AFTER three years of slowly moving up the standings in the British University Sports Association championship, Southampton Institute is out to maintain this progress over the coming years by hiring dedicated sports people.

The Institute has decided to take on managers and coaches for all its competitive teams with one example being ex-Fareham manager and Saints player John Gittens assuming control of football at the Institute.

The Institute are still looking for mangers and coaches in some sports and are always interested in hearing from people who may be interested, especially netball, hockey and racquet sports. Contact Dan Feist at Southampton Institute on 023 8031 9157 or email dan.feist@solent.ac.uk.

Trojans host a pre-season hockey festival at Stoneham Lane and the nearby Fleming Park Leisure Centre today and tomorrow (10am).

The men line up against Banbury, High Wycombe, Phantoms, South Notts and Worthing, while the women plays EHA National League rivals Clifton, Reading and Worthing. The finals are at Trojans tomorrow afternoon.