Season: 2017-2018
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Senior Teams
Men’s First XV:
The 1st XV were promoted into London 1 South on a glorious day at the Club. Unfortunately we lost in the last 30 seconds of the Bob Rogers Cup the following week!
We used about 24 players and had injuries to two key players who are now on a long term recovery programme. Attendance at training was good all season.
All in all it’s been a great year which has been a good foundation to move the team forward and up a league. We are looking forward to playing in London 1.
Men’s Second XV:
Hove 2s
certainly had a quattro stagioni year.
September to October – sun on our speedy backs and everyone running in tries
for fun, it was almost too easy.
November to December – injuries, temperament and the opposition sticking it up
their jumpers meant suddenly not everything was going our way.
January to February – there was no rugby.
March to April – struggling for numbers, and generally loosing interest, we
limped to seasons end.
Beating Brighton home & away and coming second in the newly formed Sussex
reserves league, while watching some of the boys step to the first team made up
for it all – well, kind of.
Men’s Third XV:
A very pleasing season for the 3rds. Statistically over the course of the season we played 22 games winning 20 and losing 2. Of the games lost one was against a side playing 2 divisions higher league rugby and the other was against Lewes 2s(??) in one of our cup finals/league double header, and that against a side almost falling over because it was so top heavy!! Such a record thankfully brought with it reward in the form of victory in the Sussex Vase cup and being crowned Sussex League 4 champions having lost only one league game all year. This was not straight forward and all the guys who played need to be given huge credit. Due to postponements, and following the Lewes defeat, we still had to win all our last 5 games and everyone stayed focused, so well done to every single guy who helped out, whatever time or position they played.
Most importantly this was a season where for us the one club philosophy really kicked in. Boys who play a bit of rugby further up the food chain willingly assisted where necessary leading to both a happy and successful year. On a personal note in my last year of both playing and managing the side I can’t imagine a better way to go out…except for the fact of course that I still, after 45 years, haven’t got a drop goal on the score sheet!!
Women’s First XV:
The Inner Warrior campaign has been the creation & subsequent growth of the 2nd team. Not only have we more playing numbers than ever (>65 Women player registered), but we’ve been able to establish a player pathway from absolute beginner, to players who have featured regularly for the first team.
Regarding the 1st team, we finished 4th of the table. This season was not quite the one we thought it might have been, but we have come through the most transitional time in the leagues recent history, stronger & more unified than ever. There was only one game in which we didn’t score any tries and with the exception of Cheltenham, we have beaten everyone in our league.
Women’s Second XV:
The 2nd side finished 2nd of their table and is moving up league on the first year of their establishment. Overall it’s been a massive success with a team built on a couple of different groups – former 1st XV players, brand new players to the game and a few U18s. Seeing more players having the opportunity to play at their preferential level, but all embracing being part of the Hove Family, & most importantly, enjoying their rugby.
Colts:
A real
mixed season, starting with 2 x Colts teams( Premier and Championship) and 1 x
u17s team in September and ending up condensing all available players into 1
Colts Premier team by January! A combination of injuries and players dropping
out.
Colts Premier team had a slow start but turned their performances up from
December ultimately winning 4 out of 8 league matches to come 4th in a league
of 9 teams and winning 2 cup matches to reach the final of the Mike Richardson
Colts Cup, losing to the season dominant Horsham.
Coaches Ryan Morlen and Matt Ratana did their best to turn the season around in
January but Horsham were unbeatable and realistically, the best the Colts could
have done was to come second in the league.
All the Colts, coaches and parents would like to give special recognition to
Mike Attfield who has made such an important contribution to Hove Rugby club
and the boys he has coached and managed since they were 12 and we all wish him
the best for the future.
Junior Teams
Under 16s:
Youth Rugby has been a bit of a Roller Coaster for the current u16’s.
At u13 we were in Div 2 and won all our games by wide margins winning promotion and then struggled at u14’s in Div 1 being relegated back down.We then repeated this at u15 winning 6/7 by wide margins, drawing one and finishing top again but once again struggled at u16 in Div 1. Although we did not win any League games, we played 6 friendlies and won them all.
The boys are looking forward now to Colts Rugby and some have already played in both the Premiership & Championship teams.
Under 15s: Spartans:
What a season for the Spartans! A new coaching set-up, a new game plan, lots to learn with real highs, some lows and the most amazing tour to Belgium.
At the beginning of the season Jay Holt took over as head coach when Chris Jones stood down after an impressive 8 years at the helm. The objective was to adopt a new game plan and style of play that would prepare the boys for colts and adult rugby. Bryn Garrish and Chris Owen completed the coaching team.
On the pitch we won 6, drew 1 and lost 8 games. We worked at our new game plan to play a faster more open style of rugby and gradually improved. Before Christmas we struggled to implement what we did in training, winning just one match and losing four. Gradually our play improved and although in January we narrowly lost two league matches, since early February we have won four, drawn one and only lost one. We were undefeated in our last four games, the highlight of which was beating Billericay 98-0.
Our tour was the big set piece of our season. U15s is the perfect year to go big on a tour; old enough to enjoy it with no exams to drag you back to reality. So it was that a bus full of 48 players, parents, siblings and coaches headed off to the Ghent International Rugby Tournament in Belgium at Easter. For obvious reason of tour etiquette, I can’t explain what happened, suffice to say no one who was there will ever forget it.
And on tour we played well. All our hard work on “boring” passing, tackling, breakdown and fitness drills in the snowy cold winter months paid off. Despite being the smallest and youngest team in the tournament, we were fitter, faster and more skilful than most of the teams there. We didn’t win our group, but qualified for the bowl competition, which we won convincingly in a final against the home side from Ghent. Silverware!
This review would not be complete without acknowledging the incredible generosity of two people who helped us this season. First, Ian Guile who bought into our cause, sponsored our tour kit and supported the boys beyond the call of duty. Second, to my friend Anton Oliver, All Blacks captain and all round good guy, who having performed on the biggest stages in world rugby, happily volunteered his time to speak at our fundraising dinner and support these boys. Thanks to them and many others – players, parents and club members… you know who you are – we raised enough money so that all the players could go on tour for free. An incredible effort and humbling experience. It is the generosity of spirit of people like this that makes rugby such a special sport and Hove such a special club. To make our own contribution, the team donated £900 to the Rocking Horse charity for sick children and have helped the charity “Sporting Memories” by visiting a care home in Hove to talk to older lonely and forgetful residents about their sporting memories.
We cannot wait for next season: this exceptional group of players, this band of brothers, are only going to get better and better.
One rugby family. One Hove family.
Jay
Under 14s: Vipers:
The U14’s had an excellent season developing as individuals, as teams and as a squad. After anticipating the traditional drop in squad numbers for this age group at the start of the season, we were encouraged as we managed to attract new members and maintained squad numbers, making Hove U14’s the largest U14s Squad in the county. We ran 2 teams in the competitive leagues to ensure every player had plenty of opportunity to play. Hove and Worthing were the only clubs to field 2 teams in the waterfall competition this season setting the scene for some tough competitive matches.
Starting with one team in the top Pool A and the other in the bottom Pool F of our waterfall competition. At the end of the first phase of matches Hove U14 Vipers team finished 2nd in Pool A (to Worthing) and Hove U14 Bulldogs finished 2nd in Pool F (again to Worthing!) and were promoted to Pool D for phase 2. After the second, final phase of the waterfall competition Hove Vipers finished 3rd in Pool A and Hove Bulldogs finished 3rd in Pool D but this is only a partial picture. A good measure of how far the players/teams/squad have progressed came in our fixtures against Worthing in phase 1 and phase 2 which book-ended the season for both teams as they were the 1st and last league fixtures. Both teams lost their 1st fixtures in the autumn.
Lessons were learned and following a lot of hard work and determination both teams beat Worthing on the return fixture in the spring. It’s worth noting that Worthing’s A side had been unbeaten for 2 seasons! A great achievement for the squad, especially as nearly all squad players played in the Viper matches, doing themselves and the club proud.
We ended the season with an amazing tour to the ‘West Coast Rugby Rocks’ festival at Barnstable RFC, North Devon. The team delivered some truly awesome performances over the 2 day festival, progressing to the semi-final where they narrowly lost out to a place in the final in the last 60 seconds of the match; very fine margins! If the players were competing in Athletics – Track & Field, you would have to conclude each smashed their personal best performances. In addition to the Rugby, bonds of friendship and camaraderie were strengthened in the age old Hove Rugby tradition. A great tour and great season for Hove U14’s, roll on 2018-19!
Under 13s: Hornets:
CHEESY
CHIPS, BROCCOLI AND THE BREAKDOWN
The U13 season started with 40 odd committed boys and coaches of a certain age,
as usual, determined to assist the boys achieve a brand of quick running rugby.
Not for us was the stodgy old school shove it up your jumper brand, but a new
bunch of Broccolli eating, fitness obsessed youngsters, determined to lay the
ghost of Haywards Heath to rest. And so we progressed well in the second year
of the RFU’s Waterfall system, the league where no-one really loses a match,
they just score fewer points. So with only one reversal in the first half of
the season, we were going well, with our As and development boys also making
good progress as we waited for the New Year fixtures.
And so 2018 began with a look forward to the second Waterfall round, and the backdrop of The 6 Nations to enthuse and energize us all. Eyes turned towards new coaching methods. We needed someone new to steer us through this new age, but also someone who knew about fitness, nutrition and the merits of eating vegetables. But who? Sandy Robertson, someone whispered? How about Eddie Jones and his team, could they send help? No, he wouldn’t do-what we really needed was someone who knew how to coach the breakdown.
So enter Craig Cunningham, son of U13s coach Andy, a leading light with Brighton College and a National medal winner as a second rower. Craig had been working with Stuart White and our boys, coaching on game days and had agreed to oversee our Sevens for the Worthing Tourney. The step up to Lead Coach was agreed with the club this month and we have our man in place. His ability to bring the best coaching methods, together with Strength /Conditioning and Nutrition really adds value to the group.
And so we finished the season strongly, qualifying for the top tier at U14, and with a handful of boys selected for the Quins DPP group, it has been a great season. As a group we’d like to say thanks to the Club’s officials and staff- Fiona, Gill and Maddy for their help. Adam’s efforts each week to find playing and changing space has been terrific. So while the youngsters do the hard yards and embrace new methods, we’d like to think that the middle aged among us are there to ensure that some core Hove Rugby Club values remain.
Cheesy chips anyone?
Eric Morton
With one of the largest playing rosters in the club, we have been fortunate to put 2 squads into the waterfall league system and give more than 40 boys the opportunity to play non competitive competitive fixtures this season (when not finding carrots for snowmen’s faces). Our A squad twice finished runners up to perpetual bete noire Haywards Heath in the top pool cementing their place as one of the top 2 sides in the county. The B squad won their phase in the first half of the season before the need to supply players in support of the A’s in the second half took its toll. Overall, a fantastic playing season all round.
Andy Cunningham.
Under 12s:
The u12s enjoyed a very positive season. We lost a few players to other sports, but we have gained more than we lost and the new arrivals have integrated superbly into the squad and made a positive impact. Overall the squad has grown to around 45 paid-up members. We have been able to run two teams, both of which were entered in the Sussex Waterfall league.. The A team is very competitive and a match for anyone on their day. They ended up in the top league finishing third after narrow defeats to Chichester and Brighton. Local bragging rights were thankfully restored in subsequent “friendly” fixtures with Brighton! The development in the boys’ skills has been good to see and if this trend continues they can have realistic hopes of challenging for top spot in the County next year.
The B squad is very much a development squad, but probably the biggest positive of the season has been the improvement they have made. They started the season getting soundly thrashed by everyone, but they have stuck to their task admirably and were rewarded with a convincing win against (a much older and bigger) Seaford in their last league game of the season. If their rate of improvement continues, they can look forward to moving up the leagues next season.
Outside of league games we have enjoyed being able to organise our own fixtures against squads of a similar size and level now that we are outside the mini set-up and we have spread our wings a little, playing teams from Kent, Surrey and Hampshire in addition to some of the usual Sussex suspects.
Off the field, parents and players have bonded well. Fun was had by all on tour in Bognor and our inaugural end of season awards evening at the club was a great success.
Under 11s:
The last season of minis for the U11s was a mixed bag. We started the season with an unfortunate flux of leavers and lost a number of key players which impacted and affected the performance of the team in the first few festivals of the season. To the teams credit, players stepped up and we stabilised and started to see the team play some good rugby in parts and put in some good performances.
We were hampered by the bad weather over the winter period which slowed momentum again and at times we seemed well behind the pace of other teams during the second half of the season.
There is much to do to ready the team for next season and the challenge of the Waterfall leagues, but the commitment, enthusiasm and patience of the boys and parents during the season cannot be underestimated.
Under 10s:
We’ve had an unbelievable season again adapting to the biggest of changes to game play, scrum, ruck and maul. The transition has been excellent and all players have impressed the coaches with your positive attitude and work ethic. Although the RFU guidelines highlight that there can be no winners or losers it is obvious that as a group of players you’re fiercely competitive and will do your upmost to play hard and within the rules. We’ve had a number of standout performances for example a festival at Brighton where we didn’t concede a try. The Tour which was fantastic and took players out of their comfort zone.
Under 9s:
Under 9s
EOS 2017/18 Report from the Parents’ Perspective
This being the first season that our children played contact, most parents started
the season wary about whether or not their kids would be happy about the move
up from tag to contact, and how safe they were going to be doing it. The
children put all our minds at rest from the start on the first point,
enthusiastically getting involved, and our wonderful coaches were able to put
our minds at rest on the second point with their utterly professional coaching
to ensure the children learnt to tackle and be tackled safely. The whole squad
(a big one of 45) have taken a giant step forward with their rugby skills this
season, whilst still having fun, if not more than ever!
Coaches
comments
The coaches enjoyed witnessing the increased confidence in the kids ability to
tackle and offload as these were the primary focus this year. The social bond
the kids have developed was presented it its fullest during the final festivals
of the season where they all played for each other and we had to physically
restrain every sub from trying to get on the pitch. The support from the club
and Fiona has been fantastic and we are proud to represent Hove at festivals
where we focus on fun and development over winning. Every child has developed
throughout the year which helps develop a strong squad for the future. A big
thank you to Steve for sorting our fixtures and the London Irish Festival.
Under 8s:
Hove U8’s have had a great season. They have continued with their slightly experimental approach to rugby incorporating the pivot and a number of different moves from the set play. We have been delighted how well the boys seem to enjoy this structured way off playing. On our travels it has surprised and occasionally bamboozled the opposition. London Irish were particularly impressed when we attended their festival and were effusive with their praise.
Match and festival-wise it’s been good. In the brave new world of non-competitive peace and love rugby there are no winners or losers of course but we have competed well on our travels. The tour went well and further bonded a very strong unit of players. We have continued to attract new players through the season. Towards the end it was fantastic that development players were really starting to progress giving us real strength in depth.
On the coaching front we also looking healthy with seven active coaches who are up-to-date with RFU courses. We continue to be a pretty efficiently run unit thanks to excellent coaching and parent volunteers.
With regard to the aforementioned Rugby First RFU initiative there continue to be positives and negatives. It does allow more experimentation in play because there is less emphasis on winning festivals but we still feel that it has gone too far away from the competitive element. This watering down of the game is starting to lead to some frustration in the players.
So, all in all, it’s been a great season. We look forward to going from tag to contact in September.
Under 7s:
We were fortunate to take a strong group of c. 20 players up from the U6s, alongside 4 of the coaching team. This year has seen us add to both, with the squad growing to 35 active players, and the coaching pool now numbering 7.
We have made a conscious effort to ensure all the new players this year have been incorporated into the squads, meaning that at most events we are requesting more than the 2 standard allotted squads, and at one week in April we had 5 squads playing at festivals.
The coaching this year has focused on improving the speed of pass and movement through the phases of play, using the width of pitch, and instilling an understanding of the defensive line. The strengths of the team lies in having a number of talented runners, a never say die approach to defence and tackling, and a strong competitive streak running through the team. Performance-wise at festivals we have held up particularly well, competing head on with strongest clubs such as Worthing and Haywards Heath, and often coming out on top.
Under 6s:
The U6s had a successful 2017-2018 season when measured in participation of children and parents. We have had almost 80 children on the books who have turned up to try it at some point, with almost 50 joining and paying club fees. We generally had over 30 kids turning up each week (we peaked at 44).
The coaching team put a strong emphasis on the fun element and it was rewarding, at the end of the season, to hear so many parents thanking us for making it fun, and telling us how much their children have enjoyed their rugby.
The coaching team started with just 2, but we soon picked up enough enthusiastic parents to keep the show running. As we learned last year, it is important to keep asking for parents to get involved and to encourage them to step over the line to join in the fun. Many are willing but lacking in confidence.
The training sessions consisted of the ever popular bulldog, followed by an assortment of drills and other games, focusing on basic skills of tagging, ball handling, passing (backward), grounding the ball & support play. Towards the end of the season we spent the whole session playing 4-a-side tag rugby games which everybody loved and got the U6’s in the mood for festivals next year.
Girls Rugby
Under 18s:
We knew that this season was going to be a tough one as we had 11 players move up from the previous year to form our first ever girls U18 squad. With this in mind, we partnered with Worthing to form a cluster team which got off to a promising start with a win against Havant. The difficulty of getting the whole team together for training sessions quickly became apparent and this had an impact on the results. Only two other teams in Sussex had an U18s team and so the National Cup qualifiers was a three-way tournament between us, Uckfield and Pulborough. Our first game against Uckfield was a close affair with both teams fighting hard to pick up the win but a single conversion decided the game as Uckfield won 12-10. A heavy defeat against Pulborough followed, although they went on to win the entire National Cup and so there was no shame in a valiant performance against a very strong side. Several friendly matches in the second half of the season produced some good performances, including a 53-48 loss against Trojans (if my counting is right!).
Three of the U18s players were part of the new women’s 2nd team that achieved promotion and the experience they gained will be invaluable in the next season. With the U15s moving up, there are around 20-22 players for the squad next year which allows us to have a purely Hove team. Overall a difficult season for Hove but with lots to be excited about for next season.
Under 15s:
This year has been a very successful year for this team in recruitment and retention, we ended the season with 25 in the U15 team. We began the season with 18 players, and were consistently the strongest team in the section with regards to numbers. We received very positive feedback from the girls and their parents about the training sessions and the spirit of the team, our team mantra was very much in line with the Hove family ethos and we managed any and all situations with that in mind.
We did not get far in the National Cup, not managing a win in the games played, which never really appealed to the team as they are so new to the game. Although we had very few wins throughout the season, progression was clear and the team developed. They lost out to Pulborough in the semi final of the plate in Worthing 10s tournament.
The U15s girls’ focus was and will remain providing context and understanding of the game and working on the core principles of play and skills (due to the average U15 being a relative beginner to the sport, with very few going through minis). The team have really developed their rugby knowledge and skill set ready to move through and up to the U18s where there is a more defined game plan and patterns of play.
Under 13s:
The U13s started the season with a core of 8 players from last year’s U13s and a handful of new recruits. The team continued to grow throughout the season both in number and also in quality as all players developed their individual skills, game awareness and teamwork.
Despite 2 cancellations due to snow and other fixtures cancelled by our opponents we managed to play 11 matches, participated in PUP (Pitch up and Play) fixtures at Pulborough and Hove and hosted joint training sessions with several clubs.
Results have been mixed but, whereas at the start of the season we were losing more games than winning, that had definitely reversed by the end. Highlights of the season include: the coach trip to Sutton and Epsom culminating in a hard fought draw, the second match against Pulborough where although they lost the game the girls played superbly, scored some great tries and came much closer than before and the visit of Tunbridge Wells where they went from 8-10 down to winning 11-10 in the last few minutes.
As with last year the season culminated in what was, for many of the players, its highlight – the Worthing 10s tournament. On a sweltering day, the girls put their all into every game. They came second in their group (could have been first without a slow start in the first game) and then lost their two finals – one very narrowly. This was the only tournament they played in all season and it was fantastic to see how their teamwork developed during the day and how supportive they were of each other.
It has been fantastic to watch the team grow as rugby players throughout the season. All the girls will move up to the U15s in September which on one hand is great as they have formed close bonds and work really well as a team. On the other hand it means we have a lot of recruiting to do if we are to have a viable U13 team next season. The team will be taking a lot of strengths into the 15 a side game but also some areas to focus on.
I would like to congratulate all the girls on their effort and commitment and for everything they have achieved this season. I would also like to thank Rob for all the time, effort and positivity he has put into coaching and also Lysa for coaching and the essential job of refereeing.
Men’s 1st XV
Results
| Date | Result | Hove Score | Opp Score | Location | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/2018 | Won | 17 | 16 | Home (Play Off) | Old Reigatian |
| 14/04/2018 | Won | 54 | 19 | Home | Deal & Betteshanger |
| 0704/2018 | Won | 50 | 17 | Away | Heathfield & Waldron |
| 24/03/2018 | Won | 43 | 38 | Home | Horsham |
| 17/03/2017 | Lost | 14 | 25 | Home | Dartfordians |
| 10/03/2018 | Lost | 20 | 27 | Away | Charlton Park |
| 17/02/2018 | Won | 22 | 21 | Away | Beckenham |
| 03/02/2018 | Won | 107 | 0 | Home | Barking |
| 27/01/2018 | Won | 27 | 8 | Away | Old Alleynians |
| 13/01/2018 | Won | 20 | 15 | Home | Haywards Heath |
| 06/01/2018 | Lost | 18 | 24 | Away | Dover |
| 16/12/2017 | Won | 49 | 17 | Home | Pulborough |
| 09/12/2017 | Won | 40 | 26 | Home | Heathfield & Waldron |
| 25/11/2017 | Lost | 20 | 25 | Away | Horsham |
| 11/11/2017 | Won | 22 | 3 | Home | Charlton Park |
| 04/11/2017 | Lost | 22 | 29 | Away | Dartfordians |
| 28/10/2017 | Won | 36 | 22 | Home | Beckenham |
| 21/10/2017 | Won | 81 | 10 | Away | Barking |
| 07/10/2018 | Won | 29 | 12 | Home | Old Alleynians |
| 30/09/2018 | Lost | 19 | 36 | Away | Haywards Heath |
| 23/09/2017 | Won | 43 | 21 | Home | Dover |
| 16/09/2018 | Won | 54 | 25 | Away | Pulborough |
| 09/09/2018 | Won | 33 | 10 | Away | Deal & Beteshanger |
Table – London 2 South East
| # | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | Adjustments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dartfordians | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 835 | 296 | 539 | 16 | 0 | 100 | |
| 2 | Hove | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 823 | 430 | 393 | 14 | 4 | 82 | |
| 3 | Charlton Park | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 702 | 481 | 221 | 16 | 2 | 78 | |
| 4 | Horsham | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 680 | 441 | 239 | 10 | 5 | 71 | |
| 5 | Dover | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 563 | 499 | 64 | 12 | 5 | 65 | |
| 6 | Beckenham | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 614 | 409 | 205 | 11 | 6 | 65 | |
| 7 | Haywards Heath | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 503 | 387 | 116 | 9 | 4 | 56 | -5 |
| 8 | Old Alleynian | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 500 | 522 | -22 | 8 | 1 | 51 | |
| 9 | Deal & Betteshanger | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 426 | 523 | -97 | 5 | 5 | 34 | |
| 10 | Heathfield & Waldron | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 523 | 569 | -46 | 7 | 3 | 40 | |
| 11 | Pulborough | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 389 | 975 | -586 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
| 12 | Barking | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 198 | 1224 | -1026 | 2 | 1 | -3 | -10 |
Women’s 1st XV
| Date | Result | Hove Score | Opp Score | Location | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/04/2018 | Won | 22 | 17 | Home | Blackheath |
| 25/03/2018 | Lost | 5 | 14 | Away | Bath |
| 11/03/2018 | Won | HWO | Home | Plymouth | |
| 18/02/2018 | Lost | 5 | 31 | Away | Thurrock |
| 04/02/2017 | Lost | 12 | 15 | Away | Trojans |
| 28/01/2018 | Lost | 0 | 12 | Away | Henley |
| 13/01/2018 | Lost | 10 | 15 | Away | Cheltenham |
| 03/12/2017 | Drawn | 12 | 12 | Home | Blackheath |
| 05/11/2017 | Won | 24 | 22 | Home | Thurrock |
| 22/10/2017 | Won | 17 | 12 | Home | Trojans |
| 08/10/2018 | Won | 17 | 12 | Home | Henley |
| 23/09/2017 | Lost | 22 | 36 | Home | Cheltenham |
| 17/09/2018 | Won | 33 | 0 | Away | Plymouth |
| 10/09/2018 | Won | 17 | 14 | Home | Bath |
Men’s 2nd XV
| Date | Result | Hove Score | Opp Score | Location | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/2018 | Won | 27 | 17 | Away | Heathfield & Waldron |
| 31/03/2018 | Lost | 0 | 40 | Away | Chichester |
| 24/03/2018 | Lost | 8 | 39 | Away | Hastings & Bexhill |
| 10/03/2018 | Won | 32 | 0 | Home | Haywards Heath |
| 17/02/2018 | Won | 45 | 10 | Home | Horsham |
| 13/01/2018 | Won | 40 | 12 | Away | Pulborough |
| 06/01/2018 | Won | 21 | 18 | Home | Brighton |
| 16/12/2017 | Lost | 13 | 19 | Home | Heathfield & Waldron |
| 25/11/2017 | Lost | 30 | 31 | Home | Hastings & Bexhill |
| 04/11/2017 | Won | 15 | 7 | Away | Haywards Heath |
| 21/10/2017 | Lost | 19 | 22 | Away | Horsham |
| 30/09/2018 | Won | 39 | 31 | Home | Pulborough |
| 23/09/2017 | Won | 52 | 27 | Home | Brighton |
| 16/09/2018 | Won | 64 | 10 | Home | Chichester |
Women’s 2nd XV
| Date | Result | Hove Score | Opp Score | Location | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/04/2018 | Won | 21 | 12 | Home | Heathfield & Waldron |
| 08/04/2018 | Won | 40 | 5 | Home | Cranbrook |
| 18/03/2018 | Lost | 5 | 31 | Away | Pulborough |
| 11/03/2018 | Won | 109 | 0 | Home | Burgess Hill |
| 18/02/2017 | Lost | 17 | 24 | Away | Lewes |
| 04/02/2018 | Won | 51 | 7 | Away | Burgess Hill |
| 10/12/2017 | Won | 31 | 0 | Home | Pulborough |
| 12/11/2017 | Won | 22 | 5 | Home | Lewes |
| 15/10/2017 | Lost | 19 | 10 | Away | Heathfield & Waldron |
| 17/09/2018 | Won | 32 | 7 | Home | Cranbrook |
Playing Honours
| Playing Honour | Person |
|---|---|
| Captain | Sam Whiting |
| Acting Captain (Sam injured from Christmas to end of season) | Martin MacDonald |
| Vice Presidents Trophy | Kyle Woollard |
| Mens 1st XV Player of Year | Declan Peake |
| Mens 1st XV Player's Player of Year | Declan Peake |
| Mens 2nd XV Player of Year | George Davis |
| Mens 2nd XV Player's Player of Year | Tom Holborn |
| Joint Mens 3rd XV Player of Year | Niall Stevenson |
| Joint Mens 3rd XV Player of Year | Thom Earle |
| Mens 3rd XV Player's Player of Year | Adam Reay |
| 20 Years of Hove Rugby | Sandy Robertson |
| Womens 1st XV Player of Year | Katy Doughty-Curtis |
| Womens 1st XV Player's Player of Year | Rebecca Moreton |
| Womens 1st XV Most Improved Player | Courtney Dobson |
| Womens 2nd XV Player of Year | Manjinder Nagra |
| Womens 2nd XV Player's Player of Year | Abi Ledward |
| Most Improved Player | Alison Finch |
| Claire Thompson Memorial Award | Melissa Haddad |
| 20 Years of Hove Rugby | Karin Orford-Kemmish |
Images from the Season
Club Highlights
Inevitably we must report more deaths with Colin Lucas, Rick Walker and (others to follow) all passing this season. Our sympathies to their families and friends. The Club was busy planning for the new extension and Andy Ward and Adam Tunesi were the leading lights on this following their work on the pitch project. As at the end of the season, the formal planning application had been submitted.
The two front pitches – which had been absent for 2 seasons were now back in use and Adam was managing them carefully. A shame that often people ignored requests not to over use them.
Club Honours
| Club Honour | Person |
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| Vice President | Ross Waddington |
| Allan Kirk Trophy | Steve Moss |
| Club Honours | Claire Slater |
| Jenk's Jug | Jay Holt |
President’s Office
| Honour | Person | Comments |
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| President | Richard Hopkins | |
| Immediate Past President | Colin Lucas | |
| Senior Vice president | No incumbent | |
| Junior Vice President | No incumbent |
Committee
| Person | Position |
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| Geraldine Brown | Chair |
| Fiona Nehls | Secretary |
| Pete Domzalski | Treasurer |
| Andy Ward | Commercial |
| Adam Tunesi | Operations and Fixtures |
| Geoff Pollard | Governance and Compliance |
| Phil Ward | Director of Rugby |
| John Nehls | Playing |
| John Tsaparelli | Junior Rugby |
| Sim Ward | Playing |
| Nick Garrish | Playing |
Annual General Meeting
This was held on Thursday 31st May 2018 and the documents are attached below:
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Club Handbook and Programmes
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