Posted on March 30, 2009 by Pete Giles
Nick Page writes:- Lewes Colts played host to Hastings in a return friendly match from earlier in the season.Lewes started the more lively of the two teams. They were able to get some good movement through the backs with Tom Tudor playing at full back making some penetrating runs through the Hastings lines.
One of these [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by Pete Giles
Nick Page writes: On a lovely sunny day at Horsham and in their last league game of the season, Lewes Colts contrived to lose this game in the first quarter of an hour but did manage to make it a game of two halves.
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Posted on March 15, 2009 by Pete Giles
On a fine bright day Lewes travelled away to meet Hove in the return league fixture of the season. What started very shakily before the game got better in the first half but ended broken in the second half as Lewes took a heavy defeat 47 v 7.
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Posted on March 9, 2009 by Pete Giles
Lewes Colts made the long trip out to Rye last Sunday on a very blustery day with gusts coming off the marshes from one end of the pitch through to the other making the conditions very difficult.
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Posted on March 8, 2009 by Pete Giles
The record books will say that Lewes 1s lost 15 v 20 to league leaders Old Elthamians but the rugby fayre served up by Lewes was cordon bleu. It was a heady mix of forward power and skill spread with quick back moves and committed tackling. Lewes were never out of this match and for [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by Pete Giles
On Sunday 1st March 09 a patched up Lewes 2s team playing their second game of the weekend narrowly lost 15-13 in a bruising encounter with a committed Heathfield 2nd XV. This was a Sussex County cup game and came at an inconvenient time for Lewes.
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by Pete Giles
On Saturday 28th Feb the Lewes 2s entertained Burgess Hill in the league and unfortunately lost 12 – 40. Despite the scoreline it was a really gutsy performace from a 2nd team struck by injury non availability and the added hindrance of a cup game to follow on the sunday.
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Posted on March 1, 2009 by Pete Giles
Lewes 1s travelled away to Sevenoaks on a fine dry day in good spirits after a pleasing win the previous week. From the kick-off they started well having most of the territory and possession for the first 20 mins. It was after about 7 mins that Lewes were awarded a penalty which was duly scored by Nick [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Pete Giles
Lewes Colts played host to Heathfield last Sunday. With this league becoming very competitive, as all sides struggle to have settled sides every week, this was always going to be a close game. (See video)
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Posted on February 22, 2009 by Pete Giles
On what was probably the best day of the year so far the Lewes 1st team probably put in their best performance of the season down at the Stanley Turner Ground. With plenty of running left in the tank they ran out the dominant winners over Deal & Betteshanger by 23 v 5 at the final whistle.
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