Category Archives: SUSY Sport

Crawley Town New Signing

Crawley Town have signed Jordan Roberts following the midfielder’s departure from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

The 22-year-old has agreed a one-year deal with the Reds, with the option of a further 12 months.

The former Aldershot Town player becomes Crawley’s ninth signing of the summer transfer window.

Roberts scored 11 goals in 86 league appearances for Aldershot before his move north of the border last summer.

Crawley Town FC Signs Chelsea Keeper on Loan

Crawley Town Football Club has announced the signing of goalkeeper, Mitchell Beeney.  He will join the Reds on loan from Chelsea until 3rd January.  

Mitchell began his career with Gillingham’s youth academy. He moved to Chelsea where he became a prominent figure of the under 18 squad and was promoted to the under 21 side soon after.

Sussex Discus thrower looking to motor on Road to Rio

Britain’s No 1 female discus thrower Jade Lally’s career has gone up a few gears this year and she is all but guaranteed a place in the Olympic team for Rio.

But the 29-year-old Commonwealth Games bronze medallist feels her progress could really motor with a new car that didn’t stiffen her back.

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Jade Lally, Commonwealth Games Discus medallist.

So the Sussex thrower, who set an English record while competing in Australia and New Zealand in February as part of her winter preparations, has set her sights on car dealerships for sponsorship.

Lally, born and brought up in South London, broke the English record twice in three days in February, throwing a huge personal best of 64.22 metres in Auckland then extending that to 65.10 metres in Sydney two days later. And it was after returning from competing and training in California in the United States that Lally realised the impact her tiny 2010 Ford Fiesta was having.

“I was driving around a Jeep in California and got back here and drove for 15 minutes and my back had really stiffened up,” said Lally, who is a personal trainer at Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.

“It’s the physical position I’m in when driving it. I need something that’s more upright. Basically, my hips need to be above my knees when I drive. I’ve also got training equipment and a massage bed to fit in ideally, so if there’s anyone out there who’d be a car sponsor I’d be interested to hear from them.”

In the short-term, she has been lent a VW Bora by her coach Andy Neal’s wife Sandra, allowing her to train pain free.

“The actual seat is actually very good, so it has solved it short term, but I still do need a solution for longer term,” said Lally.

Lally has a total of five throws over the 61.00 metre British Athletics qualifying standard and only needs to finish in the top two in the national championships in Birmingham on June 24-26 to secure her place for Rio. None of her British rivals have thrown more than 56 metres.

Lally, who failed in an appeal to compete at London 2012, won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and, this year for the first time, competes regularly on the Diamond League circuit. As well as a place in the final at Rio this year, she also has the World Championships in London 2017 firmly in her sights.

“I’m much happier than I was four years ago,” Lally said, “I’m happy with my training and everything else apart from my car – that’s the one situation I really want to fix.”

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Jade Lally, Commonwealth Games Discus medallist.

The P&G Surrey Youth Games

The 20th P&G Surrey Youth Games took place over the weekend at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford.  All eleven districts and boroughs in Surrey entered teams into fourteen different sporting events.  The Games were organised by Active Surrey in association with each borough and district council in the county with the aim to develop sport in Surrey.  Young people attend local coaching sessions in the two months prior to the Games.  It is hoped that having been introduced to countywide competition, many will continue in their chosen sports.  

Our local teams from Reigate and Banstead and from Tandridge did well at the event, as Izzie Brooks reports: