Chichester students can't stop St Mary's claiming football title

St Mary’s went in front in the 15th minute capitalising on a mistake at the back. The hosts might have equalised 20 minutes later but were denied by the woodwork before the away side extended their lead with a lucky goal when a header crashed against the post and went in off a player on the line.

It might have been 3-0 in the next attack as another ball came in from the left only for the St Mary’s striker to head his effort on to the bar. The visitors grabbed their third goal early in the second half when Jack Mason’s cross was turned in by an unmarked teammate.

Chichester had an effort cleared off the line before Joe Zemaitis pulled one back with ten to go after the keeper parried a shot into his path. St Mary’s hit an upright and Mason blazed the rebound over.

Chi’s women’s football ones beat Brunel 2-1 to secure the runners-up spot in South Eastern 1A, one point behind the champions, while the second team lost 2-0 to Sussex.

The Chi men’s lacrosse were beaten 10-2 by Brighton and women’s lacrosse lost 14-11 to Hertfordshire.

Chichester’s women’s basketball team are top and unbeaten in the league after a 101-46 victory at home to Goldsmiths but the men’s team lost 82-45 to second placed Brunel twos.

In netball, the Chi threes beat their Imperial counterparts 36-26 and the fours won by one in a close encounter with New Bucks that finished 34-33.

The Chi women’s rugby suffered a 65-0 defeat to St Mary’s, the league leaders scoring 11 unanswered tries.

Elsewhere in racquet sports, Chi’s women’s badminton and women’s tennis lost 5-3 and 5-1 to Brighton respectively while men’s tennis beat King’s College 4-2.