Nearly 50 players represented our Sussex squad in the 5th online Inter-County blitz but it wasn’t quite enough to knock Kent off the top spot. Our campaign in this competition started in the 3rd Battle on 1st June – winning Division 2 and earning promotion to Division 1 at the first attempt. Following that, the …
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Congratulations to our U9 team who came equal second in a very closely fought South Zone. They will now progress to the final in April. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Wey Valley 8 10 9 27 1 Oxfordshire 7½ 9 8 24½ 2= Sussex 8½ 6 10 24½ 2= Somerset 6 3 2 11 …
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Exciting day for our U11 team as they win a very close zone by just half a point. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Sussex 14½ 14½ 15 44 1 Wey Valley 14½ 14½ 14½ 43½ 2 Oxfordshire 13 14 16 43 3 Maidenhead 10 7½ 9 26½ 4 Somerset 8 8 7 23 5 …
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As a warm up fixture before their EPSCA team matches later this month, our U9 team challenged our U11 Girls to a 2-round match. At stake was the prestigious Sir Patrick Moore Cup. The result was one of the closest since this fixture began. Round Team Score Score Team 1 U9 Boys 6 6 U11 …
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Thanks to Richmond for relaunching this competition. This year there are 2 age groups – under 18, and under 14 (grade limited to under 130). In the U14 section, 7 teams have entered and have been split geographically into an East Zone (Essex, Kent, Middlesex) and a West Zone (Maidenhead, Richmond, Surrey & Sussex). The …
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Sussex hosted this friendly match as a warm up for our new U11 Girls squad prior to their National Final in March. Thanks to Gareth Rees for organising, and Copthorne Prep School for hosting. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Kent 6½ 7 5 18½ 1 Sussex Queens 2 2 7 11 2 Wey Valley …
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First outing for our new Under 11 squad saw them place 4th, just out of the prizes. Full results to follow. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Barnet 50½ 1 Richmond 41 2 Oxfordshire 37½ 3 Sussex 11 8 9½ 28½ 4 Kensington …
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Well done to our Under 9 squad who fought hard and finished in a very creditable 4th place. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Barnet Tigers 9½ 9 9½ 28 1 Oxfordshire 9 7½ 8½ 25 2 Barnet Lions 9½ 7½ 6 23 3 Sussex 4 8 9 21 4 Richmond A 8 5½ 6 …
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Congratulations to our new Under 9 team who came first in a four way inter-county match at Maidenhead. Thanks to Nigel Dennis of Maidenhead for organising, and Claires Court School for hosting. The team: Fiyin Balogun, Tofunmi Balogun, James Beecroft, Eliza Blin, Henri Blin, Luke Freeman, George Boxer, Niamh Grace, Aditya Gupta, Samuel Merchant, Edward …
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News just in….congratulations to our U12 and U16 teams who both won their National Championship in Kenilworth today. Under 16 Championship A very exciting finish – Sussex were 2 points behind S Wales going into the final round but scored a perfect 8 out of 8 to secure first place. R1 R2 R3 …
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