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IF THERE was ever a game that confirmed to Grays Athletic, how hard this season would be then this may have been it. To be fair, Leiston are an impressive outfit and have all four

LAKESIDE fell agonisingly short of a consolation point as they went down 51-41 at Wolverhampton on Monday night.

ORSETT and Thurrock lost their third game in succession in a close encounter at home to Southend-on-Sea & EMT.

OAT cruised to a crushing victory by the margin of nine wickets on a day that was littered with incomprehensibilities!

IN round 5 of the Southern Athletics League the Harriers seniors completed the grand slam by winning the final match. In a ding dong battle with closest rivals Harlow the Harriers prevailed by just 4 points.

YAMAGUCHI Goju-Kai did very well at the recent London International Open at the O2. It was tough competition at the dome with over 300 competitors. Lauren Adams was on form winning Champions Cup

THURROCK Hockey youngsters invite you to join them this season. A spokesperson said: "Let's build on Women's GB team gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics training starts every Wednesday

BELHUS gained promotion to the premier division for fourth eleven teams following this tense and slender victory over Hornchurch at Ockendon Recreation Ground on Saturday.

THURROCK suffered a shock exit from the FA Cup with a defeat by Halstead. The fellow Essex side went 2-0 up by half time with goals by Joe O'Hare and Tom Scott.

FIRST half strikes from Kurt Smith and Tony Martin saw progress in the FA Cup, where Tilbury will travel to Felixstowe and Walton United.

GRAYS Ath dug deep once again for a single point at home against much-fancied Bognor.

EAST Thurrock showed they are here to stay in the National League South with an impressive demolition of Gosport Borough.

THE hosts batted first and were bowled out for 159 in the 37th over. Most of the batsmen got themselves settled, but none were able to kick on andmake a substantial score. On his debut for the first team, Lee Henry came in at number eight and top scored with 22, while Ross Fullbrook and Rob Neal both made 18. While not a big total, Thurrock's bowlers had at least something to defend.

IT would not have been possible to watch a better game of 50 over cricket than the one contested by these two sides at the village green in North Stifford. The visitors won the toss and decided to make use of the excellent batting conditions. A 124 run partnership between opener Matthew Tarr and no 3 batsmen Alan Croft ensured that their total would be a defendable one.. Tarr made 42 whilst Croft went on to complete an excellent 127 from 118 balls. Connor Day and Daniel Dreher were the pick of the home bowlers. Day taking 3 for 63 in his ten over spell and Dreher 2 for 43.

ENGLAND, the beaten finalists in the last three women’s World Cups, made their anticipated winning start in Marcoussis but the 12th-minute dismissal of the Samoa full-back, Soteria Pulumu, for a dangerous tackle denied them a more meaningful workout with the ball in hand before the greater challenges to come.