Saxons clinch Plate glory

South Saxons Hockey Club won the Sussex Plate on Saturday.

Saxons were 2-0 winners in the final against Middleton & Bognor at Worthing HC thanks to a goal in either half from Alex Coombs and Jon Meredith.

Dom Ford was man of the match for a Saxons side missing Paddy Cornish, George Eldridge, Tim Eldridge and John Morgan, although Coombs and Gavin Cload also performed well.

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The victory meant Saxons ended the season unbeaten in 25 matches having finished runners-up in South Hockey League Sussex Area - Division One. Middleton were 10th in the same division.

Saxons: Deaves, Watters, Read, Klein, Ford, Meredith, Cload, Burnett, S. Bunday, Swanton, Coombs, Whitehouse, Busbridge.

A full report will appear in Friday's Hastings Observer.

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