CROWHURST Park won their third game of the season to take over at the summit of Division 3 East.
The previous week’s top-two Crawley and Ansty shared a draw at Southgate Park.
Crowhurst Park once again made light work of chasing a target. Keymer & Hassocks chose to bat first and John Poole 47, George Christmas 37, Nathan Cooper 26 were the mainstays of their 164 all out.
Richard Coleman took a superb 3-3 from eight overs before Martin Barry smashed 105 aided by Ed Smissen’s 36 not out to set up a nine-wicket win.
Crawley’s good start to the season continued at home to Ansty but they had to settle for a draw as the visitors hung on with nine wickets down.
Rohit Shah top scored with 49 of a challenging 239-7 to which Ansty replied with 179-9.
Will Dorkings made 58 not out but even 7-48 from Crawley’s Richard Genge could not quite force the win as both sides dropped a place in the table.
Runs were plentiful at Lewes with Priory and Seaford accumulating over 500 for the loss of just four wickets apiece.
Priory’s 253-4 was fronted by 100 from Imran Khan but half centuries from two Seaford youngsters meant the visitors won the game. Oliver Smith made 69 and Mark Sapwell 67 not out.
Hellingly enjoyed a comfortable victory at home to Henfield by six wickets. Henfield must have regretted batting first as they could only reach 130.
Will Culver top scored with 29 while 15-year-old Will Hook returned remarkable figures of 3-3 from six overs. Sol March made 55 not out in Hellingly’s reply.
James Pooley added 32 not out while Will Harrison took 2-24 for Henfield who are now joint bottom of the table.
Lindfield remain alongside them after their difficult start to the campaign continued at home to Burgess Hill. Burgess Hill’s 187 was spearheaded by Tom Trowbridge’s 55 while Scott Pearce countered with 6-41.
Jack Simpson’s 5-38 reduced Lindfield to 132 all outand a 55 run defeat.
Bognor Regis are the new leaders of Division 3 West as 4-33 from Sam Taylor helped restrict their hosts Slinfold to just 147. Elliot Clarke’s 75 helped them gain their third victory of the season by eight wickets.
Middleton have also won three games and move up to second after a high scoring game against league newcomers Wisborough Green.
Green posted 228-5 after winning the toss as Alex Edwards hit 61. Middleton however won by seven wickets with seven overs to spare led by Jack Lerwill’s 80.
There were also notable contributions from Eddie Towner (60 not out) and Nick Smith 41.
Steyning and Arundel fought out a tight draw and as a result both dropped in the table to third and fifth respectively.
Dave Curtis-Botting made 64 in Steyning’s 211-9 and Geoff Stothart 67 in Arundel’s reply of 193-7.
Stirlands made light work of chasing 224 at home to Billingshurst winning emphatically by eight wickets. Sean Heather was unbeaten on 109 supported by Lewis Allan 53 and 38 not out from Tim Robinson.
Earlier Billingshurst’s total was set up by 68 from Carleon Broome and 57 from Tim Weston.
In a game dominated by the bat there were significant contributions from Stirlands bowlers Stuart Cameron (3-64) and Adam Downing (3-11).
The bottom two teams were involved in a tense drawn game which both came close to winning and losing. Littlehampton’s 206-9 proved to be just out of reach for Pagham by five runs with their last pair at the wicket. Pagham remain bottom of the table.
Division 3 East 1st XI
*Crawley 239-7dec (14pts),Ansty 179-9 (9pts) (Will Dorking 58 not out, Richard Genge 7-48)
*Keymer & Hassocks 164 (6pts),Crowhurst Park 165-1 (30pts) (Martin Barry 105)
*Henfield 130 (4pts), Hellingly 134-4 (30 pts) (Sol March 55 not out)
*Lewes Priory 253-4 (12 pts) (Imran Khan 100)
Seaford 259-4 (22pts) (Oliver Smith 69, Mark Sapwell 67 not out)
*Burgess Hill 187 (28pts) (Tom Trowbridge 55, Scott Pearce 6-41) Lindfield 132 (11pts) (Jack Simpson 5-38)
*Indicates team winning toss.
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Morrisons plans presented at Weybridge Hall event - Get Surrey
A SUPERMARKET’S proposal to open a store in Weybridge has received a mixed reaction after plans were unveiled at a public consultation.
Morrisons, which wants to develop the derelict Focus site in Monument Hill, held a three-day event in Weybridge Hall.
More than 600 people attended and the developer is now considering the comments made, including concerns regarding the size of the supermarket and the effect it would have on the town.
Weybridge resident David Stevens said he had been against the idea of a supermarket being built on the old Focus site since he had first become aware of it.
“There is just no need to have another supermarket,” he said. “There are at least one or two of them and then you have the convenience stores.
"Weybridge has very much a village feel. The local businesses make up a lot of what the area is about.”
As well a new building, Morrisons is proposing a 220-space car park under the store offering 90 minutes’ free parking.
A new roundabout is planned connecting Monument Hill and Monument Road to direct traffic in and out of the car park.
Vicki Macleod, who lives in Thames Street, said she was supportive of the plan to improve competition for people who could not necessarily afford to shop in Waitrose, but she had reservations about the plans shown during the consultation.
Commenting on the store’s claims that it would increase the number of shoppers coming into Weybridge, she said: “I think people will drive in there and shop, then leave.”
Weybridge resident Ernest Rich said he had been impressed with branches of Morrisons he had visited and that he would use the new supermarket if got developed.
He said: “It would be nice to have a Morrisons. Having the car parking underground will be a good idea.”
Richard Haynes, development executive for Morrisons, said: “We are analysing hundreds of comments. We are grateful to everyone for taking the time to give us their views and for helping us to improve and refine the scheme, ultimately making it better.”
The supermarket plans to apply to Elmbridge Borough Council later in the year and said it could be open by Christmas 2013 if planning permission was granted by early autumn.
The proposed site includes the old Focus store as well as the Little Garth building adjacent to the Baker Street car park, 31–33 Monument Hill and the Park House offices next door.
As well as creating around 300 full and part-time jobs, Morrisons claimed it would generate around £3.5m annually for the town as more people used surrounding shops and businesses.
Draft plans were presented to the planning sub-committee before a meeting on November 7.
Source: www.getsurrey.co.uk
Sutton man swept to death rescuing child off Sussex beach - BBC News
A man who was "tragically" swept to his death after rescuing a five-year-old girl from the sea off West Sussex was from south London, police have said.
The 32-year-old man, from Sutton, and a Guildford woman went into the sea at West Wittering on Saturday to help the girl, who had been caught by the tide.
He passed the child to the woman who was then able to get her to her family.
But Sussex Police said: "Tragically the man was unable to reach the shore himself and was recovered unconscious."
They added: "Despite efforts by members of the public and emergency services to resuscitate the man he was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The family of the man have requested that their privacy is respected at this time."
The girl had been on the beach with her family who are from north west London.
It was first thought that the man was 25 years old and that two children had got into difficulties off the beach near Chichester.
The identity of the man has not been released but police said he was not related to the children.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sussex Stakes Not in Plans for Black Caviar - Bloodhorse.com
Unbeaten Australian sprinter Black Caviar will not be among the entries for the QIPCO Sussex Stakes (Eng-I) at Goodwood when the one-mile race closes at noon May 29.
The choice was made despite QIPCO increasing the prize money of the Sussex from £300,000 to £1 million if both Black Caviar and Frankel, the world’s two highest-rated horses and unbeaten in 31 outings between them, met in the Aug. 1 race.
Black Caviar, trained by Peter Moody in Australia, is due to come to England in early June and run at Royal Ascot. The 6-year-old mare is owned by a syndicate managed by Neil Werrett. She was bred in Victoria by Ric Jamieson.
“Moody Racing does not intend running Black Caviar at a mile in the Sussex Stakes, Frankel or no Frankel, as we are looking at getting her back to Melbourne for racing later in the year if she comes through Ascot as well as she can,” explained Jeff O’Connor of Moody Racing in a release.
“Therefore, we are not planning to nominate her for the Sussex Stakes at tomorrow’s nomination stage as we feel it would not be the right thing by the racing industry worldwide, giving false hope that the race may happen.
“We understand it would have been a great selling point for Glorious Goodwood and we appreciate the more than generous offer from QIPCO in getting the conditions of the race to where they are but we will have to decline on this occasion.”
Black Caviar’s British campaign needs to finish by mid-July, taking quarantine into account, if she is to return home in time to be prepared for the Spring Carnival in Melbourne.
Goodwood will announce the entries for the Sussex Stakes, won last year in tremendous style by Frankel, at noon May 30. The QIPCO Sussex Stakes is one of the 35 races which make up the 2012 QIPCO British Champions Series.
Adam Waterworth, managing director of Goodwood Racecourse, commented: “We are obviously disappointed that Black Caviar will not be entered in the QIPCO Sussex Stakes but fully understand her connections’ viewpoint.
“It was always going to be a long shot to have world’s top two horses race against each other because of their different distance requirements but we wanted to make sure we did everything we could to facilitate such a contest."
Black Caviar has been successful on all her 21 starts from five to seven furlongs.
Frankel, a 4-year-old colt trained by Sir Henry Cecil in Newmarket, owned by Khalid Abdulla, and ridden by Tom Queally, has won 10 of 10 races over seven furlongs and a mile.
Source: www.bloodhorse.com
Notts seal Hove success - SkySports
Nottinghamshire completed a seven-wicket victory over Sussex at Hove to move to the top of the LV= County Championship Division One standings.
Chasing a target of 145 after Sussex had been bowled out for 263 in their second innings on the stroke of lunch, Notts endured a few scares before warpping up their first Championship win at Hove since 1983.
On a dry cracking pitch offering the bolwers plenty of help, the visitors lost Riki Wessels - whose 199 in the first innings helped put his side in control - Alex Hales and Michael Lumb, but Sussex just did not have enough runs to play with.
Samit Patel, dropped in the same Naveed Arif over by wicketkeeper Ben Brown and then Yardy, hit his sixth boundary to secure victory and reach an 88-ball fifty, putting on an unbeaten 57 for the fourth wicket with James Taylor in the process.
Earlier, Sussex had lost their last six wickets in the morning session for 57
runs including a spell of four wickets for 20 runs in seven overs to undermine their hopes of posting a more testing target.
Luke Wright (55) reached his second half-century of the match and Murray Goodwin top-scored with a patient 74, while Andy Carter finished with seven wickets for Notts.
Day Three
Nottinghamshire are well placed in their LV= County Championship Division One clash against Sussex, but Riki Wessels missed out on a double century by the narrowest of margins.
Wessels passed his previous highest first-class score of 197 before prodding at a good length delivery from Steve Magoffin and was caught behind on 199. His innings had lasted six hours and 21 minutes and included 33 fours and two sixes from 278 balls.
Nottinghamshire, who resumed on 320-4 on day three, were eventually bowled out for 428 to stretch their first-innings lead to 119.
Andy Carter (three for 52) then took three quick wickets as Sussex slumped to 99 for four in reply before Murray Goodwin and Luke Wright led a fightback.
Goodwin ended a lean run which had seen him make just 39 in eight Championship innings by ending the day on 52 not out while Wright continued his good form with an unbeaten 37.
The pair came together with Sussex still trailing by 20 runs but put on 78 to take Sussex to 177 for four, a lead of 58 going into the final day.
Day Two
Riki Wessels hit a marvellous 184 not out as Nottinghamshire moved past Sussex's first innings total on day two of their championship match at Hove.
Wessels guided his side to 320-4 in reply to the hosts 309 all out, with Alex Hales adding 80 in an opening partnership of 171 with Wessels.
Their progress was fairly circumspect before lunch, but on a flat pitch offering little assistance to Sussex's seam attack or Monty Panesar's left-arm spin, they blossomed in the afternoon.
Michael Lumb was dropped on two by Mike Yardy at slip off James Anyon and celebrated his reprieve by adding 95 in 25 overs with the highly impressive Wessels, who brought up his hundred with a pull in front of square off Anyon.
He then launched an assault on Panesar, twice lofting him down the ground for six, the second of which brought up his 150.
Part-time bowler Chris Nash struck trwice to remove Samit Patel and James Taylor but the day belonged to Wessels, who finished needing another 14 runs to lodge a new career-best.
Patel (4-67) wrapped up the Sussex innings for 309 in the third over of the morning when Naveed Arif was caught at mid-on for 23.
Day One
Chris Nash continued his fine run as Sussex moved to 305-9 in their LV= County Championship Division One match against Nottinghamshire at Hove.
The opener, who made 98 and 84 in last week's draw with Worcestershire, scored 128 and, when he was putting on 145 in 39 overs with Luke Wright (81), Sussex were in the ascendancy.
He lost opening partner Ed Joyce early when the left-hander was caught at backward point driving loosely at Ben Phillips, but Nash and Joe Gatting settled down to add 39 for the second wicket before Sussex lost three wickets.
Wright had a slice of luck on 26 when a ball from Andy Carter hit the off stump but failed to dislodge the bail, while Nash was soon celebrating his century, made off 144 balls with 14 fours.
Nash played on to Harry Gurney after over four hours at the crease and Samit Patel picked up his second wicket courtesy of Andre Adams' good catch at short mid-wicket when Wright had made 81, including 11 fours.
Patel got one to turn and bounce as Ben Brown edged to slip and before the close Steve Magoffin was taken at point and James Anyon caught off a mistimed pull from the penultimate ball of the day.
Source: www.skysports.com
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