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Tunbridge Wells slipped to a 3-1 defeat at Kennington in the Premier Division, Snodland Town and Larkfield & New Hythe had contrasting fortunes of their own, and Staplehurst Monarchs sat idle at the top of the First Division.

Larkfield & New Hythe's perfect start to the SCEFL Premier Division season came to an abrupt end as Kennington overturned an early 1-0 deficit to win 4-1 at Eden Estates Stadium.

Tonbridge Angels lost 2-0 at home to Truro City, with manager Alan Dunne left fuming after a softly-awarded second-half penalty put the visitors ahead, and a strong shout for a penalty of their own waved away at the other end.

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.

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.