Author: Stuart Carruthers

Entries are now being taken for the Sussex Off The Spot 2026. The tenth edition will be played on Saturday 27th June at the Roffey Sports and Social Club, Horsham. As in previous years the opening round of this competition will be played in a group/league format to give everyone plenty of matches and legs.…

Brighton won the Inter League One Day Division One which was played on Sunday 1st March at the Burgess Hill Con Club. It was the third time in a row that Brighton have won this title as they pulled away from the competition in the last two series to beat runners-up Worthing by eight points.…

Jean Brackenridge and Matthew Knight won the Sussex Mixed Doubles played on Saturday 28th February at the Burgess Hill Constitutional Club. The pair, who had finished runner-up in two of the past three years, played well all day and beat Steph Pearce and Daniel Wheal in the Final. Jean was superb in the Final opening…

Littlehampton won the Inter League One Day Division Two played at the Burgess Hill Con Club on Sunday 22nd February. Five teams contested the event with Hastings returning and joining Billingshurst, Lewes, Littlehampton and Mid Sussex. Going into the last series of matches both Billingshurst and Littlehampton were unbeaten with three wins each, with the…

Worthing B won the Inter League One Day B/C Teams event at the Burgess Hill Con Club on Saturday 21st February. The four entered teams played each in a round robin and after the first two of the three series of matches defending champions Redhill B were half a point up on Worthing B. With…

Brighton B have unfortunately had to withdraw from Division Two of the Inter League Home and Away due to a lack of players. Due to the number of matches still remaining in the season, and with Brighton B having not played all teams the same number of times, the committee have taken the decisions that…

The draws for the Sussex Competitions weekend have been made and are published below. Both the singles and doubles will be played at the Burgess Hill CC on the weekend of the 24th and 25th January. On the Saturday the doubles will start at 11.30am with the singles on the Sunday with a 11.00am start.…

Worthing A moved back top of Division One with a 5-2 win at home to Brighton A.Given the strength of both teams a high quality was expected but both teams struggled and no player went in with enough first visit.Mike Daw won the first for Worthing and then Nigel Senior levelled for Brighton. The hosts…

Six Sussex players were selected in the England team for the away game in Guernsey, played on the Bank Holiday weekend in May. The six are Martin Cole, Nigel Senior, Matthew Knight, Joe Oakley, Rob Hall and Chris Cox. It is a first call-up with Chris having had a good year in Opens during 2025.…

Sussex players were absent from the Finals in the Grand Prix that was played on Sunday 30th November. The event took place at the Totteridge Club with the top 16 men and top eight ladies placed into groups. With only the group winners progressing Joe Oakley was the only Sussex player to top his group,…