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Running for Wellbeing in West Sussex

Photo credit – Heads On.  Photo shows Heads On Group Run.

A running club to help people improve their fitness and mental wellbeing is now offering free sessions in West Sussex. 

Heads On is the official charity for the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and was developed by two members of staff who raise funds for the charity by taking part in marathons and other fundraising events. 

Ian Puttock and Jeremy Sandford are now holding weekly Heads On Run Club sessions at Crawley K2 Leisure Centre, and Horsham Park Bandstand.

There are four weekly run club sessions available, led by Ian and Jeremy:

  • Horsham Park Bandstand, Horsham, RH12 2DW. Every Monday and Thursday, 5.30pm-6.30pm
  • Crawley K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, RH11 9BQ. Every Wednesday, 1pm-2pm.
  • Worthing Leisure Centre Running Track, Shaftesbury Avenue, Goring-by-Sea, BN12 4ET. Every Friday, 12pm-1pm

If you would like to join a run club session, or want to come along to see what it is like, email HeadsOnRunClub@spft.nhs.uk.

Photo credit – Heads On. Photo shows Heads on Running Club members.

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Football Results Including FA Cup Preliminary Round

In League 2, Crawley Town slipped to their first defeat of the season losing 1-0 against Gillingham at the Broadfield Stadium on Saturday.

In the National League, Dorking Wanderers were consigned to a second straight defeat on the road following their 3-0 defeat by Solihull Moors.

Some of our local teams played their FA Cup Preliminary Round ties on Saturday.  After a 1-1 draw for South Park against Leatherhead, there will be a replay tomorrow evening at Fetcham Grove.  Merstham are out of the Cup after losing 2-1 away to Faversham Town. 

It was a star studded weekend for Horley Town; their FA Cup match was shown live on BBC iplayer with none other than Stormzy arriving at the New Defence to celebrate with the opposition AFC Croydon in their 1-0 victory over Horley.  Horley Town then hosted a charity celebrity football match yesterday with ‘Sellebrity Soccer’ in aid of Crawley Open House and St Catherine’s Hospice.   sellebritysoccer.org.uk

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Local Football Results

Crawley Town gained a point in their League 2 match on Saturday after a 1-1 draw away to Salford City.

In the National League, Dorking Wanderers lost 2-0 against Maidenhead United at Meadowbank.

South Park Reigate got their Isthmian League campaign off to a good start in the South Central division with a 4-0 away win over Badshot Lea.

In the South East Division, Three Bridges drew 2-2 at home to newly promoted Horndean.  There were losses for both Merstham and East Grinstead.

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New Football Season Begins

The new season began on Saturday for our local teams.  In League 2, Crawley Town got off to a good start with a 1-0 home win over Bradford City.

Dorking Wanderers lost their first National League match of the season, 4-3 away to Chesterfield.

It was good news for our local te07ams in their FA Cup Qualifying round ties; Redhill, Horley Town, Merstham and East Grinstead Town are all through to the next round.  Three Bridges drew 2-2 at home to Crawley Down Gatwick so there will be a replay tomorrow night.

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First Play4Ukraine Football Match Takes Place in Bletchingley

A fundraising football match took place in Bletchingley last week as part of the Game4Ukraine initiative to rebuild schools  which have been destroyed in the war.

Oxted FC and Reigatians AFC turned their pre-season friendly into the world’s first Play4Ukraine match sporting the official logo. The match was a pilot for other grass roots teams to hold Play4Ukraine games. 

Photo credit:  @myclubgroup.  Photo shows East Surrey MP, Claire Coutinho, handing the ball to the referee.

Photo above shows Oxted FC and Reigatians AFC about to kick off the first pilot Play4Ukraine match in Bletchingley.

The main Game4Ukraine event takes place at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge on Saturday. 

The Bletchingley match was filmed for a short piece to be played out globally during an extended half time break at Stamford Bridge.  

Shane Wooton Manager of Reigatians AFC spoke to Susy Radio’s Neil Munday at the start of the inaugural Play4Ukraine event.

Chairman of Tandridge District Council, Chris Botten, watched the match together with relocated Ukrainian families, councillors and MPs:  

The two teams in the main Game4Ukraine event are managed by Arsene Wenger and Emma Hayes.  Ukrainian players, Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko will lead the teams; they are ambassadors for United 24, the official fundraising platform of Ukraine. 

Laura Cotterill from Game4Ukraine was in Bletchingley to watch the pilot match and spoke about the scale of Saturday’s global event held at Stamford Bridge:

Photo shows Susy Radio’s Neil Munday speaking with Laura Cotterill from Game4Ukraine (left) and Claire Coutinho, MP for East Surrey (centre)

Neil Munday’s full interviews from the event can be heard here:

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