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e are on the brink of what could be a fantastic summer of sport, with the London Olympics looming on the horizon and England, under newly-appointed head coach Roy Hodgson, heading for Poland and Ukraine hoping for success in the European Championships. Great champions produce when it matters most, and sports fans in Sussex will hope that World Champion swimmer Gemma Spofforth and the other Olympians from our county can record personal bests that will put them among the medals. And that former Hastings schoolboy Gareth Barry, interviewed in this issue (see p 28), will help the chronically under-achieving England side team live up to its potential at last. If they want inspiration, they need only read about double Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson, profiled on page 26. At one point he held every medal and championship title in the decathlon – and his sporting career began in Haywards Heath. Timing, of course, is everything in top-level sport. Chelsea Football Club may not be everyone’s cup of tea – and Dave Brayley is highly critical of their players in his column on page 39 – but no-one can deny that they owe their success to performers such as goalkeeper Petr Cech and forward Didier Drogba, who peaked at the right moment in the Champions League final in Munich. Meanwhile, the footballers of Brighton & Hove Albion, Crawley Town, Eastbourne Borough and Whitehawk can all put their feet up for the summer. We look back on their 2011-12 seasons.
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Michel Kuipers Albion Season Review Crawley Town Sussex Senior Cup Final Report Tommy Widdrington Cotts’ Column Luke Wells SCCC London Calling Sally Gunnell Exclusive Sussex Legacy Launch Olympians At Chichester Daley Thompson Profile The Big Interview: Gareth Barry Andy Stewart The Punter Barrie Senior: Bexhill Angler Dave Brayley Mr Angry Willingdon Golf Club Girl Power AEGON Eastbourne Tennis Class Act: Downlands School Albion in the Community Eight-Marathon Man A-Z of Clubs, Leagues and Sports Coming Next
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CRAWLEY TOWN AND FORMER ALBION GOALKEEPER ON what it’s like to be back
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hat an amazing season it has been for Crawley Town! In the first year that the club has been in the Football League, the team managed to finish in third place, which means the Red Devils will now be competing in League One next season for the first time in its history. The battle for the third automatic promotion spot went all the way to the final day. Up until the penultimate game we had only had one defeat in fourteen, which meant that a win on the final day would guarantee promotion regardless of results elsewhere. We had travelled up to Accrinton Stanley with the backing of around 600 Crawley supporters. The excitement was written
scenes with both supporters and players celebrating the amazing achievement of back-to-back promotions. The coach journey back to the Broadfield was pure joy to be followed by a Welcome Home reception by supporters in the Redz Bar. Looking ahead to next season we will be playing in some great stadiums and coming up against teams like Portsmouth and Coventry. It shows how far Crawley have come to be competing in the same league as these teams with such a prolific history behind them. Brighton finished their first season back in the Championship in a very respectable10th place and hosted some very memorable opposition in the cups with sellout fixtures against Liverpool
The coach journey back to the Broadfield was pure joy to be followed by a Welcome Home reception by supporters in the Redz Bar. on everybody`s faces, and what a nailbiting 90 minutes it turned out to be. At one stage Southend United were winning at home, which meant they would go up instead of us - until Scott Neilson received a long ball at the edge of the penalty box. He controlled the ball beautifully and unleashed a powerful drive right into the bottom corner past the outstretched left hand of the helpless Accrington goalkeeper. For the remaining 23 minutes, the travelling supporters sang their hearts out, and ran onto the pitch when, to everybody`s relief, the referee blew the final whistle. The party had by then well and truly started. There were some fantastic
and Newcastle. I am sure the club will be looking to strengthen an already strong squad in the hope of getting promoted to the Premier League next season, either automatically or by the play offs. With extra seats being installed in the East Stand upper and south-west corner the future looks bright at the Amex. Meanwhile my son Duke has finished his season with Brighton under-10s on a high as well. He scored his 39th goal of the season in the last match, against QPR, and is already preparing for pre-season. A big well done to all the boys in the under-10s for a great season! Hope you enjoy this edition of Sussex Sport, and catch up with you soon.
Crawley Stats 2011-2012 Player of the season: Dannie Bulman; 2nd, Kyle McFadzean; 3rd, Sergio Torres. Young player of the year: Hope Akpan. Goal of the season: Scott Davies v Torquay Utd. Game of the season: v Hull City (a) FA Cup 4th round, won 1-0. Best individual performance: Michel Kuipers v Crewe Alexandra (h). Top scorer: Matt Tubbs (now AFC Bournemouth) 18 (all competitions) Most appearances: Dannie Bulman 41/46 plus 6 FA and Carling Cup.
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Albion At Home At Higher Level First season at The Amex shows rich promise, says Nick Szczepanik
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t may not have delivered on the early promise of promotion to the Premier League, but the 2011-12 season was Brighton & Hove Albion’s best for 21 years. And while the 1990-91 campaign that ended in play-off final defeat by Notts County at Wembley was followed by the anti-climax of relegation, this time there is the promise of much better to come. Gus Poyet’s team faced twin challenges in August. They had to adapt not only to a new division after earning promotion as Champions from League One, but also to their long-awaited new ground. They succeeded on both counts. Some clubs have difficulty adjusting to new surroundings, but from the first match, when Will Buckley came off the bench to win the game against Doncaster, Albion have felt at home at The American Express Community Stadium – now known to all as The Amex - and the fans have delighted in the luxury seating, the beer and pies, and of course the standard of football. The addition of new signings such as Buckley, Craig Mackail-Smith and Vicente to a group of players prepared to pass the ball whatever the situation enabled the team to carry on where they had left off in League One, vaulting to the top of the Championship in the early weeks and beating Premier League Sunderland in the Carling Cup. But supporters also enjoyed seeing youth team graduates Lewis Dunk and Jake Forster-Caskey contribute. Results began to level out after those euphoric early weeks, and a poor run leading up to Christmas cooled the early talk of back-to-back promotions. However, it was revived as the New Year saw the team embark on the longest unbeaten run in the four divisions, completing a double against Premier League clubs from the North East by knocking Newcastle out of the FA Cup. And it was not until three matches from the end of the season that Albion
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were finally ruled out of play-off contention. Most fans would count the season as a success, especially bearing in mind that Tony Bloom, the chairman, did not sanction the sort of crazy spending that put Portsmouth into administration for the second time in two seasons. “Money-wise, fifteen teams have bigger budgets than us, some of them double,” Poyet said. “Ipswich had a defender who was earning more than my whole back four. Finishing in the top ten is an unbelievable season, but I’m not complaining. We have a structure, a way of buying and keeping assets in the football club. Some clubs pay fortunes on loan players and then they are gone. We want to keep getting better, finish in the top six. And then it’s only a matter of time.” Home form in front of sell-out crowds was key to the team’s success, with only Burnley, Reading, West Ham and – most annoyingly – old rivals Crystal Palace leaving with all three points. Away from home, the team fared less well, although there were memorable wins at Portsmouth, Cardiff and Leeds. The best goal was either MackailSmith’s blast at Derby or Inigo Calderon’s rocket at home to Bristol City, the most impressive visitors were Middlesbrough, and the best passage of play was Vicente’s stroll through the entire Derby defence followed by a shot that left the North Stand crossbar quivering. The fans voted midfield lynchpin Liam Bridcutt player of the season, with skipper Gordon Greer runnerup. “We’ve set the standard so high that next season is going to be harder because other teams will see what we’ve done,” Bridcutt said. “But we’re going in the right direction and adding more seats will help. We look forward to
playing here. For me the best game was Sunderland at home. As a team we were outstanding, I thought I played well, and we showed we could mix it with the big boys.” Greer added: “It is a tough league – Coventry, Portsmouth and Doncaster went down but they all gave us difficult games. So we’ve done well and all the boys can hold their heads up high. The support has been unbelievable this season, it has been fantastic to play in front of 20,000 here. Scoring my first goal for Brighton was great, but so was coming from Withdean to the Amex for the friendly against Tottenham and the game against Doncaster.” Poyet also picked out the Doncaster game as a highlight of the season, but not the only one. He said: “The first game of the season was unforgettable, unbelievable – the reception, the game, I got sent off, we won after eight minutes of injury time. But also beating two Premier League clubs, I think quite deservedly. I really enjoyed seeing our team competing, playing our way, right or wrong. If you had said we would finish in the top ten I’d have been pleased. But now we want to win more and more.”
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SEASON HIGHLIGHTS August 6
The first league match at the Amex. Albion beat Doncaster, the opponents in the last game at the Goldstone, 2-1 thanks to late goals from Will Buckley. August 23 Craig Mackail-Smith’s header enables Albion to beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Carling Cup, claiming their first Premier League scalp at The Amex. August 27 Albion go into the international break on top of the table after a 2-0 home win over Peterborough. December 17 Nine-man Albion go down 1-0 at home to Burnley but almost grab a late point urged on by 19,000 fans singing the theme from The Great Escape. January 2. League leaders and south coast rivals Southampton are seen off 3-0. January 28. Albion knock Champions Leaguechasing Newcastle United out of the FA Cup to earn a fifth round tie against Liverpool at Anfield. (pictured) March 10 Vicente scores his first goal at The Amex and then adds another as Albion sink Portsmouth 2-0.
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Crawley kids aiming for first-team breakthrough, writes Bruce Talbot
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nother small but significant step in Crawley Town’s continuing development was made last month when two of the club’s Centre of Excellence footballers, Jonte Smith, 17, and 18-year-old John Dollery, signed their first professional contracts. The pair have become firm friends since they joined the C of E when it was set up last summer by former Head of Youth Simon Rusk, although their backgrounds could not be more different. Defender John, who normally operates at right-back, was a pupil at Ardingly College and attached to Brighton as a schoolboy. He also had trials with QPR and Leeds United before ending up at his local club. Striker Jonte has taken an altogether different route to pursue his dream. He came over last year from Bermuda with his mother Nicky to try and make it as a pro, leaving Dad Clay back home. The sacrifices the family has made have proved worthwhile. Jonte scored 25 league and cup goals for Crawley’s under-18s this season as they finished ninth in their inaugural season in the Youth Alliance, the best performance by any club entering the team for the first time. Proud mum Nicky was with Jonte when he signed his first pro contract and it’s big news back home where Dad is already a renowned sportsman having played cricket in the 2007
World Cup for Bermuda. Jonte said: “Without the support and sacrifice of my parents and family I wouldn’t have been able to come over to pursue my dream and I am really grateful for all they have done. “Football is very popular in Bermuda. Everyone supports one of the big Premier League clubs but I can tell you there are a few people there with Crawley Town shirts with ‘Smith’ on the back so hopefully we’ve got a few more supporters! Hopefully I can go back home in the summer before training starts and see everyone.” John, who is from Haywards Heath, is delighted to be with an aspirational club and wants to push for a first-team place next season. He said: “The management encourage the full backs to push forward and I’m hoping David Hunt takes me under his wing next season. I’ve really enjoyed the Centre of Excellence this season
but now I’m determined to push on and take this opportunity. “Jonte and I get on really well. He’s very relaxed but when he’s on the pitch he has a real eye for goal and as a teammate it’s great to have someone in the side who you know is going to put the ball in the net.” Both youngsters have played reserveteam football and will report back in early July to start training with the firstteam squad. Caretaker Manager Craig Brewster is delighted for both boys – but warned that the hard work is only just starting. “It’s fantastic for John and Jonte. They have potential but it’s up to them to fulfill it. “They are good lads with very supportive families which is always a good thing. “Jonte is a goalscorer and they are always a precious commodity. John is comfortable in midfield or at full-back. Of course they have a lot to learn but they have every chance and it is good to see the first two products of the Centre of Excellence coming through into the pro squad. Supporters love to see players developed by their club come through and they will have every chance if they work hard and listen.”
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Whitehawk triumph in Senior Cup final Late Hawks winner sinks brave Crawley Down by Oliver Benbow
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n a venue that has beaten the likes of Italian giants Juventus and two of the European Championship stadia in Poland to win the international sporting award of ‘best new venue,’ two other footballing underdogs have proved that the sky is the limit in Sussex. For the second season in succession, Sussex’s most prestigious football match, the Senior Challenge Cup final - sponsored for the second year by Sussex Sport, was staged at the award winning American Express Community Stadium, where a crowd of 1,896 witnessed a rare all-Ryman Division One cup final clash, between Crawley Down and Whitehawk. A late Sam Gargan winner became the final piece of the puzzle for Whitehawk, who secured a magnificent league and cup double after fighting back from a goal down to beat Crawley Down. League Champions Whitehawk were considered to be strong favourites coming into the match, but Crawley Down, who had already beaten noisy neighbours Crawley Town as well as Senior Cup veterans Eastbourne Borough, were in no mood to settle for runners-up medals. The Anvils showed they were up for the occasion and took an early initiative, breaking the deadlock through Gaby Odunaike after 25 minutes. Odunaike was given far too much time by the Hawks defence, able to control a lofted ball on the edge of the area before poking past a surprised Chris Winterton in goal. As half time beckoned, Crawley Down looked good value for their lead, with Paul Armstrong’s 20 yard effort the only real cause for concern for the Anvils, flashing low past a diving Mark Zawadski as well as the upright. In the second half Luke Blewden had a number of opportunities to double the Anvils’ lead, but was frustrated to see Winterton come out on top twice in
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quick succession before he smacked the best chance of the game straight at the goalkeeper’s legs. Whitehawk were determined to punish the Anvils for their missed chances, and did just that when Man of the Match Jerahl Hughes was on hand to level the score after 75 minutes, being left with plenty of time to pick his spot and slot home Lee Newman’s perfectly weighted cut back. Momentum was shifting, but James Fraser and then Hughes failed to capitalise on a dominant spell for the hawks, both missing good opportunities to take the lead, with Hughes going agonisingly close from a good position, after his shot cannoned off the crossbar. Crawley Down looked as if they had done enough to force extra time, but as the board went up for added time, their resistance was broken. Hughes was again denied by Zawadski, but the rebound fell kindly for Gargan who took his chance emphatically, slamming the ball home from 10 yards to send the Hawks faithful wild. The final four minutes came and went, leaving club captain Paul Armstrong with the honour of lifting the trophy Whitehawk have not won since 1962. In doing so, Armstrong also set the unique individual record of winning the Senior Cup for a fourth time, with his fourth different club.
Above: Man of the match and scorer of Whitehawk’s first goal Jerahl Hughes. Below: Young fans enjoy the cup final atmosphere
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Tommy’s Got Talent After guiding the Sports to safety, Tommy Widdrington has inherited a squad capable of success, writes Shaun Simmonds
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s I walked past the home dressing room on my way to the manager’s office, a sense of relief filled Priory Lane. Laughter echoed down the narrow corridor and a club that looked doomed to a second successive relegation was resplendent. Upon meeting Eastbourne Borough’s new manager, I immediately knew why. Tommy Widdrington breathes football. Lacing his pristine boots with a twinkle in his eyes, the passionate Geordie lit the office up with his exuberance. His pride in achieving survival with a game to spare shone through. From day one the Sports’ manager had no doubts that the club would stay in the Blue Square South Division. “As a manager, you have to lead,” he said. “If I showed any doubt, then it would have quickly spread through to the players.” In fact, Widdrington was a little surprised that the squad at Priory Lane was in such a predicament. “We could see very quickly that these players had ability. But habits are hard to break, and we had a habit of losing football matches. That had to change.” It soon did change. Snow made it a frustrating start to life on the ‘Sunshine Coast’ but just six minutes into Widdrington’s reign, Matt Smart, now departed, struck at Boreham Wood. A new-look Borough side went on to claim a point. “Me and Alan [Kimble, Assistant Manager] came in with bigger expectations,” Widdrington said. “It was a clean slate for the players, and whatever we breathed into them seemed to give them renewed confidence.” The Sports went on to claim a commendable fourteen points to avoid the drop, three of which were won when champions Woking came to town. Other points were won through gritty draws and narrow victories but Widdrington doesn’t do airs and graces, “At times it wasn’t pretty, but it was effective enough. I was given the remit to stay in this division and we achieved it. I have to thank the players for that.” Looking forward, Widdrington hopes
to consolidate the club’s position in Blue Square Bet South. “In general, I think most clubs will have to tighten the purse strings and I don’t expect it to be different here,” he said. “Even if the budget is smaller next season, I expect to finish higher. This is a time to consolidate as a club. After six or seven promotions very quickly, it could quite easily be six or seven relegations. We have to cut the cloth accordingly.” The former Southampton midfielder has no doubts that he can take the club forward after stepping in at a time of adversity. “Without a doubt, this club can reach the Blue Square Premier. The fan-base is here.We had 1,100 or so against Woking, that’s certainly worthy of that level.” As for the players, “For me we need the right mix. We will get in fresh faces, and we’ll keep some of the guys that have done so well for the club. Getting a blend is the important thing to do.” Widdrington will take the qualities that he showed as a player into management. His graft, belief, leadership, intensity and dedication will be an asset to the club. He said: “I’m not everybody’s cup of tea because of my behaviour on the sidelines and I apologise for the outbursts. But people won’t realise how hard I work away from the ground. I clocked up over 1,000 miles last week looking at players for next year. I do the best I can for
Eastbourne Borough. I don’t expect praise for that but while some fans might say ‘He’s not from Eastbourne, his heart’s not in it,’ that isn’t the case. Whilst I am manager, I will do everything I possibly can to make Eastbourne Borough FC a better club.”
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FORMER SUSSEX BATSMAN TONY COTTEY CASTS AN AMUSING EYE ON THE SUSSEX SPORT SCENE
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t time of writing, we are four weeks into the 2012 season. We lost at Surrey, beat last year’s champions Lancashire, had a week off and then played out a draw in dismal, wintry conditions against Warwickshire. We then play a Friendly against Leeds/Bradford University followed by a Tourist Fixture against the Touring West Indians. All in all this is a very stop-start beginning to the season for Robbo and the team. We literally will be six weeks into the season and have only have played three Championship Matches. What this means of course, is that it is going to be a really hectic set of fixtures through the rest of
The shortest form of the game does bring a lot of razzmatazz , excitement and the odd gimmick. I used to love one-day cricket and unfortunately I didn’t play very much t20. There wasn’t much call for it on black and white TV! I do remember playing a 45-over Norwich Union match v Lancashire under lights at Hove, when the club had started to market the game a little differently. We had the odd hot tub and bouncy castle, then out of the blue we had a bungee jump above the floodlights at the North East side of the ground, nearly behind the bowler’s arm. The match was on the 7th August 2000 and was against a strong Lancashire
jump and the considerable amount of alcohol consumed in those marquees. It was amazing, there was a procession of drunken fans throwing themselves off the bungee behind the bowler’s arm, shouting “ One, two, three, bungeeeeeeeee..... Bloody Hell” or words to that effect!! Well the Lancashire lads kept getting out in a similar procession. They were shaking their heads in disbelief. We won with 25 runs to spare. Was it a good marketing ploy? Bloody great tactical ploy, I know that!! I think Lancashire even complained to the ECB. Anyway let’s get on to this season. We have five massive home t20 Fixtures,
The PROBIZ County Ground really comes alive when the floodlights are switched on and the crazy, 100mph brand of t20 Cricket comes to town the season. Especially when you realise t20 is just around the corner. The PROBIZ County Ground really comes alive when the floodlights are switched on and the crazy, 100mph brand of t20 Cricket comes to town. We have lost three home games from the fixture list this season as the format has been cut from sixteen matches to ten. As an ex Player, I can understand that they find sixteen matches a little bit over the top. But as a member of the Sussex commercial team, it is certainly a big blow, losing those home fixtures. Our attendances are climbing year on year (unlike most counties) and I would love to see those six fixtures reinstated. Talk about poacher turned gamekeeper!
side including Fairbrother, Crawley and Flintoff. We batted first and limped to 213, with Tony Cottey running himself out by half a pitch for a paltry 7 runs. I was pretty suicidal. By this time nobody had been on the bungee jump and it was proving a bit of a disaster, so I said “ I’ll have a go”. I completed the jump in my one-day Kit, with a cameraman from The Argus in the bucket beside me during change of Innings. To be honest I was so cheesed off I wouldn’t have cared if the bloody rope snapped!!!! 2nd Innings and Lancashire’s turn to bat and Sussex having to defend a meagre score. What the Lancashire batsman didn’t reckon with was the combination of the beer marquees watching my bungee
three of which are under lights and two are on a Sunday afternoon. We play Hampshire on June 14th, Middlesex on June 22nd, Essex on June 24th, Kent on June 29th and Surrey on July 8th. We’d love to see as many of you at the PROBIZ as possible supporting the lads. We have some fantastic all-inclusive hospitality packages for anybody out there who would like to sample the fantastic food and drink offerings in the magnificent surroundings of our BrightonandHoveJobs.com Boundary Rooms. Look forward to seeing you all at the t20 with not a bungee in sight! Cheers, Cotts
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Luke looks to the future Wells puts positive spin on Sri Lanka experience by Bruce Talbot
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uke Wells is regarded as one of the brightest talents in English cricket but the 21-year-old happily concedes he still has a lot of learning to do before he can consider himself the finished article. During the winter, the left-hander climbed the first rung on the ladder which might one day lead to him emulating his father Allan and playing Test cricket for England. He was part of the England Performance Programme squad who played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka (Wells took part in three games for Colombo CC) where the main objective was to improve shaky technique against spin – England’s Achilles heel on the sub-continent for so long – rather than worry about runs and averages. It’s an area of his game Wells admitted needed work on. Last season in 27 Championship innings he was out ten times to spinners, a statistic he knows needs to improve if his career is to continue on its upward trajectory. He said: “Last year it was sometimes a case of stick or twist against spin for me, I wouldn’t play a shot in anger or I would lose my wicket playing a risky shot. “But after Sri Lanka I now feel I can sit in and that I have good game plans and never feel particularly threatened against spin. “I have found a low-risk way of batting well against spin and rotating the strike. “The whole Sri Lanka trip was great for me, experiencing the conditions and a different way of life. Historically England have suffered on the sub-continent against good spin so the idea of the tour was to give us the opportunity to improve and I felt it was a big success.” Conditions were hardly spinconducive when Wells kicked off 2012 with a superb hundred against Surrey in
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the damp chill of early April. His secondinnings 108 could not prevent Sussex from losing their Championship opener but Wells gained more useful knowhow – batting with the tail in pursuit of a target. “It was another good experience for me, trying to work out a game plan with only the tail left – when to take the strike and learning the right way to go about something like that. “It’s such an instinctive thing to put the ball into a gap and run a single and then you realise it’s the first ball of the over and the No.11 is on strike! I was really pleased with that innings because the pitch did a bit and at no point did I find it easy. “It was my fourth hundred (in his first 18 games) and it was nice to start the season with a big score, although in the context of my career so far I still think my career-best 174 against Yorkshire last year was probably my most fluent innings.” Wells began 2011 with three hundreds in seven games and while the tailing-off in his form was probably not a surprise in his first full season it was still extremely frustrating. “I felt on top of the world after the start I had but I got caught up with a few technical things, had a run of low scores and then started to over-analyse instead of playing my natural game,” he said. “Again, it is something to learn from.” Wells’ hundred against Surrey caught the eye of Mark Ramprakash who compared him on Twitter with England’s vice-captain Alistair Cook ‘but possibly better technically’. “When you get praise from your opponents, especially someone as good as Ramps there isn’t anything
better,” said Wells. “It gives you a lot of confidence but I don’t want to get carried away. I am just doing my thing, hoping to score big runs for Sussex and helping us to win games this season.” That applies to one-day cricket as well. His appearances in CB40 and t20 last year were fairly sporadic and it’s another area of his game he is determined to improve. England recognition during the winter was nice but he knows where his priorities lie. “I’m entirely focused on Sussex at the moment. Nothing else matters. Of course I’d like to play for my country – that is the ambition of every player – but that is a long way off.” True, and remember that his father did not make his Test debut until he was 34. Perhaps Luke might not have to wait so long.
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and Rye on the next leg of its journey to London on Wednesday 18. In this issue, former Olympic Golden Girl Sally Gunnell looks forward to London and conveys her excitement that Great Britain will be hosting the summer games for the first time since 1948. We find out how a university campus in Chichester is being used as a training base for Olympians. And we reflect on the career of decathlete Daley Thompson, considered by many to be the greatest all-round Olympian of modern times. His sporting story began at a school and an athletics club in mid-Sussex and led to glory in Moscow and Los Angeles It did not end when he breasted the tape for the final time. His standing in Olympic circles lent weight to London’s successful bid to host the games, and it may be thanks to him and those who coached him in those early days that we are looking forward to this sporting summer – and hoping to bring you the stories of how medals were brought back to Sussex.
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y the time the next issue of Sussex Sport hits the streets of our county, the 2012 London Olympics will be under way. So in the next few pages we look forward again to our participation in the greatest occasion in international sport. Sussex athletes including swimmers Gemma Spofforth and Charlotte Woolliscroft, and visuallyimpaired judo world champion Ben Quilter will all be hoping to hit their best form at the right time with gold medals at stake. But this Olympiad will touch not only elite competitors. We look at the plans to deliver an Olympic legacy in Sussex on page 23. Next month, the Olympic flame will be carried through our streets and along our roads by proud Sussex men and women. Its journey from west to east begins in Chichester on Monday July 16 and passes through Bognor Regis, Arundel and Worthing on its way to Brighton & Hove. The following day it will travel to Hastings via Crawley, East Grinstead, Lewes, Eastbourne and Bexhill. It will be in Winchelsea
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ussex Sport columnist Gemma Spofforth, pictured with her father Mark and proudly showing her World Championship 100m backstroke gold medal, is now in intensive training for the Olympics. Everyone at Sussex Sport wishes her the best of luck in London and we look forward to bringing you a picture of her with her Olympic medal.
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Cheer our Olympians on to Gold in London Sally Gunnell continues EXCLUSIVE column leading up to the Games
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believe Team GB athletes are going to make us all proud at the Olympic Games. We did do very well in Beijing four years ago. Nineteen gold medals tell their own story. We all remember Chris Hoy’s three cycling golds, Rebecca Adlington’s swimming freestyle double and, in my sport, Christine Ohuruogu winning the 400m on the track. Beijing made the world sit up and notice that we have champion athletes. It showed what we were capable of. But I’m 100 per cent convinced we will do even better in London because of the fact that our athletes have home advantage. It will make a BIG difference - for the good. The athletes will be lifted by family and friends and the WHOLE nation cheering them on as one, urging them to succeed. Everyone needs support no matter how well prepared, strong-minded and talented they are. That backing will give our athletes such a buzz, give them that extra on the track, in the swimming pool, in the cycling velodorome, in the equestrian centre, on the shooting and archery ranges. Wherever. Who do I think can medal? To start with I’ve heard Sussex has a good chance of producing a medallist in the swimming pool through Gemma Spofforth. She was fourth in the 100m backstroke in Beijing and she knows what it is like to win on the big occasion, having won a world title in the 100m backstroke. Gemma’s also broken the world record for the event as well. I’m sure all of the county as well as myself wish her the very best of luck. There are the events we are always strong in, of course, like cycling, sailing and rowing. What the cycling team did in Beijing, Sir Chris Hoy in particular, was fantastic. So hopefully they will go well. Dai Greene showed last year in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships that he definitely has what it takes to do something. It meant
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he had completed an international hat-trick as he went into the event as reigning Commonwealth Games and European champion. Jessica Ennis can also shine in the heptathlon, but it won’t be easy by any means. Hopefully she’ll be ok after losing her world title last year. It’s been great to get the chance to pass on any experience I have, to Jess and Dai. With the training academy I have set-up with my husband Jon, I will also have more of an opportunity to work with up and coming talent in Sussex. You have to be there every day for your athletes. In my event – the 400m hurdles - Team GB have (at press-time) Perri ShakesDrayton who can perhaps do well. She has progressed after just missing out on selection for Beijing and got a bronze medal in the European Championships a couple of years ago. She showed good running form in the anchor leg to help Britain win the 4x400m gold at the World Indoor Championships in Turkey and I’m sure has put in a lot of effort to get her hurdles right for London. It would be lovely if she can emulate me and win a 400m hurdles gold. I’ve got my fingers crossed for her. But you shouldn’t always rely on the favourites. There are plenty of others out there who just might turn up trumps. You NEVER write anyone off. If someone gets into a final, no matter who it is and in what event, ANYTHING can happen. People might be expecting certain athletes to star in the Olympics. Usain Bolt for instance. If he’s on form – and I’m sure he probably will be – I think he could steal the show at the Olympics. And rightly so as he’s transformed athletics well and truly. But the Olympics are the Olympics. Some top athletes might be at the top of their game leading up to it and then they don’t perform and someone else comes through into the limelight.
Britain’s Hannah England is an example of someone who has achieved unexpected success on the international stage. That came at the World Championships in Daegu last year. A silver medal in the 1,500m, her first Worlds, was a brilliant effort. You might find an athlete will go out there and surprise a lot of people by producing something. I’m sure we would all enjoy that sort of surprise, particularly if they are representing Team GB. As it is the only Games we’ll host in probably all our lifetimes it would be incredible to see the efforts of teams and individuals of the home nation translated into enough medals to leave us sitting pretty in the medal table. And hopefully London 2012 will leave a positive legacy for all. I can’t wait for it to start.
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ctive Sussex has launched Sussex Legacy, an initiative aimed at driving participation in sport and physical activities throught this Olympic year. The Legacy – which consists of Sportivate, Sport Makers, Sussex Sports Awards, School Games, Sussex Coaching Bursary and Active Workplaces - aims to capture the excitement of the London 2012 Games and increase the numbers of people taking part, doing, coaching and running sport in Sussex, leaving a positive and lasting impact within the County. The launch took place at the Sussex County Cricket Ground, Hove. It gave Legacy Gold Tier partners the opportunity to meet local MPs, councillors, the media, and of course the people that make sport happen in Sussex – the ones who underpin the legacy programme message of ‘Places, People, Play’. At the event Active Sussex representatives discussed the impact the London 2012 Games will have on the county, and highlight what the definition of ‘legacy’ in sport means, providing shining examples. Alastair Hignell, the former England international rugby player and firstclass cricketer who now has MS, gave an inspirational keynote speech. He encouraged greater numbers to get involved in sport and exercise, declaring: “There’s no such word as can’t.” The Sussex Legacy is broken into six core elements: Sport Makers is a nationwide programme to develop a sporting legacy from London 2012 and aims to recruit 1,120 volunteers in Sussex to help make sport happen. They are the organisers, the ‘doers’, the ones you can rely on to get things started or keep them going. This scheme will increase the amount of people helping organise and run sport
in Sussex leaving a positive legacy. After the Sport Maker’s training, Active Sussex will support them with advice, information, connections and resources. Active Sussex contact: Roanna Simmons. Sponsored by Rix & Kay Solicitors; University of Chichester; and Freedom Leisure the Sussex School Games is Sussex’s Olympics and takes place on 3 July 2012 at K2. This will feature the very best of the best from school sport across 13 disciplines. This is sure to be a celebration of sport in Sussex and those that reach the highest levels will be linked to their National Governing Bodies’ elite performance pathways in a bid to reach National Final held at the Olympic stadium. And to add to its appeal, the official Trinidad & Tobago track & field Olympic team will be using the K2 as its training camp, leaving them on hand to provide advice and hold talks with Sussex’s young sporting stars. Active Sussex contact: Geraldine Bloomfield. Sussex Sports Awards 2012 – the curtain call of Olympic year and the Sussex equivalent of BBC Sports Personality of the Year. It is a fantastic opportunity for the Sussex sporting world to share a night of triumphs and tributes. As a Gold Tier Partner you will be given a priority profile with forefront exposure to benefit thoroughly from the excellent exposure. Active Sussex contact: Geraldine Bloomfield. Sussex Coaching Bursary - This will help strengthen sports coaching in Sussex by leaving a tangible, lasting legacy from 2012. As a special offer to Gold Tier partners, the Coach Sussex Bursary will fund 85 per cent of the cost of a training course, up to maximum of £165 for Level 1 and £220 for Level 2 qualification. How this scheme can be run in your organisation is outlined in the document ‘Coach Sussex – Corporate
Business Partnership’. This scheme links and also extends on the Sports Makers scheme outlined above. Active Sussex contact: Anthony Statham Active Workplaces is a countywide programme design to inspire and support Sussex-based businesses and their staff to get more active & healthy. The various elements of the programme, provide Sussex business the opportunity to try some Olympic sports, take part in some friendly competition, and make a positive change in the lives of their staff. Active Sussex contact: Donna ImrieBrown. Sadie Mason, Active Sussex Chief Executive, comments: “Needless to say, the countdown to the London 2012 Games has begun, and you can feel the anticipation throughout the local sporting community, in clubs, schools, businesses, volunteers and officials. We have all been waiting for this time to come. Our Sussex Legacy initiative and its core elements will ensure that young people throughout the County will really feel part of 2012 and understand how the London Games can link back to other aspects of the Active Sussex Legacy. We can’t wait to get going!” Official Sussex Legacy Gold Tier partners will embed their organisation within Active Sussex’s core networks, demonstrating the brand’s support for the 2012 legacy and Sussex sport. If you would like to find out more about becoming a Gold Tier Sussex Legacy partner then please contact Geraldine Bloomfield at Active Sussex on 01273 643869 or email gbloomfield@activesussex.org.
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Road to 2012 goes through Chichester
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University hosts Olympic hopefuls in run-up to London 2012 By Laura Davis
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he University of Chichester has been awarded the chance to host training and holding camps for a range of international athletes going for gold in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The University’s bid was based on a combination of staff expertise in sport science and medicine, the significant links already held between the University and the sporting world and the world class facilities it boasts. Chichester has links with both local and national sporting organizations such as the Royal Yachting Association (RYA), whose sports science support program is based at the University. The University, set within the rolling hills of the South Downs, will host camps specializing in athletics, boxing, road cycling and table tennis whilst also providing support in terms of sport science and medicine. Chichester is amongst several other locations within West Sussex that will be offering training facilities for the aspiring medallists. Oaklands Park will be available for archery, the Goodwood Estate will be offering mountain biking and equestrian facilities while K2 Crawley will be offering training for athletics and swimming. Chichester University has a history of success working with Olympians which dates back to Seoul in 1988. These athletes include diver Pete Waterfield, boxer Amir Khan and sailing medallist Ben Ainslie to name but a few. Peter Keen, the Performance Director for UK Sport, completed his degree at Chichester before staying on as a member of staff and using the University facilities to guide cyclist Chris Boardman to his Barcelona 1992 gold medal. Emma Wiggs, of the GB
2012 Paralympic sitting volleyball team, studied Sport and Exercise Sciences and completed a PGCE. This prestigious history has resulted in the University playing host to promising athletes from Barbados in the build-up to the 2012 Games. The Barbados Olympic committee signed a pre-Games training camp agreement in February which states that the Caribbean athletes will be utilizing the skills of staff and students alike in the sports science and sports medicine departments of the University while also taking advantage of the athletics arena and 50m swimming pool at the K2 leisure centre in Crawley. The athletes will be making good use of the state-ofthe-art facilities Chichester can offer including an environmental chamber that can simulate any climate condition around the world. It is hoped that if the experience at Chichester this summer is well-received, the Barbados squad will make a return visit to the University in 2014 in preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Although Barbados has only won one Olympic medal since they made their debut at the Mexico City Games in 1968, there are high hopes that London 2012 will be different. Young Ryan Brathwaite (21) is expected to be one of the many athletes training at Chichester University in preparation for this summer’s Games. Brathwaite has a strong chance of becoming the countries first ever gold medallist in the 110m hurdles after being crowned World Champion in Berlin in August 2011. It is hoped that Brathwaite will not be the only gold medallist to pass through
Chichester University in the lead up to London 2012. Brighton-born Ben Quilter, (pictured) a postgraduate student at the University studying Sport and Exercise Physiology, is said to have the potential to bring home a gold medal for Judo in this year’s Paralympics. Quilter became Britain’s first visually impaired Judo champion in 12 years after winning gold at the IBSA VI World Judo Championships in Turkey in March 2010. In addition to the athletes from Barbados using the facilities offered at the University of Chichester, a grand total of ten teams expect to be making use of the training camps on offer in anticipation of London 2012.
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Haywards Heath Harriers is where it all started Daley ‘Tom’ Thompson tells NICK SZCZEPANIK how he got started in the county. SussexSport EXCLUSIVE
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HE staging of the 2012 Olympic Games in London is a reminder that one of the UK’s greatest Olympic careers began in Sussex. Daley Thompson won two Olympic gold medals in the decathlon, the most gruelling discipline of all, as well as setting four world records and winning World, Commonwealth and European Championships. Many consider him the finest decathlete of all time and the best allround athlete this country has produced. And the story started in Sussex. Francis Morgan Ayodele Thompson was born in July 1958 in Notting Hill, the second son of a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. They divorced when he was seven, and his mother Lydia, unable to keep up with her hyperactive son, sent him to Farney Close School in Bolney, a residential special school, where he found himself instantly at home on the football pitches, jumping pits and running track. The school had links with the local athletics club, Haywards Heath Harriers, and it was logical that Thompson should develop his talents there. “Haywards Heath Harriers is where it all started with me,” Thompson told Sussex Sport. “The man in charge was Tim French, and everything we did, while hard, always had an element of fun.” French, who was made an MBE in 2010 for services to the community, said: “One of the teachers, asked me if we could have some of their children, and we took three at first. Then I got a call a
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bit later to say he’d got someone ‘a little bit special’. It was quite obvious that his potential was not just in athletics, although he was extremely fast.” Thompson developed quickly, breaking the national under-14 high jump record at Brighton’s Withdean Stadium at his first attempt. He appears in the club’s record books under his original name, Francis Thompson. “He didn’t like the name Francis, so he was always called ‘Tom’, French said. “And he didn’t like longer runs, so he would hide in the toilet, and distance running was always his weakness. At first he didn’t have to work, it all came so easily to him. But then he began to realise what he could do if he did.” While with Haywards Heath he earned his first newspaper write-up – in the Mid-Sussex Times. “After he’d left school and gone back to London he wrote us a letter telling us that he hadn’t fully appreciated the club until he’d joined a different one,” French said. “He came back later as a guest for our annual dinner.” Back in London, with Essex Beagles, he was pointed towards the decathlon. In 1975 he became AAA junior champion, with more points than the senior winner. The desire to improve led him back to Sussex to study at Crawley College, where the relaxed environment allowed him to concentrate on his sporting career. “My teachers were alright about my sport,” he confessed. “They left me alone and left me to do what I wanted to do, which suited me. I knew that, if I did
the work, they couldn’t say anything, so I did the minimum.” He became friends with local boy Richard Slaney, an aeronatics student who would later break the British discus record, win the Britain’s Strongest Man title twice, and eventually marry American runner Mary Decker. Slaney and Thompson trained and worked on the discus and shot-putt together. He finished 18th at the Montreal Olympics. Four years later he won gold in Moscow. In 1983 he became the first man simultaneously to hold the world record and be Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion. He retained the gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984 – only the second man in history to do so – and went unbeaten in competition for nine years. He was awarded the MBE in 1982, OBE in 1986, and CBE in 2000. He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1982. He retired from athletics in 1992, but showed he still had the winning touch when he became a leading ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic bid. Now he hopes – in fact, expects - that the UK will be as successful as they were when they won the bid. “A lot of money has been put into sport so why shouldn’t we [expect success]?” he said. “I’ve been preaching about it since we got the Olympics. Let’s hope we inspire a whole generation of kids who want to do sport, regardless of whether they want to go to the Olympics or not.”
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Sussex Champion Hastings’ Premier League champion on a football education in Sussex and THAT win over QPR by Nick Szczepanik
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s England prepared to leave for the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, the chances of a Sussexborn player playing a part hung in the balance. A groin injury sustained in the national side’s friendly match in Norway put in doubt the participation of Gareth Barry, the Manchester City midfielder and former Brighton & Hove Albion youth team player from St Leonard’s. For most other players the prospect of missing out on a major international tournament would have spoiled their season. But perhaps only an appearance in the Euro 2012 final could top the incredible events of May 13, when City became Premier League champions in the dying seconds of the 2011-12 campaign As a key member of the champions’ midfield, Barry, 31, was one of the first names on the squad list announced last month by Roy Hodgson, the newlyappointed England head coach. Barry has been on the England scene for well over a decade. He first played for the under-21 side in 1997, making 27 appearances – then a record - and forming a good understanding and firm friendship with Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard. They were both elevated to the full England squad by Kevin Keegan in February 2000, and Barry made his debut against Ukraine at 19, only three years after leaving Sussex for Aston Villa. The previous full England international from the county was Chelsea’s Storrington-born forward Bobby Tambling, who won three full caps after making his debut against Wales in 1962. Gareth Southgate was raised in Crawley but born in Watford. Barry went to William Parker school in Hastings, helping them to win the England schools trophy. He scored from a penalty in the final – at the time as much of a pressure situation as one he may face if England progress to
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the knock-out stages of this summer’s tournament. But he also represented Parker at cricket – alongside present Sussex captain Michael Yardy – and rugby. “Yeah, Yards was our cricket captain,” Barry told Sussex Sport. “He’s gone on to do fantastically well. I’ve been down to the County Ground to watch him a few times. It was a fantastic school for sports, which obviously suited me. We were good at all sports - football, cricket, basketball, rugby. There was a big emphasis put on it.” As well as representing Hastings and Sussex schools, he attended Albion’s Centre of Excellence at Seaford and was managed by the late Les Rogers from under-11-level to under-16 before he was spotted by Bryan Jones, the Villa youth development officer, moving to the Midlands in 1997. “Brighton was fantastic for me,” he said. “Les and Dave Sargent took our side and we probably had one of the strongest teams Brighton has ever had at those ages. We used to regularly beat all the big London clubs. Unfortunately the club was a mess at the time so any of us that got options to move on had to take them. At one time it looked like there would not be a club.” Albion narrowly avoided dropping out of the Football League that year and, homeless and about to begin a two-year exile in Gillingham, could not offer the 16-year-old the prospect of top class football that Villa were able to hold out. “A lot of clubs were watching our Brighton side and Sussex side, because we had a lot of good players and because of the problems with Brighton as a club had,” he said. “So I felt that if I did well someone might come in for me, and when Villa did, it was a no-brainer. Unfortunately to stay at Brighton was not an option at the time and I jumped at the chance, which luckily turned out to be a good decision.”
Albion and their former player have both made progress. Barry visited the American Express Community Stadium last December when Brighton beat Villa 1-0 in the FA Youth Cup third round and was shown around the ground he might have been playing on if he had not been spotted by the Premier League club. “I was staying with Michael [Standing, his former teammate with Albion and Villa, now his agent] and my nephew Bradley Barry was playing for Brighton so we went to the game,” he said. “I thought the stadium was fantastic. Obviously when you see it on television the cameras don’t show the main stand, but I was really impressed. “These are really exciting times at the Albion and everything looks in place for them to hopefully get into the Premier League over the next few years, which would be an incredible journey considering where they were when I was there.” His move to Villa was not without controversy. When Albion demanded compensation, Villa manager and former Brighton defender John Gregory claimed that Barry had only played for the Brighton youth team once, and then as a substitute, and famously declared that Seagulls chairman Dick Knight would not recognize him if he stood on Brighton beach in an Albion kit with a seagull on his head – an image that the Argus wittily recreated on its back page (overleaf). What Gregory had not realized was that Michael Standing was Knight’s nephew. “To be honest, John did like a quote so I wasn’t too surprised,” Barry said. “I think it was a bit tonguein-cheek as I had met Dick plenty of times and he was Michael’s uncle. I never saw the picture but I’m sure it was quite amusing.” Gregory later said: “We got absolutely robbed at the time by Brighton. We tried to agree compensation and we couldn’t. When I put him in the first team his valuation
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“At 2-1 down I was thinking: ‘This is done’,” he said. “I looked up and saw a helicopter and wondered if it was the main trophy being flown north. Towards the end, I was sitting there watching our fans leaving, just thinking: ‘Here we go again’. In a way, it makes it more special but I would have preferred an easier win. “Those last five minutes were incredible. I can’t really find the words to describe what happened. The way it finished was unbelievable. This season has been so up and down that it was no surprise that the final finish went that way. I don’t think that will ever be beaten. “I will remember it well because I had to sit and watch, and that is probably worse. You would rather be on the pitch. It’s far more nervous to watch because you cannot affect it. But I have soaked it all in, because you have to enjoy moments like this. It has been fantastic so far.”
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went through the roof. We’d already paid £100,000 at the time and we ended up paying £1 million for him. That sounds cheap now when you see what he’s achieved, but it should’ve been a lot less.” Barry broke into the Villa team as a central defender, before playing at left-back, then left midfield, finally moving to his present role. But that was where he had played for the Albion youth teams. “I was mainly a midfielder who liked going forward,” he told The Observer in 2009. “But they worked on my defensive side. They even played me at left-back so it was a decent grounding for my current position. “When I joined Villa at 16 the preseason didn’t go too well so they looked at me as a centre-half. The formation then changed to 4-4-2 and I became a left back. Graham Taylor pushed me [into] left midfield. Until Martin O’Neill came to Villa I was seen as a good Premiership player who could do a job. When he made the decision to play me centremidfield, that’s when I started getting more recognition and got myself into the England set-up on a regular basis. Since then, working with Fabio Capello, the way he teaches his players, I think I’ve learned another level in my game, and he improved me again.” If Barry had moved back into the centre earlier, he might have had more than the 52 England caps he had won by the time this summer’s England squad was announced. Capello had enough belief in Barry to give him the captain’s armband on several occasions, but he had struggled to impress Sven Goran Eriksson because of a perceived lack of pace, despite England’s problems on the left flank at the time. That may be where Barry’s unassuming, down-to-earth approach counted against him with an England head coach who seemed star-struck by members of the so-called “Golden Generation.” After all, the man that Eriksson regarded as a fixture on the other flank was not blessed with searing pace, but had a celebrity wife and was called David Beckham. A greater contrast than the one between Barry and Beckham is barely imaginable. Everyone in Sussex who knows Barry speaks of a grounded character who never forgets his roots and regularly returns to St Leonards to watch local games and support local causes. The arrogance associated with some Premier League
Gareth Barry Born Feb 23 1981 1995-97 Brighton & Hove Albion 1997 - 2009 Aston Villa 441 appearances (8th all-time), 52 goals. 2009 - 2012 Manchester City (£12m, July 1 2009) 123 appearances, 6 goals 1998 - 2002 England under-21 27 appearances, 3 goals 2007 England B 1 appearance 2000- 2012 England 52 appearances, 3 goals Honours: Barclays Premier League championship 2012. FA Cup winner 2011, runner-up 2000.
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he furore kicked up by an irresponsible press following the horse fatalities at this year’s Grand National following on from the Cheltenham Gold Cup has been quite amazing. I very sadly lost a horse in the 2011 Grand National (Ornais) and there were others who did too. This year two other horses died. One of them was Synchronised, who had won the Gold Cup. There have been a lot of people saying that they should reduce the size of the fences. The more you reduce the size of the fences the quicker the horse goes. When you are going four and a half miles on soft ground you want to slow the race down. That
and a total of 600million worldwide. That is the majority. The minority were those protesters. What the RSPCA should do is what they are good at: trying to stop the mistreatment of animals. As far as the race went, there was only one Sussex entry, the horse I own, Tatenen, trained by Richard Rowe at Storrington. Sadly he decided that he and his jockey Andrew Thornton would part company. As long as he’s ok he’ll be back in 2013. And that will probably not be my only runner. I would also run Aiteenthirtythree, trained by Paul Nicholls. We’ll continue to support it. A highlight of the National Hunt season in Sussex was Richard Rowe training the
National Hunt racing at Fontwell while Lingfield covers the flat and the all-weather disciplines. The highlight of the Stewart family’s season was Big Buck’s winning the fourth Ladbrokes World Hurdle to equal Sir Ken’s 1950s record of 16 straight wins and going on to beat it. Thirteen of those races were at Grade One. On the morning of the final day of the season Black Caviar won his 20th race in a row. It is worth noting the sprinter ran 120 furlongs to do it. Big Buck’s totalled 408. As the Australian television said when Black Caviar won, there is a Sussex-based horse called ‘Bertie’ Buck’s who probably
There have been a lot of people turning round and saying that they should reduce the size of the fences. The more you reduce the size of the fences the quicker the horse goes. means the race targets the horses that have got stamina rather than speed. We saw that this year with the winner Neptune Collonges who wasn’t good enough to win at the top level but plods on forever. There’s also been a call from people who don’t understand to reduce the number of horses in the race by 25 per cent. Does that mean we would only have had threequarters of a person die in the London Marathon if it had been reduced similarly this year? It is tragic that one person died of the 40,000 that took part but she had a heart attack. Who knows if she would have had one sitting in the pub? You also had a protest by about 16 RSPCA people outside Aintree stating that horseracing is cruel and should be banned. There were 78,000 people there, 11 million watching on the BBC, 1.8m on Racing UK
winner of the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot for the second year running even though Tatenen was carrying a 12lb higher weight. All of us were saddened by the loss of Josh Gifford who trained Aldaniti which Bob Champion won the Grand National on. I was delighted to be present at Sandown for a race named after the great man. The Sussex National Hunt tracks, Fontwell and Plumpton, have excelled this year. The highlight of Plumpton was the first evening meeting for over 20 years, which I attended. We had pretty inclement weather but I couldn’t move, even to get a drink at the bar. So well done to chief executive Claire Sheppard and her team. Fontwell continue to go from strength to strength. The owners of have now acquired Lingfield through Northern Racing but are committed to
sets the standard. The Stewart family have sent a letter to Australia to congratulate the connections of Black Caviar and I look forward to seeing them at Royal Ascot. Glorious Goodwood, though, surpasses even the Royal meeting. And we eagerly look forward to taking part in the charity race to raise funds for spinal research, very much in our hearts because of our son Paul’s disability (we have a SR day at Plumpton in November). Brighton has been coming up with good initiatives, like a free raceday. We do hope Sussex Sport readers can find the time to visit our Sussex tracks because they are a real live part of the Sussex scene and Sussex sporting life.
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Kevin ‘The Punter’ Rogers looks forward to summer racing in Sussex and everything that goes with it.
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elcome to glorious summer in Sussex. The jump season has finished, Tony McCoy is champion jockey and Paul Nicholls is champion trainer welcome to Groundhog Day. They have held the titles since wrestling them away from Ben Hur and the Emperor Nero. Of course the jump season has started again, McCoy is riding winners whilst Nicholls avoids the sunlight and awaits the darker days before sweeping all before with his horsey wonderfulness. Fontwell and Plumpton will continue to provide what is called summer jumping, but we know it’s the championship, though still good fun. Enter stage right the flat season which will dominate our thoughts
at the back with his collection of Abba rarities who is now picking up his Nobel prize - there will be stars that come from nowhere. As for Sussex we have Goodwood and Brighton. Let’s get the stereotypes out of the way: Goodwood, to some the most beautiful course of all, in surroundings fit for a ducal estate where the only sounds that shimmer in the verdant tranquility are the clink of Pimm’s glasses and the hissing of summer lawns. Brighton, on the other hand, is ‘a bit of slap and tickle’ and razor gangs. There should be a Pinkie Brown stand, as it is he, not the quality racing, that is the abiding image when thinking of Brighton races. However, I can honestly say I haven’t seen a fully operational razor gang at the track for weeks and the lawns at
goodwood is the clink of pimm’s glasses and the hissing of summer lawns: Brighton is slap and tickle and razor gangs. There should be a Pinkie brown stand as he is the abiding image of brighton racing for the next six months. Some massive pieces of equine flesh will grace the turf this summer, Frankel is kept in training as a 4-year-old, which is a treat for us and a bit of a sporting ‘gamble’ from his owners as this unbeaten megastar puts his unblemished record on the line. If he starts to get beaten, his stud value could plummet from an incalculable amount to a sum that Stephen Hawking might be able to assess with a super computer. Black Caviar is coming from Australia to run at Royal Ascot and this global superstar will thrill or disappoint, such is life. The beauty of the last year’s 2-year-olds is that they might be anything. Camelot has just won the 2,000 guineas on the wrong ground and a distance probably short of his optimum; he could be very good, and there’s always the spotty kid who sat
Goodwood only genuinely hiss during the ‘Glorious’ meeting when some genuine class horses are on show - the evening meetings particularly are as much of a ‘bean feast’ as any. The trend for ‘added value’ at meetings whereby you can see a day’s racing followed by an ‘event’ - can’t Newbury races understand that despite fitting the profile I really don’t like Rod Stewart very much? continues and at Brighton a while back the stereotype was fully realized when you could play a game of darts with ‘Wolfie Adams.’ You paid a couple of quid, got slaughtered, and the money went to charity. I made extra with my involuntary ear piercing scheme, so watch out for the extras. Wolfie good: Rod? Leave me alone, Newbury.
course form more important than at some other tracks. Brighton has a distinctive camber which means horses can hang into the rails if they are not enjoying the course. Also if the ground is soft, the ground will be worse on the rail at the lower end of the camber; good jockeys will switch to the better ground but watch for the draw as if drawn away from the better ground they will therefore have to travel further to get the advantage. So remember that when backing at Brighton take into account the ground, the draw and course form. Have a great time this summer whether you prefer the ‘slap and tickle’ or ‘hissing lawns’.
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SussexSport Fishing Football
Barrie wants his Senior moment MIKE DONOVAN meets a Bexhill angler with global ambition
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ARRIE Senior has been in a boat rear-ended by an errant barge and part of a search team looking for a group of divers in distress. It hasn’t all been about striving to win national and international competitions and making the England squad for the World Championship triallist from Bexhill. They’ve just been part of the overall experience accrued over close to 50 years from the time he first stood with a small rod on the pebble beach in his home town. Senior, 60, says: “It was a case of sink or swim when the barge hit my boat that I was in with another competitor. “It was a calm, sunny day with perfect visibility. Suddenly a tug-boat pulling two barges did not seem to notice us. My friend cut our anchor rope and I tried to start our engine but he ended up in the sea. “I didn’t have time to think properly. It was about self-preservation. If I’d have jumped there was a wire hawser being pulled along the side of my that could have cut me in half. “Instinctively, I decided to stay on board as the barge - the size of a football pitch - hit and left our small boat tilting half full of water. I was hoping my craft would stay afloat, which it did. Fortunately we both got picked up and helicoptered to hospital as 10 minutes in the cold December water meant my friend was near to hypothermia. The captain of the tugboat somehow got off without any prosecution. It was scary. “That was a few years ago off Felixstowe. But the divers’ tale
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happened during the English Boat Team selection trials held recently off Weymouth. “I was busy proving that I hadn’t made the national trial squad for nothing when an emergency call came through. “We were in reasonably calm waters but these divers had disappered in rough seas further out in the “Race” of Portland Bill and drifted about a mile-and-a-half from where they were diving. “Of course, we immediately stopped and joined in the search to rescue them. “It was life and death. In that situation you don’t think twice. The divers were found a mile away and helicoptered to safety.” Despite the drama, Senior was able to put in an impressive performance as selectors decided the make-up of the England squads for July’s Home Internationals off Holyhead and the World Championships in France in September. Senior says: “It was tough. I got into the trials thanks to the CV I put together for the selectors. I’d had some reasonable results in the last year, like finishing sixth in a European match in Denmark when I beat one of the selectors and finished top Englishman. “We had to show we could deal with different scenarios. Like, if you lose bait and have to change tactics. It was a test of knowledge. To show your strengths and weaknesses. “I was one of the older triallists and we were out in a boat for around five hours at a time without a break, just nibbling on a Mars Bar or something.
But I coped fine.” Senior has always been fully motivated to fly the flag and was hoping he’d done enough as we went to press. He says: “I have been angling for most of my life and I’d love to be at the World Championships or Home International representing my country. It would be the pinnacle of my career.” As a member of the European Federation of Sea Anglers, he has competed across the continent including events in Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Belgium and Portugal. He says: “I’ve had contrasting experiences. In Iceland, I fished with heavy duty gear for bigger fish like cod and haddock in deep water, in very cold and windy conditions. “I scaled down for the warmer climes of Portugal fishing with lighter gear for smaller species and packed the suntan lotion.” Angling has been Senior’s sporting passion since he was 11 and joined the Bexhill Sea Angling Club. And he is grateful to his wife Jane for being “tremendously supportive” while immersing himself in the international scene. And you find out what he means when, besides the time spent way from home and preparing rigs, he has to fork out most of his own expenses. But he believes it will all be worth it should he get the opportunity to compete for his country.
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OUR HARD-HITTING writer speaks up for the sports fans against the administrators
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f memory serves, it first happened at the 1983 Milk Cup Final. Liverpool had just defeated Manchester United. The victorious captain, Graeme Souness, ushered the modest manager Bob Paisley up the Wembley steps to receive the trophy in front of his adoring fans. Up until this point, that moment of celebration had always been reserved for the winning captain, but Souness made the gesture in order to honour the massive contribution made by Paisley to England’s, then, most successful club. Liverpool had class. I was reminded of Souness’ gesture as I watched Chelsea accept the FA Cup after their victory over Liverpool. As Chelsea made their way along the
Matteo strolled, embarrassed, hand in pocket, along Wembley’s Royal Box terrace, alone. The cup, the players and the Chelsea hierarchy were already long gone and Bob Paisley was no doubt turning in his grave. What Terry’s act suggested something that we had long suspected: Di Matteo is not a manager in the real sense of the word – in the Bob Paisley sense of the word– but a figurehead, whose role appears to be to indulge Terry and gang and to allow this extraordinarily influential group of players to do what they’ve always wanted – run the show themselves. When Andre Villas-Boas was first introduced, I was impressed. Intelligent,
players began to get the stranglehold on the game. Players now know that if all is not well in their world, they can – figuratively speaking – down tools, ride out the storm and wait for the manager’s dismissal. Soon, they rise, phoenix like, and play to their potential again for a manager they apparently now approve. Almost instantly, the team starts winning and everyone is happy. Apart from the discarded and discredited manager, of course. None of this sits too comfortably with me. I quite like defined roles and responsibilities – players should play, managers should manage – and both should be accountable accordingly. It seems to have worked well at a club
A week or so later, after Villas-Boas’ departure, Terry was back, fighting fit and taking the field against Stoke City. Lazarus incarnate. balcony, it became clear that their captain, John Terry, was manufacturing some sort of statement to be made on collection of the trophy. Was he going to pass the honour, a la Souness, to his manager, Roberto Di Matteo? Er, no. Terry’s masterplan was to include three players – himself, Frank Lampard and Wembley goal scorer supreme, Didier Drogba. His two loyal lieutenants each had at least a finger nail on the cup as it was hoisted high over Wembley. That single act told me everything I needed to know about Chelsea Football Club. Further confirmation soon came as Di
erudite, focused and humorous, I really felt that Chelsea had found the leader they had searched for since Mourinho. But soon, this bright young manager was reduced to a haunted wreck, largely, we are led to believe, by the behind-the-scenes wrangling of Chelsea’s inner circle. I remember one of his last games when he announced Terry would miss six weeks due to injury. A week or so later, after VillasBoas’ departure, Terry was back, fighting fit. Lazarus incarnate. Villas-Boas, we were told, had lost the dressing room, that phrase that has become oh so common since the
called Manchester United in recent times. I fear that when the story of Chelsea 2011/12 is eventually published, the names Terry, Lampard and Drogba will be writ large in both the dismissal of Villas-Boas and the manipulation of Di Matteo. The club has certainly moved forward since the change in management, but the price has been the reputation of a manager cast aside by his senior professionals. Chelsea will say the end justified the means, but it’s also highlighted one other issue. Class. And perhaps most pertinently, Chelsea’s lack of it.
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MR ANGRY GETS HOT UNDER THE COLLAR AND SHOOTS FROM THE LIP IN A BRaND NEW COLUMN
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o the long-awaited London Olympics are almost upon us. Be honest, do you really care? Do you really share in the frenzy of Pre-Games excitement? Well, you might have done, if you stood an earthly chance of getting a ticket for an event you wanted to see. Also, as there will be no dedicated parking places available (except for some barmy park & ride schemes, where you have to park further from the venue than where you live!), you’ll have to rely on the much-trumpeted public transport system to be able to watch the minority sport you didn’t want to see in the first place. Bearing in mind that the London Underground hasn’t been able to
quite pleased with his award of tickets for the Taekwondo…until he discovered that this is being held at The Excel Centre in lovely Silvertown, and therefore he will not be able to gain access to The Olympic Park. I also have to question the validity, as Olympic events, of some of the so-called ‘sports’. Without wishing to pour cold water on the participants who have trained for years for their moment in the spotlight, you can’t really convince yourself that Synchronised Diving, Rhythmic Gymnastics (I’ve never been awarded any accolades for that, despite my best efforts), BMX Biking and suchlike are proper sports, can
the East London Boroughs near The Olympic Park. It is, in fact, meant to be an artistic interpretation of the numbers 2012, though you’d never know it. Iran thought it read ‘Zion’, and threatened to boycott The Games. An animated version triggered epilepsy seizures and had to be removed for all promotional packages. It has upset some with its similarity to a swastika, while others have said it looks like Lisa Simpson performing a sex act. Whatever, I nominate Wolff Olins for the first gold of the Olympics for their incredible achievement in getting paid nigh on half a million quid for something that could have been created by kids in a junior school.
I also have to question the validity, as Olympic events, of some of the so-called ‘sports’. Without wishing to pour cold water on the participants who have trained for years for their moment in the spotlight run a full service for years, and that the Blackwall Tunnel (when open) is almost always at a standstill, and that the Olympic Park has been constructed in the middle of a congested urban area, there might well be some logistical problems in getting there at all. Two of my friends actually got tickets to The Games. One received admission to the Women’s Table Tennis, not that there’s anything wrong with Women’s Table Tennis - he just isn’t personally that thrilled with the prospect of watching distant orientals pinging and ponging frantically on the horizon. The other was
you? To these eyes it looks like an attempt to turn the Olympics into some kind of international Strictly Come Dancing. Let’s go the whole hog and get Bruce Forsyth to host the finals of that gymnastic floor discipline they do with ribbons, balls and skittles. Good game, good game, my love.
Still, Come on Team GB! It might be a crock, but we still want to win some medals!! Till the next time, I remain yours furiously
AND ANOTHER THING The Logo…Oh yes, the logo! Designed at the cost of £400,000 by the brand consultancy firm Wolff Olins, we have an irregular-shaped multi-coloured image which I thought was supposed to represent
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SussexSport Golf
Georgia on my mind Augusta magic rubs off on East Sussex course
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ost golfers would love to test themselves on the Augusta National, the home of the Masters. But although Amen Corner and the rest of the exclusive Georgia course may be out of the average person’s reach, Sussex-based players are able to share something of the experience a great deal closer to home, at Willingdon Golf Club. The present course at the private member’s club on the outskirts of Eastbourne is the work of Dr Alister Mackenzie, the renowned golf club architect, who went on to design Augusta for Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts. Willingdon was founded as long ago as 1898, during the late 19th-
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century golfing boom, when a group of “local worthies” including the Marquess of Willingdon, put together a simple 9-hole course. The clubhouse, a basic corrugated iron hut, was also somewhat less than ideal. Before too long the limitations of the nine-hole arrangement were felt, and in 1905 the legendary J. H. Taylor was commissioned to redesign the layout to a more traditional 18 holes. It survived in that form until 1925, when Mackenzie was hired to expand the layout and make more use of the natural features of its location, a giant bowl alongside the South Downs. Augusta did not open for play until
January 1933, and has undergone many changes over the years, with the original routing the only true survivor. Mackenzie’s Willingdon course, however, remains largely unchanged – so offers arguably a more authentic experience of one of his courses. He left only three of Taylor’s holes unaltered in a course that now measures 6,158 yards from the competition tees, and his trademark two-tier greens can now be seen on the 8th, 9th, 12th and 18th holes. The difference in levels on the 12th green is seven feet, which explains why, according to the club, golfers face a “stiff but fair challenge” at Willingdon. The unique layout of the course
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allows play to be commenced at the 1st, 9th or 15th holes, allowing players to savour for as long as possible the prospect of the signature hole, the short par 3 5th, known as “The Sleeper” because of the row of railway sleepers encircling the green – not exactly a natural hazard. All the holes are named, and the sixth is ranked the hardest, the clue being in its title – Big Dipper. The location is key to the course’s appeal. Close to the English Channel, it is protected from the worst effects of the sea breezes by the Downs, while the chalk beneath ensures good drainage at all times of the year. Yet from its highest points there are spectacular views
to the sea and across East Sussex. Since December 2010, the PGA Professional has been Ally Mellor, who has played with some of the world’s top players and on its finest courses. He qualified in 2007 to play in European tour events and gained a card to play on the Asian tour in 2009. He named Geoff Ogilvy and Retief Goosen as the players who most inspired him by their calm demeanour – although when pressed to name his dream fourball he included comedian Lee Evans alongside Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo. The club organises a number of competitions and tournaments and does everything possible to encourage young players to take
up the game and maintain their passion, with special rates for juniors and students. Although dress code for the course is “based on proper golfing attire” according to the club, a warm welcome is stressed. And visitors in 2012 can be assured that the clubhouse has been considerably upgraded from 1898’s corrugated iron hut ... www.willingdongolfclub.co.uk
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SussexSport Rugby Football
Girl power
JAMIE SPOOR looks at women’s rugby at Lewes
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EWES RUGBY FOOTBALL Club is one of just a few clubs in Sussex with a women’s team that are attempting to raise the profile of the female game. Rugby is stereotypically portrayed as male orientated and the women’s variant of the game does not receive much coverage or media attention, but Lewes provide an opportunity for social yet serious competition for both genders. The club was formed in 1930 and the ladies play in National Challenge South-East East Division Two, consisting of clubs from Kent along with Sussex rivals Hove, Worthing, East Grinstead and Bexhill, meaning that travel is significantly reduced. Lewes then produced a women’s team after the successful Crawley side were going to fold, and although they have since remained in existence, Lewes kept their ladies side and it flourished into what it is today thanks to the efforts of ex-player Sarah Clarke. Rab Willis, women’s captain and coach said that the club look to attract “just about anyone” for a chance to socialise and play competitively. She said: “Our team was launched 12-15 years ago, although the men’s side has been going a lot longer. We just want to give anyone who wants it a decent level of competitive rugby to play at. “Unfortunately we’re a great springboard as a lot of our squad leave for Hove or Worthing after a couple of years. “Those two are traditionally our big rivals but we’ve had good numbers this season. Our level is about right for us, and the travelling time to our matches isn’t too bad either as the furthest we have to go is Chelmsford, which is ideal as most of our players have other commitments. “Although it’s not a sport most of us would think of playing to start with and a bit of a strange beast, it’s a great club to be at. It not only gives a chance to play at a decent standard but the banter and social aspects are great.
“The women’s game is quite different from the men’s game, it tends to be slower and therefore more tactical, which allows for more of a gameplan whereas that doesn’t always seem to be the case in men’s rugby so although it’s a relatively new concept it’s developed fast.” In the early days of the ladies team, Lewes were one of the best sides in the South East and, after promotion in 2003 they became County Champions three years later. Due to the current stepping-stone nature of the club, where players often move to successful Hove, or Worthing, those triumphs have not been repeated. But, with 30-40 members at the club, the highest attendance for years, competition remains healthy.
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Annual tournament brings stars to Sussex, by SHAUN SIMMONDS
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he Williams sisters, Martina Navratilova, Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters – all the big names in women’s tennis have played in Eastbourne’s annual pre-Wimbledon tournament at Devonshire Park. Shaun Simmonds speaks to Gavin Fletcher, the Tournament Director. What makes the Aegon International such a successful tournament?
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Tradition, firstly. It has a strong base. It’s been in Eastbourne since 1974. It’s attracted some fine players over the years. Last year, thirteen of the women’s top twenty competed. So I think the tradition of the event, the setting, and seeing the world’s finest players in action all contribute to the tournament’s success.
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Well, we have 700 people that come down and buy a weekly pass and take a week’s vacation. They can come and enjoy the tennis and see what else is going on in Eastbourne. Eastbourne is a very friendly town, there are some great hotels, good restaurants. People can enjoy their time away from the tennis. All of those factors marry very well.
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They’re up there with the very best. The grounds are absolutely glorious and it’s a very convivial place to come and spend some time and get very close to the action. The courts are always fantastic for the players and the bars, eateries and back-stage areas are all very good.
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You’ve announced that Day 1 of Three years on from merging Q the tournament with the this year’s Aegon International will be free of charge to spectators. Nottingham Open men’s tournament, How important is it that British tennis how important was that decision? opens its doors to local communities? was hugely important for a A Itnumber It’s extremely important. When of reasons. There were A we put these tournaments on we doubts about the logistics and size of feel that we must engage and inspire. putting on a larger, mixed tournament Saturday the 16th of June will be a at Devonshire Park. Three years on family day and the gates are open, it’s clear that it’s feasible. I think that whilst tickets last. Everybody can come a combined event makes a great and see the tennis for free, even on show-piece. It adds a little variety and Centre Court. We’re taking a similar appeal for people to come down and approach to that of the Olympics, in that see their favourite stars. It was a big we hope that people come along and decision, a very important decision, but get inspired by international tennis. one that we’re glad that we made and Then the game, by influence, can only we’re pleased with the result. The fans get stronger. That is one of our key certainly seem to like it. ambitions. Also, on Father’s Day this year, there will be a Legends match between former GB number 1 Greg DID YOU KNOW? Rusedski and Mark Philippoussis, the Five of the top ten women players big-serving former Wimbledon finalist. in the world at the time of going There will be two legends matches: a to press, including foremer world men’s singles and a mixed doubles, with number one Caroline Wozniacki, Wimbledon champions Martina Hingis have signed up for this year’s and Conchita Martinez, both on Centre tournament. Court. It’s a good all-star line-up and it will be a fantastic curtain-raiser for the AEGON International, Devonshire Aegon International. I’m really looking Park, Eastbourne: June 16-23 forward to it.
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Mid-Sussex to Madrid Class Act: Downlands Community School
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hen Real Madrid play at home, the streets, bars and cafes around the soaring Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on the elegant Paseo de la Castellana seethe with noisy fans - something of a contrast with everyday life in mid-Sussex. But in October, a visit to the Bernabeu to see the reigning champions of La Liga will form part of a memorable trip for 30 pupils from Downlands Community School in Hassocks. If that sounds a cut above the excursion to a local agricultural show that you or I dimly remember as a school trip, then it gets even better. The students, from years 9 to 11 (ages 14 to 16) will be in the Spanish capital to play as well as watch. The trip aims to replicate the training schedule of a professional footballer, and the pupils will train at the club’s Ciudad Real Madrid facility at Valdebebas, next to the Real players as they prepare for their next match. Then they will have the chance to put what they have learnt into practice in matches against local opposition. This follows successful trips to Valencia and Italy in previous years. According to its website, Downlands is a Specialist School in science and mathematics, but it is clear that its commitment to sport is also considerable. Either as part of the curriculum or in after-school clubs, Downlands offers its pupils a range of sports and activities from football, rugby and cricket via rounders, dodgeball and trampolining to more exotic pursuits such as Kabaddi, Street Surfing and New Age Kurling.The school estimates that it will complete over 150 fixtures over the course of the year. Although an inclusive approach is stressed, individuals are encouraged to succeed. Angus Goldsmith has
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represented Sussex in cross-country at regional athletics competitions; Peter Bullivant qualified for the British skiing championships, coming 20th in a field of 50. Marezk Lewandowski, Daniel Yates and James Tilley have competed at national level in rowing, while other pupils have represented Sussex at cricket. Each term one boy and girl in each year group receives the accolade of sports personality of the term with a presentation from the Headteacher. Sports Personality of the year awards are presented at the annual sports awards evening in the summer term. Over 60 pupils a year opt for a qualification in PE, dance and sport and 90% achieve grade C and above. All examination students also complete a Sports Leaders qualification. And anyone who bemoans the decline of competitive sport in schools will be pleased to hear that every student at Downlands takes part in inter-form competition. The inter-form programme encompasses a wide range of sports including football, netball, basketball, rounders, cricket and athletics. For the more athletically gifted, each year group has representative sports teams in netball, football, basketball, rugby, cross country, athletics, rounders and cricket and these teams enter all available leagues and cup competitions with great success. Teams do not run themselves, of course, and in addition to five dedicated PE teachers, led by head of PE Steve Bartholomew, other members
of the school staff help support and coach pupils. Staff are supported by 16 ‘sports leaders’ - year 10 pupils who help to coordinate sports fixtures and festivals within the school, officiate in inter-form events, and help out in the local community. The “Community School” element of Downlands’ title means that its impressive facilities are available for community use after 5pm on weekdays, at weekends and during the holidays. Downlands boasts a floodlit 3G [third generation] artificial turf pitch, a sports hall, a 25-station fitness suite and seven and a half acres of outdoor pitches, including two cricket wickets. These facilities are also shared with local primary schools. Downlands has hosted a large number of primary school festivals and tournaments and most of these are led successfully by the year 10 sports leaders. And if some of them carry out their duties in Real Madrid shirts come October, don’t be too surprised.
Schools Football
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Top: Press Sports Leaders 2011 Above: Georgina Harrison - England Youth Karate Team Right: Andy Burnham at Downlands Far Left: The Albion at Downlands
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AITC pick up another award
JOSH ATKINS reveals how AITC is breaking ground
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lbion in the Community’s Tanyah Palisa ‘Pele’ Chipendo collected the Football Achievement award at the Kickz Awards 2012. Hosted at Manchester City’s Etihad stadium – it was the programme’s fourth national event – the evening was presented by Sky Sport’s Ben Shephard and attended by City club ambassador Patrick Vieira, Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden and Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore. Pele initially joined the Kickz project through the girls-only football sessions. The Kickz programme uses the power of football to build safer, stronger and more respectful communities through the development of young people’s potential. It hosts a variety of activities, including football and other sports, music, arts and developmental workshops where subjects range from healthy lifestyles to anti-weapons education. The sessions are delivered three times a week to over 57,000 registered participants between the ages of 12 and 18 years old who live in tough areas with high rates of anti-social behaviour. Pele’s positive attitude ensured that she became regularly involved in the programme and she soon had a knock-on effect on her fellow participants and staff. Her optimism and willingness to play in any position impressed the boys who already admired her ability and technique. Through participating with the boys, Pele rapidly improved her reading of the game and movement off the ball, as well as her strength and fitness. This has allowed to her to become a key player in her Sunday League team, where she was voted Players’ Player of the Season after the team’s victory in the County Cup. Her coach, Terry Ferroni, was full of praise, remarking:
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“Pele is a dream player to coach.” In a recent visit to see her mother in Zimbabwe, she played in a local football tournament and was spotted by a representative of the Zimbabwe national women’s football team, who invited her to a trial with the under-20s in the next couple of months. “I’m hoping to play for my country next year!” smiled Pele. Pele is very grateful to Kickz for the part the project has played in her award and in setting her up to take advantage of these opportunities. “I’m very happy about it,” she admitted. “It’s a reminder of how far we’ve come.” Nicole Webley, a fellow Kickz participant, said: “Pele is a really nice girl who, after turning up at Kickz, has got a lot better at football. Being one of the few girls who turns up, she also encourages more girls to come along.” Five years after the formation of Kickz, 43 professional clubs from the Premier League and the Football League are delivering over 100 Kickz projects in partnership with the police and local authorities across the country, with projects contributing to a drop in anti-social behaviour of up to 60%. “Schemes like this are fantastic because as a football club we have a responsibility to try to help the kids around the local community to achieve their dreams,” enthused Manchester City ambassador Patrick Vieira. “Every kid, all around the world is playing football and as the number one sport in the world we have a duty to give back to society.”
Superintendent Stuart Dark, chair of the national Kickz steering group, is very proud of his organisation: “The work Kickz does is absolutely fantastic,” he said. “From a policing point of view we know that it is working in our most challenged areas, with our children and young people that are most likely to become the victims or involved in criminality and youth violence. So for us to actually give them a better outcome and better opportunity, it’s fantastic.”
SussexSport Community
Eight-Marathon Man Dan
Dan eight up the miles over gruelling Marathon weekend, By Dan Tester
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an Lawson ran over 200 miles on the weekend of the Brighton Marathon! Originally aiming to run the Brighton course EIGHT times from Friday night, running his last as the other runners began their 26.2 miles on Sunday, Dan had to adjust his route. “We had to change our plans as we ran the seventh leg,” said Dan who has shown no lasting after-effects from his gruelling endeavour. “We realised that we would miss the main race so had to cut out ten miles.” Dan readily admits his obsession with running is an addiction – albeit a healthy one. The 39-year-old talks us through his 200+ mile journey. “The setting off was fine,” he said. “The worst bit was before I set off – the unknown: not really knowing what would happen. Once I started running I was living it, I felt much better. I was getting a bit nervous and once I’d completed ten miles I knew I’d be alright as I had that feeling. It’s hard to explain that once it was in my mind, I knew I could do it that was it – I knew I’d do it. “My brain massively overrode my body. When I was finishing the seventh one I was absolutely smashed, I couldn’t run anymore – my legs were killing me. I felt like I could never walk again, let alone run. The last marathon was an absolute breeze and it was actually my quickest one – 4 hours and 19 minutes. Dan had initially planned to commence his run at 8pm on Friday but the BBC persuaded him to alter the time to 6.45, in order for the set-off to be broadcast live on South-East Today. “There was a point during the sixth leg where I leant up against a wall for a few seconds. I’d run non-stop for about 20 miles and hadn’t taken on any food. My knees were really hurting and I was thinking to myself
‘don’t stop’, ‘don’t stop’, and leant against a fence on New Church Road. The sky went all weird and my vision started spinning. I collapsed and really thought I was going to pass out. I was that close to quitting and everyone around me was worried. “Luckily I’d sent my sister to get me a burger and as it was 3am in the morning there was a massive queue! She eventually returned a minute after I nearly passed out with a veggie burger loaded with ketchup and chips! I ate that and two minutes later I was up and running again.” “I had so much support along the way; there’d be six people on bikes, and then a friend running in front or behind. It was brilliant.” Dan is a strong believer in the power of mind over matter and credits this attitude for completing his amazing feat. “Don’t put limitations on the body,” says Dan. “Physically, we can do anything. We limit ourselves so much. I know I could run more than the 200+ miles I did at the weekend. I don’t mean to sound arrogant but I hadn’t reached the point when my body would give up. I still had energy to run and I was still managing to run. “I never thought negatively, it was always positive. I was thinking of looking forward to seeing my children at the finish, of having a hot bath at home. There was no predominant thing going on in my mind apart from the rhythm of my breathing. When my knees and legs started to hurt I went into the zone and could just hear my breathing. It’s like a train. I find it quite easy to drift into the meditative side of running.” Dan’s daughter Lilly was part of the invaluable support team. “Me, my best friend Milly, and my sister, Ruby (8), ran with dad for six miles on Saturday,” said the 12-year-old. “We got on the
back of my mum’s bike for most of it! We didn’t really run! He looked dead at the finish line! I was a bit worried. My sister thought it would be a great idea to walk on my dad’s back when he’d finished. She thought she was giving him a massage! I am very proud of my dad.” “I really enjoyed it – I’d do it again this weekend if I could – and am planning my next big run,” concluded Dan, “possibly a world record attempt!” Watch this space.
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Where to watch televised sport in Sussex Brighton
Hove
Eastbourne
Wahoo, 79-81 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RA 01273 719 364
The Blind Busker, 77 Church Road Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BB
The Eagle, 57 South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4UT 01323 417 799
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The Exchange, 8 Goldstone Street, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3RL The Palmeira, 70-71 Cromwell Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3ES Lancing Waterside Inn, Ferry Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5RA
Horsham The Star, 108 Crawley Road, Horsham, RH12 4DT, 01403 259 890 The Queens Head, 37 Queen Street, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5AA 01403 252 721
Chichester
Orange Square Bar, 52-54 The Broadway, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3AL
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Savannah 44-46 The Broadway, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3AL
The Mill House, Hyde Drive, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0PL, 01293 534 959
Q Bar, 41 The Broadway, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3AS
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SussexSport
The A-Z of clubs, leagues and sports
ANGLING
Billingshurst Angling Society 01403 782160 School House, Weald School, Billingshurst RH14 9RX www.billingshurstas.co.uk Chichester & District Angling Soc Mrs Leslie Carver 01903 713084 chichester-as.co.uk Clive Vale Angling Club Kevin Thornely. clivevaleac@live.co.uk www.clivevaleac.co.uk Copthorne & District Angling Soc 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 Soc Mrs J. Fisher 01444 235978 (not after 9pm) www.hassocksfishing.co.uk Henfield & District Angling Soc Glyn Jones, 01403 734 500 enquires@henfieldas.co.uk www.henfieldas.co.uk Horsham & Dist Angling Assoc Ian Petch, 01403 262 255 general_enquiries@hdaa.co.uk www.hdaa.co.uk/index.html L’hampton & Dist Angling Club Fisherman’s Quay, Littlehampton BN17 5BL george@mywebbox.co.uk www.ldac.co.uk Rother Fishery Association (RFA) Mr V Gould, 07776 031 472 odaarfa@tesco.net www.fishingkent.com Southdown Angling Association Mike Richardson 01435 812854 secretary.saa@gmail.com www.southdown-angling.org.uk Petworth & Bognor Angling Club 01903 770099 membership@sussexangling.co.uk www.sussexangling.co.uk Pulborough Angling Society Heather Brunning 01798 815132 joinus@pulboroughas.com www.pulboroughas.com/index.html Rudgwick Angling Society G.Wingate, Oaklands, North Heath, Farnborough, W.Sussex, RH20 1DN 01798 873412 Shoreham Angling Squad (sea) Sean Clark 07917410332 meisto@ntlworld.com, www.shorehamanglingsquad.com South Coast Angling Club (sea) 01273 454388 info@southcoastanglingclub.co.uk www.southcoastanglingclub.co.uk/index.html
ARCHERY
1066 Archery Club Ann Hyde-Barnett annhydebarnett@aol.com www.1066archery.co.uk Arundown AC Rod Brown 01903 713 747 clubsec@officials.co.uk www.arundown.org.uk Bayeux Bowmen 01424 425 112 bayeux.bowmen@btinternet.com www.bayeuxbowmen.co.uk Bognor Regis AC 01243 827 000 bognorregisarcheryclub.co.uk/default.aspx Chichester Bowmen Shelagh Nelmes secretary@chichester-bowmen.co.uk www.chichester-bowmen.org.uk County Oak AC Mike Longhurst 01273 592 795 michael.longhurst@tesco.net www.countyoakarcheryclub.co.uk Crawley AC Val Wickenden 01342 327 660 www.archeryinfo.co.uk/crawleyarchery Ditchling AC Phil Varden 01444 241 066 phil.varden@talktalk.net www.ditchlingac.org.uk
Eastbourne Archers 01323 726 054 secretary@eastbournearchers.org.uk www.eastbournearchers.org.uk Friars Gate Archers Penny Cockerton mail@friarsgatearchers.com www.friarsgatearchers.com Hellingly AC Debbie Newton 01323 832 501 www.hellinglyarchers.co.uk High Weald AC Richard Cater www.thwac.co.uk Holbrook Archers Chris Furmanski 01403 751 150 office@theholbrookclub.co.uk www.theholbrookclub.co.uk Meridian AC Mike Range 01342 713 048 enquires@meridianarcheryclub.org.uk www.meridianarcherclub.org.uk Newhaven AC Liz Davies newhaven_archery@yahoo.co.uk www.newhavenarcheryclub.co.uk Plumpton Bowmen secretary@plumpton-bowmen.org.uk www.plumpton-bowmen.org.uk Six Villages AC Carol Bartlett 01243 545 160 secretary@SixVillagesArcheryClub.org.uk www.sixvillagesarcheryclub.org.uk Worthing AC 07983 794 997 www.worthingarcheryclub.co.uk Sussex County Archery Association Mrs D Cannon (Secretary) 01903 238 975 secretary@sussex-archery.org.uk www.sussex-archery.org.uk
ATHLETICS
Arena AC Caroline Wood 01273 324 605 areana80ac@hotmail.co.uk arena80.tripod.com Bexhill Road Runners Christine Sage 01424 810 096 info@bexhillrunners.co.uk www.bexhillrunners.co.uk Bodyworks XTC Tri Store Lawrence Neill bodyworks1@aol.com www.teambodyworksxtc.com Brighton & Hove AC Robert Willows 01903 813 878 a.willows@sky.com www.brightonandhovecity-ac.com B’ton & Hove Women’s Running Club Sarah Lowe bhrs99@rocketmail.com www.brightonandhoverunningsisters.org.uk Burgess Hill Runners Stuart Condie 01444 232 187 stuartcondie@gmail.com www.bhrunners.co.uk Chichester Runners & AC Philip Baker, 01243 533 784 philbaker5@tiscali.co.uk www.chichester-runners.org.uk Crawley AC Mrs Shirley Steele 01342 713 220 club@crawleyac.org.uk www.crawleyac.org.uk Crowborough Runners Dominique Welbury dwelbury@southeastwater.co.uk www.crowboroughrunners.org.uk East Grinstead & District AC Mary Lord 01342 316 028 mary.lordfamily@gmail.com www.egac.co.uk Eastbourne Rovers AC Julie Jones 01323 415 409 julie-jones@hotmail.co.uk www.eastbourneroversac.co.uk Fittleworth Flyers Ms Sye Frossard 07710 612 233 secretary@fittleworthflyers.org.uk www.fittleworthflyers.org.uk Hailsham Harriers Lesley Underdown 01424 810 382 marionunderdown@hailsham-harriers.org.uk www.hailsham-harriers.org.uk Haslemere Border AC David Bateman 01428 656 587 www.hbac.co.uk Hastings AC Andrea Ashley-Smith 07759 145 466 secretary-hastingsathleticclub@live.co.uk www.hastingsathleticclub.co.uk Hastings Runners Sally Lovell www.hastingsrunners.org.uk Haywards Heath Harriers Linda Tullett 01444 870 788 enquiries@haywardsheathharriers.co.uk www.haywardsheathharriers.co.uk
Heathfield Road Runners Jim Scott 01435 863 932 jpjscott@googlemail.com www.heathfieldRd.runners.com Henfield Joggers Richard Knight 01273 492 293 www.henfieldjoggers.co.uk Horsham Blue Star Harriers Michael Carrington 01403 260 556 carringtonjm@googlemail.com www.horshambluestarharriers.org.uk Horsham Joggers info@horshamjoggers.co.uk www.horshamjoggers.co.uk Lancing Eagles David Clubb 01273 554 946 davidclubb@sky.com www.lancingeagles.co.uk Lewes AC Peter Miller 01444 232 083 pmiller209@btinternet.com www.lewesac.co.uk Mel’s Milers Jogging Club 01403 247 572 info@melsmilers.co.uk www.melsmilers.co.uk Midhurst Milers 01730 814 339 info@midhurstmilers.co.uk www.midhurstmilers.co.uk Phoenix AC (Brighton) Paul Thomas 01323 490 037 disabledathlete@googlemail.com www.brightonphoenix.org.uk Rotary Rd. Runners David Crook 01243 262 126 dcrook@dsl.pipex.com Seaford Striders 01323 899 033 www.seafordstriders.org.uk Steyning AC Martin Coleman martinrcoleman@hotmail.co.uk www.steyningac.co.uk The Sixth Dimension Simon Wagstaff sixthvillagesenquires@freedom-lesiure.co.uk www.freedom-lesiure.co.uk, Tonbridge AC Mrs Vicky Thomas 01732 359 669 www.tonbridgeac.co.uk Tone Zone Runners (Felpham) 01243 826 612 clubsecretary@tonezonerunners.org www.tonezonerunners.org Utopia Runners (Uckfield) Richard Page 01825 769 015 utopiarunners@tiscali.co.uk utopiarunners.eastsussexcrosscountry.co.uk Wadhurst Runners Sara Wrenn 01892 783 506 sarawren@googlemail.com www.wadhurstrunners.co.uk Worthing & District Harriers Maureen Lewis 07968 270 460 mandycollingson@tiscali.co.uk www.worthingharriers.com Worthing Striders 07834 968 533 information@worthingstriders.co.uk www.worthingstriders.co.uk
BADMINTON
Alfriston John Cripps 01323 898 640 Arcadian (Worthing) Janice Byerley 01903 233 330 chris.byerley@talktalk.net Ashurstwood BC Jon Warren 01293 774 904 Jonts67@hotmail.com Barcombe Rosemary Carter 01273 480 944 / 466 086 ro_mackie@hotmail.com Beacon (Crowborough) Bryan & Ann Duggan 01892 653 481 bryan@beaconbadminton.com www.beaconbadminton.com Bexhill Sandy Scrivener 01424 222 755 Bognor Regis BC Gary Smith 01243 828 225 garyjohnsmith@tiscali.co.uk Bosham Badminton Club Bruce Dupee 01243 773 744 bruce.dupee@gmail.com www.chihhh.org.uk/bbc/ Breakaways (Portslade) Tracy Sayers 01273 419 622 tracysayers@hotmail.com Brighton Bats (Moulsecoomb) 01273 622 266 batsclub2004@yahoo.co.uk Chanctonbury Mike Murray 01903 746 172 mikemurray53@btinternet.com
Chelwood Gate Sue Bailey 01825 722 588 info@chelwoodgatebc.co.uk www.chelwoodgatebc.co.uk, Chichester Wing Peter Gowin 01243 860 670 petergowin@talktalk.net Club Foot (Worthing) Matt Page 07790 686 624 mattpagezk@ntlworld.com Cooden Les Rowley 01424 223 998 lesliejrowley@aol.com Crawley Phil Oldfield 07966 157 450 enquiries@crawleybadminton.co.uk www.crawleybadminton.co.uk David Lloyd Leisure (Worthing) Paul Young 01903 276 700 paulgarethyoung@msn.com Dragonflies (women only) Mrs B Rutherford 01273 841 898 Virgin Brighton Julia Alkema 07798 808 626 coachjulia@live.co.uk Felbridge Jackie Burditt 01444 443 442 Jackie@accelerated-mail.co.uk egscc.co.uk/badminton/fbc.html Forest Gill Fairham (Secretary) 01403 254 150 gill.fairham@talktalk.net www.forestbadmintonclub.org Hailsham Diana Burton 01323 423 093 diana.j-flana@tiscali.co.uk Hardwick (Eastbourne) Alan G Smith 01323 638 620 agordonsmith018@talktalk.net Hassocks Penny Radford 07714 545 328 penradford@hotmail.com Haywards Heath Elspeth McKenzie 01444 235 318 p.j.mckenzie@btinternet.com Henfield Debbie Chambers 01273 491 445 debbie.chambers@ukonline.co.uk Holbrook (Horsham) Sarah Lewis 01403 751150 sarahlewis83@yahoo.co.uk Homestead (Southwick) Andrew Lock 01273 732 354 andrew.lock@hoveactually.co.uk Imberwood (East Grinstead) Trevor Tolliday 01342 326 346 trevortolliday@sky.com www.imberwood.co.uk Lancing Stewart Byne 01903 763001 stewbyne@msn.com 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 Middleton (Littlehampton) Colin Morris 01243 584274 colin.morris80@tesco.net Newick Badminton Club David Palmer 01825 723299 davidpalmer2@supanet.com www.newickbadmintonclub.co.uk Ringmer Badminton Club Samantha Holder 01273 812 906 Ringmer (Village Hall) Sue Hemington 01273 812 356 S S Ramblers (Eastbourne) Mr P Wilkinson 01323 640 956 Saints (Eastbourne) Kevin 01323 502 530 philip@saintsbadminton.co.uk www.saintsbadminton.co.uk St Anne’s (women only, Hartfield) Sheila Puttock 01323 503 409 St Johns (Bexhill) Alison Seymour 01424 732 226 Alison@gpark.demon.co.uk St Lukes (Brighton) Bill Brandt 01273 675 316 bill.brandt@ericsson.com St Richard’s (Pound Hill, Crawley) Jan Archard 01293 531 826 p.archard@btinternet.com St Paul’s (Crawley) Mrs Brenda Phillips 01293 420 578 St.PaulsBadminton@PLCWD.Co.Uk www.plcwd.co.uk/html/badminton.html Southover (Rottingdean) Lesley Blunt 01444 233 965 lesley.blunt@talktalk.net
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Want to play? Your guide to the sports, clubs and leagues in Sussex
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Sussex Thunder Broadbridge Heath Athletics Stadium, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3YS info@sussexthunder.com www.sussexthunder.com Chichester Sharks (Flag Football) New Park Rd., Chichester PO19 7XY www.chichestersharks.co.uk
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Want to play? Your guide to the sports, clubs and leagues in Sussex
SussexSport Stanford Penguins (Portslade) Alvin Lee 01903 831 131 alv82000@hotmail.co.uk www.stanford-penguins.co.uk Steyning/Castle Michele Mason 01273 588 444 sarahmichele@hotmail.co.uk The Denes Badminton Club (Rottingdean) Nicky Holness Nicky@holness.wanadoo.co.uk West Worthing Vanessa Bramble 01903 247 567 vanessa@bramblespatch.freeserve.co.uk Woodlands (St Leonards-on-Sea) Secretary 07907 892 922 info@woodlandsbadminton.org.uk www.woodlandsbadminton.org.uk Worthing Nondescripts Matthew Hodgson 01903 204 386, matthew.hodgson@ntlworld.com
badminton Leagues
Brighton Badminton League Matt Page 01903 233 417 mattpagezk@ntlworld.com www.brightonbadmintonleagues.co.uk Bognor, Chichester & District Brian Simpson, Secretary secretary@bcdba.org.uk www.bcdba.org.uk Eastbourne & Dist Badminton Assoc Annette Huggett 01323 500 019 annettehuggett@care4free.net or www.eastbournebadminton.co.uk
BASKETBALL
1066 Conquerors (Hastings) 07962 687 207 andy12hodder@aol.com www.1066basketball.co.uk Bexhill Giants Eric Douglin 07971 821 457 eric.douglin@btopenworld.com bexhillgiants.intheteam.com Bognor Pirates Basketball Club David Lowe 01243 265 409 david.lowe7@btinternet.co.uk bognor-basketball.co.uk/index.html Holbrook Allstars (women) Sarah Maloney 07957 860 455 nickprobin@aol.com and sarahlawes24@hotmail.com Runnin Rebels (Brighton) Nick Stevens nickandbeckystevens@yahoo.co.uk www.runninrebels.co.uk Worthing Tropics Ashley Clarke 07899 061 704 Ashley.clarke@puma.com
Juniors
Angmering Cobras Mr. D.Yates 01903 778 363 director@thesportscollege.co.uk www.thesportscollege.co.uk/cobras.php Brighton Cougars Anne Baverstock 07809 105 300 Bav@dorothy-stringer.co.uk brightoncougars.intheteam.com Bognor Royals Youth Hilary Robbins hils.robbins@btinternet.com Crawley Cagers 07800 511 762 cliff@crawleycagersbasketball.co.uk www.crawleycagersbasketball.co.uk East Grinstead Jr Basketball Club 07812 121 222 Hay Heath Eagles Basketball Club www.bebo.com/Profile. jsp?MemberId=4974679988 Horsham Hawks Basketball Club John Dishington 07971 466 120 johnd@horshamhawks.co.uk www.horshamhawks.intheteam.com Holbrook Huskies (Men), Dave Goss d.goss@talk21.com Eastbourne Jets 07801 701 474 hoopscoach33@btinternet.com www.eastbournejets.co.uk Shoreham Sharks Basketball Brian Deacon (coach) 07826 550 844 coach@shorehamsharks.co.uk www.shorehamsharks.co.uk Storrington Slammers Richard 07974 237 069
BOWLS Find your closest bowls club: www.bowlsengland.com/index.asp?display=clu bs&l=1&county=Sussex
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Adur Indoor Bowling Club Ken Twine 01273 870670 admin@aduribc.com www.aduribc.com Sussex County Bowling Assoc Men’s Sec., David Bain 01903 742 526 bain_david@hotmail.com Women’s Sec., Kathy Flood 01273 517 683 www.sussexba.co.uk kathyflood@btinternet.com E Sussex Short Mat Bowls Assoc Alan Archer 01424 830 425 www.eastsussexsmba.co.uk W Sussex Short Mat Bowls Assoc Bryony Wood 01403 267 608 setonwood@btinternet.com wscsmba.org
BOXING
Adur Laurence Causabon-Vincent 01903 754 869 Atha Joe Pilgrim 01424 223 563 Bognor Regis 01243 862 279 Brighton City Brian Harvey 07891 794 559 Chichester Boys Heath O’Brien 01243 782 462 Crawley George Brown 07782 375 870 www.crawleyboxing.co.uk Horsham 07831 553 328 www.horshamabc.co.uk Hastings West Hill Jean Gray 01424 441 308 info@westhill-boxing.com www.westhill-boxing.com Hillcrest (Newhaven) Sue Lawrence 01273 512 376 hillcrestcentre@btopenworld.com Hove David Brown 01903 762 643 david.brown131@ntlworld.com Keystone Pat Nelson 01293 409 376 Moulsecoomb Matt Bell 01273 231 896 St Gerards Gerry Lavell 01243 786 661 Whitehawk Gary Emins 07738 527 677 emins_whitehawk_abc@yahoo.co.uk Willingdon Trees Dan Woolridge 07875 719 875 treesnews@yahoo.com www.willingdontreesabc.com
CANOEING/KAYAKING
Adur Canoe Club 01798 812 183 secretary@adurcanoeclub.org.uk www.adurcanoeclub.org.uk Bewl Canoe Club infobewlcanoeclub@yahoo.co.uk www.bewlcanoeclub.co.uk Chichester Canoe Club kerry@chichestercanoeclub.co.uk www.chichestercanoeclub.co.uk Cuckmere Valley Canoe Club committee@cvcc.org.uk www.cvcc.org.uk Forest Canoe Club 07725 252 952 forestcanoe@yahoo.co.uk www.forestcanoeclub.org.uk Hailsham & Eastbourne Canoe Club peterchambers@kennedybros.co.uk Hastings & District Canoe Club 07512 810 139 hastingscanoeclub@googlemail.com www.hastingscanoeclub.org.uk Martlet Kayak Club 294 Madeira Drive Arches, Brighton BN2 1EN martletkayakclub@hotmail.com www.martletkayakclub.org.uk
CRICKET
To find your local club: sussexcb.play-cricket.com/directory east Sussex Cricket League Kenneth Jeffery 01684 567 042 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) peter.butter@btinternet.com www.sussexcl.play-cricket.com
West Sussex Invitation Cricket League www.wsicl.co.uk
CYCLING
21st Century Airports CT Mr Graham Kerr 01403 217 297 Bognor Regis Cycling Club Don Lambert 01243 262 434 donjanlamt13@supanet.com www.bognorregiscyclingclub.org/ Central Sussex CC (Shermanbury) Mr Geoff Ericson, 10 Woodside Close, Shermanbury RH13 8HH Crawley Wheelers Dick Crane 01342 713 197 www.crawleywheelers.co.uk Dirt Devils MBC (MTB) info@dirt-devils.fsnet.co.uk www.dirt-devils.fsnet.co.uk Eastbourne Rovers Cycling Club stuart@eastbournerovers.co.uk www.eastbournerovers.com East Grinstead Cycling Club Richard Blackmore 01342 713 272 dicknjan@btinternet.com / www.egcc.net VC Etoile (Findon) Peter Scarsbrook 01903 872 052 scarzi@hotmail.com Festival RC (Horsham) Brian Wareham 01403 240 262 brianwareham@aol.com www.festivalrc.co.uk Findon Gentlemen’s Cycling Club 01903 873 923 info@thefgcc.org www.thefgcc.org Forest Row Cycling Club Kate Chadwick 01342 311936 secretary@frbc.info www.frbc1.talktalk.net Horsham Cycling Club Peter David 01403 259 062 peter.david@horshamcycling.co.uk www.horshamcycling.co.uk Lewes Wanderers Cycling Club Mick Burgess 01444 244 283 www.leweswanderers.co.uk Phoenix Cycling Club (Seaford) Clive Aberdour 01323 872 292 clive.aberdour@btinternet.com www.phoenix.cyclub.btinternet.co.uk Rye & District Wheelers Barry Goodsell 01424 882 890 goodsellbazza@aol.com Southdown Velo (Chichester) contact@southdownvelo.org.uk www.southdownvelo.org.uk Stella GS (Storrington) Dr Mark Jones 01273 642 215 m.p.jones@brighton.ac.uk Stella VC (Littlehampton) Mr Raymond Betts 07802 740 446 raybetts75@btinternet.com Sussex Nomads (B Hill/Ditchling) Alan Limbrey 01273 558 511 richard.harwood1@sussexnomads.org.uk www.sussexnomads.org.uk VC Jubilee Yth Dev Cycling Club 01273 843 859 vcjubilee@vcjubilee.co.uk www.vcjubilee.co.uk
CYCLING (BMX)
Bexhill Burners BMX Club Robin Higley 01424 212 951 robin.higley@btinternet.com Preston Park Youth Cycle Club Anthony Rogers, Chairman, 01273 883 956 anthony@ppycc.org.uk www.ppycc.org.uk Sussex Cycle Racing League Mrs Deborah Gent 01273 301 262 debgent@gmail.com www.scrl.co.uk
CYCLING (Leisure)
East Sussex Cyclists’ Touring Club David Rix, ctceastsussex@gmail.com Eastbourne & Hailsham Section Christine Thomas 01825 890 809 Midweek Section Esther Carpenter 01424 751 581 esthercarpenter@rocketmail.com www.ctcmidweek.org.uk Geoff’s Old Bike Rides Geoff Boxall 01273 813 917 Cyclists’ Touring Club W Sussex Edwin Jones 01243 267 746 edwin@jones.name www.ctcwestsussex.org.uk CTC Arun - Adur Group Peter Wilson 01903 755 765 pw@peterwilson.org.uk www.fonant.co.uk/arunadur
CTC Bgnr, Chichr, Hrshm & Crwly grp 01403 257 072 bnicol@horshamandcrawleyctc.org.uk www.horshamandcrawleyctc.org.uk, www.bognorchichester.org.uk, Sussex Nomads Cycling Club 01273 709 303
DIVING
Crawley Diving Club Mrs B McAdam 01293 410 944 divergindeep@hotmail.co.uk Worthing Swimming Club 01903 231 797 email@WorthingSwimmingClub.org.uk www.worthingswimmingclub.org
FENCING
Brighton & Hove Angela Goodall angela.goodall@brightonandhovefencing.co.uk www.brightonandhovefencing.co.uk Chichester Fencing Club Sharon Blackman 01243 822 753 info@chichester-fencing-club.org.uk www.chichester-fencing-club.org.uk Chichester Community Fencing Club 07961 677 384 info@communityfencing.org.uk www.communityfencing.org.uk Crawley Sword Geoff Griffin 01293 521 870 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 411 100 sportscentre@pcc-web.com
FOOTBALL The Sussex FA: www.sussexfa.com/GetIntoFootball/FindAClub/ www.sussexfa.com/Governance/Affiliation/
Adult leagues Sussex County League (Sat/midweek) www.scfl.org.uk
Intermediatefootball adult leagues
Brighton, Hove & Dist Football Lge Andy Lindley 07764 537 078 www.bhdfl.co.uk/index.html East Sussex Football League 01323 765 971 paul.turner@esfl.org.uk www.esfl.org.uk Mid Sussex Football League Lawrie Parsons 01444 242 023 lawrie.parsons9@btinternet.com www.football.mitoo.co.uk/Counties.cfm?County=Sussex West Sussex Football League Chris Bridges 01403 730 853 christopher.bridges@btinternet.com Worthing & District Football Lge www.yellowjersey.net Sussex Sunday Football League www.sundayleague.info Worthing & Horsham Dist Sunday Lge Phil Farrelly 07774 835 870 philfarre@aol.com www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/whdsfl 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 Lge www.secwfl.org.uk
YOUTH Leagues
Arun & Chichester Youth League Kathy Wilson 01903 883 997 kathy@kathy99.freeserve.co.uk www.acyfl.net East Sussex Mini-Minor League Pat Taylor 01424 429 786 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 Yth Lge (Under-18) full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index do?league=4160018 Sussex Sunday Youth League full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=1697069
GYMNASTICS
British gymnastics: www.british-gymnastics.org Angmering School Of Gym 07935 212 428 angmering.gym@googlemail.com Arun Gym & Trampolining Club 07986 508 909 Mandyhxxx@aol.com Brighton & Hove Gymnastics Club 01273 776 209 gym@bhgym.co.uk www.bhgym.co.uk cacl gym club (eastbourne) 01323 730 467 info@caclsports.co.uk Chanctonbury Sportup G.C. 01903 746 070 sportup@chanctonburysl.com Chichester Olympic Gymnastic Club 01243 790 255 info@chichestergymnastics.co.uk www.chichestergymnastics.co.uk Hawth Gymnastics 01293 520 821 www.hawthgymnastics.co.uk Hollingdean Gymnastic Club 01273 559 469 jeffrey.arnold3@ntlworld.com Horsham Gymnastics Club 01403 756 699 hgc@hgc.org.uk / www.hgc.org.uk i-star Academy 07843 666 251 info@istaracademy.co.uk Kestrel Gymnastics Academy K.G.A 01580 858 733 k.g.a@btinternet.com Pavillions in the Park 01403 219 200 enquiries@pavillionsinthepark.co.uk Pyramid Gymnastics Club 01444 243 314 john.nightingale4@btinternet.com Pyramid Gymnastics Club 01444 243 314 john.nightingale4@btinternet.com Seaford Gymnastics Academy 01323 892 425 lorraine@seafordgymnastics.co.uk Stars Gymnastics Club 01903 800 024 amandawadman@gmail.com Summerfields Gym Club 01424 444 615 emma@summerfields-gymnastics.com Uckfield Gymnastic Club 01825 764 141 www.uckfieldgymnastics.co.uk Wickers Gym Club Katy Hodgson 01273 465 554 khodgson@talk21.com / wickersgymclub.com
HOCKEY
Bognor Town Hockey Club (women) patathome.simmonds.btinternet.com Brighton & Hove Hockey Club 01903 239 894 cameron_heath@standardandpoors.com www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net Burgess Hill Hockey Club (women) 01444 441 223 ginettemread@yahoo.co.uk www.burgesshillhc.co.uk Buxted Park Hockey Club Captain: Liz Wigglesworth 01825 733 689 info@bphc.co.uk www.bphc.co.uk Chichester Hockey Club Kim Howarth 01243 865 523 kimhow14@hotmail.com www.chichesterhockey.com Crawley Hockey Club 07788 543 836 emma.franks@blueyonder.co.uk www.crawleyhockeyclub.com Crowborough Hockey Club Paula Davies 01732 866 533 www.crowboroughhockey.co.uk East Grinstead Hockey Club 01342 321 210 alison.armstrong@freedom-lesiure.co.uk www.egscc.co.uk Hailsham Hockey Club 07855 121 511 alison@hailshamhc.co.uk www.hailshamhockey.co.uk
Honeybees Hockey Club (women) Katie Walters 07719 756 148 kwalters@imberhorne.co.uk Holbrook Hockey Club (Horsham) 01403 751 150 Claire_adcock@yahoo.co.uk www.theholbrookclub.co.uk Horsham Hockey Club 07740 096 123 nick.evans@uk.ibm.com www.horshamhc.co.uk Lewes Hockey Club Gemma Collins 01273 480 630 vodkagemma@hotmail.com www.southdownsportsclub.co.uk/hockey Littlehampton Hockey Club Colin Warner 07977 516 070 colin.warner@war-ner.co.uk www.littlehamptonhc.org.uk Mid Sussex Hockey Club Vicky O’Boyle 01444 248 110 vickyoboyle@yahoo.co.uk www.mshc.co.uk Middleton & Bognor Hockey Club 01243 870 000 rachelmccartain@talktalk.net www.mandbhc.org.uk Sth Saxons Hockey Club (Hastings) Sue Klein 01424 223 647 sueklein2001@aol.com www.southsaxonshc.co.uk Southwick Hockey Club 01273 592 233 www.southwick.org Worthing Hockey Club Bob Catlow 07836 529133 Catlowbob@aol.com www.worthinghockey.co.uk
LACROSSE
East Grinstead Lacrosse Club 07712 527 615 info@eglc.co.uk / www.eglc.co.uk
LIFESAVING
Crawley Town Lifesaving Club Secretary: John Stainer 01293 585 300 contact@crawleytownlsc.com www.crawleytownlsc.com/contact.htm Horsham Life Saving Club David Slade 01903 715 745 info@horshamlifesavingclub.co.uk www.horshamlifesavingclub.co.uk Ringmer Swim & Lifesaving Club John Wiles 01273 400 468 bodgelets@hotmail.com
MARTIAL ARTS AIKIDO
Aikido Circle Black Belt Academy Ken DeHaan 07747 788 128 ken@aikidocirclebba.com www.aikidocirclebba.com Crawley Aikido Club 01342 321 429 info@crawleyaikidoclub.com crawleyaikidoclub.com Ittaikan Aikido Club Paul Bonett 01273 696 383 dojo@brightonaikido.co.uk www.brightonaikido.co.uk/ Myo-Do-Kan King Alfred Leisure Centre, Kingsway, Hove BN3 2WW Henfield Leisure Centre, North Croft, The King’s Field, Henfield BN5 9QB. Val Hodges. 01273 737 132 Mondays at Henfield Lesiure, Thursday at King Alfred valhodges22@hotmail.com Southdowns Club (Aikido) Kevin Elliott 07738 538 448 kevinhavard@hotmail.com www.kifederationofgreatbritain.co.uk/clubs/ southdown.htm Sussex Sport Aikido Club Jerome Chin-Aleong 07951 177 936 jica27@hotmail.com www.sussexsportaikido.info
JUDO
Battle Judo Club 01424 774 772 Bexhill A A Judo Club 01424 214 912 jasonmeek@bexhill.org.uk Bridgeview Judo Club (Lewes) Paul Leaney 01273 470 759 fieldingd@hotmail.com www.judoatlewes.co.uk Brighton Judo Club Mark Deeney 01273 683 780 brighton.judo@btinternet.com www.brightonjudoclub.org
Chichester Judo Club Ilona Guy 07512 332 783 ilona.guy@btinternet.com chichesterjudoclub.co.uk Hastings YMCA Judo Club Les Pike 01424 446 459 Hollington Judo Club (St. L’nards) Neil Chalcraft 01424 430 999 neil.chalcraft@bt.internet.com Horsham Judo Club 07778 670 124 www.horshamjudoclub.com Kaigan Judo Club (Eastbourne) Pat Jeffery 01323 507 595 Keisen Judo Club Tim Draper 07867 538 384 tim@keisen.co.uk / www.keisen.co.uk Kin Ryu Judo Club Peter Seymour 01293 537 808 p.seymour1@sky.com www.kinryu.org.uk Seishin Judo Club 07872 449 093 www.seishin-judo.co.uk Uckfield Judo Club 01825 768 453 terry.bate@ace-ina.com Westerleigh Judo Kwai Ltd Paul Everest 01424 442 726 paulapauleverest@hotmail.com www.westerleighjudo.org.uk Zodiac Judo Kwai (Hastings) Duncan Maclean 07516 902 975
KARATE
Bexhill Shotokan Karate Club Ian Hollidge 01424 218 993 ianhollidge@hotmail.com www.sskd.org.uk Brighton Shokotan Karate Dave Hazard 01903 775 101 jess@fastnet.co.uk www.brightonkarate.co.uk Chichester GoJu Karate Club 01243 672 589 www.chichesterkarate.co.uk Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Assoc Ron Silverthorne 01323 891 471 info@fska.co.uk www.fska.co.uk Kanzenki Shotokan Karate Club Lindsey Musing 07812 037 455 www.kanzenkishotokan.co.uk KeiBudo Freestyle Karate Keith Boardman 01903 530 264 www.sussexkarate.com Sharinjiru Renshinkan Karate Do Julia Turley 01444 454 827 jtrenshinkan@btinternet.com Reiwaryu Ryushinkan Karatedo Renmei 01444 241 625 rhys.williams@trendcontrols.com www.ryushinkan.com Roffey Karate Club Phil Smith 07708 432 682 wadoguard-roffeykarate@yahoo.co.uk roffeykarateclub.co.uk Red Oak Karate Club (Lewes) John Cross 01273 471 627 redoakkarate@googlemail.com www.redoakkarate.org.uk SEMKA Wado-Ryu Karate Paul Elliott 01403 218 327 semka@btopenworld.com www.horshamkarateclub.com Tang Sou Dao Karate - Ren Yi Wu Kwan Adam Goward (snr instructor) 01825 732 224 a.goward@virgin.net www.tangsoudao.com
KICKBOXING
Dynamic Tiger F’style Kickboxing Damon Kentell 07774 891 785 admin@dtfk.co.uk / dtfk.co.uk Crawley Martial Arts Academy 07702 119 198, john@crawleymartialartsacademy.com www.crawleymartialartsacademy.com
KUNG FU
Kung Fu Schools 01293 544 333 info@kungfuschools.org www.kungfuschools.org Shaolin Kung Fu Matthew Gross 0781 2342 058 digitmatt@hotmail.com www.sussexkungfu.co.uk
TAI CHI
Sussex Zhong Ding Jan Simpson 07506 525 116 sussexzhongding@yahoo.co.uk www.sussexzhongding.co.uk
Tai Chi Wisdom Simon & Cher Robins 01273 239 054 info@taichiwisdom.net www.taichiwisdom.net
TAEKWON-DO
Brighton Taekwon-Do School 01273 508 120, brightontaekwondo@gmail.com www.martialarts-brighton.co.uk, Brighton Taekwondo Academy 07764 740 877 brightontkdacademy@yahoo.co.uk www.brightontkd.co.uk Crawley Tae Kwon-Do Club 08009 176 238 training@crawley-taekwondo.co.uk www.crawley-taekwondo.co.uk West Sussex Tae Kwon Do Anne-Marie Jones-Taylor 01243 826 917 info@westsussextaekwondo.co.uk www.westsussextaekwondo.co.uk
GENERAL/OTHER
British Jujitsu Ryu 07828 213 892, britishjujitsuruy@hotmail.com Kenaji Academy of Martial Arts Brian Redman 01903 743 334 www.kenagi.co.uk Ryusui-ryu Neil Starks 01342 315 372 www.m-a-t-s.co.uk Sama S East - Karate & Kickboxing WSussex: 01273 588 850 ESussex: 01273 580 577 george@samakarate.com www.samasoutheast.co.uk Soul Martial Arts Academy 08009 804 858 soulmartialarts@hotmail.com www.soulmartialarts.co.uk Tae-Jitsu 07891 864 272 taejitsu@yahoo.co.uk www.tae-jitsu.co.uk Uckfield Martial Arts Club Alex Foot (coach) 07946 104 512 afoot@panini.co.uk www.anthonycairns.com/Martial%20Arts/UMAC.htm W Sussex Choi Kwang Do Academy 07955 162 886 wsckd@fsmail.net www.westsussexckd.com White Crane Fighting Arts Neil Johnson 07976 260 710 neil@whitecranefightingarts.com www.whitecranefightingarts.com Worthing Mike O’Hagan 01903 236 664 mohagan@gym-xtreme.co.uk www.gym-xtreme.co.uk
NETBALL
Sussex County Assoc Sheila Martin 01273 422 959 she.martin@hotmail.co.uk www.sussexnetball.com/play-netball.php Arun Netball Club jo_norcross85@yahoo.co.uk hanbro@me.com Brighton Netball Club www.brightonnetballclub.co.uk CCK Netball Club (Whitehawk) ccknetball@btinternet.com www.brightonccknetballclub.wordpress.com Crows Netball Club Rachel 01892 655 661 www.tunwellsnetball.org.uk CD Phoenix Netball Club (E Grinstead) cdphoenixsussex@googlemail.com www.cdphoenixsussex.org.uk Eastbourne netball club www.eastbourne-netball.com Enigma Netball Club (Worthing) Karen Thornton 07748 196 238 karenthornton12@hotmail.com Genesis Beacon Netball Club 01825 769 210 Giants (Worthing) karen.Dennison@westsussexpct.nhs.uk Hassocks Netball Club macnamara750@btinternet.com H’field & Partridge Green N ball Team Edna 01403 710 586 Lewes netball club (junior) www.lewesnetballclub.co.uk Mid Sussex Netball Club Jackie@midsussex.netball.org.uk www.midsussexnetball.org.uk Oakwood Netball Club (Crawley) oakwoodnetball@yahoo.co.uk www.oakwoodnc.co.uk
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Want to play? Your guide to the sports, clubs and leagues in Sussex
SussexSport Pulborough Netball Club Sue 01798 875 629 suzanne@dudman04.orangehome.co.uk Redhill Netball Club (Crawley) jo.barnes@rocketmail.com Rimmerettes Netball Club 07901 910 539 michelle.simmons@hotmail.co.uk Rudgewick Netball Club Emily 07799 514 954 www.rudgewicknetballclub.co.uk Seaford Netball Club Clare 01323 890 994 Southdown Netball Club pbaker@servalsystems.co.uk www.southdownnetballclub.co.uk Spirit Netball Club (Lewes - jr) Karen 07899 908 456 Sussex Thunder, Storm & Lightning sussexnetballclub@yahoo.co.uk Trinity Tristars Netball Club beccakel@hotmail.com Uckfield Netball Club (junior) uccsshipley@uctc.e-sussex.sch.uk
ORIENTEERING
Southdowns Orienteers Jaquie Drake 01293 613 114 thedrakes@vuggles.co.uk www.southdowns-orienteers.org.uk
POLO
Cowdray Park 01730 813 257 www.cowdraypolo.co.uk Hickstead All England Polo Club 01273 834 315 www.hickstead.co.uk
ROWING Find your local club www.britishrowing.org/clubfinder Ardingly Rowing Club David Avery 01798 815 118 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 135 270 martinteale@rocketmail.com www.bewlrowingclub.co.uk Eastbourne Rowing Club Nick Norwood 07855 393 542 dave@dufrane.co.uk www.eastbournerc.co.uk Shoreham Rowing Club rowing@shorehamrowingclub.co.uk Worthing Rowing Club Martin Holden 07904 183 284 wrc@worthingrowingclub.com www.worthingrowingclub.com/
RUGBY UNION
Sussex RFU 01273 623030 sussexadmin@rfu.com www.sussexrugby.co.uk/dyn/pages/playing/ links.shtml Barns Green RFC andrewstambridge@barnsgreenrfc.co.uk www.barnsgreenrfc.co.uk Bognor RFC Andy Sweeney 01243 820 846 www.bognor-rfc.com Brighton FC (RFU) Dionne Fowle (Hon Secretary) 07778 547 625 brightonrugbyclub-enquires@hotmail.co.uk www.brightonblues.co.uk Chichester RFC 01243 779 820 secretary@chichesterRFC.co.uk www.chichesterrfc.co.uk Cinque Ports RFC 01424 722 844 info@cinqueportsrugby.co.uk www.cinqueportsrugby.co.uk Crawley RFC 01293 533 995, patrick.constance@neopost.co.uk Crowborough RFC Simon Davies 01892 663 915 sdgas@aol.com www.crowboroughrugby.com East Grinstead RFC Matt Ravenscroft 07831 721 538 secretary@egrfc.com www.egrfc.com/ Eastbourne RFC 01323 503 076 suandalwood.tiscali.co.uk www.eastbournerugby.com
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Hastings & Bexhill RFC William Parker 01424 444 255 david.hirst@hastingsrugby.org.uk www.hastingsrugby.org.uk Haywards Heath RFC 01444 413 950 aj@hhrfc.co.uk www.pitchero.com/clubs/haywardsheath Heathfield & Waldron RFC Tim Ball 01435 831 142 tjgball@hotmail.com www.hwrfc.co.uk Hellingly RFC Roger White hellinglysecretary@hotmail.co.uk Holbrook RFC 01403 751 150 www.holbrookrfc.co.uk Horley RFC Barrie Edwards 07912 862 566 contact@horleyrugby.co.uk www.horleyrugby.co.uk Horsham RUFC Paul Harding 01403 265 027 chairman@horshamrufc.com www.horshamrufc.com Hove RFC Andy Ward 07789 777 475 clubhouse@hoverfc.com www.hoverfc.com Lewes RFC John Curry 01424 210 778 info@lrfc.org.uk www.lewesrfc.org.uk Littlehampton RFC Racheal Hutchings 07779 725 955 rachealh05@aol.com www.clubs.rfu.com/clubs/portals/littlehampton Midhurst RFC Simon Flint 01730 816 465 simon.flint@bbcel.co.uk www.midhurstrugby.co.uk Norfolk Arms RFC Ree 07966 815 345 www.norfolkarmsrfc.co.uk Pulborough RFC 01903 746 463 www.pitchero.com/clubs/pulborough shorehambymanager@yahoo.co.uk Rye RFC 07784 024 162 RyeRugby@Live.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/ryerfc Seaford RFC Nicky Walker 01323 441 429 www.seafordrfc.com Shoreham RFC shorehambymanager@yahoo.co.uk www.shorehamrugby.com Sussex Police RFC www.sussexpolicerfc.co.uk Uckfield RFC Kim Dunn 07905 756 271 dunnkim6@aol.com www.pitchero.com/clubs/uckfieldrfc Worthing RFC Allan Imrie 01903 784 706 Allan.Imrie@ametek.co.uk www.worthingrfc.co.uk Sussex Referees Society Phil Bowers 07930 188 560 philbowersref@aol.com / www.ssrfur.com/ Sussex Referees Society Phil Bowers 07930 188 560 philbowersref@aol.com / www.ssrfur.com/
SAILING/YACHTING
Arun Yacht Club 01903 716 016 arunyachtclub@btconnect.com www.arunyc.org.uk Ashdown Sailing Club 01342 326 901 ashdownsailingclub@yahoo.co.uk www.ashdownsailing.org.uk Bexhill Sailing Club 01424 212 906 www.bexhillsc.com Bosham Sailing Club 01243 572 341 manager@boshamsailingclub.co.uk www.boshamsailingclub.co.uk Brighton Marina Yacht Club 01273 818 711 office@bmyc.org.uk www.bmyc.org.uk Brighton Sailing Club 01273 321 802 www.brightonsailingclub.org.uk Chichester Yacht Club 01243 512 918 secretary@cyc.co.uk www.cyc.co.uk
City Livery Yacht Club 08445 730 000 www.clyc.co.uk Dell Quay Sailing Club 01243 785 080 www.dqsc.co.uk E’bourne Sovereign Sailing Club 01323 416 562 training@sailing-at-eastbourne.co.uk www.sailing-at-eastbourne.co.uk Hastings & St Leonards Sailing Club 01424 422 142 mail@hastingssc.wanadoo.co.uk www.hastingssc.org Hastings Motor Boat & Yacht Club 01424 429 779 hmbyc@supanet.com Inn Shore Cruising Club 01243 672 455 sec@innshorecruisingclub.co.uk www.innshorecruisingclub.co.uk Itchenor Sailing Club 01243 512 400 office@itchenorsailingclub.co.uk www.itchenorsc.co.uk Lancing Sailing Club 01903 766 006 memsec@lancingsc.org.uk www.lancingsc.org.uk Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club 01323 893 542 information@nssc.org.uk www.nssc.org.uk Pagham Yacht Club 01243 265 025 commodore@pyc.org.uk www.pyc.org.uk Pevensey Bay Sailing Club 01323 761 002 dave.harrington@pbsd.org.uk www.pbsc.org.uk Shoreham Sailing Club 01273 453 078 sscmemsec@hotmail.com www.shorehamsailing.org Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club 01424 845 991 gsteven@rya-online.net www.shyc.co.uk Sussex Yacht Club 01273 464 868 secretary@sussexyachtclub.org.uk www.sussexyachtclub.org.uk Weir Wood Sailing Club 01342 828 462 info@wwsc.org.uk www.wwsc.org.uk Worthing Yacht Club 01903 249 956 www.worthingyachtclub.co.uk
SHOOTING
Fittleworth Rifle Club Sean Ide 01798 872 095 fittleworthrifleclub@hotmail.com www.fittleworthrifleclub.org Petworth & District Rifle Club John Robbins 08447 722 243 www.tates.com/Petworth/ Southwick Rifle Club Mr P. Sigournay 01903 814 642 southwickrifleclub@yahoo.co.uk
SQUASH
Sussex Squash & Racquetball www.sussexsquash.org.uk Arun Richard Laine 01243 826 612 richard.laine@ic24.net Bluecoat Sports Tony Fiveash 01403 247 572. tony@centralplanthire.co.uk www.bluecoatsports.co.uk Bognor Regis Steve Carruthers 01243 865 462 steviecarruthers@hotmail.com Brighton Dave Bowen 08456 443 417 david.bowen@worthing.gov.uk www.brightonsquash.co.uk Brighton Rackets Milli Fawssett 01273 667 888 milli.1@hotmail.co.uk Burgess Hill Andrew Eade 07794 17 4 969 andrew.eade@yahoo.co.uk Cooden Sid Austin 01424 844 810 squash@cbssc.co.uk www.cbssc.co.uk/squash.htm
Copthorne Squash Club Karl Manning 01342 715 022 karl.manning@sussexsquash.org.uk www.lafitness.co.uk/gym/gatwick Corals Andy Birch 01273 731 262 andy.birch@orionpharma.com www.coralfitness.co.uk/squash Crawley Squash Club Andrew Watts 01293 585 300 andrew.watts@zen.co.uk Crowborough Sally Powell 01892 652 618 info@crowboroughrackets.org.ok www.crowboroughrackets.org.uk David Lloyd Aaron Parkins 01323 509 802 a.parkins@sky.com Dolphin Chris Markham 01444 457 337 olymposhh@freedom-leisure.co.uk East Grinstead Andy Norris 01342 325 077 andrewgnorris@tiscali.co.uk www.egtsc.org Horsham James Norman 01403 251150 James.Norman@UK.RSAGroup.com www.horshamsquash.co.uk Lewes Bill Jeffries 01273 480 630 bill@billjeffries.co.uk www.southdownsportsclub.co.uk Littlehampton Ashley Squires 01903 713 217 a.squires@sky.com Middleton Paul Elliot 01243 583 157 hairsginger@hotmail.com www.middletonsportsclub.co.uk Midhurst David Usher 01730 816 841 rachelanddave@aol.com www.thegrange.org.uk Storrington Nathan Miller 01903 745 134 n.miller@crown-golf.co.uk www.storringtonsquashclub.co.uk Weald Trevor Morgan 01273 844 283 trevor.morgan@uk.ibm.com www.the-weald.co.uk West Worthing Pete Williams 01903 247 270 peter.williams850@ntlworld.com www.wwc.org.uk
STOOLBALL
Sussex County Stoolball Assoc Mrs Kay Price 01403 252 419
SWIMMING
1066 Swimmers SC secretary@1066swimmers.org.uk www.1066swimmers.org.uk Atlantis ASC Mr. Paul Clarke 01403 733 794 paclarke1@talktalk.net www.atlantishorsham.co.uk Beacon SC Mrs Ursula Taylor 01892 661 197 utaylor330@btinternet.com www.beaconswimmingclub.co.uk Bexhill SC Mrs.V. Tillett 01424 845 983 bexhillswimmingclub@hotmail.com Bognor Regis SC Mr D. Loveman 01243 528 095 daveloveman@lineone.net www.bognorswim.co.uk Brighton SC Mrs D. Halls 01273 475 326 denisehalls@postmaster.co.uk www.brightonsc.co.uk Brighton Dolphin SC Miss S. Naish sarah@snaish15.fsnet.co.uk www.bdsc.co.uk Chichester Cormorants SC Mrs J. Laney www.chichester-cormorants.org www.chichester-cormorants.co.uk Crawley SC Mrs E. Smith 01293 883 570 jan@cwcw.demon.co.uk www.crawleysc.ik.com East Grinstead SC Mrs. Annemarie Fox 01342 328 255 annemarie@thefoxies.com www.egsc.co.uk
Eastbourne SC Mr Peter Tyler 07901 769 346 ESC-HonSec@ustylers.co.uk www.eastbourneswimmingclub.org Hailsham SC Mrs E Lucani 01323 503 276 e.lucani@tiscali.co.uk www.hailshamswimmingclub.org Hastings Seagull SC Mr Graham Furness 01424 438 122 graham.furness@tiscali.co.uk Lewes SC Mr P Fouch 01273 477 365 paul@lewesswimmingclub.org www.lewesswimmingclub.org Littlehampton SC Mrs B Condron 01243 552 372 dettecondron@aol.com www.littlehamptonsc.ik.com Mid-Sussex Marlins SC Susan Lodge 01444 451 707 susan.lodge@btconnect.com www.olymposmarlins.org Penguins Swimming Lessons Linette Wheeler 01903 767 820 info@penguinswimlessons.co.uk www.penguinswimlessons.co.uk Shiverers SC Mr Derek Fowlie 07831 455 243 md@burgundywines.co.uk Worthing SC Mr P. McCallum, 01903 267 019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com www.worthingswimmingclub.org Sussex County Amateur Swimming Assoc Chairman: Mr P McCallum 01903 267 019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com www.sussexswimming.org/
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Beacon Swimming Club (Crowborough) Mrs Ursula Taylor 01892 661 197 utaylor330@btinternet.com www.beaconswimmingclub.co.uk Brighton Dolphin Swimming Club Miss S. Naish, sarah@snaish15.fsnet.co.uk www.bdsc.co.uk Brighton Swimming Club Mrs D. Halls 01273 475 326 denisehalls@postmaster.co.uk www.brightonsc.co.uk
TABLE TENNIS
Sussex Table Tennis Alliance sussextta.co.uk Sussex County Table Tennis AssN. sctta.sussextta.co.uk/index.php Tackleway 01424 430 201
Leagues
Haywards Heath & Dist T Tennis Lge Phil Harvey 01444 242135 www.haywardsheathttl.org.uk Worthing & Dist T Tennis Lge Mrs J Mansell 01903 261 626 Battle Kevin Haffenden 07803 138 881 admin@battlettc.com www.battlettc.com BRoad. Oak TT club Paul Dustall 07985 812 001 Paul.dunstall@btopenworld.com Crawley Community TT club Ian Ford 07764 146 338 Ian.ford@horsham.gov.uk Hollingbury TT club Christine Wicks (club chairman) 01273 709 612 Cjiwcks1@yahoo.co.uk www.hollingburyttc.co.uk Horsham TT club Ian Ford 07764 146 338 Ian.ford@horsham.gov.uk www.horshamtabletennisclub.co.uk Pavilion TT club Mike Jones 07932 676 891 Mike.jones@pavilionttc.co.uk www.pavilionttc.co.uk Storrington TT club Pat Mahoharan 07897 150 108 Ian.talmadge@ips.invensys.com www.storrington-tabletennis.co.uk
Crawley & Horsham League teams Copthorne & Maidenbower M. H. Hughes 02086 683 314 Foresters D. Edwards 01293 521 643 Horsham R. Scott 07815 778 342
Hastings League teams Bexhillians Secretary : Roger Gillett 01424 216 977. Civil Service (Hastings) Secretary: Paul Barry 01424 431 658. Filsham Valley (Junior) Mrs T. Bennett, 01323 484 113 Hollington Neil Stapley 01424 422 892 Monarchs (Hastings) Peter Harding 01424 712 708 Saints 01424 718 136 Tackleway Danny Rickaby 01424 430 201 Tigers (St Leonards) Miss Sheila King 01424 428 057 sheila.king@etta.co.uk www.tigerstt.mfbiz.com Travaux Cliff Duffell 01424 773 176
Worthing Dist Lge teams Steyning 07927 008 663 SteyningTTC@googlemail.com www.steyningttc.co.uk West Worthing Bruce 01903 505 666 info@wwc.org.uk www.wwc.org.uk/table_tennis.html Woodlands Mrs B Bayford 01903 773 306
Other clubs
Billinghurst Ian Ford 07764 146 338 Ian.ford@horsham.gov.uk sussextta.co.uk/clubs_billingshurst.php Brighton Tim Holtam 07985141 788 tim@brightontabletennisclub.co.uk www.brightontabletennisclub.co.uk Crawley Community Ian Ford 07764 146 338 ianfordy@aol.com www.crawleytabletennis.co.uk Lancing Ray Forder 01903 766 678 rfordertabletennis@fsmail.net North Mundham Mr Peter Baldwin 01243 860 966 peter@peterbaldwin.co.uk Woodlands (Rustington) Jim Holden 01903 782 209 woodland@tiscali.co.uk
TENNIS
Angmering-On-Sea Lawn Tennis Club Mandy Wood (membership secretary): 07790 760 210 wood.mandy@btinternet.com Chichester Racquets & Fitness Club 01243 785 664 DeputyManager@crafc.co.uk www.crafc.co.uk Cross in Hand Tennis Club Steve Godfrey 01825 830 670 crossinhandtennis@googlemail.com Tennis Sussex 01273 505 979 Sussex@LTA.org.uk LTA Tennis Development Manager Liz Squires 01273 505 979 Liz.Squires@LTA.org.uk
TRAMPOLINING
Bexhill Bouncers 01424 845 054 ianmcmullen@hotmail.co.uk Dragon Flyers T.C. Bognor Regis 01243 825 015 lindatramp@yahoo.co.uk FliteCrew Trampoline Club 01403 257 038 flitecrewlaurel@aol.com ump Trampolining Club Karen Street (head coach) 01323 508 604 karen.street@virgin.net/ www.jumptc.co.uk Orbital Stars Trampoline Club 01403 734 448 Shinewater Trampoline Club 01323 768 614 shinewater@eastbourne.gov.uk www.eastbourne.gov.uk/leisure/sport/council/ shinewater/youth/gym-and-tramp Southdowns (Lewes + Peacehaven) Malcolm Jones 01273 486 000 southdowns.gtc@ntlworld.com Southwick Trampolining Club 01273 238 111 www.impulseleisure.co.uk
Steyning Stars & Henfield Gym Club Amanda Wadman 01903 816 368 amandawadman@gmail.com www.wadmanmandy@aol.com Sussex Springers Trampoline Club Carol on 01444 831 046 www.sussexspringers.co.uk Sky Surfers Trampoline Club 01903 266 981 john.varga@ntlworld.com Sussex Martlets Trampoline Club 01903 501 798 pat@belchamber.com Up N Downs Trampoline Club 01323490 011 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 779 761 brightonphoenixtri@yahoo.com www.brightonphoenix.org.uk Chich’r Westgate Triathlon Club Adrian Campbell 07900 512 699 info@cwtc.org.uk www.cwtc.org.uk Crawley Tri Club Paul Holmes 01444 882 036 paul@circuit-alert.co.uk www.crawleytriclub.co.uk East Grinstead Tri Club Clare Collett, Club secretary club@egtri.com www.egtri.com Esporta Brighton Tony Wright 07767 827 446 www.esportabrighton.co.uk Mid-Sussex Triathlon Club Tamsin Douglas-Smith 01273 835 680 info@midsussextriclub.com www.midsussextriclub.com Steyning Athletic Club Joan Lennon 01903 812 569 joan.lennon@gmail.com www.steyningac.co.uk Swim-1st Triathlon Club Lee Basset 07910 532710 triathlon@swim-1st.co.uk www.swim-1sttriclub.com Tuff Fitty Triathlon Club clive.harvey@tuff-fitty.co.uk www.tuff-fitty.co.uk
WATERSPORTS
Chichester Watersports Centre 01243 776 439 chichesterwatersports@btconnect.com www.chichesterwatersports.co.uk Hove Lagoon Watersports 01273 424 842 info@lagoonwatersports.co.uk www.lagoon.co.uk
WEIGHTLIFTING
Worthing Weightlifting Club John Walton 07815 938 919 johnboy.walton@hotmail.co.uk
ZORBING
Brighton (Devils Dyke) 08456 434 360 enquiries@orb360.co.uk www.orb360.co.uk Forest Row SphereMania 08448 003 045 enquiries@spheremania.com www.spheremania.com
VOLLEYBALL
Adur (Southwick) Tom Holt 07760 287 790 thomasholt28@hotmail.com www.adurvolleyball.co.uk Dolphins (Burgess Hill) Tom Hay 01273 546 014 tom_hays@yahoo.co.uk www.dolphinvc.co.uk Kings (East Grinstead) Simon Lewis 07917 328 871 simonklewis@aol.com Storrington Martin Fisher 07786 6426 541 martin.fisher16@btinternet.com Worthing Nigel Goldsmith 01903 263 034 nigeliangoldsmith@yahoo.com www.worthingvolleyball.co.uk Sussex Volleyball Association Richard Jennings (secretary) 01903 746 117 richard@ashdown.co.uk www.volleyballsussex.co.uk/index.htm
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WATER POLO
Brighton Swimming Club David Charbit 07968 986 648 david_charbit@yahoo.co.uk www.brightonsc.co.uk Crawley Swimming Club Barry Hurst 07595 756 166 barryhurst59@aol.com www.crawleysc.ik.com Hailsham Swimming Club Jeanette Simpson 01323 440 140 Enquiries@hailshamswimmingclub.org www.hailshamswimmingclub.org/ Mid-Sussex Marlins Swimming Club Pat Bates 01444 245 920 waterpolo@olymposmarlins.org www.olymposmarlins.org/ Worthing Swimming Club Peter McCallum 01903 267 019 peterjmccallum@hotmail.com www.worthingswimmingclub.org
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