Weather beats most - but neither Storm Jorge nor league leaders Ashford can stop Chichester City

Pitches were left looking like this again today - for the third weekend in four / Picture: Chris Hatton

We've had Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis disrupting previous weekends - now Storm Jorge has swept through Sussex and left plenty of pitches unplayable.

Bognor's pitch at Nyewood Lane normally stands up well when others don't but even the Rocks have suffered in recent weeks, and today's scheduled home Isthmian premier clash with Bowers and Pitsea was called off.

The Rocks remain eighth in the table nine points off the play-off places with at least one game in hand over all but one of the teams above them.

One team delighted their game survived was Chichester City, who went to face leaders Ashford and stunned their hosts by coming from behind for a 3-2 win.

Chi are now seventh, six points off the top five, and with at least THREE games in hand over all the sides in front of them. Their heavily congested run-in is the main thing that could hit their hopes of finishing in the top five.

A Matthew Bourne own goal and Ben Pashley goal pulled them back to 2-2 after they'd twice been behind before Lloyd Rowlatt struck a dramatic 87th-minute winner.

In the Southern Combination premier, Pagham's recent run of fine results came to an end in a 2-1 defeat at Lancing, though only after a late fightback from 2-0 down that might have seen them come away with a point.

There was a complete weather wipeout in division one with Shoreham v Selsey and Seaford v Midhurst among the games called off, and it was the same story for Bosham in division two as their trip to Rottingdean was postponed.

In local rugby Chichester lost 22-19 in London one south at Dartfordians while Bognor's planned home game with Eastleigh II was another victim of the wet weather.

Get all the local sport in the Observer on Thursday, including plenty from those Chichester City and Pagham games