Lewes Under 18′s Match reports by Paul Spruce Semi Final Lewes Under 18S, 1 WYCOMBE UNDER 18S, 3 [HICKMAN] There was a disappointing end to the season for Lewes Under 18′s in the Mercian Home Counties Finals Day at Oxford Hawks ground on Sunday. In their semi final they lost narrowly to a . . . → Read More: Mercian Home Counties Colts Hockey League Finals Day – 6/5/12  Written By Paul Spruce Sussex 1st Team Final LEWES 1s, 0 CHICHESTER 1s, 2 For the second year running Lewes were runners up to Chichester in the County Cup Final. Lewes could have few complaints with the result as despite a competitive final Lewes only rarely threatened the Chichester goal throughout. Conversely Chichester, who . . . → Read More: Sussex Men’s Cup Finals 28-29/4/12 This weekend Lewes host the Men’s Sussex Cup Finals at the Southdown Club. Lewes have four teams in the finals. The Under 21′s, 3rd XI and 4th XI all play on Saturday and the showpiece 1st XI final on Sunday sees Lewes play holders Chichester in a repeat of last years final. Lewes will . . . → Read More: Sussex Cup 28-29th April 2012 Written by Paul Spruce The weekend saw more success for the Lions who completed a league and Cup double at East Grinstead. The Cup competition took the format of a round robin with matches between Lewes Lions, St Francis and Horsham. In their opening game Lewes beat St Francis comfortably 4-0 with goals . . . → Read More: Lewes Lions enjoy Sussex Cup Success – 21/4/12 Lewes Under 18, 9 Reading Under 18, 1 Written by Paul Spruce On paper this was always going to be an exciting game to watch and there was an expectation that Reading would field a strong side. In the first minute of the game Reading showed us what they were capable of with a . . . → Read More: Mercian U18 Home Counties League Quarter Final – 22/4/12 Lewes Lions 7 Worthing Youth 3 Written by Charlie Wycherley Having won the divisional league there was a hastily arranged Cup which due to lack of organisation from the previous hierarchy had to be set up during the school holidays. Two holidays a football camp and a cricket match curtailed four first pick players. . . . → Read More: Sussex Boys Cup – 15/4/12 Eastbourne Men’s 1s, 0 Lewes Men’s 1s, 1 Lewes upset the form book with a dramatic win at the Saffrons on Saturday to reach the County Cup Final for the second successive year. Eastbourne from the league above were favourites but Lewes dug deep to win in a scrappy match. There was drama early . . . → Read More: Sussex Cup, EH Trophy- 14/4/12 and 15/4/12 Sussex Open League Division 3 Lewes 5′s, 6 Chichester Chipmonks, 2 With one fixture remaining Lewes, with victory in their final match, could finish a creditable third in the league. This seemed unlikely at the end of October after three successive defeats left them bottom. A combination of the previous Veterans team supplemented by . . . → Read More: Men’s 5′s Vs Chichester Chipmonks – 31/3/12 South League Division 2 Wycombe 1s, 1 Lewes 1s, 0 Lewes’s league season came to a disappointing end with defeat in the final game leaving them in fourth place. Missing players through unavailability and illness Lewes still played well in parts and had enough possession to have won the game but ultimately paid the . . . → Read More: Wycombe 1s Vs Men’s 1 – 31/3/12 Lewes u10 girls travelled to Teddington as the Sussex In2Hockey County champions on Saturday for the Regional finals. They were up against some big named clubs, such as Surbiton and Reading, but any fears that the girls may be out of their depth were soon quoshed after they beat Reading 1-0. The cohesive and . . . → Read More: In2Hockey Regional u10 finals 31/03/12 COUNTY UNDER 21 TOURNAMENT Holders Lewes made it through to their third successive Under 21 final coming through the round robin event at Eastbourne College in the sunshine on Sunday. The format was four 25 minute games which leaves little margin for error but Lewes were too strong beating South Saxons 3-0, Worthing 4-0, . . . → Read More: County Under 21 Tournament – 25/3/12 Slough Men’s 1s 0 Lewes Men’s 1s 11 (Roberts(3),Donaldson(2), Fox(2), Jervis(2), Warner, Waller) Lewes were comfortable winners at bottom side Slough. Poor Slough lost the majority of their promotion winning side at the start of this season and have been the whipping boys in this league. They have conceded an amazing 195 goals and . . . → Read More: Slough 1s Vs Men’s 1s – 24/3/12 Worthing Llamas 0 Lewes Lionesses 2 Last game for this improving girls team who only had an adult in goal and who only touched the ball once! Lewes had a huge amount of the ball to their credit but it was all a bit chaotic with the ball struggling to get out of midfield . . . → Read More: Worthing Llamas Vs Lionesses – 24/3/12 Lewes Men’s 1s, 1 West Hampstead 1s, 2 (Clark) Lewes’s promotion hopes disappeared with defeat against second placed West Hampstead at the Southdown Club. The league table never lies and Lewes have imploded in recent weeks losing four of their last five games. Their goal scoring forwards have dried up and the defence has . . . → Read More: Men’s 1s Vs West Hampstead 1s – 17/3/12 Lewes Lions 6 Hailsham Juniors 0 Lewes finished their league season unbeaten with a 6-0 win over hailsham. It was agreed that lewes would play 2 different xl’s in each half and they in fact used 23 players having already left out 7 senior players and thus using the most junior active players in . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Hailsham Juniors – 17/3/12 Southern Premier Men’s League 2 Lewes Men’s 1s, 0 Oxford Hawks Men’s 1s, 1 On Sunday Lewes slipped to their second defeat of the weekend going down narrowly to leaders Oxford Hawks 1-0 at the Southdown Club. Hawks scored in the first half and but for an inspired goalkeeping performance from Sam Brooks in . . . → Read More: Men’s 1s Vs Oxford Hawks 1s – 11/3/12 Sussex Development League East Division Oxted Youth, 3 Lewes Lions, 4 What a corker! With the cost of petrol these days we felt obligated to give the parents value for money. So what better than to go 2 down in the first ten minutes! I guess we were always going to miss James, Olly, . . . → Read More: Oxted Youth Vs Lions – 10/3/12 Southern Premier Men’s League 2 Woking Men’s 1s, 3 Lewes Men’s 1s, 2 (Roberts, Warner) Lewes saw their feint hopes of promotion diminish further over the weekend with two defeats to leave them in third place in the league. On Saturday they were narrowly defeated at Woking who were fighting to avoid a relegation . . . → Read More: Woking 1s Vs Men’s 1s – 10/3/12 Lewes A U10s – Winners Still fresh from their Mid Sussex Tournament win last Sunday in the rain, Lewes A U10s came to sunny Eastbourne humbly and without high expectations. From the start they displayed excellent teamwork, solid defending and man to man marking which they continued throughout the tournament. Francis Osman-Allu and Emily . . . → Read More: Sussex girls u10s Clubs In2Hockey tournament
From left: Sam Brooks, Harvey Waller Following a long assessment process which started last summer England Hockey has announced the National U16/U18 Boys squads for the 2011-12 season which includes Lewes Hockey Club youngsters Sam Brooks in the U18’s and Harvey Waller in the U16’s. They will now attend regular England training camps at . . . → Read More: International Honours for Youngsters at Lewes Hockey Club Southern Premier Men’s League 2 Lewes Men’s 1s, 4 Epsom Men’s 1s, 1 (Jervis, Petch (2), Rickson) Lewes returned to winning ways with a workmanlike performance at the Southdown Club. The early exchanges saw Lewes’s confidence still suffering from their previous defeat the week before as they could not get into any rhythm with . . . → Read More: Men’s 1s Vs Epsom 1s – 3/3/12 Kent / Sussex Men’s Regional 2 Blackheath Men’s 1s, 2 Lewes Men’s 2s, 4 Two goals each from Steve Newton and midfield enforcer Ole Callf kept Lewes’ promotion push going at Blackheath on Saturday. Overcoming a slow pitch and less than ideal preparation Lewes dug deep to get the three points against a . . . → Read More: Blackheath 1s Vs Men’s 2s – 3/3/12 Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions, 8 Southwick Youth, 0 Southwick had four players who didn’t turn up for the game & Lewes had one unwell, both put in senior teams, five older boys chosen and Lewes played sixteen without an adult. With the different circumstances the odds were clearly in Lewes’ favour. . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Southwick Youth – 3/3/12 Lewes A U10s – Winners 4th March 2012 The Lewes A U10 girls displayed incredibly high spirits and absolute determination to win this tournament despite the horrendous weather conditions and water logged pitch. Their persistence paid off and to their delight they won 4 and drew 2 to finally bag their first ever tournament . . . → Read More: Mid Sussex U10 and U12 Inaugural Tournament Southern Premier Men’s League 2 Lewes Men’s 1s 5 Gore Court Men’s 1s 6 (Jervis (3), Roberts, Tapping) On a steaming Kentish afternoon Lewes’ first team journeyed to gore court in a key away clash in their promotion battle. On an unforgiving and sticky pitch Lewes started slowly and were caught reeling early in . . . → Read More: Men’s 1s Vs Gore Court 1s – 25/2/12 Kent / Sussex Men’s Regional 2 Lewes Men’s 2s, 3 Mid Sussex Men’s 1s, 1 Lewes entered this fixture requiring 3 points and a solid performance following a recent dip in form, and the Southdown witnessed their best performance of the season on Saturday. Lewes opened the game at a frantic pace and Angus . . . → Read More: Men’s 2s Vs Mid Sussex Men’s 1s – 25/2/12 St Francis Leprechauns 2 Lewes Lions 1 So we lost. I guess you have to lose in the end, it’s inevitable, and I’ll trot out a load of excuses for why we lost in a minute. However, you have to learn lessons from losing and you have to lose to know how to win. . . . → Read More: St Francis Leprechauns Vs Lions – 25/2/12 Sussex Development League East Division East Grinstead 0 Lewes Lions 2 In their away fixture Lewes’ Lions faced an unrecognisable East Grinstead team from their home encounter at the Southdown Club, where Lewes provided a goal keeper to the visiting team. The match was delayed as it was decided that it would be a . . . → Read More: East Grinstead Youth Vs Lions – 19/2/12 Lewes Ladies 1s, 1 Brighton and Hove Ladies 1s, 0 (Fitzpatrick) This local derby match was always going to be a closely fought match with both teams determined to reach the Quarter Final round of this National Competition. Brighton attacked confidently from the starting whistle and put Lewes on the back foot. Thanks to . . . → Read More: Women’s National Trophy – Round 3 – 19/2/12 Lewes Men’s 2s, 1 (Lewes win 4-3 on penalties) Ashford (Kent) Men’s 2s, 1 A goalkeeping master class from Adam Baxter and some nerves of steel from Lewes’ penalty takers saw them reach the semi final of the National 2nd XI trophy in a pulsating contest at the Southdown Club on Sunday. Having watched . . . → Read More: England Hockey 2nd XI Trophy – 19/2/12 |
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