Hove Park School are the third winners of the Youth In Action School of the Month award.

They claimed our March prize after showing their versatility.

The fast-developing rugby set-up has produced a clutch of county players at most levels Peter Canham made it to the Sussex under-18s squad, while Rob Smith, Tom Le Mehaute and Kiba Richards were included at under-16s.

Jon Fairhurst, James Sczimic and Nick Lansdale scored another hat-trick of representatives at under-15s, while Scott Sage and Jake Goldsmith earned selection at under-14s.

The school also enjoyed success in the Brighton and Hove Schools' finals when their under-15s and under-16s completed a hat-trick of titles, while their under-18s reached the final in their first year.

In football, Hove Park has produced Brighton and Hove Schools FA League champions at under-12 and under-13s, while Luke Thompson, Peter Hodge, Ryan Morlen represented Brighton Boys. James West was even called in to the Sussex Schools' under-19s squad.

Another county call-up came in hockey when Jenny West made the under-14s line-up.

They completed an under-16s netball double, winning the Brighton and Hove League and the area tournament.

In athletics, Hove Park produced the Brighton and Hove Under-14s Cup winners KARATE: Jay Rolf (Zen Ch'uan, Southwick) was third in the under-4ft 6in in the first Southern Open Series event of the season at Copthorne, with clubmate Matt Pitts second at over 5ft 6in. Richard Corrigan, also from Zen Ch'uan, impressed.

GYMNASTICS: Alex Wing (Horsham) was fourth overall at under-9s in the Chichester Invitation.

Clubmate Brittany Davies was third on the beam. Sian Davies and Sara Cedolla also competed.

KICK BOXING: Charlotte Rowley, 9, from Rustington, was second in the girls' 140cm semi-contact event at the Premier League meeting at Guildford.

She normally competes at 130cm and attends St Wilfred's (Angmering).