The Younger Westlake signs from Steyning Town for a third spell with the Robins
Hassocks have completed the re-signing of another former favourite with Lewis Westlake arriving back at the Beacon following a brief spell with Steyning Town.
This will be Westlake’s third spell with the Robins. He originally joined the club in the summer of 2016 from Lancing having previously played for Hassocks’ Mid Sussex rivals, St Francis Rangers.
Westlake made 62 appearances for Hassocks over the next two seasons, establishing himself as an important player in the Robins’ midfield engine room before returning to Lancing for a brief period at the beginning of the 2018-19 campaign.
His next destination was Loxwood, whom he played for 22 times before Mark Dalgleish brought him back for a second spell with Hassocks in February 2019.
Over the course of the next year, he made a further 15 appearances before the spring 2020 lockdown brought a premature end to the 2019-20 campaign with Hassocks struggling in the Southern Combination League Premier Division relegation zone.
Westlake returned to Loxwood for the start of the 2020-21 season to link up with former Hassocks teammate Spencer Slaughter, who was embarking on his second season as manager at Plaistow Road.
Slaughter soon named Westlake as his captain and he skippered Loxwood to the final of the Supplementary Shield last May, where the Magpies were beaten by Isthmian League-bound Lancing.
When Slaughter left the Plaistow Road dugout in September, it was not long before Westlake sought pastures new too. He moved to Premier Division rivals Steyning for two starts and one substitute appearance at the Shooting Field.
Hassocks have since lured him back to Mid Sussex and he joins Slaughter, Josh Hawkes and his older brother James as former Robins who have all departed Loxwood in the past two months to continue their careers at the Beacon.
