Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College have dedicated their Sussex Schools Football Cup triumph to defender Ivan Pinney.

Pinney suffered an horrific wrist injury as he helped the College pip Park College (Eastbourne) 1-0 in the Second X1 final at Shoreham with an own goal five minutes from time.

The 17-year-old said: "Only skin was holding my hand on. The bones linking my left hand with my wrist were smashed. It looked horrendous. I just fell and put all my weight on the wrist and it went into an S-shape. It was so painful and still is. I had to wait hours at the hospital for my operation and was told it was their worst night in casualty on record.

"It's good the team have dedicated the win to me, that's certainly some kind of consolation."

Manager Nigel Fisher said: "It was an awful injury. Celebrations were subdued afterwards and the team dedicated the win to Ivan because of what happened and the fact he was the hero of the game."

BHASVIC: James McKeney, Alan Davis, Stuart Ritchie, Ivan Pinney, Neal Reed, Baz Allen, Brendan Leahy, Mohamed Ali Nasser, Anthony Hibbert, Amir Razavi, Joe Davey. Subs: Simon Tennant, Joe Keith, Andy Cotcher.

Park College (Eastbourne) overcame Varndean College (Brighton) 3-1 in the First X1 League play-off final at the same venue.

David Harris (2) and Jamie Furber hit the goals with Ben Swetman hitting Varndean's consolation goal.

Park: Daniel O'Connell, Richard Brown, James Furber, Sheldon Snashall, Neil Light, Ben Legate, Lee Greenwood, Daniel Williams, Mark Goodwin, David Harris, Sean Brockwell. Subs: Scott Bryant, Paul Hines.

Portslade Community College entered a Sussex Schools Cup competition for the first time in nine years and lifted a trophy.

Dan Curd scored a hat-trick in the 3-1under-15s victory over Holy Trinity (Crawley) at Southwick.

Former Albion centre of excellence goalkeeper Lance Cronin, now with Palace, played in central defence alongside Nick Jenman, a national junior boxing champion.

Goalkeeper Rob Allen earned plaudits by saving a match-turning penalty at 2-0.

Manager Bob Schooley said: "It was a bone hard pitch and wasn't easy to play on, but we settled down well and were quicker to the ball.

"Lance read the game well in defence and we've got a good goalkeeper anyway in Rob."

Cronin said: "I started out as a defender so I was familiar with the role."

College principal Mike Tait added: "We only enter teams if they have a realistic chance of success and this was a strong team."

Daniel Taverner scored for Holy Trinity.

PCC: Rob Allen, Gary Wild, Lance Cronin, Nick Jenman, Dan Harley, Joe Robinson, Dean Blanks, Chris Hillyard, Chris Kimbangi, Ashley Harman, Dan Curd. Subs: Lee Caffan, Paul Simmons, Harry Brewster.

Steve Sedgley was the star performer as he helped Chichester High lift the Sussex Schools under-13s Cup for the first time in 19 years.

Chi overcame Blatchington Mill (Hove) 3-1 at Southwick, with Sedgley scoring the third goal and earning praise from manager Paul Blackmore.

Blackmore said: "Stephen was our player-of-the-match. He was phenomenal and his goal was a superb solo effort.

"It was a bumpy pitch so we couldn't play much football and went for route one. Our quarter-final against Cavendish (Eastbourne) and semi against Cardinal Newman were better games.

"Physically we were bigger and even included a couple of rugby players, like Danny Rehill who was a powerhouse in midfield. David Bryant and Luke Eastell were solid in defence.

"The school last won the cup 19 and 20 years ago, so it is quite something to do it again.

"It completes a fantastic year in football for the school because the under-16s reached the last eight of the nationals and the under-19s made the last 16 of the English Schools and Colleges Cup.

"Normally it is our rugby which gets the headlines, so it's a nice change.

Luke Molyneux and Mathew Haskell gave Chi a 2-0 lead at the interval before Sedgley wrapped it up.

Sedgley, who also bowls for Sussex Cricket Club and plays golf and basketball, said: "It feels great and a lot of out success is due to our manager."

Chichester High: Sam Bailey, Daniel Lord, Sam Bavin, David Bryant, Luke Eastell, Mathew Haskell, Luke Molyneux, David Cowtan, Danny Rehill, Stephen Sedgley, James Tyler. Subs: Caseylea Wright, Harry Smith, Scott Yaxley, George Perry, Basil Gibson.

Dorothy Stringer (Brighton) beat Cardinal Newman (Hove) 6-3 in the under-12s final at Southwick thanks to a hat-trick from Jerhal Hughes, with Jamie Brotherton (2) and Lee Pontin also scoring.

Manager Andy Marchant said: "We only sealed it with three goals in the last 15 minutes.

"Before that we had taken the lead three times and they had equalised."

Dorothy Stringer: Sol Bowra, Tom Conlon, Lee Pontin, Chris MacAuley, Jack Pook, Sam Gargan, Sam Bates, Sonny Cobbs, Jerhal Hughes, Jamie Brotherton, Gwylin Goss. subs: Tom Bassan, Daniel Harndean, Simon Cole.

Lara Finlason grabbed five goals as Cardinal Newman (Hove) beat holders Willingdon (Eastbourne) 8-0 in the under-16s girls' final at Southwick.

Willingdon's bid to lift the cup for the fourth successive year was hit as Sophie Perry (2) and Poppy Ogilvie also netted.

Manager Mark Sorrell said: "Lara and Sophie have netted about 20 goals each for us this season but we've got a good side. Several are with Albion's centre of excellence and it showed in the final.

"The team was 3-0 up in five minutes and 6-0 by half-time. Our goalkeeper was never troubled.

"Our girls football teams have done well, the under-12s were runners-up in the Brighton and Hove District Cup."

Captain Steph Buche was delighted. She said: "We expected it to be more difficult but they weren't as strong as in previous years because some of their girls had left the school."

Cardinal Newman: Charlotte Sole, Roisin Ball, Nimi Iniekio, Nicola Wall, Sophie Perry, Steph Buche, Sam Ball, Lara Finlason, Emil Cook. Subs: Victoria Brinner, Katie Chapman, Mckenzie Elliott.

Lance Cronin made a winning England under-15s debut and went on to keep two clean sheets.

The Portslade Community College pupil, 15, helped his country defeat Nottingham Forest under-16s 1-0 at Forest's training ground and Canada 3-0 at Telford.

Cronin, now with Crystal Palace, said: "To play for my country was the best feeling in the world.

"The Forest game was more like a warm-up for the Canada game a couple of days later. But I'm pleased I managed to prevent the opposition from scoring."