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The body of a diver who went missing on Saturday has been recovered from the water at Bognor, police have said today.
Selsey RNLI was called to help in a five-hour search for the missing man after he reportedly failed to resurface while diving about three miles from the lifeboat station.
Police have confirmed that a body found in the water yesterday afternoon is believed to be that of the same person.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner’s officer is dealing with the incident, police said.
The body was brought ashore by a lifeboat from Littlehampton RNLI, police added.
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A recruitment firm has been named the best company in the UK for work-life balance.
Financial recruiter Goodman Masson took first place in the list by jobs site Glassdoor, based on reviews submitted to its website by current and former staff.
The company, which is based in London and also has offices in Dusseldorf, was praised by staff for its “huge investment” in staff benefits and “great” parties twice a year.
“The attention paid to the wellbeing of staff is at a level rarely matched elsewhere,” said an anonymous employee working in the London office.
In second place was technology firm Cisco Systems, and in third place was insurer HomeServe.
West Midlands-based HomeServe, which employs 1,200 people at its headquarters in Walsall and has 2.1 million customers in the UK, was commended for its attitude towards the treatment of its staff.
“The salary is very competitive and you are rewarded very generously for your hard work and just for carrying out your role. The company has a great framework for career progression and is always looking to promote people internally for job roles,” said a water supply engineer working at the firm.
Greg Reed, chief marketing officer at HomeServe, said: “We believe if you take care of your people, they will take care of your customers. This means creating a culture where people genuinely enjoy coming to work every day because they feel what they do really makes a difference in our customers’ lives.”
Temping firm LOLA and Screwfix completed the top five. Other companies in the top 20 included Apple, American Express Lloyds Banking Group, Unilever and John Lewis.
Google is known for its plush offices, but doesn’t make the top 20 companies for work-life balance. Its new London office has sleep pods so workers can take a nap, although perhaps this is an indication of long hours.
For a company to have been considered, at least 50 work-life balance ratings must have been submitted by UK-based employees in the past year.
The top 20 companies for work-life balance:
1. Goodman Masson
2. Cisco Systems
3. HomeServe UK
4. LOLA Staffing
5. Screwfix
6. American Express
7. BP
8. Peninsula Business Services
9. ARM Holdings
10. Unilever
11.Thomson Reuters
12. Kantar Worldpanel
13. Atkins
14. Téléfonica
15. Credit Suisse
16. Rolls-Royce
17. John Lewis
18. Waitrose
19. Lloyds Banking Group
20. Apple

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A beautiful summer’s evening was the perfect backdrop to the start of Goodwood’s long weekend of racing and family fun.
Thousands flocked to the Downs to see a six-race card and holiday entertainment including a spectacular fireworks display.
The weather could not have been better and officials will be hoping that continues on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, when thousands more will watch the action and lap up the accompanying entertainment.
On the track, there was more Goodwood success for trainer Michael Bell - still basking in the glow of Big Orange’s second successive Goodwood Cup win a month ago - as Clear Evidence (5/4 fav) won the Butlin’s Stakes with James Doyle on board.
That was one of two races won by the favourite. Another in the same vein was the Chichester Observer Maiden Stakes, taken by Rab Havlin on Khalidi (6/5 fav) for trainer John Gosden.
The evening, and in fact the whole festival, began with Quite A Story taking the Nyetimber Apprentice Handicap at 6/1 under Charlie Bennett for Patrick Chamings.
Saturday’s highlight is the Celebration Mile but there are two other group races and some competitive handicaps across both remaining days.
The 2015 champion apprentice jockey and 2016 Goodwood ambassador Tom Marquand gave trainer Richard Hannon another Downs success by riding Procurator (3/1) to victory in the Doom Bar Nursery Handicap.
Jockey Ted Durcan and trainer Sir Michael Stoute took the Breeders Backing Racing EBF Fillies’ Stakes with 15/8 chance Rostova in a photo finish, edging out Laugh Aloud and Doyle.
The evening’s racing ended with a well-timed surge to victory by Franny Norton on Little Miss Kodi (4/1) for trainer Daniel Loughnane in the Ultimate Driving Stakes.
Throughout the meeting the crowd enjoyed live music and other sideshows as the racecourse was transformed into a seaside resort from days gone by - with everything from deck chairs to beach huts and ice cream kiosks.
The fireworks that ended the night were every bit as stunning - if not even more so - as those seen for the past two years at this fixture and all in all it was the perfect opening to what ought to be a memorable weekend.
Saturday’s highlight is the Celebration Mile but there are two other group races and some competitive handicaps across both remaining days.
Our tips for Saturday: 2.10 Bella Alissa, 2.45 Rich Legacy, 3.20 Mister Universe, 3.55 Platitude, 4.30 Toormore, 5.05 Dawn Mirage, 5.40 Kismet Hardy.
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Thirty Wittering members enjoyed a busy weekend of triples matches. Saturday began with four matches of eight ends each. On Sunday morning two matches of eight ends were played which decided the two sets of finalists – Ken Clark, Maureen Mulligan and Sue Dobson (34 points) and Anne May, Marion Corbett and Nige Miller (36).
After an exciting match of 12 ends, the result was a win for Clark’s team 18-9.
Congratulations to Bognor, who played the host club on a lovely sunny afternoon at Midhurst BC in the Midhurst Cup final.
Witterings 76 Sussex Vice Patrons 126
Witterings won on only two rinks but an enjoyable afternoon was had by all.
Scores: Ken Clark, Marion Corbett, Gwilym Morgan and Dave Bell (Skip) lost 21-10; Glyn Dobson, Geoff Harsant, John Heathorn and Anne May (Skip) lost 19-11; Nige Miller, Bryan Smethurst, Fred Knotts and Ray Stephens (Skip) won 19-14; Mark White, Ron Prior, Stuart Hooker, Chris Horsley (skip) lost 32-12; Paul Chivers, Marina Aylward, Brian Barnes, Lindsay Bangs (skip) won 18-13; Judy Bangs, Alan May, Jan Derkatsch, Tony Nixon (skip) lost 27-6.
Witterings 94 Chichester 87
Scores (friendly): Stuart Hooker, Alan May, Fred Knotts (skip) won 16-14; Trevor Boyd, Paul Chivers, John Langworthy (skip) won 27-8; Ron Prior, Glyn Dobson, Tony Nixon (skip) lost 24-16; Bryan Smethurst, Ken Clark, Dave Bell (skip) lost 28-17; Nige Miller, Chris Jelf, Gwilym Morgan (skip) won 18-13.
Witterings 35 Chichester 34
A close ladies’ friendly ended with with a one-shot win for Witterings.
Scores: Judy Bangs, Ros Hanbury, Anne May, Chris Horsley (skip) lost 21-18; Diane Leach, Val Hooker, Maureen Mulligan, Carole Tuffin (skip) won 16-14.
Witterings 78 Little Spain 82
Scores (friendly): Jackie Clapton, Bryan Smethurst Marina Aylward (skip) won 19-15; Kate Johnson, Glyn Dobson, Tony Nixon (skip) won 15-14; Graham Mason, Teresa Heathorn, Ken Clark (skip) won 19-16; Sue Dobson, Chris Jelf, Gwilym Morgan (skip) lost 21-16; Sylvia Smethurst, Kate Nixon, Fred Knotts (skip) lost 16-9.
Witterings 89 Worthing Pav B 67
Witterings enjoyed a fine West Sussex League win, earning eight out of ten points.
Scores: Stuart Hooker, Chris Jelf, Gwilym Morgan, Dave Bell (s) lost 23-21; Alan May,Tony Nixon, Fred Knotts, Ray Stephens (s) won 19-16; Nige Miller, Dave Buckton, Ken Clark, John Langworthy (s) won 25-17; Paul Chivers, Brian Barnes, Glyn Dobson, Lindsay Bangs (s) won 24-11.
Witterings 73 Emsworth 64
Scores (friendly): Teresa Heathorn, Maureen Mulligan, Anne May (skip) won 23-13; Diane Leach, Val Hooker, Jullie Mulligan (skip) won 17-7; Sue Dobson, Kate Nixon, Marina Aylward (skip) lost 16-15; Jackie Clapton, Barbara Newman, Jan Dekatsch (skip) lost 28-18.
CRABLANDS
Crablands men went to Maltravers BC for a friendly and won 74-66.
Scores: R Green, A Humphreys and J Tyrrell won 23-7; L Lewendon, F Carrie and M Heasman won 27-20; E Brooker, N Reynolds and T Hanlon drew 18-18; D Jonas, P Blackman and J Cornwell lost 21-6.
Crablands men hosted Worthing Pavilion C in the West Sussex League and took nine points out of ten to move up the division-one table, winning 96-55.
Scores: L Lewendon, J Saunders, J Cornwell and T Dade won 34-5; N Crump, K Palin, D Clacey and R Humphrey won 26-17; J Tyrrell, A Humphreys, N Reynolds and M Heasman won 22-19; M Campbell, P Blackman, A Blyth and D Adams drew 14-14
Crablands ladies had a good week, gaining six points at home to Aldingbourne (53-28) and six at Arundel (41-34).
Scores v Aldingbourne: P Osborn, J Adams, V Foyle and S Jones won 29-13; G Humphreys, M Back, S Blyth and C Ruler won 24-15, so 53-28 to Crablands.
Two Crablands sides played against each other as Aldingbourne couldn’t field any friendly rinks.
Scores v Arundel: C Lewendon, J Adams, V Foyle and S Jones won 21-17; G Humphreys, M Bateman, S Blyth and C Ruler won 20-17.
Three triples also battled it out at Arundel in friendlies, losing 50-48.
Scores: B Berry, P Terry and D Adams won 17-13; K Palin, F Carrie and M Back won 16-15; J Izen, L Lewendon and T Dade lost 22-15.
Crablands men entertained Pagham and gained a valuable six points in the West Sussex League.
Scores: L Lewendon, J Saunders, T Dade and I Ford won 35-10; M Campbell, P Blackman, T Hanlon and D Adams won 22-12; J Tyrrell, A Humphreys, N Reynolds and M Heasman lost 21-19; N Crump, D Muncey, D Clacey and R Humphrey lost 24-20.
A friendly against RAFA saw Crablands beaten.
Scores: R Green, J Izen and D Muncey won 20-14; T Dodd, C Smith and C Cornwell won 15-11; M Whittle, F Carrie and J Cornwell lost 20-14; K Palin, D Jonas and V Tyrrell lost 36-4.
Thirty-two members vied for a place in the Bert Jones drawn mixed two-wood pairs competition, leaving semi finalists to battle it out for a place in the final before August 26.
J Taylor and D Adams will play L Tuck and F Carrie, while S Blyth and T Dade will play A Bateman and J Adams.
More Crablands club competitions have finalists.
Finalists: Ladies’ Singles - V Foyle; Village Cup - N Reynolds; Elsdon Shield (drawn mixed pairs) M Back and A Bateman; Handicap Singles Competition: M Campbell and N Crump; Millennium Competition (chosen pairs): Val Foyle and Ian Ford; Ladies’ Drawn Pairs: P Osborn and C Cornwell will play C Lewendon and J Adams; Men’s’ Drawn Pairs: A Bateman and D Clacey.
CHICHESTER
Chichester 16 Sidley Martlets 22
While reaching the latter stages of any competition is to be congratulated, losing by six shots to Sidley Martlets in the Sussex County Fours final at Popes Mead left Chichester’s Matt Bonnar, Derek Leach, Clive Keedwell and Mick Page disappointed at not having brought home the winners’ trophy.
But as county finalists the Chichester four will now represent Sussex in the national finals at Leamington Spa later in August and the club and members wish them every success.
Fishbourne 32 Chichester 26
Chichester played at Fishbourne in the BM Mixed Triples League, taking just two points after winning on one rink but losing overall by six shots.
Scores: Mary Potter, Terry Haigh & Betty Spicer won 20-6; Les Etherington, Steph Baverstock & Wendy Adams lost 26-6.
Chichester 33 Bognor 27
Chichester took a much-needed four points for the overall win when playing at Bognor against the current C&M League leaders.
Scores: Mary Potter, Bridget Collins, Wendy Adams, Betty Spicer won 19-11; Chris Hobbs, Denise Latter, Sue Miles & April Janman lost 16-14.
Norfolk 57 Chichester 78
As the current holders, Chichester are delighted to have progressed to the final of the West Sussex League PC Cup for the second year running.
In the semi-final at Norfolk, Chichester won by an overall 21 shots.
The final will be played between Chichester and Aldingbourne at Worthing Pavilion BC on the league final’s day to be held on Sunday, September 18.
Scores: Gerry Jackson, Cole Porter, Clive Keedwell, Matt Bonnar (skip) won 27-12; Terry Wiseman, Tony Hardgrove, Derek Leach, Clive Benham (skip) won 19-12; Peter Green, Nigel Dearman, Kevin Ball, Mick Page (skip) won 20-14; Ian Linfield, Stuart Meyer, Brian Butler, Simon Tooley (skip) lost 19-12.
Chichester B 81 Marine Gardens 63
Chichester B entertained Marine Gardens in a West Sussex division-three match and with two good wins and two narrow defeats Chichester secured six points from an 18 shot victory.
Scores: L Edmonds, T Wiseman, J Pickard, A Avery (skip) lost 17-16; L Etherington, S Wilson, P Merritt, C Wade (skip) won 25-10; A Daines, B Money, K Burt, P White (skip) won 25-17; C Porter, N Dearman, T Haigh, M Hannant (skip) lost 19-15.
Chichester A 83 Norfolk A 82
In a tense and exciting West Sussex first-division match Chichester A edged out visitors Norfolk A by just one shot, picking up six points.
Scores: I Linfield, S Meyer, B Butler, T Sayers (skip) won 27-19; P Green, K Ball, B Talmage, S Tooley (skip) lost 21-17; G Jackson, C Spicer, C Keedwell, M Bonnar (skip) lost 25-15; P Whale, T Hardgrove, D Leach, M Page (skip) won 24-17.
Worthing Pavilion A 59 Chichester A 82
Chichester A got off to a bad start in their West Sussex division-one match at Worthing Pavilion A, but they fought back to triumph by 23 shots, taking eight points.
Scores: G Jackson, S Meyer, D Schofield, T Sayers (skip) won 22-12; I Linfield, G Buckle, B Talmage, B Butler (skip) won 21-14; K Ball, T Hardgrove, D Leach, C Benham (skip) lost 20-15; P Green, C Spicer, C Keedwell, M Bonnar (skip) won 24-13.
Fishbourne 53 Chichester 74
Chichester visited Fishbourne for a mixed friendly. Fishbourne left their fightback too late as Chichester held on to win by 21 shots.
Scores: L Campling, A Stewart, K Burt (skip) won 18-15; C Campling, A Daines, C Hulbert (skip) drew 16-16; A Hulbert, N Dearman, T Gaffney (skip) won 21-9; R Smith, T Wiseman, P Green (skip) won 19-13.
Chichester 129 Sussex Vice Patrons 112
Chichester played hosts to the Sussex Vice Patrons, although each team won on three rinks Chichester won by 17 shots.
Scores: A Deller, T Haigh, L Edmonds, P White (skip) lost 24-11; L Etherington, B Hole, T Hardgrove, T Sayers (skip) won 19-18; P Hague, B Money, P Green, D Schofield (skip) lost 29-18; G Jackson, A Daines, K Ball, B Talmage (skip) won 25-13; G Buckle, D Leach, C Keedwell, C Benham (skip) won 39-8; N Dearman, J Pickard, S Meyer, N Anderson (skip) lost 20-17.
WEST DEAN
West Dean 58 Stedham 43
In this home match West Dean were the winners, winning on 2 of the 3 rinks.
Scores:
Ian Morrison, Bob Holman, David Harding [s] won 21-12; Ann Hiscock, John Elliott, John Butterworth [s] won 25-11; Pam Patterson, John Jones, Tony Boxall [s] lost 20-12.
Pagham 53 West Dean 43
West Dean were the losers on all 3 rinks in a close game away to Pagham.
Scores:
David Harding, David Turner, John Butterworth [s] lost 14-13; Ann Hiscock, Jim Sharrod, Tony Boxall [s] lost 22-15; Pam Sharrod, Bob Holman, Andy Wood [s] lost 17-15.
Little Spain 61 West Dean 33
Little Spain were the comfortable winners of this match on their rinks against West Dean. West Dean managed a win on only one of the three rinks.
Scores:
Pam Sharrod, John Jones, Tony Boxall (s) won 20-15; Ann Hiscock, John Elliott, Jim Sharrod [s] lost 21-9; Pam Patterson, John Butterworth, Andy Wood [s] lost 25-4.
SOUTHBOURNE
Southbourne 113 Norfolk A 48
Southbourne had a splendid home win against Norfolk in division one of the West Sussex League. Southbourne won on three rinks and narrowly lost on one on the last end. Southbourne won by 65 shots to earn eight points and are third in the league.
Scores: John Scorey, Dave Alner, John Hardy & Robin Armstrong (s) won 36-8; Malcolm Keane, Pete Garrard, Dave Fewell & Mark Soper (s) won 32-8; Dave Walter, Alan Williams, Andy Smith & Paul Butler (s) won 26-12; Pete Jasinski, Dave Young, Jim Jennings & Antony Bull (s) lost 20-19.
Graffham 39 Southbourne 48
Southbourne played an enjoyable mixed triples friendly at Graffham. Southbourne won on two rinks, lost on one rink and won overall by nine shots.
Scores: Mary Thornton, Colin Bulbeck & Alan Shelley (s) won 18-12; John Staker, Irene Jennings & Dave Young (s) won 17-11; Eileen Keane, John Scorey & Jim Jennings (s) lost 16-13.
Southbourne 96 Bognor A 73
Southbourne had a good home win against Bognor A in West Sussex division one. Southbourne won on two rinks, lost on two rinks and won overall by 23 shots to earn six points.
Scores: Richard Galloway, Fred Brimecome, Malcolm Ayres & Antony Bull (s) won 32-12; Malcolm Keane, Pete Garrard, Dave Fewell & Mark Soper (s) won 31-18; Dave Walter, Alan Williams, Andy Smith & Paul Butler (s) lost 24-21; Pete Jasinski, Dave Alner, John Hardy & Robin Armstrong (s) lost 19-12.
BOGNOR
Congratulations to Bognor, who played the host club on a lovely sunny afternoon at Midhurst BC in the Midhurst Cup final.
The result was very close with Bognor winning on three rinks for a 74-66 win.
The game was well supported by members from both teams and followed by tea.
Scores: Gerry Stevens, Janet Whitfield, Margaret Phillips beat Howard Seymour, Catherin Dixon & Margaret Sole 24-21; Ned Waddock, Christine Preston, Steve Soames beat Jack Lee, Paul Chuter & Gerald Dixon 15-11; Rod Lincoln, Penny Jones, John Edwards lost 19-12 to Malcolm Hutchings, Phil Wells & Dave King; Jane Colebrook-Taylor, David Parker, Arthur Richardson beat Phil Kingswell, R Ralph & Stuart Largan 22-16.
Bognor Men’s A team visited Worthing Pavilion C in the West Sussex division one. They won on two rinks but lost 79-65, scoring two points.
Scores: Keith Hellyer, Norman Burchfell, John Blacow and John Edwards won 20-14; Bob Daley, John Christensen, Arthur Richardson and Steve Soames lost 19-18; David Jackson, Ned Waddock, Derek Ford and Ron Gardner lost 26-16; David Parker, Keith Taylor, Gerry Stevens and Tommy Gaskin lost 20-11.
Bognor A visited Chichester A. They won on one rink but lost 101-57 and scored two points.
Scores: Keith Hellyer, Trevor Moore, Tony Arnold and Steve Soames lost 24-12; John Christensen, Norman Burchfell, Keith Graham and Bob Daley lost 40-11; David Jackson, Ned Waddock, Derek Ford and Ron Gardner lost 20-11; David Parker, Keith Taylor, Gerry Stevens and Tommy Gaskin won 23-17.
Bognor played Goring Manor in a mixed friendly. Bognor won on two rinks and by 70-68.
Scores: Ray Philpott, Paul Lichfield, John Parry and Margaret Phillips won 20-14; Lyn Carthew, Simon Webster, Penny Jones and John Whitfield won 16-13; Bryan Harvey, Pauline White/Chris Cummings, Christine Dunham and Janet Whitfield lost 24-20; Jane/Jonathan Colebrook-Taylor, Edna Keywood, Anne Parry and Geoff Cook lost 17-14.
In the C&M league division one, Bognor ladies, who had previously only lost one game, played Chichester. It was a close contest and Bognor won on one rink but lost 33-27, scoring two points.
Scores: Hannah Down, Christine Preston, Anne Parry and Jean Spiers lost 19-11; Jean Taylor, Penny Jones, Barbara Reardon and Margaret Phillips won 16-14.
In the West Sussex League division three, Bognor Men’s B team lost their unbeaten record in a game against Maltravers. They lost on three rinks and drew on one, going down 91-61 and scoring one point.
Scores: George Dunham, Phil Hasler, John Blacow and John Edwards lost 21-15; Geoff Cook, Geoff Kendall, Dave Matkins and Len Hall lost 23-12; Rod Lincoln, Barry Fitch, Pat Philips and John Whitfield lost 27-14; Alan Lewis, Norman Burchfell, Keith Graham and Mike Philpot drew 20-20.
In their next game against East Preston B, Bognor B were back to their winning form. They won on two rinks and overall by 84-73, securing six points.
Scores: Nick Hatfield, Norman Burchfell, Keith Graham and Len Hall lost 21-18; Rod Lincoln, Ray Philpott, Paul Lichfield and John Whitfield won 24-16; George Dunham, Phil Hasler, Pat Phillips and John Edwards won 26-17; Alan Lewis, Geoff Kendall, Alan Hall and Dave Matkins lost 19-16.
In the West Sussex League division one, Bognor A played at Southbourne. They won on two rinks but lost 96-73, scoring four points.
Scores: Bob Daley, John Christensen, John Edwards and Arthur Richardson lost 31-18; Keith Hellyer, Steve Soames, Trevor Moore and Tony Arnold won 24-21; David Jackson, Ned Waddock, Derek Ford and Ron Gardner won 19-12; Paul Lichfield, Keith Taylor, Gerry Stevens and Tommy Gaskin lost 32-12.
PAGHAM
A four-rink men’s league game versus Norfolk resulted in a 96-71 defeat and just two points.
Scores: T Wells, J Burke, M Adams, T Tack lost 38-6; P Burrell, B Sales, R Hilder, P Mayoss won 32-11; R Pearson, B Smith, D Vaughan, M English lost 15-12; N Terry, J Fox, J Cowley, G Cutts lost 25-18.
Two ladies’ rinks beat Arundel 58-21 in the C&M League, taking six points.
Scores: A Calvert, E Shine, S Stocker, G Conley won 30-3; I Brooker, Joan Wells, J Taffurelli, C Mayoss won 28-18; (friendly): J Cowley, A Burrell, E Terry, A Ross won 23-16.
Pagham’s men won 57-48 in the Holbrook Cup and go through to the third round.
Scores: I Brooker, S Stocker, T Tack drew 16-16; R Pearson, G Conley, M English won 21-15; A Burrell, C Mayoss, P Mayoss won 20-17.
Four men’s rinks played Arundel in a friendly and won 74-58.
Scores: B Calvert, R Bonnick, R Hilder, P Mayoss won 23-14; N Terry, P Burrell, J Cowley, M English won 25-10; D Westcott, K Robini, M Adams, T Tack won 17-13; D March, J Stocker, D Spink, G Cutts lost 21-9.
In the C&M League, Pagham ladies lost 62-25 to Chichester.
Scores; I Brooker, J Cowley, J Taffurelli, C Mayoss lost 27-15; S Reed, E Shine, S Stocker, G Conley lost 35-10.
Three Pagham triples faced Fittleworth in a friendly and won 56-38.
Scores: D Westcott, K Robini, J Wells lost 16-14; A Burrell, P Quilter, T Wells won 21-14; D Spink, P Burrell, A Ross won 21-8.
Two rinks won their latest C&M Ladies’ League game 48-25 to claim four points.
Scores: I Brooker, A Ross, J Taffurelli, C Mayoss won 33-2; A Calvert, J Cowley, M Donaldson, S Stocker lost 22-15.
In a friendly against West Dean, three friendly mixed triples gained a 53-43 win.
Scores: I Brooker, D Westcott, J Newell won 22-15; J Cutts, D Spink, A Ross won 17-15; S Burrell, E Terry, P Burrell won 14-13.
In a men’s league clash with Crablands, Pagham lost 86-67 but took four points.
Scores: T Plows, P Burrell, R Hilder, P Mayoss won 21-19; P Langridge, J Fox, L Smith, D Adams lost 22-12; N Terry, K Robini, M Adams, T Tack lost 35-10; R Pearson, B Smith, D Vaughan, M English won 24-20.
ARUN INDOORS
Arun played a friendly at Grattons IBC in Crawley, losing 122-90.
Scores: M Hunt, M Cruise, L Saunders, S Judd lost 23-19; P Griffiths, K Burnard, R Weidenheoft, R Osment lost 20-10; J Simmons, M Winter, K Cruise, C Gilham lost 21-16; T Gibney, E Cooke, L Hathaway, M Richards lost 17-14; N Griffiths, G King, E Lawrence, A Hunt won 17-14; J Watson, B Williams, S Simmonds, A Fisk lost 27-14.
Arun IBC played a friendly at Worthing IBC and lost 114-73.
Scores: J Simmons, G Debenham, L Saunders, A Fisk drew 21-21; V Greenaway, M Cruise, N Hatfield, R Osment won 18-14; D Green, E Cooke, G King, M Richards lost 17-14; D Champion, T Gibney, M Hunt, E Lawrence lost 28-5; K Burnard, M Winter, A Stewart, C Gilham lost 35-15.
MIDDLETON
After the hard work over the past year of the green-staff of both Middleton Sports Club and the bowls section, and the resulting improvement in the condition of the green, Middleton Bowls Club had the honour of hosting a county bowls match for the very first time.
Middleton men’s captain Peter Lush welcomed 48 top bowlers, some of whom had travelled from as far afield as Bournemouth in the west to Hastings in the east, to represent Sussex and Hampshire.
When the two teams met last year, Hampshire ran out winners. This time, watched by a good crowd and after some thrilling matches, Sussex ran out winners by four matches to two.
MIDHURST
Rowledge 53 (3pts) Midhurst 43 (1pt)
In their penultimate Three Counties League game at Rowledge, Midhurst lost overall by ten shots.
Scores: Howard Seymour, Malcolm Hutchings & Terry Berry lost 22-12; Catherine Dixon, Margaret Sole & Dave King drew 18-18; Stuart Largan, Paul Chuter & Gerald Dixon drew 13-13.
Midhurst 64 (4.5pts) Milford 43 (0.5pt)
In their last Three Counties League match of the season Midhurst enjoyed a resounding win against Milford, the division-one champions, by 21 shots. Midhurst enjoyed a creditable third place for their first season in the division.
Scores: Catherine Dixon, Margaret Sole & Dave King won 25-17; Delphine Clark, Jack Lee & Gerald Dixon won 27-14; Bob Butterfield, Stuart Largan & Paul Chuter drew 12-12.
Midhurst 48 Haslemere 46
In a friendly against local rivals Haslemere, Midhurst won overall by two shots.
Scores: Jack Jurado, Margerie Hayward & Phil Kingswell lost 21-14; Michael, Ann Chuter & Paul Chuter won 19-10; Stella Tait, John Allen & Terry Berry tied 15-15.
PETWORTH
Petworth Bowls Club have had a busy few days, with three league matches (including an 8-2 defeat of East Preston) and an enjoyable friendly of five triples against the West Sussex Tourists.
Scores: v West Sussex Tourists: Ron Elliott, Stan Enticknap and Mick Monk lost 16-12; Selwyn Hall, Les Martin and Jim Palmer lost 16-15; Carol Hall, Barry Stanton and Mick Booth drew 12-12; Jean Brown, Richard Roberts and Mark Lancaster drew 18-18; Brian Tee, Roger Lucking and Bill Bryder lost 20-11.
v Norfolk: Ron Elliott, Stan Enticknap and Jim Palmer lost 31-13; Kevin Mitchell, Geoff Harris and Mick Booth lost 23-15; Peter Miles, Bill Bryder, Richard Stevens and Alan Potter lost 21-11; Selwyn Hall, Nigel Flynn, Mike Berry and Mick Monk won 28-19.
v Maltravers: Selwyn Hall, Stan Enticknap and Jim Palmer lost 15-30; Kevin Mitchell, Barry Stanton and Mick Monk lost 17-25; Peter Miles, Bill Bryant and Mick Booth lost 16-18; Brian Tee, Nigel Flynn, Geoff Harris and Alan Potter won 18-14.
v East Preston: Ron Elliott, Stan Enticknap, Nigel Flynn and Richard Stevens lost 21-14; Kevin Mitchell, Les Martin, Bob Turner and Mick Booth won 18-16; Selwyn Hall, Barry Stanton, Bill Bryder and Alan Potter won 42-5; Brian Tee, Geoff Harris, Russell Stallibrass and Mick Monk won 34-10.
FITTLEWORTH
Fittleworth 40 Arundel 59
Scores: Brian Woolcott, Pauline Gilpin, Bernard Adsett drew 15-15; Arthur Ellcome, Sue Judd, Gina Barnfield drew 16-16; Sylvia Woolcott, Mike Ryan, David Luxford lost 28-9.
Pagham 56 Fittleworth 38
Scores: Tessa Clegg, David Luxford, Bernard Adsett lost 21-14; Pauline Gilpin, Mike Ryan, Gina Barnfield lost 21-8; Jane Adsett, Marc Wood, Sue Judd won 16-14.
After a close contest the winners of the Pairs Cup were Arthur Ellcome and Tony Broughton – on a countback on shot difference.
Runners-up were Jane Adsett and Gina Barnfield and third were Sylvia Woolcott and David Luxford, also on count-back.
Fittleworth 53 West Dean 46.
Scores: Pauline Gilpin, Tessa Clegg, David Luxford won 24-10; Jane Adsett, Colin Long, Bernard Adsett drew 13-13; Sue Judd, Mike Ryan, Gina Barnfield lost 23-16.
GRAFFHAM
Graffham 65 Petersfield 30
A hard-fought friendly resulted in Graffham winning on all three rinks.
Scores: B Bayly, M Chenery, B Petter won 18-13, L Pegram,W.Folkes,P Chenery won 24-6, D Petter, G Kingsmill, K Pegrum won 23-11
Graffham’s annual Janet Hurst Cup competition was won by W Folkes and V O’Hara, with B Bayly and M Chenery runners-up.
Graffham had a busy week with mixed results
Graffham 52 Rogate 45
Scores: D Petter,V O’Hara,B Petter won 20-12, J Saunders, M Chenery, K Pegrum won 14-10, L Pegrum, W Foulkes, P Chenery lost 23-18.
Graffham 38 Southbourne 48
Scores: B Bayly, D Petter, B Petter lost 11-17, V O’Hara, W Foulkes, P Chenery lost 12-18, J Saunders, M Chenery, K Pegrum lost 15-13.
Graffham 37 Arundel 64
Scores: D Petter, M Chenery, K Pegrum lost 25-21, L Pegrum, G Allen, B Petter lost 20-7, S Allen,W Foulkes, P Chenery lost 19-9.
Graffham 43 Frensham 48
Scores: J Saunders, M Chenery, K Pegrum lost 25-5, B Bayly,V O’Hara, B Petter won 23-7, L Pegrum, D Petter, P Chenery lost 16-15.
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A stand-off between police and an armed man in Pagham is now over.
After 40 hours outside a house in Harbour Road, the incident has been ‘peacefully/safely resolved’, according to DCC Bernie O’Reilly on Twitter.
Officers were initially dispatched to Harbour Road at 4.30pm Sunday afternoon after reports that the 72-year-old man had a gun and was using threatening behaviour at a house on the road.
A woman who was known to him was in the property as well and was believed to have been taken hostage. She left the home later that night though, and is now safe and well.
The are no reports of any injuries.
Before the siege ended, Detective Superintendent Carwyn Hughes said: “The safety of local residents is our priority and we are doing all we can to make sure their daily routines and Bank Holiday plans are not disrupted. People living in properties along Harbour Road are free to come and go with police support.”
Going into the second night, Chief Superintendent Neil Honnor said: “I appreciate this must be a little disconcerting and frustrating for local residents having a continued large police presence outside their homes.
“The safety of the local community is paramount and we are doing all we can to resolve this ongoing incident in a controlled way.”
Residents were told to stay in their homes while armed officers carried out on the operation.

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A boy has been taken to hospital after being stabbed, and police are appealing for witnesses.
Sussex Police said officers are investigating the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Kings Road, Brighton this morning.
Emergency services were called at around 2.10am and after treatment by paramedics the victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Two men were arrested by police officers nearby; one by Pavilion Gardens, the other near Jubilee Street.
An 18-year-old man from Brighton was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and currently remains in police custody.
A 28-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. He also remains in custody at this time, police added.
Detective Constable Rowan Carter said: “We would very much like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time and who saw something suspicious.
“It was a fast moving investigation at the scene and so even if you spoke to officers in the early hours, we’d still like you to get in touch to ensure we have all of your information that could help.
“Witnesses can email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting reference 188 of 27/08.”
Alternatively, witnesses can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or go to crimestoppers-uk.org.
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Worthing Football Club joint boss Gary Elphick believes tomorrow’s Ryman League Premier Division clash at Bognor (3pm) will be a ‘massive occasion’.
Elphick’s side head into the encounter with rivals Rocks fresh from their first league defeat at home to Grays Athletic yesterday but he sees this as a perfect opportunity to bounce back.
He said: “It’s going to be a fantastic occasion to try and restore a bit of faith from the fans and get some belief back in the changing room.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to perform well against a strong Bognor side.
“It will be a classic derby game, fingers crossed we can show a bit more application than in our last game.”
Worthing will be without injured defensive duo Will Hendon and Corey Heath, while Steve Metcalf is once again available after serving a one-game suspension.
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It’s a huge week at Nyetimber Lane as SCFL premier-division side Pagham prepare to welcome Ryman premier outfit Dulwich Hamlet in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup.
Mark Bennett’s Lions have already come through two rounds of the famous competition, beating Littlehampton and then Canterbury City, to set up the mouthwatering and potentially money-spinning tie this Saturday.
A big crowd is expected at the Lane to see how Pagham get on against a team who are more used to visiting Nyewood Lane, Bognor, when they come to this part of the world.
Dulwich are old rivals of the Rocks and have played them in three play-off games in the past five year, as well as in some classic league encounters.
Pagham reached this stage by beating Canterbury 2-1 in extra-time in a replay at Nyetimber Lane, Josh Irish’s strike giving the Lions the win.
Knowing the reward was such a prestigious FA Cup tie, Bennett’s men started where they left off in the first tie in Kent, where Scott Murfin’s equaliser gained the Lions a replay.
With 118 minutes on the clock, Irish was involved in a goalmouth scramble, came off best and smacked home a deserved winner.
The visitors were under pressure from the off, Ben Mepham testing Daren Hawkes in City’s goal. Pagham skipper Shay Wiggans could have opeened the scoring, only for Hawkes to again save the day.
This seemed to spur the visitors on, and they opened the scoring themselves as Sam Conlon capitalised on a defensive error to strike past James Binfield.
It could have been two on 14 minutes, only for Ryan Philpott’s shot go wildly awry. Canterbury skipper Dan Lawrence tested Binfield form range, but the Lions were finding their teeth.
Mepham was unlucky to be caught offside before going close on the half-hour. In on goal, the Pagham youngster’s header agonisingly rebounded off the post.
Neil Murfin was a massive influence for the Lions, robust challenges keeping the play with the home side. A clash of heads on 39 minutes saw Ryan Morey floored. The pacy winger was able to continue.
As the first half raced to a close, City could have gone further ahead with Dan Lawrence shooting wide and then a defensive mix-up allowing the visitors to hit the bar on the stroke of half time.
City started the second half positively, Dave Pilcher’s run latching on to Philpott’s cross only for the ball to be cleared for a corner. At the other end, Mepham was again close for the Lions, but the ball to be scrambled out for a goal-kick.
On 55 minutes, Mepham’s efforts were rewarded, a tremendous run ending with an equally-superb shot past the stranded Hawkes.
This reawakened the Lions’ roar, with Liam Humphreys and Scott Murfin both going near to scoring.
Rob Lawrence tried his luck for Canterbury at the other end, but it went well wide.
Chances were coming thick and fast as both sides looked to avoid defeat. With less than ten minutes of normal time remaining City sub Henry Dasofunto dribbled towards goal, only for Binfield to again keep the Lions in the game.
A booking for Dan Lawrence and a near miss for Liam Humphreys ended normal time.
Extra time began with Gary Mickleborough through for City, the ball being hacked away by Pagham’s back four.
Jordan Clark left the field on 102 minutes, with Irish coming on.
The visitors were still keeping Binfield busy as he pulled off save after save to rescue the Lions.
With the game all square after the first period of extra time, many were wondering if penalties would be needed.
Pagham upped the ante, and kept on pressing their opponents into their own half, with the thought of that Dulwich Hamlet tie spurring them on.
With 118 minutes on the clock, Irish was involved in a goalmouth scramble, came off best and smacked home a deserved winner. This seemed to knock the stuffing out of the visitors, as their discipline went, with a double booking adding to their woes.
James Thurgar almost made it 3-1 in the dying seconds, his shot forcing Hakwes to punch the ball away.
Pagham: Binfield, Wiggans, Van Driel, N Murfin, Humphreys, Clark (Irish 108), Kempson (Bingham 96), Mepham (Thurgar 80), S Murfin, Morey; Brown, Ward.
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Adrian Cox, one of the UK's leading reed players, is the latest guest at Steyning Jazz Club on Friday, September 2.
Adrian founded the Adrian Cox Quartet in 2012 acquiring a dedicated and enthusiastic following, playing their energetic mix of traditional jazz and swing from the 30s onwards, in the styles of Benny Goodman to Ben Webster via Ed Hall to Jonny Hodges.
Club spokesman Colin Jilks said: “Adrian has toured and recorded with T J Johnson, Paloma Faith and Bad Manners. He has hand-picked the very best from the UK's leading jazz musicians, to form his quartet: Nils Solberg guitar, who has played from The Kremlin to The Royal Albert Hall, George Trebar double bass and a leading player on the gypsy jazz scene, and Mez Clough drums, a London-based player for the main jazz venues in the UK.
“Since Adrian's last appearance at the club, there have been passionate and growing calls for his return, a return which promises to deliver a spectacular evening of the finest music, all tantalisingly wrapped in Adrian's irresistible playing style, with its syncopated fluidity and lilting cadences.”
Colin added: “This September meeting opens our new season and is membership renewal evening, so join us in a glass of fine wine and renew your membership for the coming year: annual membership is £10.”
Steyning Jazz Club meets at The Steyning Centre, Fletcher’s Croft, 8.30pm. Doors open 7.30pm. Information from Denis Cummings on 01903 814017.


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A man from Hove who bombarded Sussex Police’s contact centre with 3,000 emails in just six hours has been handed a suspended sentence.
The incident, which happened in October 2014, meant the police’s contact centre was ‘significantly impaired’ for six hours.
A police statement says that Kyoji Mochizuki, 28, of Mansfield Road, Hove, appeared for sentencing at Lewes Crown Court on Friday (August 19) after pleading guilty at Hove Crown Court in July to four counts of unauthorised acts with intent to impair the operation of or prevent/hinder access to a computer, contrary to Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
He was given a ten-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.
The statements adds that the court heard how on October 26, 2014, Mochizuki – also known as Tariq Elmughrabi and Taz Rider – sent around 3,000 emails from various domains to the Sussex Police contact centre at 9.25am.
It was to tie up the force’s email system for more than six hours.
During this time Sussex Police said its contact centre and the non-urgent reporting mechanism for the public was hindered.
It took staff a further 11 hours to restore the email inbox to full operation order.
Earlier that year, in February, an email was received from a sender purporting to be from a man working for a company called Uberex, threatening to attack Sussex Police services in revenge for the force seizing electronic property belonging to Mochizuki in connection with another case, for which he was on bail.
Police said Mochizuki was identified as being a director of that company.
On Monday, November 10, at 5.45am, more emails started to arrive in the public contact centre from a ‘hackerforhire’ domain with the subject line ‘Contact UBX Technology’, in what police called ‘a deliberate attempt to flood the system’.
The statement adds that on November 20, the Surrey and Sussex Cyber Crime Unit raided Mochizuki’s home address and seized a number of items including a computer, a CCTV system that covered all rooms in his house, the entrance and the exterior.
When interviewed he claimed to have carried out work for the FBI and the NCA (National Crime Agency).
He stated that he worked for a company called Uberex as an ethical hacker and with the people whose names were used on the attacking emails.
However, he was unable to put police in contact with them.
Detective Constable Paul Constable from the Surrey and Sussex Cyber Crime Unit said: “In addition to Sussex Police, Mochizuki launched an attack on Brighton and Hove City Council’s email system after he had been summonsed for failing to pay his tax. Their system effectively captured the 2,000 emails aimed at the council tax email inbox.
“An Essex-based insurance company insured a company called Xerosec, which made a claim in 2013 for £36.576.11 due to their computer system overheating after a hacker attack. They paid a sum of £10,000 in settlement to Kyoji Mochizuki of Mansfield Drive, Hove. The following year, the company claimed for equipment damaged in a power surge. The insurer asked to examine the equipment, but was told that was not possible and then received correspondence from the managing director of Xerosec complaining about their incompetence.
“The insurer sent a representative to visit the company where he met with a relative of the accused who stated she had no knowledge of the claim and had been appointed as MD without being consulted. The claim was subsequently refused and on November 6 three of the insurer’s email addresses, including that of the person dealing with the claim, were subject to a denial of service attack.”
Detective Inspector Andrew Haslam, also from the Cyber Crime Unit said: “The scale of Mochizuki’s activities and deceit is breath-taking. Behind each of the events mentioned in court lie a complex web of aliases, email addresses, false employees and considerable technological skill, sadly put to criminal use.
“His attacks on Sussex Police cost nearly £4000 in specialist time to resolve, but of far worse consequence was the significant amount of time lost by contact centre staff that should have been devoted to non-emergency callers and others making contact through email.
“However, I would stress that our 999 emergency operation was not affected by his attacks, nor our operational response effectiveness. The security of the emails from the public was not compromised in any way and there was no impact on any other force IT, email address, web or telephony systems.
“Since the attack, a significant amount of work has taken place to improve the resilience and security of all our IT systems, including emails.” Mochizuki, who had been remanded in custody since breaching bail conditions in June last year, was released upon sentencing.

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Chichester Racquets & Fitness Club staged their annual closed senior and junior tennis championships.
The tournament ran over five weeks and on finals day, the sun broke through.
Katica Robertson, playing in the first of her three finals, faced Amy Wright and won 6-2, 6-1 – a record 12th time she has won the ladies’ singles championship. The first was in 1990.
Mini-orange (nine and under) members played their tournament on the KidsZone courts. Fred Whitby retained his title with Alexander Renney taking silver and Diego Savage-Melendez bronze.
The ten-and-under mixed singles green event saw third place and the bronze medal go to Ross Wilson, with Joseph Robinson taking silver and Whitby the winner.
The 12 and under boys’ title decider, played on the clay courts in front of a packed balcony, was won by Thomas Bisatt against James Pollard.
The two girls’ events were won by Kitty Whitby.
The first senior titles contested were the men’s singles plate and ladies’ singles plate, with James Youell and Catherine Hutchin winning them.
The men’s singles attracted a high number of entries as Sam Kilhams (No1 seed) tried to defend his title and equal the record number of eight titles.
The final brought together Kilhams and No2 seed Peter Cook, both of whom are Chichester Tennis Academy coaches.
Kilhams was resolute in his aim to retain his crown and equal Chris Nicholls’ record of eight club singles titles. He displayed talent, strength and determination to dominate and win in two sets.
Katica Robertson, playing in the first of her three finals, faced Amy Wright and won 6-2, 6-1 – a record 12th time she has won the ladies’ singles championship. The first was in 1990.
Mat Worden and Kilhams played the men’s doubles final against the experienced No2 seeds Justin Pollard and Chris Nicholls, who last won the event in 2011 and won their first of 15 in 1992.
Worden and Kilhams first won the title in 2012 and the defending champions quickly took control. Despite a gallant effort by Pollard and Nicholls, the younger pair proved too good and Worden and Kilhams took the title in straight sets.
Robertson and Amy Wright returned to the clay courts for the ladies’ doubles. Robertson partnered Sue Foott and Ileana Melendez-Ruiz paired up with Wright.
No1 seeds Foott and Robertson stormed to a 6-0 win in the first set. Melendez-Ruiz and Wright took two games in the second but eventually were overpowered in straight sets.
The final match was the mixed doubles between two very proficient doubles teams – No1 seeds Mat and Molly Worden and No2 seeds Justin Pollard and Katica Robertson.
Pollard and Robertson took the first set 6-3 in 35 minutes and confidently forged a 5-1 lead in the second. The match, however, suddenly took a dramatic turn and the young pair won the next six games to snatch the set 7-5.
It was decided with a championship tie-break which the Wordens won 10-2 for their first championship title.
Other results: Ladies’ doubles plate - Jill Street & Debbie Draper beat Amanda Boyce & Sara Smyth; Mixed Doubles Plate - Penny Winterflood & Tig Carvalho beat Janet Briggs & Tim Bradford; Men’s Doubles Plate - Nigel Marks & Mark Chapman beat Mike Bac & Rory Cavanagh; Boys’ 14 &U - Noah Burton beat David Bisatt.
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Sussex captain Luke Wright praised his bowlers for sparking the Glamorgan collapse that set up a county championship win that has kept alive their promotion hopes.
After bowling out the hosts on the final day at Sophia Gardens for 263, Wright’s men were left needing 233 for their second championship win of the campaign - and after a few scares, they got there with two wickets to spare.
Wright said: “The pitch was a little damp, it was tough to bat on and rather that set up a game with Glamorgan we wanted to try to bowl them out.
“Chasing 233 was always going to be difficult, but credit to Ben Brown and Danny Briggs wo set up the win with that 55-run stand.”
Sussex are 43 points behind leaders Essex with a game in hand in the race for division two’s sole promotion spot and Wright added; “We have big games left against Kent and Essex, and I am glad we won as we still have an outside chance of promotion, even if it is a slim one.”
The partnership of 55 in nine overs for the eighth wicket between Brown and Briggs set up Sussex’s triumph.
We have big games left against Kent and Essex, and I am glad we won as we still have an outside chance of promotion, even if it is a slim one. Luke Wright
Although Briggs was out for an aggressive 36, Brown and George Garton guided Sussex home with 20 balls remaining.
At one stage they had been reduced to 156 for seven, with Timm Van Der Gugten taking 5-73, his third five wicket haul of the season, but the eighth-wicket pair’s partnership was a vital one for the visitors.
Glamorgan had resumed on 149 for 2, but soon lost their overnight batsmen Will Bragg and David Lloyd, who had put on 77 for the third wicket.
Despite an attractive innings of 59 from 64 balls from Aneurin Donald, Glamorgan then lost their way as the last five wickets fell for just 17 runs.
Donald was caught behind off Garton, who then dismissed Mark Wallace with his next ball. Graham Wagg struck Briggs into the River Taff, but attempted a shot two overs later and mistimed and was caught at mid-off.
The reckless approach continued, and instead of setting Sussex a challenging target, they were left to chase 233 in 62 overs.
Van Der Gugten gave Glamorgan the perfect start when he trapped Ed Joyce leg before with the first ball of the innings, but Chis Nash and Luke Wells were seldom in trouble adding 86 for the second wicket before Wells was lbw to Owen Morgan’s left arm spin for 33.
At tea, Sussex were comfortably placed on 92 for 2, before Wagg dismissed Nash for 64 following his 132 in the first innings. Sussex then lost three wickets for 12 runs, as Van der Gugten, who had changed ends and after dismissing Christian Davis leg before, bowled David Wiese and Luke Wright.
When Briggs joined Brown, after Jofra Archer’s dismissal, Sussex required another 77, but Briggs, who has played some useful innings recently, was soon into his stride, striking boundaries on both sides of the wicket. He eventually holed out to mid-on but Brown was there at the end on 42 out.
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West Sussex provides the second best area in England and Wales for quality of life for pensioners a new report claims.
The Quality of Retirement Index from Prudential assessed counties against seven criteria to indicate the extent to which people could enjoy a happy and comfortable retirement. These were: access to healthcare, crime levels, pensioner incomes, the weather, life expectancy, how many pensioners already lived in a particular area and how many were moving into the county. The counties were then given a score and ranked.
Prudential used data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) among other sources to make its findings. Dorset topped the table but West Sussex and Herefordshire came joint second, with Devon in fourth position and the Isle of Wight and East Sussex ranked joint fifth. Prudential said Dorset topped the rankings for quality of retirement owing to its “all-round appeal”. The research also found pensioners in Surrey, ranked at number 10, received the highest average annual retirement income, at £21,200. The full table is:
1. Dorset =2. Herefordshire =2. West Sussex 4. Devon =5. Isle of Wight =5. East Sussex 7. Rutland 8. Dyfed 9. Norfolk 10. Surrey

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Arundel Cathedral once again was the imposing venue for the 30th Annual Festival Organ Recital
Organised by the “Plumley Collection”, founded by the redoubtable Nick and Sarah Plumley, this year’s recital featured ace-organist Neil Wright from Farnborough Abbey, exchanging the Abbey’s Parisian Cavaillé-Coll instrument for the restored 1873 Hill organ of the Cathedral.
Neil specializes in French organ works by 19/20 century composers such as Theodore Dubois, Cesar Franck, Jean Langlais and Maurice Durufle. The only two exceptions today were the immortal J.S.Bach and Wright himself, who today gave the 1st performance (and possibly his last) of his own Improvisation on a hymn tune handed to him by Nick only seconds away from the performance!
Organists are expected to improvise at the beginning and end of Sunday services, and it takes considerable talent, ingenuity and daring to create a substantial piece using a given theme. Wright studied both improvisation and composition with some of the world’s finest teachers, winning prizes and performing in many countries across Europe
The organ is known as the King of Instruments, producing a plethora of magical sounds and effects in the capable hands (and feet) of the right performer. Today we were transported into the ether in “Fiat Lux” (Let there be light), the triumphs of “Pièce Heroique” and the glory of “Te Deum” (Praise be to God), as well as the spell-binding celestial sounds of “Pièce Modal de Re” and “Prelude and Fugue sur le nom d’Alain” Even the great J S Bach’s contribution sported a French title “Pièce d’Orgue”
Wright also studied piano, harpsichord and clavichord, and in addition worked as a choral director, organist and singer in the United States, founding and directing Lauda early music ensemble. But it was as a virtuoso organist that Wright earned the appreciation of today’s audience.
Marilyn Hurdwell
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The investigation into the suspected murder of a 19-year-old is still underway, police have said.
As previously reported, a 27-year-old man from Portslade was arrested in Burgess Hill yesterday on suspicion of murder after the woman’s body was found in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak.
The scene of the suspected murder at a property in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
The house is still a crime scene as forensic teams continue their work, Sussex Police has said.
The murder has also been reported to the independent body which deals with police complaints. Click here for the full story.
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This substantial family home is situated on a very good size plot close to the beach and within a quiet cul-de-sac in Pagham.
The property, in Channel View, is in good decorative order and enjoys sea views from most front elevation rooms.
The accommodation comprises a welcoming, warm and spacious entrance hallway, dual-aspect sitting/dining room with casement doors to the rear garden, sun room with doors to the front garden, family room with feature bay window, kitchen and cloakroom/WC.
From the hallway, stairs lead to the first floor with a spacious landing, three bedrooms with sea views, large master en-suite bathroom and a family bathroom with separate shower cubicle.
From the landing, there are stairs to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms, both with sea views.
Outside, the property is complemented with well-kept and established rear garden measuring approximately 100ft in length.
The front garden is laid to lawn with driveway to the side providing off-road parking for approximately eight vehicles and leading to a double garage in tandem, which is accessed via an electric up and over door.
A viewing is thoroughly recommended to appreciate the location, and generous accommodation on offer, together with the beautiful rear garden.
Guide Price £650,000 Freehold.
For more information, or to arrange a viewing, contact Henry Adams, 25 High Street, Bognor Regis. Telephone 01243 842123.


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Scottish alt blues singer Dave Arcari follows up the release of his latest EP Hellbound Train with a live show at Brighton’s Komedia on Thursday, September 22.
Released on Buzz Records, the EP features three new tracks from Dave plus a version of Son House’s classic Pearline.
Other than the release of McPherson’s Lament as a digital single to mark Burns’ Day earlier in the year, this is Arcari’s first release in three years – and pre-empts a full-length album Givers & Takers which is scheduled for release in early 2017.
“I’ve been working on a whole bunch of new songs for a while,” says Dave. “But despite plans to record and release them long before now, things have been so busy on the road there just hasn’t been time – not that I can complain about that!”
After his Brighton visit Arcari plays the Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale (Saturday, September 24) and Balmaha’s Braw Weekend festival (Saturday, October 1) on the shores of Loch Lomond before heading across the Atlantic for a five-week USA tour through October and into November.
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The Gel-Eze Midsummer 12-goal tournament came to its conclusion with Gardenvale facing BHC in the final.
Playing alongside Shane Finemore in his Gardenvale team were James Harper (six goals), England captain James Beim (seven goals) and Hugo Taylor (no goals).
Mo Sheikh’s BHC team featured Ralph Richardson (two goals) playing at No2, Dirkie Van Reenen (four goals) at three and six-goaler Jack Richardson at back.
Ralph Richardson scored the opening goal for BHC with Harper soon equalising. A spot penalty taken by Harper gave Gardenvale the lead and a goal from Taylor took them further to 3-1 by the end of the first chukka.
A splendid run all the way to the goal saw Jack Richardson score a super goal for BHC to narrow the gap, but Beim scored again to put Gardenvale 4-2 up at half-time.
A lively second half saw Taylor score his second of the match but a penalty enabled BHC’s Jack Richardson to send the ball straight through the posts from 40 yards and lessen the gap.
Another attempt at goal went wide but Van Reenen for BHC captured the ball from the hit-in and a lovely piece of play between him and Jaichardson saw another goal for Sheikh’s side.
Harper and Beim tried to shut down the BHC attack but Jack Richardson managed to break free and steal the ball, his pass to Ralph resulting in the goal which levelled it at 5-5.
The all-action fourth chukka saw Van Reenen working all over the field and deservedly scoring the goal which took BHC into the lead on 6-5.
Gardenvale won the ball from the throw-in, Taylor leaving the ball for Beim who raced towards the goal, but his shot was blocked by Jack Richardson.
The whistle signalled an undefended shot at goal which was taken by Beim and once more the scores were even. With the fourth chukka ending on 6-6, it went to extra-time.
The throw-in saw Harper come away with the ball, but, hassled by Van Reenan, it went out over the boards. When the ball was rolled in Ralph Richardson gave Van Reenan the chance to earn victory to Sheikh at 7-6.
The cup and prizes were presented by Stephen Biddlecombe of Equine Management Ltd, owners of Gel-Eze. The award for Best Playing Pony went to Sapphire owned and ridden by Jack Richardson.
Dirkie Van Reenan was named Most Valuable Player and was presented leather polo boots.
Meanwhile, the eight-goal Owen Kenny Brecknock Cup was entered by five teams with Maiz Dulce and The Import House making it through to the final.
With Peter Barfoot still hospitalised through injury, his team comprised Marcus Cork at No1, Matt Pits at two, Terence Lent at three and five-goaler Glenn Sherriff taking Barfoot’s usual position at back.
Justin MacRae’s Import House team comprised Tom Townsend (no goals) at two, George Meyrick (six goals) at three, Alan Kent (two goals) at back with the patron No1.
Maiz Dulce won the first throw-in and in less than 30 seconds Pitts lofted a massive shot through the posts for 1-0. A lovely steal from Kent by Sheriff saw the Maiz Dulce captain race away with the ball the whole length of the pitch to make it 2-0.
Sherriff’s next attempt at goal, from a 60-yard penalty, went wide and although there was plenty of action although there were no further goals in the chukka.
Good support by Lent in the second chukka enabled Sherriff to whizz the ball between the posts for Maiz Dulce’s third.
Chukka three started with a hit-in from the back line by Meyrick. Kent lost the ball to Sherriff who sent a lovely backhand to Pitts, the team being rewarded with their fourth goal.
Granted a spot hit, Meyrick sent forward a big shot towards the goal which Kent tapped the final few yards for The Import House’s first mark on the scoreboard.
It wasn’t long before a penalty was given against The Import House and Sherriff struck the ball from 30 yards straight between the posts for a lead of 5-1.
Meyrick and Kent worked hard to stop the seemingly unstoppable Maiz Dulce but the yellow shirts were awarded a safety and Sherriff lofted a huge shot through the posts for 6-1 to close chukka 3.
Young Lent won the throw-in which started chukka four but lost the ball to Townsend. Meyrick got his stick to it but was stopped by Sherriff.
Townsend intervened once more but suddenly Lent grabbed the ball and whizzed a brilliant under the neck shot through the posts for 7-1.
Meyrick won the ball from the throw-in and despite hassling from Lent managed to score goal number two for The Import House. Another attempt at goal by Meyrick failed but the action grew even hotter. The whistle blew against Maiz Dulce and The Import House were awarded a 5b.
Meyrick tapped the ball forward and then sent a big shot down the middle. Alan Kent was waiting and dribbled the ball around the opposition to pull another one back for The Import House.
The team simply didn’t give up and were rewarded when Townsend grabbed the ball from Sherriff to make his first goal. But time had run out for Justin MacRae’s side. Maiz Dulce had won the Owen Kenny Brecknock on a score of 7-4.
The cup and prizes were presented by Emily Allchurch and David Small of The Owen Kenny Partnership. They also presented the award for Best Playing Pony to Lola, owned and ridden by Meyrick.
In the subsidiary final of the Owen Kenny Brecknock Cup, GCN ran out the winners 9½-4 against Nipas.
To complete the 1921 Cup, abandoned when club chairman Barfoot was seriously injured in July, an extra chukka added on to the semi-finals of the Owen Kenny Brecknock Cup played between Sea Breeze and Maiz Dulce saw Ray and Wilf Fine’s Sea Breeze claim victory 5-4.
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New striker Thomas Byrne scored on his home debut and Dylan Barnett punished Staines with his first Bognor goal late on to give the Rocks their first win of the season as they defeated Staines 2-0.
Bognor’s first three-point haul lifted them up to 11th in the Ryman premier table as Johnson Hippolyte’s Staines suffered their second loss in the opening four games
The only change for the Rocks saw Sami El-Abd replace Gary Charman in central defence alongside Chad Field.
Kane Haysman sped through in the first minute for the visitors but struck wide of the post.
On four minutes, Barnett ran on to a pass and got a cross in. Byrne got a head on it and the ball only just bounced wide.
Field went to ground on nine minutes with what appeared to be a muscle strain and the phyiso was called into action, allowing both teams to have a brief drinks break. Field was replaced by Charman.
Byrne redeemed himself by scoring the opener on 30 minutes. A long ball over the defence saw him speed through and shoot low underneath Turner, who got something on it as it spun along the ground and into the net.
A long ball over the top allowed Jefferson Louis to get into the area. His low shot from an angle was deflected off the line by Ed Sanders.
El-Abd won a free-kick in a good position on the left. Ollie Pearce’s swerving kick saw El-Abd in the mix but goalkeeper Jack Turner got there first.
Max Worsfold’s free-kick following an El-Abd push found Daniel Brown but he skied his header on 21 minutes.
Bognor won a penalty on 27 minutes as Barnett’s cross ricocheted onto the hand of a defender in the area.
Up stepped Byrne, who struck it high, but the goalkeeper saved it. Byrne glanced a header wide from a corner by Pearce moments later.
Pearce slid a low shot wide soon after as Bognor tried to make their pressure count.
Byrne redeemed himself by scoring the opener on 30 minutes. A long ball over the defence saw him speed through and shoot low underneath Turner, who got something on it as it spun along the ground and into the net.
Then Barnett’s ball in from the left was only partially cleared by Darnell Smith as Doug Tuck slammed it on the volley over the bar.
Louis smashed a shot wide with Staines enjoying a lot of possession before half-time.
HT 1-0
Sanders’ long cross from the right was well stopped by Turner on 50 minutes.
De’Reece Vanderhyde’s long throw deep into the box had to be punched clear by Billy Granger and then Worsfold blasted a rising shot over the bar.
Barnett’s cross found Byrne on the back post and he knocked it just wide from close range. Then James Fraser went in the book after he appeared to have a difference of opinion with the referee.
Haysman’s strike brought out a fine save from Granger down to his left and Charman was there to slide in and clear at the crucial moment on 60 minutes.
Granger had to palm a corner away above the bodies in the box and repeated the trick soon after.
Bognor sprung on the counter-attack with Fraser, and he found Pearce on the right and his cross was cleared by the defence. Byrne went down after trying to win it but the claims for a penalty were ignored.
Pearce’s free-kick bounced awkwardly in the area with El-Abd lurking – but Staines were also a threat going forward.
The Rocks replaced Byrne with Jimmy Wild on 70 minutes.
Louis capitalised on a Granger spillage to shoot low and it was Charman, again the saviour, who cleared off the line.
Wild latched on to a Barnett knock-on following a right-sided cross by Pearce. Wild’s header forced a diving save by Turner, who turned the ball on to the post and out.
Tyrell Miller Rodney sent a header well wide on 79 minutes following a neat cross by Mohamed Bettamer.
A fast counter attack by Bognor saw Fraser combine with Barnett, who cut inside and blasted wide of the post.
Jimmy Muitt came on for his Rocks debut in place of the hard-working Fraser on 82 minutes.
Pearce’s right-sided corner found El-Abd on his own in the box but his header bounced over.
Pearce cut inside again on the right on 85 minutes and his cross was looking for Wild but he couldn’t quite get anything on it.
Jonathan Hippolyte’s instant strike from a cross was pushed away by Granger on 88 minutes in a nervy moment as Rocks failed to clear their lines.
Five minutes were added on as Bognor continued to battle. A good move down the right saw Muitt find Wild but somehow his attempt went wide from inside the box.
Bognor kept going to the end and scored again seven minutes into stoppage. A move on the right by Muitt found Wild and he squared to Barnett – and his run inside saw him smack the ball low into the net from the edge of the box.
The Rocks had secured a crucial three points and will hope for a similar result away to Billericay Town this Saturday (3pm kick-off). Next at Nyewood Lane are old foes Worthing next Monday (3pm).
Rocks: Granger, Sanders, Crane, Tuck, Field (Charman 10), El-Abd, Fraser (Muitt 82), Beck (c), Byrne (Wild 70), Pearce, Barnett. Unused subs: Budd, Wollers.
Report by Liam Goodley
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A union representing Sussex railway station ticket office staff will hold talks with Southern bosses over proposed cuts to opening hours.
Govia Thameslink Railway unveiled proposals earlier this year to introduce ‘station hosts’ selling tickets on the concourses, limiting ticket office opening hours to weekday peak times only at most of its stations in the county.
Station staff represented by the RMT union are already planning to strike on Wednesday September 7, while the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association are currently balloting its members on industrial action.
The RMT strike coincides with a separate 48-hour walkout planned to start at the same time over GTR’s plans to change the role of conductors on Southern services to on-board supervisors, with drivers operating train doors instead.
The TSSA is attending talks with GTR, hosted by conciliation service ACAS today (Wednesday August 31) in an attempt to head off the cuts.
The results of the TSSA’s strike ballot will be announced on Friday (September 2).
Yesterday Lorraine Ward, TSSA’s organising director, said: “Govia Thameslink’s management of Southern is running the service into the ground.
“It is clear to passengers and staff alike that to serve the public effectively and ensure a safe running of the service, Southern should not reduce current staffing levels.
“This is the largest and busiest franchise in the UK rail network and, up to now, the measures Govia are proposing will simply slash passenger and staff safety standards on this dangerously over-strained service.
“All unions have been resolute in standing firm in the face of this plan and we are now optimistic that Govia will be showing willing to abandon it at tomorrow’s talks.”
Responding to the RMT’s decision to strike over proposed cuts to ticket office opening times late last week, GTR explained that after talks with both unions it had decided to take the original proposals off the table.
Instead the rail operator would be conducting a six months pilot at eight stations using volunteer staff to test the new station host role.
Alex Foulds, GTR’s passenger services director, said: “These pilots would be manned by volunteers on a secondment basis and would allow concerns around personal safety and cash handling to be addressed. Staff would keep their jobs, get more money and many would work fewer hours.
“To call a strike over proposals that no longer exist is a stunning own goal by the RMT leadership.”
Under the original proposals ticket offices at Lancing and Falmer were due to close completely.
Stations at Angmering, Barnham, Bexhill, Bognor Regis, Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Hassocks, Horley, Horsham, Hove, Lewes, Littlehampton, Polegate, Portslade, Shoreham, and Worthing were also due to be affected by the cuts.
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None of the 119 services a day set to be restored to Southern train timetablse are in Sussex.
Govia Thameslink Railway brought in a revised weekday timetable in early July, which cancelled more than 300 services a day in response to staff shortages.
The rail operator has been locked in a bitter dispute with the RMT union for months over plans to change the role of conductors, with both sides blaming each other for the inadequate level of train crew available.
The new timetable saw most train services cancelled between Lewes and Seaford, with buses operating instead.
Southern announced today that 119 train services will be reinstated on Monday (September 5), but these will be in Surrey and in and out of London.
Charles Horton, GTR’s chief executive, said: “We know how difficult life has been for our passengers recently and we are sincerely sorry. Our aim has been to bring back as much of the timetable as quickly as we could and for several weeks we’ve had 5th September as our target to begin the reinstatement of trains.
“We’re pleased that we can restore a large chunk of our train timetable for our passengers on this date but we will not be satisfied until the full timetable is running, and running in a punctual way people can rely on.
“But with another RMT strike called for next week, passengers will be dismayed and angry, as we are, that the union has called yet further cynically-orchestrated action to try and scupper this improved service, and cause maximum disruption, damage and delay in the very week when many people go back to work and back to school after the summer break.”
“But we will not be thwarted in our determination to give passengers their trains back. In the face of an intransigent RMT leadership, we’re doing all we can to get our passengers back on track.
“The updated timetable will allow us to run a more comprehensive rush hour service with virtually a full peak service at London Bridge and 95% of peak train capacity at Victoria. We will continue to add services incrementally and we are aiming at restoring the full timetable in the coming weeks.
“However, while we’ll do all we can to restore the services, we are faced with an unparalleled wave of strikes, unjustified industrial disputes and abnormal levels of train crew sickness. We are also part of a live railway network which can result, however much we don’t want them, in unexpected incidents which do cause short notice cancellations and disruption. This is the start of the journey to restore the full timetable. It will take time to complete, but passengers can be assured it is now underway.”
The restored rail services are available in online journey planners.
Southern says that information on services during the RMT strike action on Wednesday and Thursday, 7 and 8 September will be announced in due course.
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Police negotiations with a man who is believed to have a gun continue this morning in Pagham.
According to police, emergency services were first called to Harbour Road at around 4.10pm on Sunday (28 August) to a report of threatening behaviour.
A woman known to the 72-year-old man was also in the house at the time, but she left shortly after police arrival and is safe and well.
There are reports of fire engines at the scene this morning, however this have not been confirmed by police or fire services.
The man, who is on his own and believed to have a gun, continues to communicate with trained police negotiators, police have confirmed.
A police spokesperson said: “We’re working to keep everyone safe and resolve the incident as quickly and safely as possible.”
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The Festival Players Theatre Company bring their outdoor summer tour of Shakespeare’s Hamlet to the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) on Thursday, August 31.
Spokeswoman Su Gilroy said: “This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of the nation’s (arguably the world’s) greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, and The Festival Players Theatre Company is proud to present his most famous play, Hamlet. This theatre company from Gloucestershire, which has been touring professional outdoor Shakespeare productions for over 30 years, is taking the play across the UK and into Europe.
“Presented in full costume, an all-male company brings the excitement of this great thriller: intrigue, ghostly visitations, passion, a play-within-a-play, a gripping duel, and humour, in a crystal-clear and fast-paced two-hour production.
“The players perform more than 80 shows over the summer across England, Scotland, Wales and the Isles of Scilly and as far afield as Belgium, Berlin, the Netherlands and Norway, at an increasingly varied number of locations from stately homes to London commons, Scottish castles to English village greens, island botanical gardens to Roman amphitheatres.”
Su added: “Thought to have been first performed in 1600 and possibly the greatest tragedy in the English language, Hamlet is a story of revenge. Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is haunted by the ghost of his father, who tells him that he was murdered by his own brother, Claudius. Claudius not only wears the late king’s crown but has also married his wife, Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet has lost his father and his opportunity to be king, and possibly his sanity; can he believe the ghost, and if so how should he exact revenge? And who else will suffer along the way?”
Festival Players Artistic Director Michael Dyer has reduced the play to two hours.
He said: “Our shows are an amalgam of energy, entertainment and colour, and we aim to make them clear and transparent, as well as keeping them short for the comfort of our patrons. We set out to take audiences of all ages on a journey and make them feel very much part of the production.
“A small cast of six play multiple roles demanding quick costume changes, as well as performing as singers and musicians. This gives an exciting opportunity for the actors to show their energy and versatility.”
This will be Michael’s 12th all-male production in a row for the Players: “It is, of course, totally authentic. We are following in the footsteps of Shakespeare’s own Globe Theatre when all roles were taken by men. The Players have built a reputation for strong, all-male shows over the past eleven years.”
Last year The Festival Players toured As You Like it and Henry IV and many of those actors have returned this year. The title role of Hamlet will be played by Benjamin Way, who was Rosalind in As You Like It and Poins, Justice Shallow and Prince John in Henry IV. Mark Spriggs was Falstaff in Henry IV and Touchstone in As You Like It, and this year will play Claudius. Joel Daffurn, who has been with the company since 2013, will play Laertes, Guildenstern and the First Player, and taking the roles of Polonius, Gravedigger and Second Player is Paul Mills, also with the company since 2013. Michael Dyer himself will play the part of the ghost of Hamlet’s Father.
Newcomers to the company this year are Lee Peck and Jonny James-Jones, both of whom trained at East 15 Acting School. Lee Peck will be playing Gertrude and Horatio and has previously played Romeo in Romeo & Juliet and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Young Shakespeare Company, and was Malcolm in a radio production of Macbeth. Jonny James-Jones will be playing Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Osric.
Tickets on www.thefestivalplayers.co.uk/tour.
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James Peill, curator of the Goodwood Collection, looks at the new exhibition at Goodwood:
To eighteenth-century ears, the Charlton Hunt was synonymous with some of the best sport in the country and Mr Roper was its celebrated huntsman. Indeed, it is one of the earliest recorded foxhunts in the world and its fame drew the elite of society, including the Dukes of Monmouth, St Albans and Richmond, the dashing illegitimate sons of King Charles II. Richmond bought nearby Goodwood as a comfortable place to stay and entertain his illustrious friends during the hunting season. His son, the second Duke, shared his love of the chase and when he became Master, such was the success and desirability of the hunt, he decided that membership should be restricted only to those who had been elected. Almost every noble family in the land had a representative at Charlton, including half of the Knights of the Garter. Lord Burlington designed for the members a handsome banqueting house at Charlton where they met after hunting, and many built themselves hunting-boxes in the village, including the second Duke of Richmond. Richmond’s hunting-box still stands; known as Fox Hall, it is now owned by the Landmark Trust and available to rent.
The most important day in the history of the Charlton Hunt took place on 26th January 1739 when in ‘the greatest chase that ever was’ hounds ran continuously from their first find at 8.15 a.m. until they killed at 5.50 p.m., covering a distance of approximately fifty-seven miles with just the Duke and two others present at the end. When the hunt was moved to Goodwood in the mid-eighteenth century, it was known as the Duke of Richmond’s Hounds and magnificent kennels were built by the architect James Wyatt with an ingenious central-heating system, a century before Goodwood House had its own heating.
Our small exhibition explores the history of the Charlton Hunt and its association with the Dukes of Richmond. Documents and books associated with the hunt from the Goodwood archive are on display. Over three hundred years later, Goodwood still revolves around sport and sharing those individual passions of the dukes with the many thousands of visitors who come here every year.
Goodwood House Summer Exhibition: The Charlton Hunt
1st August – 31st August 2016
Sundays to Thursdays, 1- 5 pm (last admission 4 pm)
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Police are currently negotiating with an armed man in a home in Pagham.
Sussex Police said: "Emergency services were called to a property in Harbour Road, Pagham at around 4.10pm on Sunday (28 August) following reports a 72-year-old man was using threatening behaviour and armed with a gun.
Police have cordoned off a house in Pagham after a man armed with a gun was using threatening behaviour. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
"A woman known to the man was also in the house, but she has now left and is safe and well. There are no reported injuries.
"The 72-year-old man remains in the house alone.
"A police cordon has been set up around the house and the road has been closed.
"Officers, including firearms officers, remain at the scene while negotiations continue."
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There were reports on Facebook that armed police squads were at the scene, and that neighbours have been told by police to stay in their homes and lock their doors during the conflict.
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