What About The Weekend? (December 9 & 10)

In Division 2, Southwick won again with another Paul Elliott winner, 2-1 at home to Lingfield.

Steyning Town drew again, at home to bottom-of-the-table team Saltdean, who led 2-0 with two goals in three minutes early in the second half.

But Mile Oak were beaten 3-1 at Westfield, despite taking the lead through Paul Eaton.

Worthing Thunder are in the National Cup Final for the first time. They followed in footsteps of the 1994 Worthing Bears by reaching the final of the basketball's oldest competiton with a 101-71 victory over PAWS London Capitals at the Leisure Centre on Sunday evening.

Their performance lurched from the abominable to the brilliant and they led by 30 points at half-time after going 8-2 down and looking in trouble as Captials' highly athletic team shot out of the blocks. But after taking a third-quarter thrashing they came back to restore their margin and bok a final against Manchester Magic at Birmingham NIA on January 7 (1pm).

Thunder on Saturday had moved another step towards the National Trophy semi-finals after another slow start before winning 89-76 at West Herts Warriors.

Worthing Football Club lost 3-1 at Chelmsford City in front of 734 in the Ryman League on Saturday. They went 3-0 down before Sam Gargan found the net in the 65th minute.

In regional hockey, Worthing went down 4-2 away to second-placed BBHC at Bexleyheath in the Kent-Sussex.

In Division 1, third-placed Southwick lost ground on the leaders by losing 3-2 at home to third-placed Marden Russets. On the road, Penguin were leapfrogged by Kings College London who beat them 4-2.

Worthing's Women won their local derby by a tight 2-0 at Penguin in the Sussex Premier.