Men’s 1st XV v Dover 08/04/2006
Home - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Drawm 25-25 The last league fixture of 2005-6 gave Hove the chance to get revenge on Dover who had beaten us by a small margin in the away League and…
Men’s 1st XV v East Grinstead 28/01/2006
Away - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Won 36-15 The game started in very cold and blustery conditions right at the top of the Sussex Downs; brass monkeys would be the correct term. After some to-ing and…
Men’s 1st XV v Charlton Park 21/01/2006
Home - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Won 32-13 A hard fought victory and all credit to the players for that. However, there is a worrying trend about the team that causes some angst should we be…
Men’s 1st XV v Brighton 14/01/2006
Home - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Lost 13-17 The local derby for the annual John Shelton Memorial Trophy once again proved to be an entertaining affair and resulted in a very close match. Hove started brightly…
Men’s 1st XV v Sittingbourne 07/01/2006
Away - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Won 19-10 The match against Sittingbourne started badly from a Hove perspective with Roger Windsor being replaced due to a knee injury after two minutes, Nick Allen was replaced after…
Men’s 1st XV v Dover 17/12/2005
Away - RFU Senior Vase Report by Andy Ward Lost 19-27 Hove arrived in Dover to be greeted by a bitterly cold icy wind. Hove won the toss and decided to play down hill in the first half. After 2…
Men’s 1st XV v Eastbourne 10/12/2005
Home - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Lost 17-22 The League match against Eastbourne started brightly with Hove scoring an unconverted Try by Rupert Pratt after 10 mins and a solo try and conversion by Adam Phillips…
Men’s 1st XV v Dover 03/12/2005
Away - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Lost 10-15 On arrival at Dover we were informed that their main pitch was deemed to unsafe as it was waterlogged. The match was transferred to their second pitch which…
Men’s 1st XV v Old Paulines 26/11/2005
Home - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Won 32-17 Old Paulines' of the London South West 4 League arrived with their Vets to turn the day into into a very social event. Hove look forward to visiting…
Men’s 1st XV v Sittingbourne 12/11/2005
Home - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Won 40-6 Hove started brightly with a try by Tom Le Mehaute after 5 mins, converted by Adam Phillips to take the score to 7-0. Sittingbourne replied with two penalties…
Men’s 1st XV v Bec Old Boys 05/11/2005
Home - RFU Senior Vase Report by Andy Ward Won 55-3 Bec Old Boys started quite brightly converting a penalty from approx. 30 metres directly in front of the Hove posts to take a 3-0 lead. This was quickly reversed…
Men’s 1st XV v Charlton Park 29/10/2005
Away - London 4 South East Report by Andy Ward Lost 0-32 This game was one that Hove will want to forget. It started lively but after a series of mistakes by both sides CP scored a converted try 7-0…