The U13s travelled to Midhurst but lost 40-25 with tries by Jude Littlewood, Finley Toghill and Jack Soltermann (3). This proved to be a very frustrating encounter and classified by coach Nigel Hastings as "undoubtedly a game of two halves". Lewes defended bravely in the opening minutes against a buoyant home side. But then the floodgates opened and Midhurst scored four unanswered tries. The Lewes revival was inspired by a very well taken try by Jack Soltermann quickly followed by a second from a determined Jude Littlewood. But it was an error-strewn first half with the tackling way below the standards the U13s have set for themselves.

A very different Lewes turned up for the second half led by man of the match Geordie Gwynn who refused to give up despite the score line. The commitment, intensity and team work improved enormously and the tries soon followed. Fitness work throughout the season also started to pay dividends. Midhurst had not lost a competitive match all season. But if Lewes had played as well in the first half as they did in the second they may well have spoilt their end of season party a few weeks early. Unfortunately those early tries proved too costly and time ran out before sustained Lewes pressure could be turned into sufficient points.

The U14s continued their excellent season by beating Brighton at home 37-5 with all seven tries being scored by backs with a hat trick from Ollie Simonetti, two from Ben Goode and one each from Nick Fletcher and Raff Green. In much better conditions than last week Lewes hosted a strong Brighton side drawn from a considerably larger squad. Brighton started well and pinned Lewes down in their own 22 and despite some resolute defence Brighton finally scored after 10 minutes and, according to team manager Phil Goode, "it felt like we had barely got our hands on the ball". Slowly Lewes started to assert themselves upfront and when they did get the ball out to the backs they showed good pace and skill - with some excellent support and offloads. Lewes began to play with patience and power and the tries followed. The best two were a particularly fine solo effort from Simonetti and another great team try though several phases and smart offloads. Following Eddie Jones' example, Lewes were able to unload their "finishers" from the bench for the second half and they all made a big contribution.

Goode concluded: "last week's great win over table-topping Horsham was down to the forwards and this week the glory goes to the backs who scored all seven tries. One of the Brighton coaches afterwards said he was trying to work out where our threats were in the backs and concluded at the end that it was all seven of them!" The U4s have one Pool 1 game left to come in April where victory at Hove would see them champions of Sussex.

The U15s were at Crowborough and lost 43-5 with the only try scored by Joe Barnes and the U16s lost against Horsham at home 71-17 in a match marked by a number of injuries.

The Colts (pictured) played Uckfield at home. Despite only having 15 players with forwards in the 11 and 13 positions, Lewes were camped in Uckfield's territory for most of the first half but only managed one try by winger Curtis Burch to finish 5-31 down with a couple of soft tries at the end making the game look more one-sided than it was. This was probably Lewes' best performance against Uckfield this year but the problem to be solved is how to retain the ball for more than four phases and build up pressure on the opposition. Nonetheless, Head Coach Russ Dean said "Considering the players we had out of position today I was impressed with the desire and drive we had."