Newick 7-17 Hove Beefeaters | Hellingly 15-52 Newick 2

Newick RFC 1st XV crashed to a disappointing home defeat to Hove Beefeaters ending a run of three consecutive league wins.
The hosts were on the back foot from the start and struggled to get into the game although Radim Malina did open the scoring with the first chance Newick managed to create, Kevin Byrne slotted the conversion over to put Newick 7-0 up.
The struggles still continued for the remainder of the half and Hove scored a converted try and penalty to lead 10-7 at the break. Newick came out fighting hard in the 2nd half and saw much more of the play with scrum half James Waylett and player coach David Hemsley putting in solid performances , despite this Hove scored another converted try and the match finished Newick 7-17 Hove Beefeaters.
Newick travel to the racecourse ground to take on Plumpton this weekend.

There was better news for Newick’s 2nd XV who had a tricky away match v Hellingly II but came away with the points following a thumping 52-15 win.
Newick didn’t have it all their own way and despite racing into a 14-0 lead early on the home side fought back with two unconverted tries to reduce the arrears to 14-10 at half time.
In the 2nd half Newick dominated the play with some strong forward running from No. 8 Martin Parris and five tries from Centre Phil Richards, Jimmy Furzer notched up two tries and John Satchwill and Finn Gunn both crossed over as Newick ran riot scoring 9 tries in total to the delight of coach Wayne Thomas.