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Hastings and Bexhill Vs Hellingly Unexpected Defeat for H&B 3rd Team The mud makes driving hard going           Gus goes up for the ball      Hastings & Bexhill 5 - Hellingly 24 H&B went to Hellingly to play a match called off on a league weekend on the 19 Jan. H&B on a run in the league put out the squad and started the game well, a Hellingly know-on giving H&B a good platform to take ground. This they did and spent the first 10 minutes of the match in Hellingly's half. H&B shifting the ball from the right to left field, missed a pass dropping the ball and it was kicked back up field, a straight leg race that was won by the Hellingly outside centre who opened the scoring. Restarting H&B took the game back to Hellingly and fought hard in the mud to keep the pressure on, this paid dividends when Brian McNeilly went over for a try. The next period was controlled well by H&B only to be upset by that rework set of backs that seen Hellingly score twice more in the first half both runaway try's from within their own 22 meter line. The turn round at half time fresh legs and the mud get heavier and the play slower and H&B looked to be getting back into the game, Roger Kingston was awarded a try only to realise that the Ref had the wrong line (5-meter), Matt Dawes had a held-up decision and it looked like H&B possession could not be turned into points, Hellingly took another score again run by one player from his own 22-line. The game finished 24-5 to Hellingly. "A frustrating day for us" Capt Andy Small      The Ref said Held-up

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