Sport

  • Sussex's Joe Gatting set out to follow in his father's footsteps in football but instead ended up following his illustrious uncle Mike Gatting's cricketing ways.

    The 21-year-old nephew of the former England skipper is in India to represent the Sussex Sharks in the Champions League Twenty20 starting Thursday.
  • Former England Students and Durham University player also earned England Sevens honours in the 2004/5 campaign, plays for Newcastle Falcons...
    Born: 8th Sep 1982

    Flying winger Phillips made his Falcons first team debut against Saracens in the 2004/5 season, scoring a try at Vicarage Road after coming on from the bench.

  • English ODI and Test cricketer - wicket-keeper, but has also played as a specialist opening batsman. His English county team is Sussex...

    Born: February 26, 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
  • Marsh started playing cricket at school aged 11 and then progressed to Brighton and Hove CC at the age of 13.

    Initially a seam bowler, she made her international debut for England during India's summer tour in 2006.

    She took 3-44 in her first Test, opening the bowling alongside Jenny Gunn in the second innings.

    Drafted in for the injured Nicola Shaw, the Sussex seam-bowler impressed the selectors with her performances throughout Super 4s and the Liverpool Victoria County Championship.
  • Ritchie is best remembered for being a three time medalist at the 1908 London Olympics. At the Games he won a gold (men's singles), silver (men's doubles) and bronze (men's indoor singles) medal. In 1908 and 1910 he and Tony Wilding won the doubles in Wimbledon. In 1909 he lost the Wimbledon singles final. He also won the Irish championships in 1907 and the German championships 1903 - 1906 and 1908 (in 1904 and 1906 also the doubles there). In 1908 he was member of the British Davis Cup team.

  • Sarah Jane Taylor (born 20 May 1989 in Whitechapel) is an English cricketer.

    She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She was a member of the England team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008. She plays county cricket for Sussex. In the Super 4s she is playing for the Emeralds for 2008.

    Taylor's and Holly Colvin's inclusion in the Brighton College boys' team caused some controversy within the MCC.
  • Head of England Women's Cricket, Clare is a former England cricket captain. At the age of 30, she was awarded the OBE after leading England to their first Ashes win in 42 years. Clare retired from playing for England in 2006 with over 100 international caps and having led the side for 6 years.

  • James Duncan Hamilton - Formula One racing driver, winner of the tragic 1953 Le Mans race.

    Born: 30th April, 1920, Cork
    Died: 13th May 1994, Sherbourne

  • 3 times World Speedway Longtrack Champion.

    Born: February 8, 1964, Epsom, Surrey

    Kelvin was awarded an MBE in the 2003 New Years Honours List. Tatum's wife Debbie, their daughter Emma and his sister Jenny accompanied the thirty nine year old former British Speedway captain for this special occasion.
  • Wasps & England Rugby Player - one of the brightest talents in the English game.

    Born: 17th January 1975

    One of the brightest talents in the English game Alex joined Wasps at the start of the '96/97 season and played a major part in bringing to league championship to the club.
  • John Hart is one of the most respected members of the London Wasps squad and so it comes as no surprise that he was named as Wasps' captain for the start of the 2007/08 season throughout the World Cup period.
  • Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1988 Jim Clark Trophy... now owner of Brands Hatch race track.

    Born: 7th November, 1956, London, Palmer's path to the top of motor racing was hardly typical. With no family experience of motorsport competition, Palmer scavenged £162 for a tatty Austin Healey Sprite when he started as an 18 year old medical student at Guy's in London.

  • Alan Mann (L. 1950-53) died on 21st March 2012 aged 75. He was a part-time racing driver and team manager who ran a substantial part of the hugely successful Ford works racing effort in Europe from 1964 to 1969.

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