Cryptic quiz 2024 - preview

The 2026 Cryptic Quiz sheet is here!

October 26, 2026

If you like crosswords, you’ll love the latest cryptic quiz. Last year we were all zoological, whereas this year we’re doing a Supermarket Dash. The 70 answers you need to […]

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Music Quiz 2026

September 15, 2026

We had a great Music Quiz on Friday 11th September. Dave Hooper was our question-master, as genial and efficient as ever. It was quite exciting, as three teams vied for […]

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Great evening with Sussex Brass

April 25, 2026

Last year’s gala concert was so successful that our friends at Sussex Brass offered to do it again! We had a great evening on Friday. Sussex Brass gave us a […]

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The Big Quiz Night a great success

March 28, 2026

Ark Alexandra Academy hosted the link again for our annual Big Quiz Night. Dave Hooper was the genial quizmaster who kept things moving pretty briskly. The raffle alone raised over […]

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Cryptic Quiz – the results

January 11, 2026

Many thanks to everyone who had a go at this year’s cryptic quiz sheet. You raised well over £600 for our work in Hastings Sierra Leone. It seems to have been a bit more difficult this time, but we still had a good batch of 70/70

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A great wine-tasting evening

December 9, 2025

Everyone had a really good time at this year’s wine-tasting evening, organised by Lynn and a small team. Ted Bacon was on good form, taking us carefully through 8 different […]

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The Teachers’ Visit draws to a close

October 12, 2025

Isabel and her team organised an amazing ‘celebration evening’ to mark the end of the teachers’ visit and to thank everyone involved.  The party was hosted by St Leonards CE […]

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More from the Teachers’ Visit

October 9, 2025

The Mayor of Hastings, Councillor Becca Horn, and the Deputy Mayor, Councillor Nigel Sinden, very kindly welcomed the teachers to the Council Chamber in the Old Town Hall for an […]

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The Teachers’ Visit

October 7, 2025

After weeks of imaginative fundraising and problems with visas and transport, the group of young teachers from Hastings SL is here!  They’re teaching in their partner schools all week, and […]

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