Three signings made over a busy few days at the Beacon
The signings keep coming. Hassocks continue to roll back the clock to 2016 with the Robins completing the transfers of two more former favourites from Loxwood.
Following Spencer Slaughter back to the Beacon from Plaistow Road are midfielders James Westlake and Josh Hawkes.
That is not all as Brad Sweetman has also brought in the highly rated Lucas Tyrrell from Peacehaven & Telscombe as his Robins squad continues to gather experienced individuals.
This will be Westlake’s third spell at the club, having originally signed from St Francis Rangers in 2010 under Mickey Jewell.
A hugely popular player with the Hassocks faithful, he departed in the summer of 2013 to re-sign for Rangers before a brief spell at Haywards Heath Town.
Hassocks were deep in relegation trouble when Mark Dalgleish and Phil Wickwar managed to tempt him back from Hanbury Park in the autumn of 2015.
His capture coincided with a club-record run of eight successive victories which went a long way towards helping Hassocks pull off a great escape from falling into Division One.
Over the following seasons, Westlake concentrated more on his running career. His feats in that field need no introduction and culminated with representing England.
He joined Loxwood last season and served as part of Slaughter’s coaching team as the Magpies made it to the Southern Combination Premier Division Supplementary Shield final.
Westlake returns to the Beacon on 196 appearances so, all being well, the Robins can look forward to him passing the 200 games mark in the coming weeks.
Hawkes started out at Ringmer, arriving at Hassocks from St Francis to play a massive role in the Reserve teams historic 2012-13 season treble of Reserve Section Premier title winners, Reserve Section Cup winners and Mid Sussex Senior Cup winners.
Despite those feats, he found his first team opportunities limited and so moved back to Rangers alongside Westlake in the summer of 2013.
His own return to the Beacon came in 2015 and he was appointed Hassocks club captain ahead of the 2016-17 season.
Injuries saw him scale back his senior football commitments and he eventually left the Beacon at the end of the 2017-18 season, resurfacing at Loxwood last summer when Slaughter convinced him to step up from Mid Sussex League football and assume the captaincy at the Magpies. Hawkes has played 72 times for Hassocks, scoring 11 goals.
Tyrell meanwhile joins having spent the past three seasons as a first team regular at Peacehaven.
