Celebrating Christmas with our sports clubs

IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME AND NO ONE ELSE CELEBRATES QUITE LIKE SEVENOAKS’ SPORTS CLUBS!

Over the past five years we have seen our sports clubs and their members celebrate the Christmas season in style, so we thought we’d take a look back through our festive archives!

In December 2018 we organised a very special photo shoot in Santa’s Grotto at Polhill Garden Centre and, thanks to local photographer Russell Harper, we managed to capture the Christmas spirit that runs through the district from a number of our local sports stars - the majority of whom are still turning out for their respective clubs!

From top left: Tim Warrington (Sevenoaks Hockey Club); Tom Parsons (Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club); Ben Adams (Sevenoaks Rugby Club); Ant Sumbler (Swanley Rugby Club); Ray Bond (Sevenoaks Kyokushinkai Karate Club); Ingrid Twigg (Sevenoaks Kyokushinkai Karate Club); Eva Okaro (Sevenoaks Swimming Club); John Sayer (Knockholt Bowling Club); Katy Warrington (Sevenoaks Hockey Club); Maddie Smith (Sevenoaks Town Women’s Football Club); Louis Hayes (Sevenoaks Swimming Club); Renee Busch (Sevenoaks Suns Basketball Club); and George Welsh (West Kingsdown Boxing Club).

A Very Merry Christmas from our local sports stars back in 2018...

Left: HC Knole Park celebrate their first Christmas as a club back in 2019. Below: Eva Okaro, now 16, has gone on to represent Team GB at a number of events, and is tipped to be on the podium at the Paris Olympics in 2024; Tom Bosworth retired from Race Walking this year, but has already made plans for his future in the world of media.

Seasons Greetings from Eva, Tom and Jess!

Below left: Ide Hill Football Club’s class of 2021 getting festive with some santa hats. Below right: Sevenoaks Hockey Club girls get into the seasonal spirit with some wonderfully decorated Christmas tree outfits in their clubhouse. Bottom: One of our all-time favourite photos of two sporting legends, Ben Adams and Tom Parsons swap tales at our Christmas shoot back in 2018.