It is a par 5 which heads down the hill with a massive drop. My personal favourite is the 488-yard 11th. It’s an uphill par 5. called The Grinder and is a fairly evil hole! If your shot isn’t perfect you are in trouble - you can’t get away with loose shots, they have to be well directed and controlled. The better player will prosper on it whereas the average club golfer who hits a few wayward ones will generally come unstuck.” With its exposed location East Brighton can turn into a bit of a monster when the wind gets up. But on sunny days, when there is just a gentle breeze, there are few better places to play in Sussex.
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Membership:
A competitive players’ golf club. In the ladies section there are members aged from ten years to over 80. Non-members are welcome but EB is not a “pay-and-play-majority-based” club. Memberships are available while green fees range from £6 (juniors) to £35 (on weekends and Bank Holidays after 11am). Pro Adrian Milligan runs a Golf Academy.
Anyone coming here for the first time will return because it's that sort of golf club
Captains:
Paul Crompton and Vicky Johnson.
Former presidents:
Marquis of Abergavenny, Earl of Chichester, Field Marshall Earl Haig and the Duke of Norfolk,
The Rest:
The well-appointed clubhouse is available for hire for functions and is popular with walkers and cyclists because of the views around the course – but not across it! Bar with late licence and well stocked pro shop.
Location:
On Roedean Road, two miles from the city centre, half-a-mile from Brighton Marina and Brighton Racecourse. Easy access from the A23 and A27. Visit the club website on www.ebgc.co.uk for membership offers, conditions for play and tee times or call 01273 604838.
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Course:
A downland layout open 12 months of the year. East Brighton offers stunning views all around Brighton as well as Woodingdean, Saltdean and Ovingdean to the east. It is the closest course to the city centre. It has a halfway house at nine serving hot drinks and food. There are a couple of climbs on the first 11 holes but from then on it is back to the clubhouse on pretty much flat and occasionally downhill terrain all the way. A dew pond on the sixth hole is the only water hazard.
Gymnastics
p e t s r i e h t n i g n Spri Michelle Arthurs profiles Wickers Gym Club, one of the most successful gymnastics clubs in Sussex who are expanding all the time They have been going for 22 years and now Wickers Gym Club are about to embark on another big step forward. Since they were founded by Katy Hodgson, the Lancing-based club have been committed to training children in the art of gymnastics and supporting them into adulthood where they have the chance to gain qualifications and even coach. The club now has more than 300 members and will soon be moving to a larger venue to accommodate them. Accredited both by Sport England and British Gymnastics they have been working to help young gymnasts flourish since 1982. Manager Katy, from Shoreham, opened the club when she was 16-years-old. She said: “I started the club because I wanted to put something back into the local community. I had been a gymnast since the age of three and there was not a club in my area so, along with a couple of friends who were also qualified coaches, we decided to start the club.” The venture was successful from the outset, as Katy explained: “On our first night we had three hour-long sessions and 20 children attended.” Since then, expansion has been steady and Katy now employs nine qualified coaches. The posters on the walls of the gym tell their own story. ‘Training is what we do while our opponent is sleeping’ says one, and the buzz of enthusiasm and determination is unmistakable. However, the atmosphere remains one that promotes fun and enjoyment. Lessons can begin as soon as children are able to walk. These pre-school classes, which children attend with their parents, are designed to bring activity into their lives at an early age and help parents to bond with
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Giving children an opportunity to take part in classes such as these can give them a leg-up in development and a huge confidence boost. Katy said: “Gymnastics sessions will enhance co-operative play and turn-taking amongst young children who are still in their early years of social and physical development.” At around two years of age, children are encouraged to join independent classes. Sessions continue to push the children to develop their capabilities and the young athletes are given the chance to perform in competitions and take exams. One member, 14-year-old Abigail, said: “I love Wickers because it is a fun place to be. I get to learn new skills, get British Gymnastics badges, and meet lots of new friends.” Some children fall away from gymnastics as they grow and develop other interests. Others, however, stay, and they are then given the opportunity to take their learning to the next level and when they are 16 undertaking the Level 1 qualification allows them to become coaches and turn their hobby into a livelihood.
For more information see www.wickersgymclub.com or contact Katy Hodgson on 01273 465554
The course involves three to four days of practical training and then the aspiring coaches have to complete a logbook which involves lots of practical tasks over a period of time. After a three-month period they have a rigorous assessment. With its new building and facilities, the Wickers team hope they will be able to upgrade the services they provide. With two coaches now trained in freestyle gymnastics, Katy is now hoping to reach a whole new audience. Excited by the new discipline, she said: “We hope that by offering sessions in free style gymnastics the club will attract new members who are a little older and also it will encourage our older members to stay and try a new skill.” Katy is planning to expand this year. Opening hours will be increasing and she plans to recruit another six members for the leadership programme and two new full-time coaches. All this, combined with the new venue means more classes, more variety and more opportunity. “The last 22 years have been a pleasure” said Katy. “And I can only hope to continue to build the club and see more young athletes achieve their goals.”
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their little ones in an active environment. Katy added: “These sessions are an ideal opportunity to help children build strength, develop coordination, learn social skills and make new friends, learn valuable listening skills and follow verbal instruction, all whilst having great fun, and engaging with their parents and carers in a sporting activity.”
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Hockey
The dominant force East Grinstead Hockey Club are one of the biggest success stories in Sussex sport, but that wasn’t always the case As Sussex sporting success stories go, there are few that can match the turnaround in fortunes at East Grinstead Hockey Club. Ten years ago the club with such a proud history was on its knees. The men’s first XI was treading water in National League division two with little drive, direction or hope for the future. Move forward to 2011 and they have become the dominant force of English hockey in both the outdoor and indoor formats of the game as well as serious contenders in Europe. Along the way they have picked up a string of honours including being crowned back-to-back national outdoor champions, National Indoor League champions four years on the trot, National Indoor Finals champions three years out of the last five and England Hockey club of the year in 2009. They have also competed in the Champions League-style EuroHockey League for the last three years, reaching the quarter-finals in 2009 before going out to eventual champions Bloemendaal from Holland, and are through to the last 16 this season after a stunning win over last season’s semifinalists RC de Polo de Barcelona helped them top their group. European success has not eluded them indoors either. They were European Indoor Trophy champions in 2010 which has elevated them to the elite division this season. It is a stunning list of achievements which is now being complemented by progress for the ladies’ first XI both outdoors and indoors. It has taken vision, belief, structure and courage to not only match their achievements of the 1980s but surpass them. Back then East Grinstead boasted a string of internationals, with five members of the gold-winning team at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 playing for the club at some stage. Now they also boast plenty of internationals, including 2010 World Young Player of the Year Ashley Jackson, but the intervening years were a period of decline for the club. Realisation that something had to be done came after finishing bottom of National division one in 2001 and then kicking their heels in division two for the next two seasons. Matt Jones, first team manager since 2005 and manager of the indoor squad from 1998 to the present, said: “The club had gone through some very successful years in the 1980s and early 1990s. Then it went through what could be described as a lull in its fortunes.
“The 1st XI slipped out of the premiership and when they dropped out a lot of international players had to seek alternative clubs because that was very much the remit back then and it is pretty much today. When you lose a large chunk of internationals it is very hard to sustain the level. From a 1st XI point of view we spent a lot of time trying to slow the slide down and rebuild the core ethics of the club. Throughout that period the indoor squad somehow managed to maintain its premier division status. That very dogged and never-saydie attitude which is very evident today throughout the club managed to get us through some very hard seasons on the indoor front.” Grinstead’s fortunes began to change with the appointment of Trinidad and Tobago international Kwan Browne as playercoach. Back-to-back promotions returned the club to the premier division for 2005-06 when Mark Pearn took over as player-coach with Jones joining him as manager. The roles Browne and Pearn played have been key, particularly the latter whose playing pedigree having represented Great Britain at two Olympics was unquestioned but who was untried as a coach. But while Pearn and Browne should take their bow, it is others like club captain Phillip Coote, James Leman, Jones and Ann Needle to name a few whose vision, drive and hard work have been the catalyst for success. The secret of that success is the club keep moving the goalposts. As soon as they complete one achievement, they set themselves a new target. Longevity in terms of domestic dominance and competing with the very best in Europe is the ultimate goal. Jones added: “If you sit there and say ‘We’re good, we’re great’ you can almost lull yourself into thinking that is good enough and you don’t need to put much more work into it. That is what drives us on. We are very focused on the next challenge.”
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Winning the National Club Championship in 1983.
■ First major indoor:
Winning the National Indoor KO Cup in 1986.
■ last ten years:
EHL Premier division champions 2009, 2010; European Indoor Trophy champions 2010; National Indoor Finals champions 2006, 2009, 2010; National Indoor League champions 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. England Hockey Club of the Year 2009.
Teams:
East Grinstead have five men’s sides, a veterans’ team, a development XI, three ladies’ teams plus a development team and a number of boys’ and girls’ teams.
Current internationals:
Ashley Jackson, Glenn Kirkham (both England and Great Britain), Adam Harper (England), Gareth Carr (South Africa), Niall Stott (Scotland), Rick Gay (Wales), Mats Grambusch (Germany under-21s).
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FOOTBALL
HORSE RACING
Tuesday 22 7.45 kick-off unless stated Ryman League Division One South - Whitstable Town v Worthing Wednesday 23 7.45 kick-off unless stated Ryman League Division One South - Eastbourne Town v Corinthian Casuals Saturday 26 3.00 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - Crawley Town v Barrow - Fleetwood Town v Eastbourne Borough* Blue Square Bet South - Lewes v Woking Ryman League Premier Division - Hastings United v Kingstonian - Horsham v Lowestoft Town Division One South - Eastbourne Town v Horsham YMCA - Godalming Town v Whitehawk - Ramsgate v Bognor Regis Town - Walton & Hersham v Burgess Hill Town - Worthing v Merstham Sussex County League - Division One - Arundel v Hassocks - East Grinstead Town v Rye United - Hailsham Town v Ringmer - Pagham v Eastbourne United - Redhill v Lingfield - Selsey v Crawley Down - Shoreham v Sidley United - St Francis Rangers v Peacehaven & Telscombe - Three Bridges v Crowborough Athletic - Wick v Chichester City Division Two Challenge Cup third round - Little Common v Clymping - Rustington v Bexhill United Division Two - Lancing v Seaford Town - Littlehampton Town v Steyning Town - Oakwood v Mile Oak - Southwick v East Preston - Storrington v Loxwood - Westfield v AFC Uckfield - Worthing United v Midhurst & Easebourne SCFA Intermediate Cup - Cowfold v Hurstpierpoint Division Three Challenge Cup second round - TD Shipley v Rottingdean Village Division Three - Barnham v Ferring - Bosham v Saltdean United - Broadbridge Heath v Uckfield Town - Dorking Wanderers v Ifield Edwards - Newhaven v Forest - Sidlesham v Haywards Heath Town Reserve Section Challenge Cup third round - East Preston Res v Storrington Res - Sidley United Res v Lancing Res Further fixtures to be added check www.scfl.org.uk for details * subject to club not playing in FA Trophy
GOLF
Monday 21 U13’s v Mannings Heath, Mannings Heath Saturday 26
Wednesday 23 Friday 25 Saturday 26 Sunday 27 Monday 28
Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Fontwell Park Plumpton
ORIENTEERING
Saturday 26 SOG 14 at Stoughton, Chichester
RUGBY UNION
Saturday 26 National League Division Two South - Worthing v Newbury Blues London 2 South East - Brighton v Lewes - Purley John Fisher v East Grinstead London 2 South West - Bognor v Gosport & Fareham Three South East - Crawley v Horsham - Crowborough v Cranbrook - Eastbourne v Heathfield & Waldron Sunday 27 Sussex Spitfire Salver Final (at Eastbourne RFC, 12.00) - Burgess Hill 2 or Worthing 5 v Bognor 4 or Rye 2
March ATHLETICS
Wednesday 2 Chichester Corporate Challenge Road Races (1), Chichester City Centre Wednesday 16 Chichester Corporate Challenge Road Races (2), Chichester City Centre Sunday 20 Hastings ½ Marathon Wednesday 30 Chichester Corporate Challenge Road Races (3), Chichester City Centre
DARTS
Saturday 5 BDO Inter-County Championship Hertfordshire v Sussex (to Sunday 6) Wednesday 16 Sussex Super League Divisional Play-off, Roffey Sunday 20 Surrey Youth v Sussex Youth Sunday 27 Mens & Ladies Super League Play-Offs and presentations, Roffey
FOOTBALL
Tuesday 1 7.45 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - Crawley Town v Mansfield Ryman League Division One South - Bognor Regis Town v Leatherhead - Fleet Town v Horsham YMCA - Walton & Hersham v Worthing Saturday 5 3.00 kick-off unless stated
Blue Square Bet Premier - Crawley Town v Histon - Eastbourne Borough v Southport Blue Square Bet South - Basingstoke v Lewes Ryman League Premier Division - Canvey Island v Horsham - Hastings United v Billericay Town Division One South - Corinthian Casuals v Eastbourne Town - Horsham YMCA v Bognor Regis Town - Metropolitan Police v Burgess Hill Town - Whitehawk v Whyteleafe - Worthing v Walton & Hersham Sussex County League - Division One - Chichester City v East Grinstead Town - Crawley Down v Crowborough Athletic - Eastbourne United v Three Bridges - Lingfield v Hailsham Town - Peacehaven & Telscombe v Selsey - Redhill v Shoreham - Ringmer v Pagham - Rye United v Arundel* - St Francis Rangers v Hassocks Further fixtures to be added. Check www.scfl. org.uk for details * subject to club not playing in FA Vase Tuesday 8 7.45 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - Kidderminster v Crawley Town Sussex County League - Division One - Eastbourne United v Peacehaven & Telscombe - Lingfield v Crowborough Athletic - Three Bridges v East Grinstead Town Saturday 12 3.00 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - Fleetwood Town v Crawley Town* - Gateshead v Eastbourne Borough** Blue Square Bet South - Chelmsford v Lewes Ryman League Premier Division - Folkestone Invicta v Hastings United - Horsham v Bury Town Division One South - Bognor Regis Town v Faversham Town - Burgess Hill Town v Fleet Town - Chatham Town v Worthing - Eastbourne Town v Ramsgate - Walton & Hersham v Horsham YMCA - Whitstable Town v Whitehawk Sussex County League - Division One - Arundel v Hailsham Town - Crawley Down v Peacehaven & Telscombe - Crowborough Athletic v St Francis Rangers - Eastbourne United v Lingfield - Pagham v Rye United - Ringmer v Redhill - Selsey v East Grinstead Town - Shoreham v Hassocks - Three Bridges v Chichester City Further fixtures to be added check www.scfl.org.uk for details * subject to club not playing in FA Cup ** subject to club not playing in FA Trophy Tuesday 15 7.45 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - Crawley Town v Hayes & Yeading Sussex County League - Division One
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Wednesday 23 7.45 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet South - Lewes v Braintree Town Saturday 26 3.00 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - Eastbourne Borough v Kettering - Gateshead v Crawley Town Blue Square Bet South - Dartford v Lewes Ryman League Premier Division - Horsham v Hastings United Division One South - Bognor Regis Town v Chipstead - Burgess Hill Town v Worthing - Chatham Town v Whitehawk - Eastbourne Town v Leatherhead - Sittingbourne v Horsham YMCA Sussex County League - Division One - Crawley Down v Eastbourne United - East Grinstead Town v Chichester City - Pagham v Hailsham Town - Peacehaven & Telscombe v Three Bridges - Rye United v Lingfield* - Sidley United v Shoreham - St Francis Rangers v Selsey - Wick v Redhill
Further fixtures to be addedcheck www.scfl.org.uk for details * subject to club not playing in FA Vase Tuesday 29 7.45 kick-off unless stated Blue Square Bet Premier - York v Eastbourne Borough
GOLF
Saturday 5 Sussex v Seaford (Friendly), Seaford Sussex Boys v Copthorne (Friendly), Copthorne Tuesday 15 South of England Youth Championship (Darwin Salver) Rye (to Wednesday 16) Saturday 19 Sussex v West Sussex (Friendly) West Sussex Sunday 20 Eastbourne All Stars v Sussex Boys (U14) (10am start) Royal Eastbourne Friday 25 PAV Trophy draw night (19:00 for 19:30) East Sussex National Saturday 26 Sussex v Littlehampton (Friendly) (11am, 12-a side), Littlehampton
HORSE RACING Tuesday 1 Friday 4 Monday 7 Wednesday 9 Monday 14 Saturday 19 Monday 21 Friday 25 Saturday 26 Monday 28 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 30
Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Fontwell & Lingfield Park Plumpton Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Plumpton Lingfield Park Lingfield Park
ORIENTEERING
Thursday 3 SONiC 6 at East Court, East Grinstead Saturday 5 SOG 15 at Devil’s Dyke, Brighton Saturday 12 SOG 16 at Holmbush Forest, Horsham Sunday 20 Regional at Angmering Estate, Angmering Saturday 26 SOG 17 at Eartham, Chichester
RUGBY UNION
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ANGLING East Sussex
Clive Vale Angling Club Hastings, Rye, Peasmarsh, Pett 01424 719703 clivevaleac@live.co.uk www.clivevaleac.co.uk Copthorne & District Angling Society 01825 723371 richamp@aol.com www.copthorneangling.co.uk Crowborough & District Anglers Association Geoff Wicks 01892 655935 cdaa@btinternet.com www.cdaa.btinternet.co.uk Hastings, Bexhill & District Freshwater Angling Alan Carter 01424 223234 www.hastingsandbexhillangling.co.uk Hastings Fly Fishers Club Ltd Powdermill Reservoir, Sedlescombe 01424 439633 mail@hastingsflyfishers.co.uk www.hastingsflyfishers.co.uk Rother Fishery Association (RFA) Steve Crowley 01689 812440 mrstephencrowley@googlemail.com or odaarfa@tesco.net www.fishingkent.com/ Southdown Angling Association Hailsham, Pevensey & Golden Cross Mike Richardson 01435 812854 secretary.saa@gmail.com www.southdown-angling.org
West Sussex
Billingshurst Angling Society School House, Weald School, Billingshurst RH14 9RX 01403 782160 www.billingshurstas.co.uk Chichester & District Angling Society Mrs Leslie Carver 01903 713084 chichester-as.co.uk Copthorne & District Angling Society Richamp@aol.com www.copthorneangling.co.uk Crawley Angling Society Mr S Clark 01923 467064 secretary@crawleyanglingsociety.co.uk www.crawleyanglingsociety.co.uk Hassocks & District Angling Society Mrs J. Fisher, 38 Western Rd., Burgess Hill RH15 8QN 01444 235978 (not after 9pm) www.hassocksfishing.co.uk Henfield & District Angling Society 28 Lucastes Lane, Haywards Heath RH16 1LF. Tony Carr 01444 450597 tony.carr@henfieldas.co.uk
Horsham & District Angling Association Ian Petch, The Secretary, HDAA, PO Box 22, Horsham, RH12 2YT 01403 262255 general_enquiries@hdaa.co.uk www.hdaa.co.uk/index.html Littlehampton & District Angling Club Fisherman’s Quay, Littlehampton BN17 5BL george@mywebbox.co.uk www.ldac.co.uk Petworth & Bognor Angling Club The Old Blacksmiths Yard, Water Lane, Angmering BN16 4EP 01903 770099 membership@sussexangling.co.uk www.sussexangling.co.uk Pulborough Angling Society Mick Booth, 5 South Lane, Houghton, Arundel BN18 9LN. 01798 831525 joinus@pulboroughas.com www.pulboroughas.com/index.html Rudgwick Angling Society C Wood, 16 Waldy Rise, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 7DF Shoreham Angling Squad (sea angling) Steve Smith, squad chairman mesito@ntlworld.com www.shorehamanglingsquad.co.uk/index.html South Coast Angling Club (sea angling) 11 Glebelands Close, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6GW 01273 454388 info@southcoastanglingclub.co.uk www.southcoastanglingclub.co.uk/index.html
ARCHERY
1066 Archery Club Ann Hyde-Barnett, Treasurer: Pickhill Farm, Smallhythe Rd., Tenterden TN30 7LZ annhydebarnett@aol.com www.1066archery.co.uk Arundown AC Angmering School, Station Rd., Angmering, BN16 4HH. Rod Brown 01903 713747 clubsec@officials.co.uk www.arundown.org.uk Bayeux Bowmen (Ninfield, nr Hastings) 111 Wishing Tree Rd., St. Leonards on sea, Hastings TN38 9LH 01424 852659 bayeux.bowmen@btinternet.com www.btinternet.com~bayeux Bognor Regis AC Felpham Community College Playing Fields, Felpham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis PO22 8EL. Club Secretary 01243 827000 bognorregisarcheryclub.co.uk/default.aspx Chichester Bowmen Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP Club Secretary Shelagh Nelmes sec@chichester-bowmen.org.uk www.chichester-bowmen.org.uk County Oak AC Nevill Avenue, Hove BN3 7BW. Mike Longhurst 01273 592795 michael.longhurst@tesco.net www.countyoakarcheryclub.co.uk Crawley AC Hazelwick School, Mill Lane, Crawley RH101SX Val Wickenden 01342 327660 www.archeryinfo.co.uk/crawleyarchery/ Ditchling AC Ditchling Recreation Ground Lewes Rd.,
Ditchling BN6 8TY Phil Varden 01444 241066 phil.varden@talktalk.net www.ditchlingac.org.uk Eastbourne Archers Langney Sports Club, Priory Rd., Eastbourne BN23 7QH Avril Bourne membership@eastbournearchers.org.uk www.eastbournearchers.org.uk Friars Gate Archers Buxted Lodge, Station Rd., Buxted TN22 4AY. Penny Cockerton, 9 Old Forge Lane, Horney Common, Uckfield TN22 3EW beginners@friarsgatearchers.com www.friarsgatearchers.com/ Hastings & St Leonards Bowmen Sedlescombe Sports Field, Oaklands Park, Sedlescombe, Battle TN33 0RR doreen@cannon94.freeserve.co.uk Hellingly AC Boship Farm Hotel, Lower Dicker, Nr Hailsham, BN27 4AT. Graham Knight 01435 868370 or Debbie Newton 01323 832501 ian@topgearsuperstore.com www.hellinglyarchers.co.uk High Weald AC Stonehouse Farm, Merriments Lane, Hurst Green, TN19 7RD Richard Cater 0780 3232432 www.thwac.co.uk Holbrook Archers The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham. Chris Furmanski 01293 515605 www.theholbrookclub.co.uk Meridian AC East Grinstead Sports Club Ltd, Saint Hill Rd., East Grinstead RH19 4JU Mike Range 01342 713048 www.egsc.org.uk/archery/mac.html Newhaven AC Greenfields, Heighton Street, Firle. Liz Davies newhaven_archery@yahoo.co.uk www.newhavenarcheryclub.co.uk Plumpton Bowmen King George V Playing Field, Plumpton Green BN7 3DP. secretary@plumpton-bowmen.org.uk www.plumpton-bowmen.org.uk Six Villages AC Six Villages Sports Centre, Westergate Community School, Lime Ave., Westergate, Chichester PO20 3UE Carol Bartlett 01243 545160 secretary@SixVillagesArcheryClub.org.uk www.sixvillagesarcheryclub.org.uk Worthing AC Titnore Lane, Worthing Doreen@Cannon94.freeserve.co.uk homepage.ntlworld.com/s.geater/ Sussex County Archery Association Mrs D Cannon (Secretary) 01903 238975 secretarysussex-archery.org.uk www.sussex-archery.org.uk
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Heathfield Road Runners Jim Scott 01435 863932 / 07713504983 jpjscott@googlemail.com www.heathfieldRd.runners.com Henfield Joggers Richard Knight 01273 492293 www.henfieldjoggers.co.uk Horsham Blue Star Harriers Michael Carrington, 115 Cootes Avenue, Horsham RH12 2AF 01403 260556 carringtonjm@googlemail.com www.horshambluestarharriers.org.uk Horsham Joggers Sue Simmons, ‘New Ashling’, Salisbury Rd., Horsham RH13 0AL suesimmons99@hotmail.com Lancing Eagles David Clubb 01273 554946 davidclubb@sky.com www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/staff/alb14/Lancing_ Eagles/Lancing_Eagles_Running_Club.html Lewes AC Peter Miller, 26 Michelbourne Close, Burgess Hill RH15 9QX 01444 232083 pmiller209@btinternet.com www.lewesac.co.uk Mel’s Milers Jogging Club Dawn Piechoczek, Manor Cottage, Five Oaks Rd., Slinfold, Horsham RH13 0RG info@melsmilers.co.uk www.melsmilers.co.uk Midhurst Milers Jenny Phillips, 8 High Path, Easebourne, Midhurst GU29 9BD jenny-philips@homecall.co.uk www.midhurstmilers.co.uk Phoenix AC (Brighton) Paul Thomas 01323 490037 disabledathlete@googlemail.com www.brightonphoenix.org.uk Rotary Rd. Runners David Crook, 6 Martineau Close Bognor Regis PO21 4BT 01243 262126 dcrook@dsl.pipex.com Seaford Striders Alex Parsons, 13 Heathfield Rd., Seaford BN25 1TH alex.parsons@aspectsbeauty.net www.seafordstriders.org.uk Steyning AC Martin Coleman, 11 Newham Lane, Steyning BN44 3LR martinrcoleman@hotmail.co.uk www.steyningac.co.uk The Sixth Dimension Stephen Luckham, Six Villages Sports Centre, Lime Ave, Westergate, Chichester PO20 3UE 01243 546830 Tonbridge AC Mrs Vicky Thomas, Windwhistle, 60 Old Hadlow Rd., Tonbridge, Kent TN10 4EX 01732 359669 www.tonbridgeac.co.uk Tone Zone Runners (Felpham) Michael Batstone, 28 Westingway, Bognor Regis PO21 2XX clubsecretary@tonezonerunners.org www.tonezonerunners.org Utopia Runners (Uckfield) Richard Page 01825 769015 utopiarunners@tiscali.co.uk utopiarunners.eastsussexcrosscountry.co.uk Wadhurst Runners Sara Wrenn 01892 783506 sarawren@googlemail.com www.wadhurstrunners.co.uk Worthing & District Harriers Maureen Lewis, 93 Cambourne Court,
Shelley Rd., Worthing BN11 4BF lwsmrn02@googlemail.com www.worthingharriers.com Worthing Striders Andy Saych, 11, Cypress Avenue, Worthing BN13 3PS andrew.saych@sky.com www.worthingstriders.co.uk
BADMINTON
Alfriston John Cripps 01323 898640 Ansvar (Eastbourne) Mr G Selvey 01323 764989 bestdevil7@sky.com Arcadian (Worthing) Janice Byerley 01903 233330 chris.byerley@talktalk.net Ashurstwood BC Jon Warren 01293 774904 Jonts67@hotmail.com Barcombe Rosemary Carter 01273 480944 / 466086 ro_mackie@hotmail.com Beacon (Crowborough) Bryan & Ann Duggan 01892 653481 bryan@beaconbadminton.com www.beaconbadminton.com Bexhill Sandy Scrivener 01424 222755 Bognor Regis BC Gary Smith 01243 828225 garyjohnsmith@tiscali.co.uk Bosham Badminton Club Bruce Dupee 01243 773744 bruce.dupee@gmail.com www.chihhh.org.uk/bbc/ Breakaways (Portslade) Tracy Sayers 01273 419622 tracysayers@hotmail.com Brighton Bats (Moulsecoomb) Nicky Holness 01273 330334 nicky@holness.wanadoo.co.uk Chanctonbury Mike Murray 01903 746172 mikemurray53@btinternet.com Chelwood Gate Sue Bailey 01825 722588 suebailey123@aol.com Chichester Wing Peter Gowin 01243 860670 petergowin@talktalk.net Club Foot (Worthing) Matt Page 07790686624 mattpagezk@ntlworld.com Cooden Les Rowley 01424 223998 lesliejrowley@aol.com Crawley Phil Oldfield 07966 157450 enquiries@crawleybadminton.co.uk www.crawleybadminton.co.uk David Lloyd Leisure (Worthing) Paul Young paulgarethyoung@msn.com Defiants (Hassocks) Sue Hastie 01444 244559 sue@hastiedovey.plus.com Dragonflies (women only, Wivelsfield) Mrs B Rutherford. 01273 841898 Esporta Brighton Julia Alkema 07798808626 coachjulia@live.co.uk Felbridge Jackie Burditt 01444 443442 Jackie@accelerated-mail.co.uk egscc.co.uk/badminton/fbc.html
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Bexhill Road Runners Christine Sage 01424 210044 info@bexhillrunners.co.uk www.bexhillrunners.co.uk Bodyworks XTC Tri Store Lawrence Neill c/o The Tri Store, 49 Grove Rd., Eastbourne BN21 4TX bodyworks1@aol.com www.teambodyworksxtc.com Brighton & Hove AC Robert Willows, 18 Shooting Field, Steyning BN44 3RQ 01903 813878 a.willows@sky.com www.brightonandhovecity-ac.com Brighton & Hove Women’s Running Club Sarah Lowe bhrs99@rocketmail.com www.brightonandhoverunningsisters.org.uk Burgess Hill Runners Stuart Condie 01444 232187 stuartcondie@gmail.com www.bhrunners.co.uk Chichester Runners & AC Philip Baker, The Kemps, The Drive, Chichester PO19 4PP 01243 533784 philbaker5@tiscali.co.uk www.chichester-runners.org.uk Crawley AC Mrs Shirley Steele, Rydal Cottage, Turners Hill Rd., Crawley Down RH10 4NW 01342 713220 shirley.steel@live.com www.crawleyac.org.uk Crowborough Runners Dominique Welbury, 11 Commonwood Rise, Crowborough TN6 3UR dwelbury@southeastwater.co.uk www.crowboroughrunners.org.uk East Grinstead & District AC Mary Lord, 45 Green Hedges Avenue, East Grinstead RH19 1DZ 01342 316028 mary.lordfamily@gmail.com www.egac.co.uk Eastbourne Rovers AC Julie Jones, 11 Wannock Avenue, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne BN20 9RP julie-jones@hotmail.co.uk www.eastbourneroversac.co.uk Fittleworth Flyers Mrs Virginia Roberts, Hurst Cottage, West Chiltington Rd., Pulborough RH20 2EE 01798 873254 secretary@fittleworthflyers.org.uk www.fittleworthflyers.org.uk Hailsham Harriers Lesley Underdown, 5 Chapel Walk Bexhill-on-sea TN40 2FB marionunderdown@hotmail.com www.hailsham-harriers.org.uk Haslemere Border AC David Bateman, 12 Mill Close, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1SA 01428 656587 www.hbac.co.uk Hastings AC Andrea Ashley-Smith 07759 145466 secretary-hastingsathleticclub@live.co.uk www.hastingsathleticclub.co.uk Hastings Runners Sally Lovell, Waterside, Moat Lane, Sedlescombe, Battle TN33 0RZ ian.lovell1@btinternet.com www.hastingsrunners.org.uk Haywards Heath Harriers Linda Tullett, 10 Langridge Way, Burgess Hill RH15 8TN 01444 870788 enquiries@haywardsheathharriers.co.uk www.haywardsheathharriers.co.uknonMembers/ home.asp
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East Grinstead Flyers Basketball Club Sackville School, Lewes Rd., East Grinstead, RH19 3YT Gary Vickers 077 3849 2378 gary_vickers@hotmail.com Holbrook Allstars (women) Holbrook Club. North Heath Lane, Horsham RH12 5PJ Sarah Maloney 07957 860455 nickprobin@aol.com and sarahlawes24@hotmail.com Runnin Rebels (Brighton) Nick Stevens nickandbeckystevens@yahoo.co.uk www.runninrebels.co.uk Univ. of Brighton South Downs Suns (women) Hailsham Community College, Hailsham BN27 1DT. Melanie Dunn 01323 444513 dunnm@hailshamcc.e-sussex.sch.uk Worthing Tropics St Andrews School, Sackville Rd., Worthing BN14 8BG. Ashley Clarke 07899 061704 / 01903 539263 / 0845 1237862 Ashley.clarke@puma.com
Juniors
Angmering Cobras Angmering School, Station Rd., Angmering BN16 4HH Mr. D.Yates 01903 778363 director@thesportscollege.co.uk www.thesportscollege.co.uk/cobras.php Brighton Cougars brightoncougars.intheteam.com Anne Baverstock 07809 105300 Bav@dorothy-stringer.co.uk Bognor Royals Youth Home Court, The Arena Sports Centre, badminton Leagues/Assns Bognor Regis. Hilary Robbins Brighton Badminton League hils.robbins@btinternet.com Matt Page 01903 233417 Crawley Cagers mattpagezk@ntlworld.com Holy Trinity College, Crawley 07800511762 www.brightonbadmintonleagues.co.uk cliff@crawleycagersbasketball.co.uk Bognor, Chichester & District www.crawleycagersbasketball.co.uk Brian Simpson, Secretary East Grinstead Junior Basketball Club secretary@bcdba.org.uk www.bcdba.org.uk 07812 121 222 Eastbourne & District Badminton Association birch22@talktalk.net www.egbasketball.co.uk Annette Huggett 01323 500019 Haywards Heath Eagles Basketball Club annettehuggett@care4free.net or www.bebo.com/Profile. philip@eastbournebadminton.co.uk jsp?MemberId=4974679988 www.eastbournebadminton.co.uk Horsham Hawks Basketball Club John Dishington 07971 466120 BASKETBALL johnd@horshamhawks.co.uk 1066 Conquerors (Hastings) horshamhawks.intheteam.com Battle Area Sports Centre, Claverham Lewes Flames Community College, North Trade Rd., Lewes Leisure Centre, Mountfield Rd., Battle TN33 0HT. Andy Hodder 0796 268 7207 Lewes BN7 2XG andy12hodder@aol.com Mark Richards 07801 701474 www.1066basketball.co.uk hoopscoach33@btinternet.com Bexhill Giants www.lewesflames.com/ Bexhill Leisure Centre, Down Rd., Bexhill on Sea Shoreham Sharks Basketball TN39 4HS. Eric Douglin 07971821457 Brian Deacon (coach) 01273 774818 eric.douglin@btopenworld.com / 07775 676323 bexhillgiants.intheteam.com coach@shorehamsharks.co.uk Bognor Pirates Basketball Club www.shorehamsharks.co.uk The Arena Sports Centre, Bognor Regis Storrington Slammers David Lowe 01243 265409 / 01243 862133 Chanctonbury Leisure Centre, Spierbridge Rd., david.lowe@bognor-basketball.co.uk Storrington RH20 4PG. Richard 07974 237069 bognor-basketball.co.uk/index.html www.bebo.com/stozza-slammers Brighton Knights Ibrahim Saiderius 07828 893650 BOWLS Chichester Celtics Find your closest bowls club: Chichester College, Westgate Fields, Chichester www.bowlsengland.com/index.asp?display=club s&l=1&county=Sussex PO18 1SB Christie Rourke 07821 740166/01903 856098 West Sussex bowls clubs: cmr1104@yahoo.co.uk bowlsclub.org/clubs/GB/ENG-WSX/ Crawley Kismet Kebabs East Sussex bowls clubs: St Wilfrids School 07796274223 bowlsclub.org/clubs/GB/ENG-ESX/ reginaldas@hotmail.com
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Forest Gill Fairham (Secretary) 01403 254150 gill.fairham@talktalk.net www.forestbadmintonclub.org Hailsham Diana Burton 01323423093 diana.j-flana@tiscali.co.uk Hardwick (Eastbourne) Alan G Smith 01323 638620 alan@agordonsmith018.plus.com Hassocks Penny Radford 07714545328 penradford@hotmail.com Haywards Heath Elspeth McKenzie 01444 235318 p.j.mckenzie@btinternet.com Henfield Debbie Chambers 01273 491445 debbie.chambers@ukonline.co.uk Holbrook (Horsham) Sarah Lewis 01403 751150 sarahlewis83@yahoo.co.uk Homestead (Southwick) Andrew Lock 01273 732354 07764 823539 andrew.lock@hoveactually.co.uk Horsham Arun Kieran Green 07921 925 601 kieran_green@hotmail.co.uk www.habc.org.uk Imberwood (East Grinstead) Trevor Tolliday 01342 326346 trevortolliday@sky.com www.imberwood.co.uk Lancing Stewart Byne 01903 763001 stewbyne@msn.com Lewes Matt Warwick 01825 766125 secretary@lewesbadmintonclub.co.uk www.lewesbadmintonclub.co.uk Lindfield Mrs Barbara Davies 01444 453559 BarbaraDavies@northcolwell.co.uk www.freewebs.com/lindfield Littlehampton David Beatty 01903 713217 lbsclub@tiscali.co.uk / www.lbsc.org.uk Middleton (Littlehampton) Colin Morris 01243 584274 colin.morris80@tesco.net Montpelier (Brighton) Allan Clarkson 07961177748 allanMBC@aol.com Newick Badminton Club David Palmer 01825 723299 www.newickbadmintonclub.co.uk Ringmer Badminton Club Samantha Holder 01273 812906 Ringmer (Village Hall) Sue Hemington 01273 812356 S S Ramblers (Eastbourne) Mr P Wilkinson 01323 640956 Saints (Eastbourne) Philip Huggett 01323 500019 philip@saintsbadminton.co.uk www.saintsbadminton.co.uk St Anne’s (women only, Hartfield) Sheila Puttock 01323 503409 St Johns (Bexhill) Alison Seymour 01424 732226 Alison@gpark.demon.co.uk St Lukes (Brighton) Bill Brandt 01273 675316 bill.brandt@ericsson.com St Richard’s (Pound Hill, Crawley) Jan Archard 01293 531826 p.archard@btinternet.com
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BOXING
Adur 20 West Street, Shoreham by Sea BN43 5WG Laurence Causabon-Vincent 01903 754869 Atha 57 Buxton Drive, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4AU Joe Pilgrim 01424 223563 Bognor Regis Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis PO21 5JZ. Bridget Scott-Ragless 01243 828365 Brighton City Cheetahs Gym, King Alfred Leisure Centre, Kingsway, Hove BN3 2WW 01273 304756. Brian Harvey 07891 794559 www.beehive.courier.co.uk/www. brightoncityabc Chichester Boys 34a Little London, Chichester PO19 1PL. Heath O’Brien 01243 782462 Crawley The Arthur Hopcraft Gymnasium, Jubilee Walk, Three Bridges, Crawley RH10 4LQ George Brown 077823 75870 www.crawleyboxing.co.uk Hailsham Barp Farm, Barp Lane, Ripe, BN8 6BB Lee Greenwood 01323 440551 Hassocks Boxing Club Becon Centre, Ockley Lane, Hassocks, BN6 8QJ David Hammond 07932 425124 catzin@sky.com Horsham Northparade, Horsham RH12 2BP 07831 553328 www.horshamabc.co.uk Hastings West Hill 6 Whitefriars Rd., Hastings TN37 3LA Jean Gray 01424 441308 info@westhill-boxing.com www.westhill-boxing.com Hillcrest (Newhaven) Hillcrest Community Centre, Hillcrest Rd., Newhaven BN9 9EA. Sue Lawrence 01273 512376 hillcrestcentre@btopenworld.com Hove King Alfred Leisure Centre, Kingsway, Hove BN3 2WW 01903 762643 David Brown 01903 762643 david.brown131@ntlworld.com Keystone Longmere Rd., Crawley RH10 8ND. Pat Nelson 01293 409376 Moulsecoomb Hodgegrove Lane, Moulsecoomb Way, Brighton, BN2 4SE. Matt Bell 01273 231896 St Gerards 46 Swanfield Drive, Chichester PO19 6GH. Gerry Lavell 01243 786661 Whitehawk Robert Lodge, Basement Flat, Whitehawk BN2 5GG 07738 527677. Gary Emins 07738 527677 emins_whitehawk_abc@yahoo.co.uk
Willingdon Trees The Parkfield, Eastbourne BN22 0AU. Dan Woolridge 07875 719 875 treesnews@yahoo.com www.willingdontreesabc.com
CANOEING/KAYAKING
Adur Canoe Club Club 69 Bonchurch Rd., Brighton, BN2 3PJ. secretary@adurcanoeclub.org.uk www.adurcanoeclub.org.uk Arun Canoe Club 19 Gaisford Close, Worthing BN14 7HU secretary@aruncanoeclub.org.uk www.aruncanoeclub.org.uk Bewl Canoe Club Club 11 Beaconsfield Terrace, Firgrove Rd., Cross In Hand, Heathfield, TN21 0SS infobewlcanoeclub@yahoo.co.uk www.bewlcanoeclub.co.uk Chichester Canoe Club Stream Cottage, Hunston, Chichester PO20 1NR kerry@chichestercanoeclub.co.uk www.chichestercanoeclub.co.uk Cuckmere Valley Canoe Club 8 Rydal Way, Eastbourne BN23 8HU committee@cvcc.org.uk www.cvcc.org.uk Forest Canoe Club 1 Diamond Cottage, 8 South Street, Partridge Green, Horsham RH13 8EL www.forestcanoeclub.org.uk Hailsham & Eastbourne Canoe Club 39 Grangecourt Drive, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4AY peterchambers@kennedybros.co.uk Hastings & District Canoe Club 19 Marina, St Leonards on Sea TN38 0DP 07512 810139 hastingscanoeclub@googlemail.com www.hastingscanoeclub.org.uk Martlet Kayak Club 294 Madeira Drive Arches, Brighton BN2 1DZ martletkayakclub@hotmail.com www.martletkayakclub.org.uk
CRICKET
To find your local club: sussexcb.play-cricket.com/directory/directory.asp East Sussex Cricket League Kenneth Jeffery 01684 567042 / 07762 418 861 kcj@escl.org.uk / www.escl.org.uk League cricket info: www.sussexcricket.co.uk/the-club/ recreationalcricket/clubs-leagues/ Mid Sussex Cricket League mscl.play-cricket.com Sussex Cricket League Peter Butter (Chairman), 6 Scarletts Close, Uckfield TN22 2BA peter.butter@btinternet.com sussexcl.play-cricket.com West Sussex Invitation Cricket League www.wsicl.co.uk
CYCLING
Locate your nearest club: new.britishcycling.org.uk/clubfinder 21st Century Airports CT Mr Graham Kerr, Lyme Cottage, Church Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham RH12 3ND 01403 217297 Bognor Regis Cycling Club Don Lambert, 18 Cardinals Drive, Pagham, Bognor Regis PO21 4QF 01243 262 434 donjanlamt13@supanet.com www.bognorregiscyclingclub.org/
Brighton Excelsior Cycling Club Adur Outdoor Centre, Shoreham by Sea Keith Balcombe 07704 709 254 / 01273 891170 www.brightonexcelsior.co.uk Central Sussex CC (Shermanbury) Mr Geoff Ericson, 10 Woodside Close, Shermanbury RH13 8HH Crawley Wheelers Dick Crane 01342 713197 www.crawleywheelers.co.uk Dirt Devils MBC (MTB) info@dirt-devils.fsnet.co.uk www.dirt-devils.fsnet.co.uk Eastbourne Rovers Cycling Club Stone Cross Memorial Hall, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Stuart Davis stuart@eastbournerovers.co.uk eastbournerovers.com East Grinstead Cycling Club Richard Blackmore 01342 713272 dicknjan@btinternet.com / www.egcc.net VC Etoile (Findon) Peter Scarsbrook 01903 872052 01903 872052 scarzi@hotmail.com Festival RC (Horsham) Brian Wareham 01403 240262 01403 240262 brianwareham@aol.com www.festivalrc.co.uk Findon Gentlemen’s Cycling Club 01903 873923 info@thefgcc.org / www.thefgcc.org Forest Row Cycling Club Kate Chadwick 01342 311936 secretary@frbc.info / www.frbc1.talktalk.net Hastings & St Leonards Cycling Club Chris Parker 01424 813660 chrisparker@hastingscc.co.uk www.hastingscc.talktalk.net Horsham Cycling Club Peter David 01403 259062 peter.david@horshamcycling.co.uk www.horshamcycling.co.uk Lewes Wanderers Cycling Club Mick Burgess 01444 244283 / 01892 661754 www.leweswanderers.co.uk Phoenix Cycling Club (Seaford) Clive Aberdour 01323 872292 / 872292 clive.aberdour@btinternet.com www.phoenix.cyclub.btinternet.co.uk Rother Valley Cycling Club (Petworth) Kathleen Collard-Berry 01428 651843 / 07860 587572 kcb@collard.fsnet.co.uk Rye & District Wheelers Barry Goodsell 01424 882890 / 07914 759786 goodsellbazza@aol.com Southdown Velo (Chichester) contact@southdownvelo.org.uk www.southdownvelo.org.uk Stella GS (Storrington) Dr Mark Jones 01273 642215 01903 741248 / 07951 283354 m.p.jones@brighton.ac.uk Stella VC (Littlehampton) Mr Raymond Betts 07802 740446 01903 716519 raybetts75@btinternet.com Sussex Nomads (Burgess Hill/Ditchling) 01444 245796 Alan Limbrey 01273 558511 richard.harwood1@sussexnomads.org.uk www.sussexnomads.org.uk graham@kerrhouse.co.uk VC Jubilee Youth Development Cycling Club Sally Page 01273 843859 vcjubilee@vcjubilee.co.uk www.vcjubilee.co.uk
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Sussex County Bowling Association Men’s Sec., David Bain 01903 742526 bain_david@hotmail.com Women’s Sec., Kathy Flood 01273 517683 kathy.flood@virgin.net www.sussexba.co.uk East Sussex Short Mat Bowls Association Alan Archer 01435 865536 www.eastsussexsmba.co.uk West Sussex Short Mat Bowls Association Bryony Wood 01403 267608 setonwood@btinternet.com wscsmba.org
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CYCLING (BMX)
Bexhill Burners BMX Club Robin Higley 01424 212951 / 07833 628893 robin.higley@btinternet.com
CYCLING (Track)
Brighton Mitre Cycling Club Preston Park Cycle Track in the Pavilion 01273 561985. Peter Fletcher 01273 561985 tristan.court@ntlworld.com www.brightonmitre.com Preston Park Youth Cycle Club (Brighton) Preston Park Cycle Track 01273 883956 / 866909. Anthony Rogers, Chairman, 01273 883956 / 07811 436817 anthony@ppycc.org.uk www.ppycc.org.uk Sussex Cycle Racing League Mrs Deborah Gent 07866 465306 01273 301262 debgent@gmail.com www.scrl.co.uk
CYCLING (Leisure)
East Sussex Cyclists’ Touring Club David Rix, 27 Fullwood Avenue, Newhaven BN9 9SP Eastbourne & Hailsham Section Christine Thomas 01825 890809 Hastings & Rother Section – Rides every Sunday Marian Shephard 01797 226556 Midweek Section Esther Carpenter 01424 751581 esthrpp@aol.com / www.ctcmidweek.org.uk Seaford & Newhaven Section – every Sunday Rides co-ordinator: Ann Rix 01323 894283 Geoff’s Old Bike Rides Geoff Boxall 01273 813917 Cyclists’ Touring Club West Sussex Edwin Jones 01243 267746 edwin@jones.name www.ctcwestsussex.org.uk CTC Arun - Adur Group Peter Wilson 01903 755765 pw@peterwilson.org.uk www.fonant.co.uk/arunadur CTC Bognor & Chichester Group Edwin Jones 01243 267746 edwin@jones.name www.horshamandcrawleyctc.org.uk CTC Horsham & Crawley Group Barbara Nicol 01403 257072 bnicol@horshamandcrawleyctc.org.uk www.bognorchichesterctc.org.uk
DIVING
Crawley Diving Club Mrs B McAdam 01293 410944 divergindeep@hotmail.co.uk Worthing Swimming Club Mr P.McCallum 01903 267019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com www.worthingswimmingclub.org
FENCING
Brighton & Hove Angela Goodall, St Marys Church, Surrenden Rd., Brighton BN1 2AH angela.goodall@brightonandhovefencing.co.uk www.brightonandhovefencing.co.uk Chichester Fencing Club Sharon Blackman 01243 822753 info@chichester-fencing-club.org.uk www.chichester-fencing-club.org.uk Chichester Community Fencing Club 07961 677384
YOUTH FOOTBALL
info@communityfencing.org.uk www.communityfencing.org.uk Crawley Sword Geoff Griffin 01293 521870 www.crawleyswordclub.co.uk Eastbourne Fencing Club Steven Paul eastbournefencing@googlemail.com www.eastbournefencing.org.uk Horsham Fencing Club gigglenicky@aol.com www.horshamfencingclub.co.uk Portslade Fencing club Eileen Pitman 01273 812598
FOOTBALL
To search for your local club: www.sussexfa.com/GetIntoFootball/FindAClub/ The Sussex FA: www.sussexfa.com/Governance/Affiliation/
Adult leagues
Adult leagues – Senior football Sussex County Football League (Sat/midweek) www.scfl.org.uk Sussex County Football League: www.scfl.org.uk/pages/clubs.html Intermediate football – adult Saturday leagues Brighton, Hove & District Football League Andy Lindley 07764 537078 www.bhdfl.co.uk/index.html East Sussex Football League Kevin Bray 01435 860 612 kevin.bray@esfl.org.uk / www.esfl.org.uk Mid Sussex Football League Lawrie Parsons 01444 242023 lawrie.parsons9@btinternet.com www.football.mitoo.co.uk/Counties. cfm?County=Sussex West Sussex Football League Chris Bridges 01403 730853 / 07771 857750 christopher.bridges@btinternet.com www.wsfl.co.uk Worthing & District Football League www.yellowjersey.net/ www.yellowjersey.co.uk/LeagueNews. aspx?LeagueId=51 Intermediate – adult Sunday leagues Hastings & East Sussex Sunday Football League www.yellowjersey.co.uk/LeagueNews. aspx?LeagueId=92 Sussex Sunday Football League www.sundayleague.info Worthing & Horsham District Sunday League Phil Farrelly 07774835870 philfarre@aol.com www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/whdsfl Junior - adult Saturday leagues Eastbourne & District FA/League Junior - adult Sunday leagues Chichester & West Sussex Football League Dennis Leonard dennisleonard68@tiscali.co.uk www.yellowjersey.co.uk/LeagueNews. aspx?LeagueId=86, cwssfl.footify.com/ Lewes & District Football League Chris Bates lewessfl@yahoo.co.uk www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/lewessfl
Women’s & girls’ (Sundays)
Sussex County FA Womens’ & Girls www.thefa.com/full-time/scfa South East Counties Women’s League www.secwfl.org.uk
Saturday & Sunday Leagues Crowborough & District Junior (Girls Saturdays) Caroline Davidson 08451 568449/07743 963506 cdjfl@live.co.uk / www.cdjfl.co.uk Saturday Leagues Horsham & District Youth Football League Mark Taylor 07725 424589 hdyflsec@hotmail.co.uk / www.hdyfl.net Sunday Leagues Arun & Chichester Youth League Kathy Wilson 01903 883997 / 0778 783294 kathy@kathy99.freeserve.co.uk www.acyfl.net East Sussex Mini-Minor League Pat Taylor 01424 429786 www.freewebs.co.uk/esmml Mid Sussex Youth & Minor League full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=1375655 Rother Youth League full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=681144 Sussex County Youth League (Under-18) full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index. do?league=4160018 Sussex Sunday Youth League full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=1697069
golf EAST SUSSEX
BATTLE Netherfield Hill TN33 0LH 01424 775677 9 holes, 5928yds, par 71. www.battlegolfclub.co.uk BEXHILL Cooden Beach Nr. Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4TR 01424 842040 18 holes, 6470yds, par 72. www.coodenbeachgc.com Highwoods Ellerslie Lane TN39 4LJ 01424 212625 18 holes, 6218yds, par 70. www.highwoodsgolfclub.co.uk BRIGHTON & HOVE Brighton & Hove Devil’s Dyke Rd. BN1 8YJ 01273 556482 9 holes, 5704yds, par 68. www.brightonandhovegolf.co.uk Dyke Devils Dyke Rd. BN1 8YJ 01273 857260 18 holes, 6605yds, par 72. www.dykegolf.com East Brighton Roedean Rd. BN2 5RA 01273 603989 18 holes, 6426yds, par 72. www.eastbrightongolfclub.co.uk Hollingbury Park Ditching Rd. BN1 7HS 01273 500086 18 holes, 6502yds, par 72. www.mytimegolf.co.uk/?page_id=925 Pyecombe Pycombe BN45 7FF 01273 845372 18 holes, 6266yds, par 71. www.pyecombegolfclub.com Waterhall Devils Dyke Rd. BN1 8YR 01273 508658 18 holes, 5773yds, par 69. www.mytimegolf.co.uk/?page_id=999 West Hove 369 Old Shoreham Rd. BN3 7GD 01273 419738 18 holes, 6260yds, par 70. www.westhovegolfclub.info CROWBOROUGH Boars Head GC Boars Head TN6 3HD 01892 664545 9 holes, 2775yds, par 35. www.boarsheadgolfcentre.co.uk
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Worthing Excelsior Cycling Karl Roberton 01903 209433 karl_roberton@btinternet.com worthingexcelsior.co.uk
A–Z
Crowborough Beacon Beacon Rd. TN6 1UJ 01892 661511 18 holes, 6273yds, par 71. www.cbgc.co.uk DITCHLING Mid Sussex Spatham Lane BN6 8XJ 01273 846567 18 holes, 6462yds, par 71. midsussexgolfclub.co.uk EASTBOURNE Eastbourne Downs East Dean Rd. BN20 8ES 01323 720827 18 holes, 6601yds, par 72. www.ebdownsgolf.co.uk Eastbourne Golfing Park Lottbridge Drove BN23 6QJ 01323 520400 18 holes, 5671yds, par 69. Royal Eastbourne Paradise Drive BN20 8BP 01323 744045 18 holes, 6076yds, par 70 www.regc.unospace.net Willingdon Southdown Rd. BN20 9AA 01323 410984 18 holes, 5716yds, par 69. www.willingdongolfclub.co.uk HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS Beauport Park Battle Rd. TN37 7BP. 01424 854245 18 holes, 6180yds, par 71. www.beauportparkgolf.co.uk HORAM Horam Park Chiddingly Rd. TN21 0JJ 01435 813477 9 holes, 3064yds, par 35. www.horamparkgolfclub.co.uk LEWES Chapel Hill BN7 2BB 01273 473245 18 holes, 6224yds, par 71. lewesgolfclub.co.uk HAILSHAM Wellshurst, North Street, Hellingly BN27 4EE 01435 813456 18 holes, 6084yds, par 70. www.wellshurst.com PEACEHAVEN Brighton Rd. BN9 9UH 01273 514049 9 holes, 5503yds, par 70. www.peacehavengc.com RYE Camber TN31 7QS. 01797 225241 18 holes, 6308yds, par 68. www.ryegolfclub.co.uk SEAFORD East Blatchington BN25 2JD 01323 892442 18 holes, 6546yds, par 72. www.seafordgolfclub.co.uk Seaford Head Southdown Rd. BN25 4JS 01323 890139 18 holes, 5848yds, par 71. www.seafordheadgolfcourse.co.uk SEDLESCOMBE Kent Street TN33 0SD 01424 871700 18 holes, 6269yds, par 72. www.sedlescombegolfclub.co.uk UCKFIELD East Sussex National Little Horsted TN22 5ES 01825 880256 East Course: 18 holes, 7138yds, par 72 West Course: 18 holes, 7154yds, par 72 www.eastsussexnational.co.uk/golf/index.php Piltdown Uckfield TN22 3XB 01825 722389 18 holes, 6076yds, par 68. www.piltdowngolfclub.co.uk WADHURST Dale Hill Ticehurst TN5 7DQ 01580 200112
Courses: Woosnam - 18 holes, 6512yds, par 72 Old - 18 holes, 5856yds, par 69. www.dalehill.co.uk
WEST SUSSEX
ANGMERING Ham Manor, West Drive BN16 4JE 01903 783732 18 holes, 6216yds, par 70. www.hammanor.co.uk ARUNDEL Avisford Park, Yapton Lane, Nr Arundel, BN18 0LS. 01243 554611 18 holes, 5900yds, par 69. www.avisfordparkgolfclub.com BOGNOR REGIS Downview Rd. PO22 8JD 01243 821929 18 holes, 6238yds, par 70. www.bognorgolfclub.co.uk CHICHESTER Hunston Village PO20 1AX 01243 533833 Courses: Cathedral -18 holes, 6442yds, par 72 Tower -18 holes, 6109yds, par 71 www.chichestergolf.com COPTHORNE Borers Arm Rd. RH10 3LL 01342 712033 18 holes, 6435yds, par 71. www.copthornegolfclub.co.uk Effingham Park West Park Rd. RH10 3EU 01342 716528 9 holes, 1822yds, par 30. www.effinghamparkgc.co.uk COWDEN Holtye Cowden TN8 7ED 01342 850635 9 holes, 5260yds, par 66. www.holtye.com Sweetwoods Park Cowden TN8 7JN 01342 850729 18 holes, 6515yds, par 71. www.sweetwoodspark.com CRAWLEY Cottesmore Buchan Hill RH11 9AT 01293 861777 Courses: Griffin - 18 holes, 6108yds, par 71. Phoenix -18 holes, 5514yds, par 69. www.cottesmoregolf.co.uk Ifield Rusper Rd., Ifield RH11 0LN 01293 520222 18 holes, 6319yds, par 70. www.ifieldgolf.com Tilgate Forest Titmus Drive RH10 5EU 01293 530103 18 holes, 6359yds, par 72. www.glendale-golf.com/course-2-tilgate-forestgolf-centre.aspx CUCKFIELD Staplefield Rd. RH17 5HY 01444 459999 9 holes, 5066yds, par 71. www.cuckfieldgolf.co.uk EAST GRINSTEAD Chartham Park Felcourt Rd. RH19 2JT 01342 870340 18 holes, 6680yds, par 72. www.theclubcompany.com/clubs/CharthamPark/golf-18-hole.html Royal Ashdown Forest Chapel Lane RH18 5LR 01342 822247 Old Course: 18 holes, 6477yds, par 72 West Course: 18 holes, 5606yds, par 68 www.royalashdown.co.uk GOODWOOD Kennel Hill PO18 0PN 01243 755168. Courses: Downs - 18 holes, 7104yds, par 72. Park - 18 holes, 6650yds, par 72 www.goodwood.co.uk/golf-at-goodwood/golfat-goodwood.aspx
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HASSOCKS London Rd. BN6 9NA 01273 846990 18 holes, 5703yds, par 70. www.hassocksgolfclub.co.uk HAYWARDS HEATH Haywards Heath High Beech Lane RH16 1SL 01444 414866 18 holes, 6216yds, par 71 www.haywardsheathgolfclub.co.uk Paxhill Park East Mascalls Lane RH16 2QN 01444 484467 18 holes, 6200yds, par 70 HORSHAM Horsham Park Horsham Golf Park RH13 0AX 01403 271525 9 holes, 4122yds, par 66. www.horshamgolfandfitness.co.uk Rookwood Robin Hood Lane RH12 3RR 01403 252123 18 holes, 6261yds, par 72 rookwoodgolfcourse.co.uk HURSTPIERPOINT Singing Hills Albourne BN6 9EB 01273 835353 Courses: Lake - 9 holes, 3200yds, par 35. Valley - 9 holes, 3362yds, par 36.River - 9 holes, 2861yds, par 34 www.singinghills.co.uk LITTLEHAMPTON 170 Rope Walk BN17 5DL 01903 717170 18 holes, 6226yds, par 70. www.littlehamptongolf.co.uk MANNINGS HEATH Fullers RH13 6PG 01403 210228 Waterfall course: 18 holes, 6683yds, par 72 Kingfisher course: 18 holes, 6217yds, par 72. www. manningsheath.com MIDHURST Cowdray Park Midhurst GU29 0BB 01730 813599 18 holes, 5972yds, par 70 www.cowdraygolf.co.uk PLAISTOW Foxbridge Plaistow RH14 0LB 01403 753303 9 holes, 3118yds, par 36 www.foxbridge.co.uk PETWORTH Petworth Downs Osiers, London Rd. GU28 9LX 01798 344097 18 holes, 6191yds, par 71 www.petworthgolf.com PULBOROUGH Hunston Lane RH20 2EN 01798 872563 18 holes, 6355yds, par 68. www.westsussexgolf.co.uk RUSTINGTON Golfers Lane BN16 4NB 01903 850790 9 holes, 5768yds, par 70. www.rgcgolf.com SELSEY Golf Links Lane PO20 9DR 01243 608935 9 holes, 5833yds, par 68. www.selseygolfclub.co.uk SLINFOLD Slinfold Park Stane Street RH13 0RE 01403 791154 18 holes, 6424yds, par 72 www.ccgslinfold.com WEST CHILTINGTON Broadford Bridge Rd. RH20 2YA 01798 813574 18 holes, 5866yds, par 70 www.westchiltgolf.co.uk WORTHING Hill Barn Hill Barn Lane BN14 9QE 01903 237301 18 holes, 6229yds, par 70. www.hillbarngolfcourse.co.uk
GYMNASTICS
British gymnastics: www.british-gymnastics.org Angmering School Of Gym Station Rd., Angmering BN16 4HH 07935 212428 angmering.gym@googlemail.com Arun Gymnastics & Trampolining Club Felpham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis PO22 8ED 01243 828719 Mandyhxxx@aol.com Bevendean Gymnastics Club Lewes Rd., Falmer, Brighton BN1 9PW 01273 672468 debbie.rolfe71@ntlworld.com Brighton & Hove Gymnastics Club St. Agnes Church, Newtown Rd., Hove BN3 7BA 01273 776209 gym@bhgym.co.uk / www.bhgym.co.uk Cacl Gym Club (Eastbourne) University Of Brighton, Sports Centre, Denton Rd., Eastbourne BN21 1SR 01323 730467 cheryl@cpinch.freeserve.co.uk Chanctonbury Sportup G.C. Chanctonbury Leisure Centre, Speirbridge Rd., Storrington RH20 4PG 01903 746070 sportup@chanctonburysl.com Chichester Olympic Gymnastic Club Head office: 13 Upton Rd., Stockbridge, Chichester PO19 8QQ 01243 790255 info@chichestergymnastics.co.uk www.chichestergymnastics.co.uk Hawth Gymnastics PO Box 989, Crawley RH10 5WX 01293 520821 www.hawthgymnastics.co.uk Hollingdean Gymnastic Club Lynchet Close, Brighton BN1 7FP 01273 559469 / 07795 008772 jeffrey.arnold3@ntlworld.com Hollington Gymnastics Club Sports Centre, The Ridge, St. Leonards on Sea, Hastings TN37 7PS 01424 851865 alison@burgins.f9.co.uk Horsham Gymnastics Club Horsham Gymnastics Centre, Lynmead House, Kingsmead Close, Horsham RH12 4RZ 01403 756699 hgc@hgc.org.uk / www.hgc.org.uk Infinity Gymnastics Pevensey Rd., Southwater, Horsham RH13 9XZ 07763 185554 info@infinity-gymnastics.co.uk i-star Academy Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6YT 07843 666251 info@istaracademy.co.uk Kestrel Gymnastics Academy K.G.A Bodiam, Robertsbridge TN32 5UJ 01580761498 k.g.a@btinternet.com Pavillions in the Park Hurst Rd., Horsham RH12 2DF 01403 219200 enquiries@pavillionsinthepark.co.uk Pyramid Gymnastics Club Triangle Way, Burgess Hill RH15 8WA 01444 243314 john.nightingale4@btinternet.com Seaford Gymnastics Academy Eastbourne Rd., Seaford BN25 4NP
Claire_adcock@yahoo.co.uk www.theholbrookclub.co.uk Horsham Hockey Club Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham RH12 3YS Francis Ross 07909 647070 f.ross61@hotmail.com / www.horshamhc.co.uk Lewes Hockey Club Cockshut Rd., Southover, Lewes BN7 3PR Gemma Collins 07919 212 102 vodkagemma@hotmail.com www.southdownsportsclub.co.uk/hockey Littlehampton Hockey Club The Littlehampton Academy, Hill Rd., Littlehampton BN17 6DQ 01903 711120 Colin Warner 07977 516070 colin.warner@war-ner.co.uk www.littlehamptonhc.org.uk Mid Sussex Hockey Club HOCKEY St Francis Social Club, Princess Royal Hospital, Bognor Town Hockey Club (women) South Downs Park, Colwell Rd., Arun Leisure Centre Felpham Way, Haywards Heath RH16 4HB. Vicky O’Boyle Bognor Regis PO22 8ED 01444 242072 / 07792 703777 Brighton & Hove Hockey Club vickyoboyle@yahoo.co.uk Sussex University Sports Complex, Falmer, www.mshc.co.uk BN1 9QU. Cameron Heath Middleton & Bognor Hockey Club 01273 239014/07970 068160 Middleton Sports Club, 3 Sea Lane, cameron_heath@standardandpoors.com Middleton on sea, Bognor Regis, PO22 7RH www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/ Rachael Mcartain Burgess Hill Hockey Club (women) rachelmccartain@talktalk.net The Triangle, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill www.mandbhc.org.uk RH15 8WA. Ginette Read 01273 831607 Penguin Hockey Club (Worthing) 07917 041384 / 07974 204483 Worthing Leisure Centre, Shaftesbury Avenue, ginettemread@yahoo.co.uk Goring-By-Sea, Worthing BN12 4ET www.burgesshillhc.co.uk Gail Williams 07825 788789 / 01903 268045 Buxted Park Hockey Club gwilliams251@yahoo.co.uk Buxted Park, Buxted TN22 4AY www.penguinhc.co.uk Clubhouse 01825 733689 South Saxons Hockey Club (Hastings) Captain: Liz Wigglesworth Sue Klein 01424 223647 info@bphc.co.uk www.bphc.co.uk 01323 462062 / 07745 392230 Chichester Hockey Club sueklein2001@aol.com Chichester College of Arts, Science & www.southsaxonshc.co.uk Technology Westgate Fields, Chichester Southwick Hockey Club PO19 1SB. Kim Howarth 01243 865523 / King’s Manor Community College Kingston Lane 07974 007216 Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6YT kimhow14@hotmail.com Teana Ashley 01273 870930 www.chichesterhockey.com/ teanaashley@hotmail.com Crawley Hockey Club St Francis Hockey Club Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, St Francis Sports Ground, Princess Royal Three Bridges, Crawley RH10 1SX Hospital, Haywards Heath RH16 4HB Ashley Morley-Smith 07540 141124 Kevin Bridges 01444 440818 / 07977 162302 ashleymorleysmith@yahoo.co.uk bridgeskj@aol.com www.crawleyhockeyclub.com Worthing Hockey Club Crowborough Hockey Club Manor Ground, Georgia Avenue, Worthing, Beacon Community College, North Beeches Rd., BN14 8AZ. Bob Catlow 07836 529133 Crowborough TN6 2AS Catlowbob@aol.com Paula Davies 01892 655788 www.worthinghockey.co.uk www.crowboroughhockey.co.uk LACROSSE East Grinstead Hockey Club East Grinstead Lacrosse Club Saint Hill Rd., Saint Hill, East Grinstead East Grinstead Rugby Football Club, RH19 4JU. Nicky Hampstead The Pavilion, Saint Hill Rd., East Grinstead RH19 nickyhampstead@hotmail.com 4JU 07712 527615 www.egscc.co.uk info@eglc.co.uk / www.eglc.co.uk Hailsham Hockey Club Hailsham Community College, Battle Rd., LIFESAVING Hailsham BN27 1DT. Alison Headey Crawley Town Lifesaving Club 01323 840401 / 07855 121511 Chair: Emily Stass, Secretary: John Stainer alison@hailshamhc.co.uk contact@crawleytownlsc.co.uk www.hailshamhockey.co.uk www.crawleytownlsc.com/contact.htm Honeybees Hockey Club (women) Stanley Deason Leisure Centre, Wilson Avenue, Horsham Life Saving Club David Slade 01903 715745 Brighton, BN2 5PB. Katie Walters info@horshamlifesavingclub.co.uk 07719 756148/07719756148 (W) www.horshamlifesavingclub.co.uk kwalters@imberhorne.co.uk Ringmer Swimming & Lifesaving Club Holbrook Hockey Club (Horsham) The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham John Wiles 01273 400468 bodgelets@hotmail.com RH12 5PJ
01323 892425 lorraine@seafordgymnastics.co.uk Stars Gymnastics Club Northcroft, Henfield BN5 9QB 01903 800024 amandawadman@gmail.com Summerfields Gym Club Haywood Way, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings TN34 2HN 01424444615 emma@summerfields-gymnastics.com Uckfield Gymnastic Club Batts Bridge Rd., Maresfield, Nr Uckfield TN22 2HN. Derek Ashdown 01825 764141 www.uckfieldgymnastics.co.uk Wickers Gym Club Unit 4 Chartwell Business Centre, Chartwell Rd., Lancing, BN15 8FB Katy Hodgson 01273 465554 khodgson@talk21.com / wickersgymclub.com
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Hollington Judo Club (St. Leonards) Hollington Community Sport, Old Church Rd., St. Leonards on Sea, TN36 9LL AIKIDO 01424 852165. Neil Chalcraft 01424 430999 Aikido Circle Black Belt Academy neil.chalcraft@bt.internet.com Six Villages Sports Centre, Lime Avenue, Joff Judo Club (Peacehaven) Chichester PO20 6UE. Joff Youth Centre, Roderick Ave., Peacehaven Ken DeHaan 07747 788128 BN10 8BL.Vicky Mitchell 01273 703790 ken@aikidocirclebba.com Kaigan Judo Club (Eastbourne) www.aikidocirclebba.com Highfield Junior School, The Hydneye, Brighton Aikikai Hampden Park, Eastbourne BN22 9LD. Chris Kent’s Kicks Martial Arts Club, Pat Jeffery 01323 507595 185 Lewes Rd., Brighton BN2 3LD Keisen Judo Club Phil Rozier. 01273 273258 / 07736 301785 The Wallis Centre, De La Warr Rd., info@brightonaikikai.org.uk East Grinstead RH19 3BS www.brightonaikikai.org.uk Tim Draper 01342 316121 / 07941 336859 Crawley Aikido Club tim@keisen.co.uk / www.keisen.co.uk K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley Kin Ryu Judo Club RH11 9BQ 01342 321429 K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, info@crawleyaikidoclub.com RH11 9BQ. Peter Seymour 01293 537808 / crawleyaikidoclub.com 07840 700362 Ittaikan Aikido Club p.seymour1@sky.com www.kinryu.org.uk Brighton Judo Club, Dorset Gardens, Brighton, Kyushindo Judo Club BN2 1RL Paul Bonett 01273 696383 Heights Health Club, 49 The Martlets, / 07774 629014 Burgess Hill, RH15 9NN. 01444 239444 dojo@brightonaikido.co.uk generalinformation@heightshealthclub.co.uk www.brightonaikido.co.uk/ www.heightshealthclub.co.uk Myo-Do-Kan Mercread Judo Club (Seaford) King Alfred Leisure Centre, Kingsway, Hove Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Rd., Seaford BN3 2WW and Henfield Leisure Centre, BN25 1AB. 01323 892531. Joanne Deeney North Croft, The King’s Field, Henfield 01273 587176 BN5 9QB. Val Hodges. 01273 737 132 enquiries@mercreadjudoclub.org.uk valhodges22@hotmail.com www.mercreadjudoclub.org.uk Southdowns Club (Aikido) Seishin Judo Club Quayside Youth Centre, Upper Kingston Lane, Oakmeeds Community College, Station Rd., Southwick BN42 4RE Burgess Hill RH15 9EA. Bruce Scrivens Kevin Elliott 07738 538448 01444 246664 / 07770 476363 kevinhavard@hotmail.com www.seishin-judo.co.uk www.kifederationofgreatbritain.co.uk/clubs/ Stanford Judo Club (Brighton) southdown.htm BHASVIC, 205, Dyke Rd., Hove BN3 6EG. Sussex Sport Aikido Club Steve 01273 882980. Jo Lucas Church Rd., Hove BN3 2AD. jel1@brighton.ac.uk Jerome Chin-Aleong 07951 177936 Turners Hill Yokohama Judo Club jica27@hotmail.com The Ark, Mount Lane, Turners Hill RH10 4RA. www.sussexsportaikido.info Mrs Anne Bolt 01342 715252 JUDO Uckfield Judo Club Battle Judo Club Freedom Leisure Uckfield, Downsview Cresent, Battle Area Sports Centre, Claverham Uckfield TN22 1UB. Terry Bate 01825 768453 Community College, North Trade Rd., Battle, terry.bate@ace-ina.com TN33 0HT. 01424 774772 Westerleigh Judo Kwai Limited (Battle) Bexhill A A Judo Club Claverham Community College, North Trade Sports Centre, Little Common Rd., Rd., Battle TN33 0HT. Paul Everest Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4HU 01424 210217 01424 442726 / 07969 625880 Raymond Roberts 01424 722145 paulapauleverest@hotmail.com www.bexhilljudo.org.uk www.westerleighjudo.org.uk Bridgeview Judo Club (Lewes) Zodiac Judo Kwai (Hastings) Malling Community Centre, Spences Lane, New Horizons School, Beauchamp Rd., Lewes BN7 2HQ. Paul Leaney 07984 915946 St. Leonards on Sea TN38 9JU 07516 902975. fieldingd@hotmail.com www.judoatlewes.co.uk Duncan Maclean 07516 902975 Brighton Judo Club 1-9 St James Garden, Dorset Gardens, Brighton KARATE Bexhill Shotokan Karate Club BN12 1RU. 01273 683780 Mark Deeney Bexhill Leisure Centre, Down Rd., Bexhill on Sea brighton.judo@btinternet.com TN39 4HS. Ian Hollidge 01424 218993 www.brightonjudoclub.org ianhollidge@hotmail.com www.sskd.org.uk Chichester Judo Club Brighton Shokotan Karate New Park Centre, New Park Rd., Chichester Cardinal Newman School, The Upper Drive, PO19 7XY. Ilona Guy 07512 332783 Hove BN3 6ND. Dave Hazard 01903 775101 ilona.guy@btinternet.com jess@fastnet.co.uk / www.brightonkarate.co.uk chichesterjudoclub.co.uk Chichester GoJu Karate Club East Grinstead Yokohama Judo Club New Park Community Centre, New Park Rd., Dave Bardwell 01732 864542 Chichester PO19 7XY. 01243 672589 davidbardwell@tiscali.co.uk www.chichesterkarate.co.uk www.egy-judo-club.co.uk Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association Hastings YMCA Judo Club K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley Hastings YMCA, St Pauls Rd., St. Leonards on Sea TN37 6RS 01424 429 677. RH11 9BQ. Ron Silverthorne 01323 891471 / 07860 650127 Les Pike 01424 446459
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info@fska.co.uk www.fska.co.uk Kanzenki Shotokan Karate Club Imberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead RH19 2DT Lindsey Musing 07812 037455 www.kanzenkishotokan.co.uk KeiBudo Freestyle Karate Main Hall, Shoreham Community Centre, Pond Rd., Shoreham BN43 5WU. Keith Boardman 01903 530264 www.sussexkarate.com Kodukan Karate Club (Hastings) Silverdale School, Perth Rd., St Leonards on Sea TN37 7EA www.btka.org.uk Northiam Karate Club Northiam Village Hall, Northiam, Nr Battle TN31 6LP. Marilyn Martin 01797 253288 marilynmartin16@lycos.co.uk www.karatejutsukai.co.uk Okasan Karate Club Felpham Community College, Felpham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis PO22 8EL info@okasankarateclub.co.uk www.okasankarateclub.co.uk Reiwaryu Ryushinkan Karate Do Olympos Leisure Centre, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8WA. Julia Turley 01444 454827 jtreiwaryukarate@btinternet.com Reiwaryu Ryushinkan Karatedo Renmei Olympos Leisure Centre, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8WA. Mr R.T Williams 01444 241625 www.ryushinkan.co.uk Roffey Karate Club Roffey Institute Hall, Crawley Rd., Horsham, RH12 4ET. Phil Smith 07708 432682 / 07882 512676 info@roffeykarateclub.co.uk roffeykarateclub.co.uk Red Oak Karate Club (Lewes) St. Michaels Church Hall, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XN. John Cross 01273 471627 David Hare 01825 767652 redoakkarate@googlemail.com www.redoakkarate.org.uk Seaford Karate Club Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Rd., Seaford, BN25 4QW. Martin Dean martindean@morgancarn.com P Burton 01323 897909 SEMKA Wado-Ryu Karate Horsham, Crawley & Broadbridge Heath Paul Elliott 01403 218327 / 07778 058482 semka@btopenworld.com www.horshamkarateclub.com Tang Sou Dao Karate - Ren Yi Wu Kwan Olympos Leisure Centre, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8WA. Adam Goward (senior instructor) 01825 732224 a.goward@virgin.net www.tangsoudao.com Ty-Ga Karate International Olympos Leisure Centre, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8WA. Gary Wasniewski 020 8947 1038 www.ty-ga.co.uk
KICKBOXING
Dynamic Tiger Freestyle Kickboxing The Grange Centre, Bepton Rd., Midhurst, GU29 9HD and Bohunt School, Longmoor Rd., Liphook, GU30 7NY. Damon Kentell 07774 891785 admin@dtfk.co.uk / dtfk.co.uk
Kung Fu Schools 1a Spindle Way, Crawley RH10 1TG 01293 544333 info@kungfuschools.org www.kungfuschools.org Shaolin Kung Fu Classes in Brighton, Hove and Falmer Matthew Gross 0781 2342058 digitmatt@hotmail.com www.sussexkungfu.co.uk
Brighton Taekwondo Academy Varndean College, Surrenden Rd., Brighton, BN1 6WQ 07764 740877 brightontkdacademy@yahoo.co.uk www.brightontkd.co.uk Cobra-kai Taekwondo Club Basil Shippam Hall, Tozer Way, Chichester PO19 7LG 02392 738945 Crawley Tae Kwon-Do Club Maidenbower Community Centre Harvest Rd., Crawley RH10 7QQ and Holy Trinity School, Woburn Rd., Off Buckswood Drive, Crawley RH11 8JE 0800 917 6238 training@crawley-taekwondo.co.uk www.crawley-taekwondo.co.uk South Downs Tae Kwon-Do Sports Centre Midhurst Rother College, Lamberts Lane, Midhurst GU29 9DT 01903 234718 info@sdtkd.co.uk www.sdtkd.co.uk West Sussex Tae Kwon Do • Felpham Community College, Felpham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis PO22 8EL • Six Villages Sports Centre, Lime Avenue, Westergate, Chichester PO20 3UE Anne-Marie Jones-Taylor 01243 826917 jones-taylor@tiscali.co.uk www.westsussextaekwondo.co.uk
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GENERAL/OTHER MARTIAL ARTS
KUNG FU
(KUNG FU) Brighton Rox School of Dance Unit 3, Hove Business Centre, Fonthill Rd., Hove BN3 6HA. Alberto Kavadellas 0782 823 8390 www.kamonwingchun.com Chichester Swanfield Community Centre, 46 Swanfield Drive, Chichester, PO19 6GH Karl Jenkinson (instructor) 07885 287667 www.kamonwingchun.com Crawley K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Brighton Rd., Crawley, RH11 9BQ Bill Bostock 020 8123 5768 www.kamonwingchun.com Eastbourne Eastbourne Hospital Staff Social Club, Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD Neilon Pitamber (instructor) 07956 200273 www.kamonwingchun.com/classpromotion. aspx?class=Eastbourne East Grinstead The Studio at Chequer Mead Arts Centre, De La Warr Rd., East Grinstead RH19 3BS. Bill Bostock 020 8123 5768
TAI CHI
Sussex Zhong Ding Angmering, Ferring, Lancing, Littlehampton, Rustington & Worthing. Jan Simpson 07504 294905 sussexzhongding@yahoo.co.uk www.sussexzhongding.co.uk Tai Chi Wisdom Brighton, Hove, Lewes & Steyning Simon & Cher Robins 01273 239054 info@taichiwisdom.net www.taichiwisdom.net
TAEKWON-DO
Brighton Taekwon-Do School Stanley Deason Leisure Centre, Wilson Avenue, Brighton, BN2 5PB (also Hove and Saltdean) Howard Mayes 01273 508120 howard@tkdbrighton.com www.tkdbrighton.com
Brighton Ishigaki Ju-Jitsu Club LA Fitness, Tower Point, Spring Street, Brighton BN1 1YR. 07710 503611. Michael Le Borgne 07710 503611 Brightonjujitsu@yahoo.co.uk www.ishigaki.org.uk British Jujitsu Ryu www.britishjujitsuryu.co.uk • The Gymnasium, Steyning Grammar Lower School, School Lane, Steyning BN44 3LB. • Steve Moxey 01903 815997 / 07748 609750 britishjujitsuryu@hotmail.com • Church Hall, Cissbury Drive, Findon Valley, BN14 0DT. Darren Hamilton 01903 530559 / 07795 024208 maxella@gmail.com • North Lancing First & Middle School, Mill Rd., Lancing BN15 0PT. Andrew Bennett 01903 753385 / 07804 900347 bennetthouse@ntlworld.com Kenaji Academy of Martial Arts Southwater + classes in Storrington and Thakeham. Wado Ryu, Shotokan, Shito Ryu, Jujitsu, Aikido & Kickboxing. Brian Redman 01903 743334 / 07711 987 672 www.kenagi.co.uk Mid-Sussex Martial Arts School The Honbu Dojo, Scaynes Hill RH17 7NP Judo, Aikido, Iaido & Kendo Roger Payne 01444 318422/01825 791703 roger@msmas.org / msmas.org Ren Yi Wu Kwan Tang Sou Dao Broadbridge Heath, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Horsham & Wadhurst Adam Goward 01825 732224 a.goward@virgin.net www.tangsoudao.com Ryusui-ryu Felbridge Village Hall, Crawley Down Rd., East Grinstead RH19 2PS Neil Starks 01342 315372 www.m-a-t-s.co.uk Sama South East - Karate & Kickboxing • West Sussex: Hassocks, Henfield, Hurstpierpoint, Partridge Green, Shoreham, Steyning, Upper Beeding & Wivelsfield. • East Sussex: Buxted, Chiddingly, Crowborough, Groombridge, Hartfield,
Heathfield, Newick, Ninfield, Nutley, Peasmarsh, Plumpton Green, Ringmer, Sedlescombe, Uckfield & Westfield. 01273 261242 george@samasoutheast.co.uk george@samakarate.com www.samasoutheast.co.uk Soul Martial Arts Academy M4 Rudford Ind Est, Ford Rd., Ford BN18 0BF 0800 9804858 soulmartialarts@hotmail.com www.soulmartialarts.co.uk Tae-Jitsu • Impulse leisure, Old Barn Way, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4NT. • Portslade Sports Centre, Chalky Rd., Hove BN41 2WS Peter Moran 01273 273967 / 07891 864272 taejitsu@yahoo.co.uk / www.tae-jitsu.co.uk The Choi Foundation (Choi Kwang Do) Dorothy Stringer Sports Complex, Loder Rd., Brighton, BN1 6PZ and LA Fitness Centre, St. Heliers Avenue off Portland Rd., Hove BN3 5RE. 0800 0467260 info@thechoifoundation.co.uk www.thechoifoundation.co.uk/ Uckfield Martial Arts Club Uckfield Gymnastics Centre, Batts Bridge Rd., Maresfield, nr Uckfield TN22 2HN Alex Foot (coach) 07946 104512 afoot@panini.co.uk www.anthonycairns.com/Martial%20Arts/ UMAC.htm West Sussex Choi Kwang Do Academy Classes in Angmering, East Preston & Storrington 07955 162886 wsckd@fsmail.net / www.westsussexckd.com White Crane Fighting Arts Worlds End Pavilion, Janes Lane, Burgess Hill RH15 OAT Neil Johnson 07976 260710 neil@whitecranefightingarts.com www.whitecranefightingarts.com Worthing K1Gym Xtreme, 12 Bath Place, Worthing BN11 3BD. Mike O’Hagan 01903 236664 mohagan@gym-xtreme.co.uk www.gym-xtreme.co.uk
NETBALL
Sussex Netball www.sussexnetball.com/play-netball.php Sussex County Netball Association County Secretary (Sussex) Miss Sheila Martin 01273 422959/07754 978194 she.martin@hotmail.co.uk Sussex Netball Development Officer hannah.brooks@englandnetball.co.uk Arun Netball Club Arun Leisure Centre, Felpham, Bognor Regis hanbro@me.com Brighton Netball Club Dorothy Stringer School www.brightonnetballclub.co.uk CCK Netball Club (Whitehawk) Crew Club, Coolham Drive, Whitehawk ccknetball@btinternet.com Chichester Junior Netball Club Bishop Luffa School, Chichester Emma Wiggs on p.e.lavanthouse@hotmail.com Chichester Phoenix Netball Club Central C of E School Chichester panthersnetballclub@gmail.com www.panthersnetball.co.uk
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Jee-Pai Kickboxing Maybridge Boys Club, Durrington, Worthing 07793 102690 www.xtreme-kickboxing.co.uk/gym.htm Lumpini Muay Thai Crawley Thai Boxing Centre, 1st Floor, 49 Gatwick Rd., Manor Royal, Crawley, RH10 9RD. John Jarvis 07702 119198 john@crawleythaiboxing.co.uk www.crawleythaiboxing.co.uk Whitehawk Kickboxing Club (Brighton) Sports Hall, Valley Social Centre, Whitehawk, Brighton. 01273 389471 / 07730 624372 Indra Don Francesco 01273 389471 / 07730 624372 indradon@hotmail.com
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Chichester Netball Club Lavant House, Chichester www.chichesternetballclub.webeden.co.uk Crows Netball Club Rachel 01892 655661 www.tunwellsnetball.org.uk Chanctonbury Netball Club angela.kitkat@hotmail.co.uk CD Phoenix Netball Club (East Grinstead) G4S Netball Centre, Imberhorne Lower School, Sackville School and The Jubilee Centre. www.cdphoenixsussex.org.uk Eastbourne Netball Club Eastbourne Sports Park www.eastbourne-netball.com Enigma Netball Club (Worthing) Karen Thornton 07748 196238 karenthornton12@hotmail.com Freedom Ice Netball Club (Crowborough) Crowborough Leisure Centre. de@railjournal.co.uk Footloose Netball Club (Chichester) joannadudman@hotmail.com footloosenetballclub.weebly.com/ Genesis Beacon Netball Club Amanda 07761 041361 Giants (Worthing) karen.Dennison@westsussexpct.nhs.uk Hassocks Netball Club Freedom Leisure Hassocks macnamara750@btinternet.com Hastings Netball Club denisecsims@hotmail.com Heathfield Panthers Netball Club Maxine mcobbold@heathfieldcc.e-sussex.sch.uk Henfield & Partridge Green Netball Team Henfield Leisure Centre Edna 01403 710586 / 07708 486973 Jan 01403 711241 / 07740 626316 Lewes Netball Club (junior) South Down Sports Club www.lewesnetballclub.co.uk Mid Sussex Netball Club St Paul’s Catholic College, Burgess Hill. Jackie tunnicliffej42@btinternet.com www.midsussexnetball.org.uk NRG Netball Club (Worthing) t.price@worthing.ac.uk Oakwood Netball Club (Crawley) Oakwood Football Club, Kelly beccakel@hotmail.com Old Town Netball Club (Eastbourne - junior) paul-stephdudson@hotmail.com Peacehaven Netball Club mandycollings@aol.com Phoenix Netball Team (Burgess Hill) robandpip.turner@btinternet.com Pulborough Netball Club Pulborough Recreation Ground Sue on 01798 875629 suzanne@dudman04.orangehome.co.uk Redhill Netball Club (Crawley) Ifield Community College, near Crawley jo.barnes@rocketmail.com Rimmerettes Netball Club (Eastbourne) Eastbourne Sports Park ms@stephenrimmer.com Rudgewick Netball Club Pennthorpe School, Emily 07799 514954 Seaford Netball Club Clare 01323 890994 or Kim 01323 894648 Sedlescombe Netball Club suzyham@btconnect.com Southwater Netball Club (Horsham) michellea.campbell@virgin.net
Southdown Netball Club (East Grinstead) G4S Netball Centre, Imberhorne Lower School, Sackville School and The Jubilee Centre www.southdownnetballclub.co.uk Spirit Netball Club (Lewes - junior) Southdown Sports Club, Lewes Karen on 07899 908456 Sussex Thunder, Storm & Lightning St Bedes School, Upper Dicker sussexnetballclub@yahoo.co.uk Sussex Merlins Netball Club James.szymik@sussexmerlins.co.uk Trinity Tristars Netball Club (Crawley) Oakwood Football Club beccakel@hotmail.com Uckfield Netball Club (junior) Uckfield Technology Community College uccsshipley@uctc.e-sussex.sch.uk
ORIENTEERING
British Orienteering Federation www.britishorienteering.org.uk Saxons Orienteering Club (Crowborough) Anita Kingdon 01892 722624 secretary@saxons-oc.org / www.saxons-oc.org Southdowns Orienteers Jaquie Drake 01273 400603 thedrakes@vuggles.co.uk www.southdowns-orienteers.org.uk
ROUNDERS
Starz UK 5 Mercury House, Ham Rd., Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6EW. 07590 960957 l.webber@starzuk.co.uk www.starzuk.co.uk Rounders England website www.roundersengland.co.uk
ROWING
Find your local club www.britishrowing.org/clubfinder Find your local coastal rowing club www.rowinguk.com Ardingly Rowing Club The Boathouse, Ardingly Activity Centre, College Rd., Ardingly RH17 6SQ 01444 401229 David Avery 01798 815118 d.avery6@btinternet.com www.ardinglyrowingclub.co.uk Bexhill Rowing Club anthony.page@networkrail.co.uk www.bexhillrowingclub.com Bewl Bridge Rowing Club Martin Teale 07801 135270 captain@bewlrowingclub.co.uk www.bewlrowingclub.co.uk Brighton & Hove Rowing Club Western Esplanade, Hove BN4 1WE 07951 538546 Eastbourne Rowing Club The Boathouse Royal Parade, Eastbourne, BN22 7LD. Nick Norwood 07855 393542 dave@dufrane.co.uk www.eastbournerc.co.uk Hastings & St. Leonards Rowing Club Hastings & St Leonards Rowing Club, Carlisle Parade, Hastings TN34 1JG Eveline Powell 07905 435745 Robert@salmon9091.freeserve.co.uk www.hastingsrowingclub.co.uk Shoreham Rowing Club Sally Hills 07906 473999 www.shorehamrowingclub.co.uk Worthing Rowing Club Worthing Rowing Club, Splash Point, Marine Parade, Worthing BN11 3PN Martin Holden 07904 183284 wrc@worthingrowingclub.com www.worthingrowingclub.com/
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RUGBY UNION
Sussex RFU Sports Development Unit, Dallington House, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PH 01273 623030 sussexadmin@rfu.com www.sussexrugby.co.uk/dyn/pages/playing/links. shtml Barns Green RFC Bill Bailey enquiries@barnsgreenrfc.co.uk www.barnsgreenrfc.co.uk Bognor RFC Andy Sweeney 01243 820846/07789 767533 www.bognor-rfc.com Brighton FC (RFU) Brighton Rugby Club, Waterhall, Brighton, BN1 8YR 01273 562729 Dionne Fowle (Honorary Secretary) 07778 547625 Dionne.B.Fowle@aexp.com info@brightonblues.co.uk www.brightonblues.co.uk Burgess Hill RFC Poveys Close, Burgess Hill RH15 9TA 01444 232221 www.pitchero.com/clubs/burgesshill/ Chichester RFC Dai Davies 01243 778 406/07816 837 026 Secretary@ChichesterRFC.co.uk www.chichesterrfc.co.uk Cinque Ports RFC 23 Havelock Rd., Hastings TN34 1BP 01424 722844 info@cinqueportsrugby.co.uk www.cinqueportsrugby.co.uk Crawley RFC Paul Chapman 07753 755883 home.chapman@btinternet.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/crawleyrfc Crowborough RFC Steel Cross, Crowborough TN6 2XB 01892 654832 Simon Davies 01892 663915/07909 808317 sdgas@aol.com www.crowboroughrugby.com Ditchling RFC The Playing Fields, Lewes Rd., Ditchling, BN6 8TY. 01273 832833 hughfelton@gmail.com www.ditchlingrugby.co.uk East Grinstead RFC The Pavilion, Saint Hill Rd., East Grinstead RH19 4JU 01342 322338 Matt Ravenscroft 07831 721538 secretary@egrfc.com / www.egrfc.com/ Eastbourne RFC Suzanne Wood 01323 739179 suandalwood.tiscali.co.uk www.eastbournerugby.com Hastings & Bexhill RFC William Parker Lower School, Park Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2PN. Tel: 01424 444255 Len Bolton 01424 755612 l.bolton159@btinternet.com www.hastingsrugby.org.uk Haywards Heath RFC Alan Jenkins 07931 196737 aj@hhrfc.co.uk www.pitchero.com/clubs/haywardsheath Heathfield & Waldron RFC The Hardy Roberts Recreational Ground, Cross-in-hand, Heathfield 01435 868747 Tim Ball 01435 831142 / 0207 332 5750 / 07802 932248 tjgball@hotmail.com / www.hwrfc.co.uk
mark.eastman@st-albans-church.co.uk www.st-francis-rugby.com Sussex Police RFC Brighton Rugby Club, Brighton BN1 8YR www.sussexpolicerfc.co.uk Uckfield RFC Hempstead Playing Fields, Nevill Rd., Uckfield TN22 1LX 01825 768956 Kim Dunn 07905 756271 / 01825 761678 dunnkim6@aol.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/uckfieldrfc Worthing RFC The Rugby Park, Roundstone Lane, Angmering BN16 4AX 01903 784706 Allan Imrie 07899 063944 Allan.Imrie@ametek.co.uk www.worthingrfc.co.uk Sussex Referees Society Phil Bowers 07930 188560 philbowersref@aol.com / www.ssrfur.com/
Inn Shore Cruising Club The Shore Hotel, Shore Rd., East Wittering, Chichester PO20 8DZ 01243 514001 sec@innshorecruisingclub.co.uk www.innshorecruisingclub.co.uk Itchenor Sailing Club Club Lane, Itchenor, Chichester PO20 7AG 01243 512400 office@itchenorsailingclub.co.uk www.itchenorsc.co.uk Lancing Sailing Club Shopsdam Rd., Lancing BN15 8ES 01903 766006 memsec@lancingsc.org.uk www.lancingsc.org.uk Littlehampton Sailing & Motor Club 90/91 South Terrace, Littlehampton BN17 5LJ 01903 715859 Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Marine Parade, Seaford BN25 2QR 01323 893542 SAILING/YACHTING information@nssc.org.uk / www.nssc.org.uk Arun Yacht Club Newhaven Yacht Club River Side West, Littlehampton BN17 5DL 01903 The Harbourside, Fort Rd., Newhaven 716016 BN9 9EL 01273 589849 office@arunyc.org.uk / www.arunyc.org.uk bbgannetv@tiscali.co.uk Ashdown Sailing Club www.newhavenyc.co.uk c/o Brungerley, London Rd., East Grinstead RH19 Pagham Yacht Club 1QF 01342 326901 1 West Front Rd., Pagham, Bognor Regis sailing@ashdownsailing.org.uk PO21 4TD 01243 265025 www.ashdownsailing.org.uk commodore@pyc.org.uk / www.pyc.org.uk Bexhill Sailing Club Pevensey Bay Sailing Club De La Warr Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1LA The Club House, Old Martello Rd., 01424 212906 Pevensey Bay BN24 6DX 01323 761002 www.bexhillsc.com dave.harrington@pbsd.org.uk Bosham Sailing Club www.pbsc.org.uk The Quay, Bosham, Chichester PO18 8LU 01243 Rye Harbour Sailing Club 572341 The Point, Rye Harbour, Rye TN31 7TU manager@boshamsailingclub.co.uk 01797 222291 www.boshamsailingclub.co.uk richardhopper@playden97.freeserve.co.uk Brighton Marina Yacht Club www.rhsc.org.uk Medina House, Brighton Marina Village, Shoreham Sailing Club Brighton BN2 5UT 01273 818711 Soldiers Point, 223 Harbour Way, Shoreham office@bmyc.org.uk www.bmyc.org.uk Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5HZ Brighton Sailing Club 01273 453078 109-111 Kings Rd. Arches, Brighton, sscmemsec@hotmail.com BN1 2FN 01273 321802 www.shorehamsailing.org www.brightonsailingclub.org.uk Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club Chichester Yacht Club Sovereign Harbour Marina, Pevensey Bay Rd., Chichester Marina, Birdham, Chichester Eastbourne BN23 6JH 01424 845991 PO20 7EJ 01243 512918 gsteven@rya-online.net / www.shyc.co.uk secretary@cyc.co.uk www.cyc.co.uk Sussex Yacht Club City Livery Yacht Club 85-89 Brighton Rd., Shoreham-by-Sea 10 Phillips Close, Maidenbower, Crawley BN43 6RE 01273 464868 RH10 7NP 08700 664232 secretary@sussexyachtclub.org.uk jw@clyc.co.uk www.clyc.co.uk www.sussexyachtclub.org.uk Dell Quay Sailing Club Weir Wood Sailing Club Dell Quay, Chichester PO20 7EE 01243 785080 Weir Wood Reservoir, Forest Row RH18 5HT www.dqsc.co.uk 01342 828462 Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing Club info@wwsc.org.uk www.wwsc.org.uk Royal Parade, Eastbourne BN22 7AA Worthing Yacht Club 01323 416562 Marine Walk, Worthing BN12 4DJ training@sailing-at-eastbourne.co.uk 01903 249956 www.sailing-at-eastbourne.co.uk www.worthingyachtclub.co.uk Felpham Sailing Club SHOOTING Blakes Rd., Felpham PO22 7EE 01243 865115 Aldingbourne & District Target Shooting Club www.felphamsailing.co.uk (Westergate near Bognor Regis) Hastings & St Leonards Sailing Club root@aldingbournetsc.co.uk Marina, Lower Promenade, www.aldingbournetsc.co.uk St. Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0BU 01424 422142 Buxted Rifle & Pistol Club mail@hastingssc.wanadoo.co.uk Framfield Rd., Buxted, Uckfield TN22 4LE 07835 www.hastingssc.org 928311 Hastings Motor Boat & Yacht Club www.buxtedshootingclub.co.uk The Clubhouse, Rock A Nore Parade, Hastings TN34 3DW 01424 429779 hmbyc@supanet.com
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Hellingly RFC Hellingly Sports Club, Horsebridge BN27 4DL Roger White honsec@hellinglyrfc.co.uk www.hellinglyrfc.com/ Holbrook RFC The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane Horsham RH12 5PJ 01403 751150 www.holbrookrfc.co.uk Horley RFC The New Defence, Court Lodge Rd., Horley, Surrey, RH6 8RA. Barrie Edwards 07912 862566 contact@horleyrugby.co.uk www.horleyrugby.co.uk Horsham RUFC Coolhurst Ground, Hammerpond Rd., Horsham RH13 6PJ. Paul Harding chairman@horshamrufc.com www.horshamrufc.com Hove RFC Hove Recreation Ground, Shirley Drive, Hove, BN3 6QP 01273 505103 Andy Ward 07789 777475 clubhouse@hoverfc.com www.hoverfc.com Lewes RFC Stanley Turner Ground, Kingston Rd., Lewes, BN7 3NB 01273 473732 Dave Winsor 01323 891009 info@lewesrfc.org.uk dwlrfc@sky.com / www.lewesrfc.org.uk Littlehampton RFC Racheal Hutchings 07779 725955 rachealh05@aol.com www.clubs.rfu.com/clubs/portals/littlehampton Midhurst RFC Simon Flint 01730 816465 simon.flint@bbcel.co.uk www.midhurstrugby.co.uk Newick RFC The Crown Inn, Church Rd., Newick BN8 4JX 01825 723293 contact@newickrfc.com www.newickrfc.com Norfolk Arms RFC Wiston Recreation Ground, Hole Street, Wiston, Steyning, BN44 3DH. Ree 07966 815345 www.norfolkarmsrfc.co.uk Old Brightonians RFRC At Brighton FC (RFU) Waterhall Playing Fields, Mill Rd, Brighton BN1 8YH 01273 562729 John Aiken 07709 461000 j.aiken@btconnect.com Plumpton RFC Ross Goring 07870 329138 ross_goring@hotmail.com plumptonrfc.co.uk Pulborough RFC Pulborough RFC, Freelands, Pulborough Rd., Pulborough RH20 4HP 01903 746463 www.pitchero.com/clubs/pulborough Rye RFC New Rd., Rye TN31 7LS 07784 024162 RyeRugby@Live.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/ryerfc Seaford RFC Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Rd., Seaford BN25 1DR 07535 154463 Nicky Walker 01323 441429 www.seafordrfc.com Shoreham RFC Buckingham Park, Upper Shoreham Rd., Shoreham BN43 6HA andykipling96@gmail.com www.shorehamrugby.com St. Francis RFC Southgate Pavilion, Southgate Avenue, Crawley RH10 6HG Mark Eastman
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Chichester Rifle Club The Range, Wellington Rd., Chichester PO19 6BB www.chichesterrifleclub.co.uk Eastbourne & District Small-Bore Rifle League secretary@eastbourne-league.co.uk www.eastbourne-league.co.uk East Grinstead Target Shooting Club Malcolm Brain secretary@egtsc.co.uk / www.egtsc.co.uk Fittleworth Rifle Club Sean Ide 01798 872095 fittleworthrifleclub@hotmail.com www.fittleworthrifleclub.org Petworth & District Rifle Club John Robbins 0844 7722243 www.tates.com/Petworth/ Southwick Rifle Club Southwick Community Centre Range, Southwick Street, Southwick, BN42 4ET Mr P. Sigournay 01903 814642 southwickrifleclub@yahoo.co.uk
Crowborough Church Rd., Crowborough TN6 1BN 01892 652618 Sally Powell info@crowboroughrackets.org.ok www.crowboroughrackets.org.uk David Lloyd BRd.water Way, Hampden park, Eastbourne BN22 9PZ 01323 509802 Aaron Parkins a.parkins@sky.com Dolphin The Dolphin, Pasture Hill Rd., Haywards Heath RH16 1LY Chris Markham 01444 457337 olymposhh@freedom-leisure.co.uk Dunnings Squash & Racquetball Club Olympos, East Grinstead RH19 3LN Giles Cowdell captain_cowdell@talktalk.net www.dsrc.org.uk East Grinstead Ship Street, East Grinstead RH19 4EE 01342 325077 Andy Norris andrewgnorris@tiscali.co.uk www.egtsc.org SQUASH Horsham Sussex Squash & Racquetball Cricketfield Rd., Horsham RH12 1TE www.sussexsquash.org.uk 01403 251150 James Norman Arun hcsc@ukonline.co.uk Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8ED James.Norman@UK.RSAGroup.com 01243 826612. Richard Laine www.horshamsquash.co.uk richard.laine@ic24.net Lancing Manor Bluecoat Sports Lancing Manor Leisure Centre, Christ’s Church Hospital, Horsham RH13 0YB Old Shoreham Rd., Lancing BN15 0PH 01403 247572. Tony Fiveash 01273 263300 Mick Greenway tony@centralplanthire.co.uk emgee835@msn.com www.bluecoatsports.co.uk www.lancingsquash.co.uk Bognor Regis Lewes Bognor Sports Club, Hawthorn Rd., Southdown Sports Club, Cockshut Rd., Bognor Regis, PO21 2UU Lewes BN7 3PR. Bill Jeffries 01273 480630 Steve Carruthers 01243 865462 sec@southdownclub.org.uk steviecarruthers@hotmail.com bill@billjeffries.co.uk Brighton www.southdownsportsclub.co.uk Withdean Sports complex, Tongdean Lane, Littlehampton Withdean, Brighton, BN1 5JD Sparks Court, Littlehampton BN17 5AS 0845 644 3417 Dave Bowen 01903 713217 Ashley Squires david.bowen@worthing.gov.uk a.squires@sky.com clubroom@brightonsquash.co.uk Middleton www.brightonsquash.co.uk Middleton Sports Club, 3 Sea Lane, Brighton Rackets Middleton-on-Sea, Bognor Regis PO22 7RH Falmer Way, Falmer, BN1 9SG 01243 583157 Paul Elliot 01273 667888 Milli Fawssett hairsginger@hotmail.com milli.1@hotmail.co.uk www.middletonsportsclub.co.uk Burgess Hill Midhurst Olympos Burgess Hill, The Triangle, Grange Leisure Centre, Bepton Rd., Triangle Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA Midhurst GU29 9HD. Andrew Eade 077 9417 4969 01730 816841 David Usher andrew.eade@yahoo.co.uk rachelanddave@aol.com Cooden www.thegrange.org.uk 9 Withyham Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 3BD Storrington 01424 844810 Sid Austin Greyfriars Lane, Storrington RH20 4HE squash@cbssc.co.uk 01903 745134 Nathan Miller www.cbssc.co.uk/squash.htm ssc@uwclub.net n.miller@crown-golf.co.uk Copthorne Squash Club www.storringtonsquashclub.co.uk LA Fitness Gatwick, Copthorne Rd., Copthorne, Weald Crawley, RH10 3PG South Bank, Hassocks BN6 8JP 01342 715022 Karl Manning 01273 844283 Trevor Morgan karl.manning@sussexsquash.org.uk trevor.morgan@uk.ibm.com gatwick@lafitness.co.uk www.the-weald.co.uk www.lafitness.co.uk/gym/gatwick West Worthing Corals Titnore Way, Titnore Lane, West Worthing, Orchard Rd., Hove BN3 7BG BN12 6NY. Pete Williams 01903 247270 01273 731262 Andy Birch peter.williams850@ntlworld.com andy.birch@orionpharma.com info@wwc.org.uk / www.wwc.org.uk www.coralfitness.co.uk/squash Sussex Squash & Racketball Association Crawley Squash Club Secretary: Simon Tunley K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill RH11 9BQ 01293 s.f.tunley@sussex.ac.uk 585300 Andrew Watts andrew.watts@zen.co.uk
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STOOLBALL
To find your local team www.stoolball.org.uk/teams Sussex County Stoolball Association Mrs Kay Price 01403 252419
SWIMMING
1066 Swimmers SC Mrs Carol Bishop, 23 Southlands Rd., Bexhill on Sea TN39 5HG secretary@1066swimmers.org.uk www.1066swimmers.org.uk Atlantis ASC Mr. Paul Clarke 01403 733794 paclarke1@talktalk.net www.atlantishorsham.co.uk Beacon SC Mrs Ursula Taylor 01892 661197 utaylor330@btinternet.com www.beaconswimmingclub.co.uk Bexhill SC Mrs.V. Tillett 01424 845983 bexhillswimmingclub@hotmail.com Bognor Regis SC Mr D. Loveman 01243 528095 daveloveman@lineone.net www.bognorswim.co.uk Brighton SC Mrs D. Halls 01273 475326 denisehalls@postmaster.co.uk www.brightonsc.co.uk Brighton Dolphin SC Miss S. Naish, 8 The Saffrons, Burgess Hill, RH15 8TB sarah@snaish15.fsnet.co.uk www.bdsc.co.uk Chichester Area Youth SC Mr J. Etherington 01243 860062 jon_etherington@sky.com Chichester Cormorants SC Mrs J. Laney 17 Fishbourne Rd East, Chichester PO19 9NH jo.laney@btinternet.com www.chichester-cormorants.co.uk Crawley SC Mrs E. Smith 01293 883570 jan@cwcw.demon.co.uk www.crawleysc.ik.com East Grinstead SC Mrs. Annemarie Fox 01342 328255 annemarie@thefoxies.com / www.egsc.co.uk Eastbourne SC Mr Peter Tyler 079 0176 9346 ESC-HonSec@ustylers.co.uk www.eastbourneswimmingclub.org Hailsham SC Mrs E Lucani 01323 503276 e.lucani@tiscali.co.uk www.hailshamswimmingclub.org Hastings Seagull SC Mr Graham Furness 01424 438122 graham.furness@tiscali.co.uk Horsham SC Ms J Walker, 33 Siskin Close, Horsham, RH12 5YR Lewes SC Mr P Fouch 01273 477365 paul@lewesswimmingclub.org www.lewesswimmingclub.org Littlehampton SC Mrs B Condron 01243 552372 dettecondron@aol.com www.littlehamptonsc.ik.com Mid-Sussex Marlins SC Susan Lodge 01444 451707 susan.lodge@btconnect.com www.olymposmarlins.org
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Beacon Swimming Club (Crowborough) Train at Beacon Community College Mrs Ursula Taylor 01892 661197 utaylor330@btinternet.com www.beaconswimmingclub.co.uk Brighton Dolphin Swimming Club The Prince Regent Pool in Brighton Miss S. Naish, 8 The Saffrons, Burgess Hill RH15 8TB sarah@snaish15.fsnet.co.uk/ www.bdsc.co.uk Brighton Swimming Club Train at the Prince Regent Pool in Brighton Mrs D. Halls 01273 475326 denisehalls@postmaster.co.uk www.brightonsc.co.uk Synchro section of the British Swimming www.swimming.org/britishswimming/synchro
TABLE TENNIS
Sussex Table Tennis Alliance sussextta.co.uk Sussex County Table Tennis AssN. sctta.sussextta.co.uk/index.php Leagues Brighton & District Table Tennis League contactus@brightontabletennis.co.uk Crawley, Horsham & District www.crawleyhorshamanddistricttabletennis league.co.uk Haywards Heath & District Table Tennis League Phil Harvey 01444 242135 www.haywardsheathttl.org.uk South West Sussex Table Tennis League Ron Eglin 01243 544721 Worthing & District Table Tennis League Mrs J Mansell 01903 261626 English Table Tennis Association Premier Clubs Battle North Trade Rd., Battle, TN33 0HT 07803 138881 Kevin Haffenden admin@battlettc.com www.battlettc.com BRd. Oak TTC Burwash Rd., BRd. Oak, Heathfield Paul Dustall 07985 812001 Paul.dunstall@btopenworld.com
Crawley Community TTC Holy Trinity School, Buckwood Drive, Crawley Ian Ford 07764 146338 Ian.ford@horsham.gov.uk Hollingbury TTC Bevendean Primary School, Heath Hill Avenue, Brighton. Christine Wicks (club chairman) 01273 709612/07982 250988 Cjiwcks1@yahoo.co.uk www.hollingburyttc.co.uk Hollington TTC 1 Wishing Tree Rd. North, St Leonards Andy Furnival (01424) 438461 Horsham TTC Greenway School, Greenway, Horsham Ian Ford 07764 146338 Ian.ford@horsham.gov.uk www.horshamtabletennisclub.co.uk MMJ TTC East Grinstead Lewes Rd., East Grinstead. Martin Jezisek Mmjtabletennis@yahoo.co.uk 07894 064711 Pavilion TTC Kings Manor School, Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea. Mike Jones 07932 676891 Mike.jones@pavilionttc.co.uk www.pavilionttc.co.uk Storrington TTC Chanctonbury Sport & Leisure, Spierbridge Rd., Storrington Pat Mahoharan (adults) 07897 150108 Ian Talmadge (juniors) 01903 745095 Ian.talmadge@ips.invensys.com www.storrington-tabletennis.co.uk Crawley & Horsham League teams Copthorne & Maidenbower Maidenbower Junior School, Harvest Rd., Maidenbower, Crawley M. H. Hughes 020 866 83314 Crawley Sports Hut 1, Tilgate Forest Recreation Centre, Crawley. J. Lee 01293 443529 Foresters Hut 2, Tilgate Forest Recreation Centre, Crawley. D. Edwards 01293 521643 Holbrook Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham Mrs M. Campbell 01403 257549 www.theholbrookclub.co.uk/home/ Horsham Greenway School, Greenway, Horsham Secretary, R. Scott 07815 778342 Ifield J. A. Meads 01293 527105 Hastings League teams Bexhillians Secretary : Roger Gillett 01424 216977. Bexhill Youth Centre, Station Rd., Bexhill. Civil Service (Hastings) Secretary: Paul Barry 01424 431658. Civil Service Club, Harrow Lane, Hastings. Filsham Valley (Junior) Mrs T. Bennett, 01323 484113 / 01424 446247. Filsham Valley School, Edinburgh Rd., St. Leonàrds. Hollington Hollington Youth & Community Centre, 1 Wishing Tree Rd. North, St Leonards. 01424 852166. Neil Stapley 01424 422892 Monarchs (Hastings) All Souls Parish Room, 84-86 Athelstan Rd., Hastings TN35 5JE Peter Harding 01424 712708 Nalgo (Hastings) Tabernacle Hall, Robertson Street, Hastings Mick Lane 01424 434217 mick.d.lane@btinternet.com
Park Parish Hall, Wishing Tree Rd., St. Leonards Adrian Goodrum 01424 442363 Saints Westfield Community Centre, Workhouse Lane, Westfield. David Power, 32 Asten Close, St. Leonards, TN38 8DJ. 01424 718136 Tackleway All Souls Parish Room, 84-86 Athelstan Rd., Hastings, TN35 5JE Danny Rickaby 01424 430201/07740 877211 Tigers (St Leonards) St John’s Church Hall, Brittany Rd. St. Leonards. Miss Sheila King 01424 428057 /01424 456221 sheila.king@etta.co.uk www.tigerstt.mfbiz.com Travaux Civil Service Club, Harrow Lane, Hastings Cliff Duffell 01424 773176 Worthing District League teams Chesswood Middle School, Chesswood Rd., Worthing BN11 2AA Goring St Symphorian’s Church Hall, New Rd., Durrington, Worthing BN13 3HU andrew.kerkhove@hotmail.co.uk www.facebook.com/group. php?gid=100052847003 St. Andrews Worthing Boys Club, Ivy Arch Rd, Worthing BN14 8BX Steyning The Old Gymnasium, Steyning Grammar School, 18 Shooting Field, Steyning BN44 3RX. 07927 008 663 SteyningTTC@googlemail.com www.steyningttc.co.uk West Worthing Titnore Way, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing BN13 3RT. Bruce 01903 505666 or Dennis 01903 267286 info@wwc.org.uk www.wwc.org.uk/table_tennis.html Woodlands The Woodland Centre, Woodlands Avenue, Rustington BN16 3HB. Mrs B Bayford 01903 773306 Other clubs Billinghurst Ian Ford 07764 146338 Ian.ford@horsham.gov.uk sussextta.co.uk/clubs_billingshurst.php Brighton Tim Holtam 07985141788 tim@brightontabletennisclub.co.uk www.brightontabletennisclub.co.uk Crawley Community The Holy Trinity School, Buckswood Drive, Crawley RH11 8JE. Ian Ford 07764 146338 ianfordy@aol.com www.crawleytabletennis.co.uk Lancing North Lancing School, (Browning Rd.) Off Mill Rd., North Lancing BN15 0PT Ray Forder 01903 766678 / 07866 641160 rfordertabletennis@fsmail.net North Mundham Village Hall, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA Mr Peter Baldwin 01243 860966 peter@peterbaldwin.co.uk West Chiltington westchilt.tabletennis@virgin.net www.sussextta.co.uk/clubs_westchiltington.php
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Shiverers SC Mr Derek Fowlie 07831 455243 md@burgundywines.co.uk Smiths Swimming Squad Mr J Rann 01323 644476 postmaster@wbjmr.force9.co.uk Sussex Martlets (Masters) SC Mr R Miller 01323 733929 rod.miller@eurotelonline.com St Bedes Aquatic SC Mr K Ayers 01323 492675 kevinayers@talktalk.net www.streamlinesports.co.uk/St-Bedes-AquaticsClub Worthing SC Mr P. McCallum, 01903 267019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com www.worthingswimmingclub.org Sussex County Amateur Swimming Association Chairman: Mr P McCallum 01903 267019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com Mrs M Tuppen MBE, 01273 303131 tuppen.sx2@tiscali.co.uk www.sussexswimming.org/ County Swimming Co-ordinator - Sussex Sarah Porter 07765 838482 sarah.porter@swimming.org
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Woodlands (Rustington) Woodlands Memorial Hall, Woodlands Avenue, Rustington, BN16 3HB. Jim Holden 01903 782209 woodlands@tiscali.co.uk
TENNIS
To locate your local club www.lta.org.uk/in-your-area/Sussex/ Tennis Sussex Ash House, 26 Tongdean Lane, Withdean, Brighton, BN1 5JE 01273 505979 Sussex@LTA.org.uk LTA Tennis Development Manager Liz Squires 01273 505979 Liz.Squires@LTA.org.uk
TRAMPOLINING
Bexhill Bouncers Bexhill Leisure Centre, Bexhill 01424 845054 ianmcmullen@hotmail.co.uk Dragon Flyers T.C. Bognor Regis 01243 825015 / 01243 266324 Arena Sports Centre, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis PO21 5JD 01243 870000 louiseadams@btinternet.com FliteCrew Trampoline Club Crawley K2 centre, Crawley 01403 257038 flitecrewlaurel@aol.com Gatwick Fliers Crawley K2 centre, Crawley 01293 430790 Jump Trampolining Club (Hailsham) Hailsham Community College Sports Hall, Battle Rd., Hailsham BN27 1DT Karen Street (head coach) 01323 508604 karen.street@virgin.net/street.house@virgin.net www.jumptc.co.uk Orbital Stars Trampoline Club (Horsham) Millais School, Depot Rd., Horsham RH13 5HR 01403 734448 Shinewater Trampoline Club (Eastbourne) Shinewater Sports & Community Centre Milfoil Drive, Langney, Eastbourne BN23 8ED 01323 768614 shinewater@eastbourne.gov.uk www.eastbourne.gov.uk/leisure/sport/council/ shinewater/youth/gym-and-tramp Southdowns (Lewes + Peacehaven) Lewes Leisure Centre, Mountfield Rd. and Lewes & Meridian Leisure Centre, Greenwich Way, Peacehaven. Malcolm Jones 01273 486000/585220 southdowns.gtc@ntlworld.com Southwick Trampolining Club Impulse Leisure (Southwick), Old Barn Way, Southwick BN42 4NT 01273 238111 www.impulseleisure.co.uk Steyning Stars & Henfield Gymnastics Club Steyning Grammar School, Steyning BN44 3RX and Henfield Leisure Centre, North Croft, The King’s Field, Henfield BN5 9QB. Amanda Wadman 01903 816368 / 07785 575155 amandawadman@gmail.com www.wadmanmandy@aol.com Sussex Springers Trampoline Club Fun Abounds Trampoline Centre, Bell Lane, Uckfield 01273 841348 Stella Jackson 01444 241770 / 07747 622212 funabounds@btinternet.com www.sussexspringers.co.uk Sky Surfers Trampoline Club Arena Sports Centre, Bognor Regis 01903 266981 john.varga@ntlworld.com Sussex Martlets Trampoline Club Worthing Leisure Centre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Goring, Worthing BN12 4ET 01903 501798
pat@belchamber.com Synergy Sports Academy (Crawley, East Grinstead & Haywards Heath) 07762220191 enquiries@synergysportsacademy.com Up N Downs Trampoline Club (Seaford) Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Rd., Seaford BN25 4QW 01323490011 rebecca.hatt@waveleisure.co.uk
TRIATHLON
Amphibians 2 Triathlon Club Karen Wigmore, Club coach karen.wigmore@sky.com www.a2tri.com Brighton Phoenix Tri Malcom Hughes 01273 779761 brightonphoenixtri@yahoo.com www.brightonphoenix.org.uk Chichester Westgate Triathlon Club Adrian Campbell 07900 512 699 / 01243 536516 maryaidy@ukonline.co.uk or info@cwtc.org.uk www.cwtc.org.uk Crawley Tri Club Paul Holmes 01444 882036 / 07767 202055 / 07767202055 paul@circuit-alert.co.uk info@crawleytriclub.co.uk www.crawleytriclub.co.uk East Grinstead Tri Club Clare Collett, Club secretary club@egtri.com www.egtri.com Esporta Brighton Esporta Brighton Health & Racquet Club, Village Way, Falmer, BN1 9SG Tony Wright 07767 827446 www.esportabrighton.co.uk Mid-Sussex Triathlon Club Olympos Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath, Tamsin Douglas-Smith 01273 835680 info@midsussextriclub.com www.midsussextriclub.com Steyning Athletic Club Joan Lennon 01903 812569 joan.lennon@gmail.com www.steyningac.co.uk Tuff Fitty Triathlon Club (Littlehampton) Clive Harvey Club Secretary, 42 Mallon Dene, Rustington BN16 2JR clive.harvey@tuff-fitty.co.uk www.tuff-fitty.co.uk
VOLLEYBALL
Adur (Southwick) Southwick Leisure Centre, Old Barn Way, Southwick BN43 4NT. 01273 263200 Tom Holt 07760 287790 thomasholt28@hotmail.com www.adurvolleyball.co.uk Dolphins (Burgess Hill) Olympos Leisure Centre, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill 01444 876000 Tom Hay 01273 546014 / 07941 390 595 tom_hays@yahoo.co.uk www.dolphinvc.co.uk Kingfishers (Forest Row) Michael Hall School, Forest Row Simon Lewis 07917 328 871 simonklewis@aol.com Storrington Lancing Manor Leisure Centre, Manor Rd., Lancing BN15 0PH 01903 524624 Martin Fisher 07786 6426541 martin.fisher16@btinternet.com Worthing Worthing High School, South Farm Rd., Worthing 01903 237864. Nigel Goldsmith 01903 263034 / 0779 5523467 nigeliangoldsmith@yahoo.com
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www.worthingvolleyball.co.uk Sussex Volleyball Association Richard Jennings (secretary) 01903 746117 richard@ashdown.co.uk www.volleyballsussex.co.uk/index.htm
WATER POLO
Brighton Swimming Club David Charbit 07968 986648 david_charbit@yahoo.co.uk www.brightonsc.co.uk Crawley Swimming Club Barry Hurst 07595 756166 barryhurst59@aol.com www.crawleysc.ik.com Hailsham Swimming Club Jeanette Simpson 01323 440140 Enquiries@hailshamswimmingclub.org www.hailshamswimmingclub.org/ Mid-Sussex Marlins Swimming Club Pat Bates 01444 245920 waterpolo@olymposmarlins.org www.olymposmarlins.org/ Worthing Swimming Club Peter McCallum 01903 267019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com www.worthingswimmingclub.org
WATERSPORTS
Chichester Watersports Centre Coach Rd., Westhampnett, Chichester PO18 0NX 01243 776439 / 07964 463858 chichesterwatersports@btconnect.com www.chichesterwatersports.co.uk Hove Lagoon Watersports Lagoon Watersports, Hove Lagoon Kingsway, Hove 01273 424842 info@lagoonwatersports.co.uk www.lagoon.co.uk
WEIGHTLIFTING
Worthing Weightlifting Club John Walton 07815 938919 / 01273 726095 johnboy.walton@hotmail.co.uk
ZORBING
Brighton (Devils Dyke) 08456 434 360 www.orb360.co.uk / enquiries@orb360.co.uk Forest Row SphereMania 0844 800 30 45 enquiries@spheremania.com www.spheremania.com
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