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Maidstone United Women began life in a higher division with a 3-0 win at Actonians Reserves, added experienced midfielder Milly Penfold to the squad, and now turn to Sunday's Women's FA Cup preliminary round tie against Hastings United at the Gallagher Stadium.

Tonbridge Angels made it back-to-back away wins and a second clean sheet of the season, beating ten-man Dover Athletic 1-0 at Crabble through Jephte Tanga's second-half strike after ex-Angel Naz Bakrin saw red.

A new impact survey of Tonbridge Angels' Walking Football programme shows it's doing far more than keeping people fit — participants say it's tackled loneliness, rebuilt confidence and given them a whole new friendship group.

A largely rebuilt Tonbridge Angels Under-18 squad kicks off its Isthmian Youth League campaign on Monday against Horsham, as the club also unveils a revamped, full-time Academy programme based at the Yeomans Community Stadium.

Tonbridge Angels travel to Dover Athletic on Tuesday night looking to bounce back from Saturday's narrow defeat to Torquay United, in what manager Alan Dunne calls the first of eight Kent derbies this season.

Tunbridge Wells CC and Sevenoaks Vine CC both won in the Kent Cricket League Premier Division at the weekend, with Vine now on a three-match winning run, while Tonbridge CC's first team edged a low-scoring thriller against Bickley Park.

Sevenoaks Town opened their Isthmian League South East campaign with a 2-2 draw against Faversham Town at Bourne Stadium, having led twice only to be pegged back both times in a first half that produced all four goals.

Maidstone United claimed their first win of the National League South season, beating Walton & Hersham 3-0 away with goals from Leone Gravata, Riley Court and Ryan Hanson - and an immediate starting debut for new loan signing Alex Stepien-Iwumene.

Tonbridge Angels went toe-to-toe with National League big-hitters Torquay United at Longmead, going down to ten men and a 2-1 defeat only after a stoppage-time header was somehow kept out by a last-gasp save from the visitors' goalkeeper.