On 31 June 2025, Seagulls-DSA took the opportunity to have our first group outing. We had a mixture of members and their personal assistants at the Lancing Training Ground.
We are very grateful to the staff at the training ground for giving us an excellent insight to the superb facilities the club provides for our players.
We were delighted to be invited by the club to visit the Elite Performance Centre in Lancing. We were limited to a group of 15 and the places were quickly filled. Gordon Divall, Stephen Webb, Niraj Haria, Mike Babbage, Shana Pezaro, Neil Judd and Kurt Gibbs were the fasted on the keyboards and secured places for them and their PAs. We gathered at the Centre on Saturday 31st June at 2pm. It was great to meet many members of the DSA and their personal assistants. We were greeted by our guide, Duncan, booked in and told not to take any photographs of this commercially sensitive site. Luckily Duncan took this photo of us outside the centre to commemorate our day out.
We saw the tremendous facilities including several full-sized pitches, an air conditioned 4G inside pitch, a huge gym, dining facilities and a fabulous spa area. Duncan explained how the centre worked and how the managers and coaching staff interact with the players. He stressed how important it is to have world class facilities to attract the best players to Brighton. We all agreed that it looked a great place to work and train. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day out and we hope it is the first of many DSA outings.