Monthly Archives: August, 2015

Magical venue, sparkling performances. A beautiful evening... from the worst seat in the house.

Rye's promotion hopes took a battering when they met Slinfold on the Salts on Saturday August 8, looking to close the gap at the top of the table. Martin Blincow reports

The closed tournament at Rye Tennis Club on Saturday...

Beckley look to continue there progression as they go into the 2015/16 season this time they have some players from the under 16s.

Rye Seconds travelled to Haywards Heath with a lack of bowling options, and this was very clear at tea. Rye lost the toss yet again and spent the afternoon in the field facing a good batting track and a quick outfield.

Icklesham Casuals start the new season with the veterans looking to defend the title they won last season and 1st and 2nd teams hoping to improve and progress through the league

Icklesham residents are proving that a community can make a difference as they raise funds for a new sport pavilion following vandalism to the current pavilion. Read David Mayne's report here about their efforts and find how you can get involved

The Government claims to support devolution of its powers to the local level but is this happening?. The Localism Act introduced more powers for local councils and the Neighbourhood Plan but will this be enough? Former long-serving Town Councillor Granville Bantick reviews the situation and makes a recommendation for radical reform of local government

A book hanging from a huge balloon passed slowly over East Sussex, and possibly Rye, before plunging into the English Channel as part of literacy programme for primary school children organised by the science fiction novel's author Marcus Alexander. And this is fact, not fiction.

Acting Up In Rye, who have acquired the Old...

This week's featured movie showing at the Rye Kino is Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan out in the cold, the team confronts a network of highly-skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly-trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks.. For details of this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link . . .

Lurking behind the quiet exterior of the National Trust's Lamb House this week lurks a frenzy of activity leading up to open air performances (weather permitting) of "Twelfth Night", but that's not the only event taking place there. The jazz festival at the end of August features a two day weekend event, and the arts festival in September features a marquee full of literary events over two weeks.