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  • Champs finish with easy victory

    Champions Crowborough completed their Sussex Open League season with a 3-1 win over fourth placed Lewes IV. Goals from Darren Pullman, Mark Forster and Chris Ripley secured the points for Borough. Southwick were awarded a 5-0 default win against Sussex

  • Don't give snipers secrecy

    I've read some tosh in my time but he or she who must remain nameless (Opinion, March 22) having a pop at D Martin must take the biscuit. Because of reasons associated with the workplace, the writer is prevented from expressing any views publicly? Then

  • Hotshot pair are smoking

    Albion U-13s girls Christine Brotherton and Siobhan Gorley have bagged 240 goals between them. Siobhan netted her 140th goal at the weekend and Christine completed her century. They are our JAKO youth footballers of the week. Christine hits her goals

  • Havin' A Larf: Nice surprise for Hollingdean

    Hollingdean Albion's second string were delighted to see they had beaten RSA Sunday 6-1 and 2-1 in a Sussex Sunday League double header. This despite not even playing. They got up on Monday to see the result published. Unfortunately, it was a misprint

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    The evenings are lighter, the daffodils are out, spring is in the air - so why do I feel miserable? It must be because I looked at myself in the mirror this morning. In the past six months I seem to have aged ten years. My complexion matches the seagrass

  • Match report: Zamora makes it 25

    Adam Virgo made his first start for Albion against mid-table Mansfield at Withdean. The 18-year-old central defender came in alongside Andy Crosby in the absence through injury of Danny Cullip and Matthew Wicks. Boss Micky Adams made one other change

  • White takes on protege

    Jimmy White tackled Bexhill protege Jimmy Robertson over three frames at O'Sullivan's in Bexhill last Friday. In the first frame White won 80-45 with breaks of 43 and 31, whilst Robertson's tally came in one scoring visit. In the second frame Robertson

  • Jenny's being unfair

    It is unfair of Councillor Jenny Langston (Argus, March 23) to blame the electoral services officers for the fact that the by-election has been called for May 3. Once the appropriate papers have been filed by members of the public, the officers concerned

  • Top two lose in Worthing

    The top two lost in the Worthing Snooker League. Leaders New Central A were beaten 3-2 by Lancing Empire A who gained success through Tony Withers, Adrian Jackson, who hit a 32, and Paul Morgan. For New Central, Paul Wensley and Kevin Whitehead were successful

  • New custom

    Although I have lived in Cornwall for the past 18 years, I still have family ties in Sussex and feel morally bound to leak information which will affect anyone intending to holiday here this year. Devolution will be granted to Cornwall on April 1. As

  • Brave Preston bow out in semi thriller

    Preston's second bid for a national title ended like the first. Following their disappointment in the semi-finals of the Yetton Trophy, they suffered a similar fate in the Egham Trophy at Loddon Vale against Cambridge Park, who went on to beat York by

  • Watery grave

    The report released by the Environment Agency (Argus, March 22) must make sick reading to those who have suffered in the recent flooding. Because of climate change, one cannot rule out the possibility of water shortages in the long term during summer

  • Sussex hosts find it such hard going

    Sussex included three rinks of players from the home club when they met Middlesex Tourists at Eastbourne. But they struggled to make home advantage tell. John Bennett, Frank Connolly, Lloyd Oliver and Keith Hopkins were 17-7 down at ten ends. Worse was

  • Pulling power

    Sue Wood pulls teeth by day in her job as a dentist at the Clock Tower practice in Brighton. But in another life, she is pulling pints at the Abergavenny Arms pub in Rodmell, near Lewes. In either job, customers are pleased to see Sue whenever they are

  • Nothing special

    It is unfair of local MPs who support later drinking hours to criticise city magistrates for failing to allow pubs to open until midnight during the summer months. The Licensing Act 1964 only allows permitted drinking hours to be extended if the occasion

  • On the double

    Bus driver Malcolm Farley died last year from cancer and is much missed both by his colleagues and passengers. But thousands of people will see his name all over Brighton and Hove this month thanks to three of his friends. Dave Taylor, Guenter Kuhn and

  • Woman killed in dual carriageway smash

    A woman was killed and a second seriously injured in a crash on a dual carriageway. Motorists helped pull the two victims from the wreckage as smoke and flames started to come from one of the cars involved. The crash happened on the A24 in West Grinstead

  • Pound of flesh

    The queues of livestock awaiting slaughter grow longer and longer. Are these animals being fed and watered in the days between confirmation of their being destroyed and their actual deaths? Reports are already coming in of starving animals. I fear because

  • Make jail more than an occupational hazard

    I am heartily sick of the constant whining by feeble- minded "liberals" concerning the conditions in Lewes prison. There is a pernicious culture in this society of pity for the offender and absolutely no regard for the victims of crime, whose lives are

  • Lewin rolling back the years

    HOOKER Mike Lewin is ready to roll back the years and lead Bognor's promotion push. The 49-year-old veteran has been called in for the Four South East clash at home to Heathfield after Bognor were decimated by tour commitments. The club are currently

  • Bear Bits with Dave Wahl

    Throughout this season, our team has faced many challenges. We have had to deal with many injuries, including Danny's back, Errol's thigh, Mike's leg and Kevin's ankle. Several players have been sick and players have had to miss games and practices for

  • Edward's England record Kops a cruel Finnish

    Albion's promotion showdown against Chesterfield was an early casualty to rain. But the Withdean postponement still came too late to preserve admin officer Edward David's 40-year-old international record. England's 2-1 victory over Finland at Anfield

  • Brothel manager could lose home

    A man who ran two brothels and laundered the profits faces losing his home. Stephen O'Callaghan, 47, ran brothels at 15 Waterloo Street and 37 Lower Market Street, Hove, called Top To Toe and Angels Delight. He was caught after a policewoman posed as

  • The Albion week that Was: Boss won't be marching off to Saints

    MONDAY: Danny Cullip boosts Albion by pledging to return from ankle and elbow ligament damage ahead of schedule. "It's not going to be six weeks, less than four weeks hopefully," says Cullip. "It's unbelievable how much things have improved." Cullip backs

  • Terrace Talk with Anna Swallow

    Another two weeks of virtual football suggest you don't absolutely need grass or muddy bits or even balls to follow the Albion. While the Chesterfield cancellation made last weekend as meaningful as a Madonna concert without Madonna, and the feeling of

  • Nurse faces hearing over nut allergy boy

    A nurse failed to treat a seven-year-old boy as he suffered a potentially fatal reaction to a nut allergy, a disciplinary hearing was told yesterday. Pauline Green was on duty at Uckfield Community Hospital when the child was rushed into the minor injuries

  • Clubs join together in clean up

    Shoreham and Worthing clubs are joining forces next Saturday to have a beach clean at Shoreham. The clubs were egged into doing it by the Great Britain Tidy Group. The anglers will be picking up rubbish for three hours starting at 9am but no-one has to

  • Grange and Bulmer celebrate pike catches

    Ardingly Reservoir has produced two pike over 20lb from the bank and both were taken on sea fish dead baits. The largest was caught by Alan Grange who fished with a sardine for a fish of 21lb 8oz and the other was caught by Ian Bulmer on a herring weighing

  • 999 response times have improved

    Ambulance crews are responding to 999 calls quicker than last year, according to new figures. However, Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust is still falling short of Government guidelines. The trust is reaching an average of 70 per cent of life-threatening

  • Dad's fifth gift of life

    A man who died after suffering head injuries at a nightclub has saved the life of a fifth person. Organs from Hove plasterer Anthony Evans were successfully transplanted to four people last month and now a pensioner has received a life-saving heart valve

  • Langney get six-figure cash boost

    Langney Sports have received a £100,000 windfall from the Football Foundation. The Dr Martens League Eastern Division side will receive the cash to make further improvements to their Priory Lane home. It is the second major injection of cash the club

  • Gifford's veteran is Brave choice

    It is all systems go for next Saturday's Grand National - unless the race's four-year jinx strikes again. No superstition here of course but who can forget the disasters that hit racing's biggest day in 1993 and 1997? Eight years ago Esha Ness won the

  • Hildreth's fighting for his dream job

    Daniel Hildreth admits his career will be at a crossroads as Bears complete their home BBL programme. Like most of his colleagues, he will leave the Brighton Centre still in the dark as to whether he will be offered a contract for next season. But he

  • Champs finish with easy victory

    Champions Crowborough completed their Sussex Open League season with a 3-1 win over fourth placed Lewes IV. Goals from Darren Pullman, Mark Forster and Chris Ripley secured the points for Borough. Southwick were awarded a 5-0 default win against Sussex

  • Pick up the rubbish

    Every now and again after a build-up of litter I pick up a few bits outside my door. This makes so much difference and takes two minutes. None of my neighbours, despite moaning about it, does the same. All have immaculate houses and cars. I know it is

  • Crunch time for leagues as weather takes its toll

    West Sussex League chiefs will be holding crisis talks at their monthly meeting this week. Another weekend's bad weather, which wiped out nearly all football in Sussex, has put the league 1,090 games behind schedule. With just over a month left of the

  • Big Ben's still ticking as oldest ref in Sussex

    Grandfather referee Ben Benning might be fast approaching 80 - but there's no sign of him giving up. Even his long devoted wife Betty said: "I think he'll die refereeing. I always tell him he should take a spade with him!" Ben did consider retiring three

  • Jenny's being unfair

    It is unfair of Councillor Jenny Langston (Argus, March 23) to blame the electoral services officers for the fact that the by-election has been called for May 3. Once the appropriate papers have been filed by members of the public, the officers concerned

  • Top two lose in Worthing

    The top two lost in the Worthing Snooker League. Leaders New Central A were beaten 3-2 by Lancing Empire A who gained success through Tony Withers, Adrian Jackson, who hit a 32, and Paul Morgan. For New Central, Paul Wensley and Kevin Whitehead were successful

  • Our Shout Two wins but a long way to go

    England may well have won their last two qualifying matches but we need to improve big time before we can contemplate a team to emulate 1966. Come on, be honest with yourself, did we play world class football on Wednesday night in Albania? The sort of

  • New custom

    Although I have lived in Cornwall for the past 18 years, I still have family ties in Sussex and feel morally bound to leak information which will affect anyone intending to holiday here this year. Devolution will be granted to Cornwall on April 1. As

  • Watery grave

    The report released by the Environment Agency (Argus, March 22) must make sick reading to those who have suffered in the recent flooding. Because of climate change, one cannot rule out the possibility of water shortages in the long term during summer

  • Pulling power

    Sue Wood pulls teeth by day in her job as a dentist at the Clock Tower practice in Brighton. But in another life, she is pulling pints at the Abergavenny Arms pub in Rodmell, near Lewes. In either job, customers are pleased to see Sue whenever they are

  • Nothing special

    It is unfair of local MPs who support later drinking hours to criticise city magistrates for failing to allow pubs to open until midnight during the summer months. The Licensing Act 1964 only allows permitted drinking hours to be extended if the occasion

  • Woman killed in dual carriageway smash

    A woman was killed and a second seriously injured in a crash on a dual carriageway. Motorists helped pull the two victims from the wreckage as smoke and flames started to come from one of the cars involved. The crash happened on the A24 in West Grinstead

  • Joy and pain for Seaford

    Seaford are the nearly men of Sussex One. Saturday's 9-8 reverse at home to Uckfield was the fourth time they had lost a league game by a single point. They have also drawn once, making nine points which have got away. Seaford's Paul Joy admitted: "We

  • Make jail more than an occupational hazard

    I am heartily sick of the constant whining by feeble- minded "liberals" concerning the conditions in Lewes prison. There is a pernicious culture in this society of pity for the offender and absolutely no regard for the victims of crime, whose lives are

  • Lewin rolling back the years

    HOOKER Mike Lewin is ready to roll back the years and lead Bognor's promotion push. The 49-year-old veteran has been called in for the Four South East clash at home to Heathfield after Bognor were decimated by tour commitments. The club are currently

  • Wicks gives Albion a boost

    MATT Wicks is ready to relieve a worry for Albion in the promotion run-in by ensuring they are not hamstrung in the centre of defence. Wicks has spent the last couple of weeks at Lilleshall for treatment on a hamstring problem which has given him triple

  • Bear Bits with Dave Wahl

    Throughout this season, our team has faced many challenges. We have had to deal with many injuries, including Danny's back, Errol's thigh, Mike's leg and Kevin's ankle. Several players have been sick and players have had to miss games and practices for

  • Edward's England record Kops a cruel Finnish

    Albion's promotion showdown against Chesterfield was an early casualty to rain. But the Withdean postponement still came too late to preserve admin officer Edward David's 40-year-old international record. England's 2-1 victory over Finland at Anfield

  • Survivor Jess cherished sporting life with Albion

    Jess Willard was one of that select band who survived the Second World War and became an Albion footballer. Not a day goes by when Jess doesn't offer a silent prayer for returning to his native Sussex sound in wind and limb after flying a series of perilous

  • Nurse faces hearing over nut allergy boy

    A nurse failed to treat a seven-year-old boy as he suffered a potentially fatal reaction to a nut allergy, a disciplinary hearing was told yesterday. Pauline Green was on duty at Uckfield Community Hospital when the child was rushed into the minor injuries

  • Grange and Bulmer celebrate pike catches

    Ardingly Reservoir has produced two pike over 20lb from the bank and both were taken on sea fish dead baits. The largest was caught by Alan Grange who fished with a sardine for a fish of 21lb 8oz and the other was caught by Ian Bulmer on a herring weighing

  • Final results are upset by cancellation

    The loss of the final fixture in this season's Sussex Cross Country League produced unexpected results in the senior age groups. There are four races during the season and the individual title is based on the best three results. Many leading runners plan

  • Planners slam bid to build new homes

    Regional planners have attacked John Prescott for giving the go-ahead for almost 200,000 new homes in the South-East over the next five years. The Deputy Prime Minister announced last week the region would have to find room for 39,000 new homes a year

  • Student Osman scaling new heights for Britain

    Jheni Osman is planning a visit to the Great Wall of China. The 22-year-old from Eastbourne has climbed over another to almost certainly seal her place in the British team for this year's World Student Games in China. She beat talented fellow Brit Rebecca

  • Landlady's line in pulling teeth

    Pub landlady Sue Wood is something of a celebrity at her village pub because she is recognised from her other job - as a dentist. The 43-year-old says she finds it strange to pull out customer's teeth and then pull them a pint the next day. Sue says she

  • 999 response times have improved

    Ambulance crews are responding to 999 calls quicker than last year, according to new figures. However, Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust is still falling short of Government guidelines. The trust is reaching an average of 70 per cent of life-threatening

  • League must act to avert fixture chaos

    Crawley Town chairwoman Jo Gomm has blasted the Dr Martens League for not extending the season. Gomm cannot understand why the league is deciding to make teams play three matches a week, rather than extend the campaign for a further fortnight. The FA

  • Gifford's veteran is Brave choice

    It is all systems go for next Saturday's Grand National - unless the race's four-year jinx strikes again. No superstition here of course but who can forget the disasters that hit racing's biggest day in 1993 and 1997? Eight years ago Esha Ness won the

  • Roundup - No win but Smiths take series title

    Colin and Sarah Smith claimed Fast Division series honours despite failing to win either of the final two races in Chichester Yacht Club's Winter Snowflake Series. Race one last Sunday was won by Phil Plumtree and Jill Blake in their Merlin ahead of the

  • Shut it

    Nick Tyson claims (Argus, March 26) the shutters at 13 Brunswick Square, Brighton, were designed after thorough research, but his own research (The Town House Times, January 1999) shows originally they would have been painted Holland green and so would

  • It's avoidable

    The death of a child is always a tragedy. However, implicit in the concept of the word "child" is the requirement for parental education of that child. Why, then, should we listen again to the whining, hand-wringing refrain "someone should do something

  • Joy and pain for Seaford

    Seaford are the nearly men of Sussex One. Saturday's 9-8 reverse at home to Uckfield was the fourth time they had lost a league game by a single point. They have also drawn once, making nine points which have got away. Seaford's Paul Joy admitted: "We

  • Meeting gets to point

    Hopes are rising that an attempt to fast-track 11-point scoring instead of 21 on the whole world of table tennis from international play down to local leagues could be stopped. At the annual meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation on April

  • Five triumphs from tragedy

    It was a tragedy when Hove plasterer Anthony Evans died after suffering injuries at a Brighton nightclub. But as a result five people have received new leases of life through transplanted organs. Two young men each received one of his kidneys while a

  • Super Saints are in mood to celebrate

    It's party time for St Francis. The Sussex Two West outfit have become the first title winners in Sussex this season. And tomorrow they celebrate the club's 40th anniversary by taking on a combined Sussex Two East and West select at Southgate from 3pm

  • Wicks gives Albion a boost

    MATT Wicks is ready to relieve a worry for Albion in the promotion run-in by ensuring they are not hamstrung in the centre of defence. Wicks has spent the last couple of weeks at Lilleshall for treatment on a hamstring problem which has given him triple

  • Don't Shoot the Ref with Robin Powell

    We as referees and linesmen always have banter between ourselves and there's one day that is etched in my memory. Me and my two colleagues from Hastings arrived at a ground together, had a cup of tea, surveyed the pitch, read our match programmes, had

  • Our fans are top of awayday league

    Micky Adams has saluted Albion's astonishing away support. A Seagull Scene investigation has revealed the true extent of Albion's travelling army. More fans have watched them away from home this season than Adams' old club Southampton. Our survey also

  • Survivor Jess cherished sporting life with Albion

    Jess Willard was one of that select band who survived the Second World War and became an Albion footballer. Not a day goes by when Jess doesn't offer a silent prayer for returning to his native Sussex sound in wind and limb after flying a series of perilous

  • Shopkeeper who fought back against gunmen

    This picture shows the moment shop owner Amanulla Qureshi chased off two would-be robbers who fired a gun at him. Police have released the CCTV footage in the hope Argus readers may recognise the men who struck at Mr Qureshi's Handy Corner Mini Market

  • Sussex giving way to raider from the west

    From Torquay in the west to the east coast, anglers unable to get on their local beaches due to foot and mouth restrictions flocked to Pevensey Bay. They went for a 165 sell-out for the annual Anglers Den five hour open. For once Sussex anglers had to

  • Final results are upset by cancellation

    The loss of the final fixture in this season's Sussex Cross Country League produced unexpected results in the senior age groups. There are four races during the season and the individual title is based on the best three results. Many leading runners plan

  • Planners slam bid to build new homes

    Regional planners have attacked John Prescott for giving the go-ahead for almost 200,000 new homes in the South-East over the next five years. The Deputy Prime Minister announced last week the region would have to find room for 39,000 new homes a year

  • Student Osman scaling new heights for Britain

    Jheni Osman is planning a visit to the Great Wall of China. The 22-year-old from Eastbourne has climbed over another to almost certainly seal her place in the British team for this year's World Student Games in China. She beat talented fellow Brit Rebecca

  • Landlady's line in pulling teeth

    Pub landlady Sue Wood is something of a celebrity at her village pub because she is recognised from her other job - as a dentist. The 43-year-old says she finds it strange to pull out customer's teeth and then pull them a pint the next day. Sue says she

  • Amanuel gets trial with Albion's rivals

    Former Horsham striker Germain Amanuel has been offered a trial at Third Division Macclesfield. The 22-year-old, who is now at Redhill, has just returned from a trial with Scottish League Third Division outfit Hamilton Academicals. Redhill boss Russell

  • Bus named after much-missed driver

    When driver Malcolm Farley died, his best friends at Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company decided his name should live on. And they could think of no better way than to name a bus after the colleague they lost to cancer. So Dave Taylor, Guenter Kuhn

  • Relief for Rebels

    Sammy Donnelly hopes a double signing can inspire Worthing to an end of season revival. The Rebels boss this week re-signed goalkeeper Lee Bray and took young defender Andrew Beech from Albion. Both were due to be in the side to face Yeading this afternoon

  • Seagulls youngster switches to Lewes

    Lewes have signed Conor McCurdy, who was released by Albion this week. The 19-year-old midfield ace was expected to sign for the Rooks yesterday afternoon after coming to the end of his three-year scholarship with Albion. Delighted manager Jimmy Quinn

  • League must act to avert fixture chaos

    Crawley Town chairwoman Jo Gomm has blasted the Dr Martens League for not extending the season. Gomm cannot understand why the league is deciding to make teams play three matches a week, rather than extend the campaign for a further fortnight. The FA

  • Roundup - No win but Smiths take series title

    Colin and Sarah Smith claimed Fast Division series honours despite failing to win either of the final two races in Chichester Yacht Club's Winter Snowflake Series. Race one last Sunday was won by Phil Plumtree and Jill Blake in their Merlin ahead of the

  • Hildreth's fighting for his dream job

    Daniel Hildreth admits his career will be at a crossroads as Bears complete their home BBL programme. Like most of his colleagues, he will leave the Brighton Centre still in the dark as to whether he will be offered a contract for next season. But he

  • Pick up the rubbish

    Every now and again after a build-up of litter I pick up a few bits outside my door. This makes so much difference and takes two minutes. None of my neighbours, despite moaning about it, does the same. All have immaculate houses and cars. I know it is

  • Terror in the abattoir

    An abattoir must be a terrible place, yet farmers have been sending their cows, pigs and sheep there so they may profit from the delectable flesh on the poor bones. A dairy cow must have calf after calf until she is old and her yield of milk drops, when

  • Crunch time for leagues as weather takes its toll

    West Sussex League chiefs will be holding crisis talks at their monthly meeting this week. Another weekend's bad weather, which wiped out nearly all football in Sussex, has put the league 1,090 games behind schedule. With just over a month left of the

  • Big Ben's still ticking as oldest ref in Sussex

    Grandfather referee Ben Benning might be fast approaching 80 - but there's no sign of him giving up. Even his long devoted wife Betty said: "I think he'll die refereeing. I always tell him he should take a spade with him!" Ben did consider retiring three

  • Albion 2, Mansfield 0: Number's up

    Brave Bobby Zamora maintained Albion's march towards promotion this weekend. The young marksman's 25th goal of the season and a Gary Hart strike deep into stoppage time clinched the Seagulls' 12th win out of 14 at Withdean. It lifts Micky Adams' men back

  • Your Shout: Fans would return if sides were truly local

    If a County League club have ambition of higher-grade non-league football, they will require to pay cash to players and they will be the better players. Together, that will guarantee winning a league where others pay nothing, or very little. Without ambition

  • Women's talk

    I wholeheartedly agree with John Parry (Argus, March 23). He hit the nail on the head when he described some of the Meridian reporters. These types are also in abundance on Southern Counties Radio and it grates on me every time I hear them. I thought

  • Honours go to A side in crunch encounter

    A crunch Brighton League Division One showdown ended with a 3-2 win for 147 A against their own B side. Wins from John Gillard, Ben Evans and Tony Strange earned the A team victory in this clash between the top two. Simon Dent and Malcolm Egginton responded

  • Our Shout Two wins but a long way to go

    England may well have won their last two qualifying matches but we need to improve big time before we can contemplate a team to emulate 1966. Come on, be honest with yourself, did we play world class football on Wednesday night in Albania? The sort of

  • Don't give snipers secrecy

    I've read some tosh in my time but he or she who must remain nameless (Opinion, March 22) having a pop at D Martin must take the biscuit. Because of reasons associated with the workplace, the writer is prevented from expressing any views publicly? Then

  • Terror in the abattoir

    An abattoir must be a terrible place, yet farmers have been sending their cows, pigs and sheep there so they may profit from the delectable flesh on the poor bones. A dairy cow must have calf after calf until she is old and her yield of milk drops, when

  • Hotshot pair are smoking

    Albion U-13s girls Christine Brotherton and Siobhan Gorley have bagged 240 goals between them. Siobhan netted her 140th goal at the weekend and Christine completed her century. They are our JAKO youth footballers of the week. Christine hits her goals

  • Havin' A Larf: Nice surprise for Hollingdean

    Hollingdean Albion's second string were delighted to see they had beaten RSA Sunday 6-1 and 2-1 in a Sussex Sunday League double header. This despite not even playing. They got up on Monday to see the result published. Unfortunately, it was a misprint

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    The evenings are lighter, the daffodils are out, spring is in the air - so why do I feel miserable? It must be because I looked at myself in the mirror this morning. In the past six months I seem to have aged ten years. My complexion matches the seagrass

  • Match report: Zamora makes it 25

    Adam Virgo made his first start for Albion against mid-table Mansfield at Withdean. The 18-year-old central defender came in alongside Andy Crosby in the absence through injury of Danny Cullip and Matthew Wicks. Boss Micky Adams made one other change

  • Albion 2, Mansfield 0: Number's up

    Brave Bobby Zamora maintained Albion's march towards promotion this weekend. The young marksman's 25th goal of the season and a Gary Hart strike deep into stoppage time clinched the Seagulls' 12th win out of 14 at Withdean. It lifts Micky Adams' men back

  • White takes on protege

    Jimmy White tackled Bexhill protege Jimmy Robertson over three frames at O'Sullivan's in Bexhill last Friday. In the first frame White won 80-45 with breaks of 43 and 31, whilst Robertson's tally came in one scoring visit. In the second frame Robertson

  • Your Shout: Fans would return if sides were truly local

    If a County League club have ambition of higher-grade non-league football, they will require to pay cash to players and they will be the better players. Together, that will guarantee winning a league where others pay nothing, or very little. Without ambition

  • Women's talk

    I wholeheartedly agree with John Parry (Argus, March 23). He hit the nail on the head when he described some of the Meridian reporters. These types are also in abundance on Southern Counties Radio and it grates on me every time I hear them. I thought

  • Honours go to A side in crunch encounter

    A crunch Brighton League Division One showdown ended with a 3-2 win for 147 A against their own B side. Wins from John Gillard, Ben Evans and Tony Strange earned the A team victory in this clash between the top two. Simon Dent and Malcolm Egginton responded

  • Brave Preston bow out in semi thriller

    Preston's second bid for a national title ended like the first. Following their disappointment in the semi-finals of the Yetton Trophy, they suffered a similar fate in the Egham Trophy at Loddon Vale against Cambridge Park, who went on to beat York by

  • Sussex hosts find it such hard going

    Sussex included three rinks of players from the home club when they met Middlesex Tourists at Eastbourne. But they struggled to make home advantage tell. John Bennett, Frank Connolly, Lloyd Oliver and Keith Hopkins were 17-7 down at ten ends. Worse was

  • Shut it

    Nick Tyson claims (Argus, March 26) the shutters at 13 Brunswick Square, Brighton, were designed after thorough research, but his own research (The Town House Times, January 1999) shows originally they would have been painted Holland green and so would

  • On the double

    Bus driver Malcolm Farley died last year from cancer and is much missed both by his colleagues and passengers. But thousands of people will see his name all over Brighton and Hove this month thanks to three of his friends. Dave Taylor, Guenter Kuhn and

  • It's avoidable

    The death of a child is always a tragedy. However, implicit in the concept of the word "child" is the requirement for parental education of that child. Why, then, should we listen again to the whining, hand-wringing refrain "someone should do something

  • Meeting gets to point

    Hopes are rising that an attempt to fast-track 11-point scoring instead of 21 on the whole world of table tennis from international play down to local leagues could be stopped. At the annual meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation on April

  • Five triumphs from tragedy

    It was a tragedy when Hove plasterer Anthony Evans died after suffering injuries at a Brighton nightclub. But as a result five people have received new leases of life through transplanted organs. Two young men each received one of his kidneys while a

  • Pound of flesh

    The queues of livestock awaiting slaughter grow longer and longer. Are these animals being fed and watered in the days between confirmation of their being destroyed and their actual deaths? Reports are already coming in of starving animals. I fear because

  • Super Saints are in mood to celebrate

    It's party time for St Francis. The Sussex Two West outfit have become the first title winners in Sussex this season. And tomorrow they celebrate the club's 40th anniversary by taking on a combined Sussex Two East and West select at Southgate from 3pm

  • Brothel manager could lose home

    A man who ran two brothels and laundered the profits faces losing his home. Stephen O'Callaghan, 47, ran brothels at 15 Waterloo Street and 37 Lower Market Street, Hove, called Top To Toe and Angels Delight. He was caught after a policewoman posed as

  • Don't Shoot the Ref with Robin Powell

    We as referees and linesmen always have banter between ourselves and there's one day that is etched in my memory. Me and my two colleagues from Hastings arrived at a ground together, had a cup of tea, surveyed the pitch, read our match programmes, had

  • The Albion week that Was: Boss won't be marching off to Saints

    MONDAY: Danny Cullip boosts Albion by pledging to return from ankle and elbow ligament damage ahead of schedule. "It's not going to be six weeks, less than four weeks hopefully," says Cullip. "It's unbelievable how much things have improved." Cullip backs

  • Terrace Talk with Anna Swallow

    Another two weeks of virtual football suggest you don't absolutely need grass or muddy bits or even balls to follow the Albion. While the Chesterfield cancellation made last weekend as meaningful as a Madonna concert without Madonna, and the feeling of

  • Our fans are top of awayday league

    Micky Adams has saluted Albion's astonishing away support. A Seagull Scene investigation has revealed the true extent of Albion's travelling army. More fans have watched them away from home this season than Adams' old club Southampton. Our survey also

  • Clubs join together in clean up

    Shoreham and Worthing clubs are joining forces next Saturday to have a beach clean at Shoreham. The clubs were egged into doing it by the Great Britain Tidy Group. The anglers will be picking up rubbish for three hours starting at 9am but no-one has to

  • Shopkeeper who fought back against gunmen

    This picture shows the moment shop owner Amanulla Qureshi chased off two would-be robbers who fired a gun at him. Police have released the CCTV footage in the hope Argus readers may recognise the men who struck at Mr Qureshi's Handy Corner Mini Market

  • Sussex giving way to raider from the west

    From Torquay in the west to the east coast, anglers unable to get on their local beaches due to foot and mouth restrictions flocked to Pevensey Bay. They went for a 165 sell-out for the annual Anglers Den five hour open. For once Sussex anglers had to

  • Amanuel gets trial with Albion's rivals

    Former Horsham striker Germain Amanuel has been offered a trial at Third Division Macclesfield. The 22-year-old, who is now at Redhill, has just returned from a trial with Scottish League Third Division outfit Hamilton Academicals. Redhill boss Russell

  • Bus named after much-missed driver

    When driver Malcolm Farley died, his best friends at Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company decided his name should live on. And they could think of no better way than to name a bus after the colleague they lost to cancer. So Dave Taylor, Guenter Kuhn

  • Relief for Rebels

    Sammy Donnelly hopes a double signing can inspire Worthing to an end of season revival. The Rebels boss this week re-signed goalkeeper Lee Bray and took young defender Andrew Beech from Albion. Both were due to be in the side to face Yeading this afternoon

  • Seagulls youngster switches to Lewes

    Lewes have signed Conor McCurdy, who was released by Albion this week. The 19-year-old midfield ace was expected to sign for the Rooks yesterday afternoon after coming to the end of his three-year scholarship with Albion. Delighted manager Jimmy Quinn

  • Dad's fifth gift of life

    A man who died after suffering head injuries at a nightclub has saved the life of a fifth person. Organs from Hove plasterer Anthony Evans were successfully transplanted to four people last month and now a pensioner has received a life-saving heart valve

  • Langney get six-figure cash boost

    Langney Sports have received a £100,000 windfall from the Football Foundation. The Dr Martens League Eastern Division side will receive the cash to make further improvements to their Priory Lane home. It is the second major injection of cash the club