Chelmsford M1s 5-3 Brighton & Hove M1s
Patrick Ford reports: “Brighton & Hove continued their National League campaign with a tough trip to Chelmer Park, eventually losing out on any points in a 5–3 loss to Chelmsford.
The home side made the brighter start and opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Brighton were a little slow to set up defensively after a turnover, and Chelmsford’s Justin Ross pounced, striking a backhand that deflected high and gave the recent league entrants from Conference Midlands an advantage heading into Q2.

Brighton were able to hit back though, as a swift attack down the right saw the ball fall to youngster Fintan Harman who was at the back post to score his first-ever National League goal. Captain Adam Flett also showed his class, pushing Brighton ahead with a drag flick from a short corner. The joy was short-lived, however, as Chelmsford restored their advantage from the penalty spot. A penalty stroke was awarded after a Brighton defender took a ball to the foot on the goal line in a short corner, and David Agar calmly slotted home. Almost straight from the restart, Chelmsford added a fourth through Jamie Carroll, punishing Brighton’s defensive lapse and making it 2-2 at halftime.

The 3rd quarter saw yet more goals in an increasingly dramatic game. With open play goals from Chelmsford’s Jamie Carroll and Brighton’s Sam Rose, the pressure was on both teams to deliver in the final quarter. On this occasion, Chelmsford rose to the occasion and David Agar put away two more goals from short corners that secured his hattrick and their second win of the season.

Brighton now sit 7th in EHL Conference East, level on points with 5 other teams, including Bromley & Beckenham who make the journey to Blatchington Mill for a 6pm pushback this Saturday.”

Oxted W1s 2-0 Brighton & Hove W1s
Amanda Billington reports: "Brighton & Hove women's 1st XI travelled to Oxted full of confidence following a strong opening-day win against Brom Becks.

Anticipating a physical encounter, the team were met with early pressure from a well-organised Oxted side. Brighton struggled to find their rhythm in the opening quarter, with Oxted capitalising on defensive overloads and converting two quick chances to take an early lead. The defensive unit worked hard under pressure, but Oxted’s physicality and clinical finishing gave them the edge. In the second quarter, Brighton began to find space out wide and created a few promising opportunities.

Encouraging words from Coach Alex at half-time helped shift the team’s mindset, and the second half saw a much more fluid and attacking Brighton side. Despite the momentum shift, key decisions didn’t fall in Brighton’s favour. Forward Danni was taken down by the Oxted goalkeeper in a one-on-one, only for the umpire to award possession to the home side. Minutes later, Bara found the back of the net from a penalty corner, only to see the goal disallowed due to the number one runner breaking early. The frustrations continued as the Oxted keeper pulled off an outstanding save to deny a powerful drag flick, and shortly after, play was controversially stopped just as Molly lined up a strike on an open goal.

The match ended 2–0 to Oxted — a frustrating result in a contest that felt far more evenly matched than the score line suggests. Despite the loss, Brighton take plenty of positives from their performance, showing grit, growing confidence, and a clear sense that they belong among the league’s top contenders.

Goof of the day : Amanda (shouting come on Hors..)
Queen of the day : Molly"

BHHC M2s 4-1 Mid Sussex M1s

Hailsham W1s 3-0 BHHC W2’s

Mid Sussex M2s 4-3 BHHC M3s
"Matt Streeter scored twice and James Harvey scored once."

BHHC W4s 1-1 BHHC W3s
Alexandra Smart reports: "The W3s didn’t have far to travel for this away fixture against the W4s, and as always with a club derby, it was full of chaos, and friends that turn rivals for 70 minutes.

We started strong with confident passing, holding possession and threatening the D. Our defence was solid - Diva cool as ever taking balls upright, Jess R diving into every challenge like her life depended on it, and Emma and Beth shutting down anything that tried to sneak through. Our midfield ran themselves ragged (in the best way) - Kelly, Alex, Wan, Abby and Jess working their socks off to create chances and feed the forwards. Up front we had plenty of fire but not much luck: Mirriam diving for a shot only for Emily to save, Shelley peppering the goal but denied time and again, and Imo making endless baseline runs to keep the pressure on.

Despite dominating, we just couldn’t crack the crowd in front of goal. Fresh out of Wednesday night “Goal Scoring School,” hopes were high, but Emily in goal clearly hadn’t read the script and blocked everything we threw at her. A quick counter from the 4s caught us out, the ball clipped a stick inside the D and flew goalwards, slipping past Jess H, who could only watch it hit the backboard. 1–0 down, and a very unimpressed Jess H made her feelings clear.

Frustration bubbled over - dodgy tackles, a bit of argy-bargy, and poor Abby taking one for the team with a yellow card (apparently after warnings she didn’t even hear!). Fuelled by their half-time sweets (we forgot ours), we pushed harder in the second half. Around 7 short corners later, still no goal. Finally, a flick was awarded, and Shelley stepped up, cool, calm and collected to bury it in the corner and grab us a deserved equaliser.

POM: Shelley – For being cool, calm and collected.
DOD: A joint win! Shelley for tripping over her own feet in the corner (graceful as ever), and Emma for spending half the game looking for her stick, while it was already in her hand.

One thing’s for sure – defence on fire, mids everywhere, and up front we just need that finishing touch. Oh, and maybe a little more short corner practice!"

BHHC M4s 6-2 Eastbourne M3s
"Harley Harden and Will Brickell both scored twice, and James Millar and Rollo Squire scored once."

BHHC W5s 2-3 Horsham W4s

BHHC M6s 1-2 BHHC M5s

BHHC W7s 0-6 BHHC W6s

BHHC M7s 0-2 Hailsham M2s

Southwick M2s 3-0 BHHC M8s

BHHC W8s 5-0 East Grinstead W5s

Worthing M6s 4-2 BHHC M9s

BHHC M10s 1-2 Worthing M7s

JUNIORS

BHHC Boys Flippers No game.

BHHC Girls Gulls No game.