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Crawley Town slipped into the bottom four of league one on goal difference following their 2 -1 home defeat on Saturday to Gillingham.
In the Ryman league, it was a goalless away draw for Redhill at Herne Bay, and a 1 all home draw for Merstham against Walton and Hersham.
The local derby ended in a convincing 4 – 0 win for Three Bridges in their home match against South Park.
And it was a poor afternoon for East Grinstead Town who went down 3 -1 at Folkestone Invicta.
Horsham police have donated £150 to The Butterfly Project.
This Project helps adults with learning difficulties, autism and other disabilities to engage in work and community activities, and to help them develop work and personal skills.
The donation comes from the Police Property Act Fund, made up of monies received by the police from property confiscated by order of the court and then sold.
PC Darren Worsfold said: “We’re always happy to support local organisations such as the Butterfly Project and I’m happy in the knowledge that this money will be spent on developing new initiatives.”
The Surrey and Sussex Police Dog Section scooped eight trophies at the Regional Trials.
Police dogs and their handlers from Surrey and Sussex, Hampshire and Thames Valley and Kent participated in the two-day last Friday, (20 March) and Saturday (21 March).
Three of Surrey Police’s dogs and their handlers won the top awards having tackled a number of exercises including tracking, searching obedience and criminal work.
PC Graham Lightfoot and Police Dog (PD) Chester won the overall competition with PC Rob Male and PD Apollo coming second.
Overall the Surrey and Sussex Dog handlers achieved best aggregate marks of the trials and were awarded the Team trophy.
They will go on to represent the Region at the National Police Dog Trials in Scotland in May.
Crawley Town yesterday (Thursday) announced that they have signed former Charlton defender Kelly Youga on a short-term contract.
The 29-year-old is a free agent having spent last year playing in China.
Reds Manager Dean Saunders said that Youga was able to cover left-back if anything were to happen to Ryan Dickson or Sonny Bradley.
Providing his international clearance arrives in time, he’ll be available for selection for tomorrow’s home game against Gillingham.
A diabetes patient at East Surrey Hospital has been presented with a Diabetes UK medal for successfully living with the condition for 70 years.
Gerald Law, who’s 75 and from Horsham received his medal at the recent (March 18) open morning at The Earlswood Centre, a new hub for diabetes care east Surrey and West Sussex.
The former mechanic was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was just 2 years old and has controlled his condition with daily insulin injections for more than seven decades.
The team of specialist doctors and nurses at The Earslwood Centre recently moved from East Surrey Hospital.
Now in the heart of the community they are keen to raise awareness of the help they offer people who are living with the condition.