Hove are in the pink as they reap the benefits of moving to a new home.

And not just because of the eyecatching change strip they wore for their latest impressive win.

The Sussex One club have drawn parallels with Albion's move to Falmer after re-locating a few hundred yards up Old Shoreham Road to Hove Rec.

Their latest success was a 55-3 home win over Bec Old Boys in the Powergen Junior Vase, setting up a home tie with Old Paulines in the fourth round.

Unlike Albion, Hove have not attempted to build a stadium on their new site.

But there are similarities with Falmer, including opposition from residents and the chance to grow and progress in more suitable surroundings.

Until 2002, the club played at Hove Park, where, a few years earlier, you could hear the cheers drifting over from the Goldstone on a Saturday afternoon.

Immediate past president Richard Lewis, a former first team captain, has been a Hove member for 46 years and has enjoyed the progress made in recent times.

He said: "Re-locating has been a breath of fresh air to our club.

"That has been shown by the number of youngsters coming to us.

"The first XV is a young side and there are more kids coming along.

"It has been ten years of struggle and commitment but we are now reaping the benefits.

"When we were at Hove Park, we were running three sides. That was before England won the World Cup.

"Since the World Cup and the move we are regularly running six teams at a time when just about all Sussex clubs are struggling to put out as many sides as they did 20 years ago.

"The reason we can do that is our location and facilities.

"It's quite exciting going down to the ground and seeing a club being re-born."

First team success will help give that progress extra exposure and Hove were always in charge on Saturday, leading 41-3 by half-time.

Adam Phillips led the scoring with a try, seven conversions, a penalty and a drop goal for 25 points but was first to recognise the starring role played by a young back row featuring John Medhurst, John Hathaway and Roger Windsor.

Medhurst scored a try, along with Rupert Pratt (2), skipper Carl Pittaway, Tom le Mehaute and Ben Cole.

Pittaway captained the side in the absence of James Finlason, who further spread the Hove gospel on international duty.

Finlason plays for Malta and came off the bench to score the only try in their win over Serbia.

Lewis reckons Hove are well on their way to solving most of their domestic issues, including the the thorny issue of parking.

And, like Albion at Withdean, he reckons the club have left a legacy of improved facilities at Hove Park.

He said: "The council are doing all they can to help us and I think our neighbours are happy enough with the situation.

"When we get 300 kids playing here on a Sunday it is going to be busy for a while but maybe that's not a bad price for having so many youngsters playing sport and being well looked after.

"We are now completely out of Hove Park and we have left a clubhouse, which some of us built with our own bare hands, and a levelled pitch."

The perfect finale to Hove's season would be to play at another redeveloping ground, Twickenham, though they will face opposition from plenty of Junior Vase contenders, including Hastings and Bexhill.

The Sussex One side were 38-7 winners over Old Tiffinians as Kit Claughton scored four tries from outside half.

Danny Ralph also got over and Paul Sandeman converted all five tries as well as kicking a penalty. H&B have been drawn away to Trojans.

A youthful Crawley side went out 24-10 at London Exiles as Richie Barnes scored a try and Andy Evans added the conversion and a penalty.