In League 2, Crawley Town gained three points following their 1-0 victory away to Harrogate on Saturday.
Dorking Wanderers won their National League South match 2-1 against AFC Totton at Meadowbank.
East Grinstead are through to the next round of the FA Trophy winning 4-2 against Binfield FC on penalties. Merstham, Three Bridges, and South Park Reigate all lost their First Qualifying Round matches.
Elsewhere Redhill FC won 3-1 over Horley Town at Kiln Brow.
Photos credit: Tracey Franklin. Oxted & District Women v Maidstone United Women.
Oxted and District’s Women exit the Women’s FA Cup after losing their first round match 5-1 to Maidstone United on Sunday at Master Park.
Crawley claimed their first win this season with victory at Harrogate.
Reece Brown’s strike late in the first half gave the Red Devils the lead.
Crawley debutant Ryan Loft was sent off for two bookings late on.
The final score was 1-0
A Surrey based hospice turned up the heat on Bonfire Night! St Raphael’s hosted a firewalking event to raise funds to help run the care facility and asked people to brave their fears and take the challenge. Susy Radio’s newsreader David Walker was one of 28 fundraisers who took part in the event facing burning temperatures of over 360 degrees Celsius:
Cliff Mann who runs firewalking activities from the organisation Time 4 Change spoke to the firewalkers as the the last participants completed the challenge:
The hospice was hoping to raise eight thousand pounds on the night but by the start of the evening they had already reached eleven thousand pounds. Samantha Bourne is Events Fundraising Manager at St Raphael’s:
And you can find out more about what the hospice does for the community at straphaels.org.uk.
You can listen to David Walker’s full report here:
Photo: Susy Radio news reader, David Walker
A Surrey hospital emergency department is under significant pressure due to staffing levels and high demand, an NHS trust has said.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said East Surrey Hospital A&E in Redhill was dealing with an early increase in winter viruses.
It comes amid a rise in Covid cases with new variants Nimbus and Stratus circulating around the UK..
The trust urged people with non-urgent conditions to use other NHS services, such as 111, their local pharmacy or GP, or nearby treatment centres at Crawley, Caterham Dene, Horsham and East Grinstead.
