Last weekend, 264 Under 8 children from 38 teams took part in the Sussex Minis festival, hosted at Warden Park due to current limited car parking facilities at Whitemans Green. A huge 90 matches were played across nine pitches, with much needed nourishment coming from a Heath volunteer run BBQ and cake stall. Bruce Hayter, Senior Vice President at Sussex RFU said, “Congratulations on a great festival - it was good to meet so many coaches and supporters at the event.”

Clubs represented included Bognor, Brighton, Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, Crowborough, East Grinstead, Heathfield & Waldron, Horsham, Hove, Lewes, Midhurst, Pulborough, Steyning, Uckfield, Worthing and of course the host Haywards Heath RFC.

Russ Stobbs, Heath U6 coach and a key part of the Festival activation team said “Everyone had a great day, it was so good to see the future rugby players for Sussex expressing themselves on the pitch and demonstrating their developing skills.”

Heath has age groups from U6 to U16, and Colts training every week during the season. For more information regarding joining this forward-looking community rugby club contact rugby@hhrfc.co.uk