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BBC News
7 hours ago
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Memorial football match held for Shoreham air crash victims
A memorial football match has taken place to mark the 10th anniversary of two men killed in the Shoreham air United FC players Jacob Schilt and Matthew Grimstone had been on their way to a game when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27 during the Shoreham Air Show in August two 23-year-olds were among 11 men who lost their lives in the incident, which also left another 13 people injured. Monday's match in their honour took place between the pair's former primary schools in Brighton and Hove. Matt Evans is a higher level teaching assistant and football coach at Balfour Primary, which is Matthew Grimstone's old explained the importance of their now annual clash against Patcham Primary, which Jacob Schilt attended."A memorial match between Balfour and Patcham has taken place every year since the crash happened and I think it's great that Matt and Jacob's legacy and positivity gets to live on through the children," he said. First team coach at Worthing United when disaster struck he recalled the impact the pair's death had on the team. "I was waiting for them at the ground on that day in 2015 but they never arrived," he said. "That feeling of mourning was unlike anything I've ever experienced and we still miss them to this day." Also on the side lines at Monday's game was Jacob's mother Caroline Schlit who said she thought it was "so lovely that the two schools want to keep the memory of Matthew and Jacob alive".Matthew's mother Sue Grimstone added that her son would have been very happy with the result of the match which saw Balfour come out on top."He will have been watching and thinking 'well done boys', " she said. "It was a good game."
New York Times
12-05-2025
- New York Times
Shoreham Airshow disaster pilot's license legal challenge rejected after crash that killed two team-mates
The mother of a Brighton & Hove Albion fan killed in an airshow disaster ten years ago is relieved after the pilot's bid to fly again was turned down for a second time. The High Court has ruled that pilot Andy Hill has no case for a judicial review. It follows a rejection last year of Hill's appeal against a decision by the Civil Aviation Authority not to restore his flying licence. Advertisement 'Hopefully, this really is the end of the road,' said Caroline Schilt, whose son Jacob was among the victims. 'We don't see how he (Hill) can go any further. All of the families we have spoken to are really relieved. 'He has been the bane of our lives for years now. We didn't think that at the beginning, because we assumed there was something wrong with the aircraft, and then we assumed the pilot would be absolutely mortified and would probably never want to fly again anyway.' Brighton supporter Jacob and his friend Matt Grimstone, a member of the club's ground staff, were among 11 men who lost their lives when a vintage jet flown by Hill crashed into traffic on a dual carriageway adjacent to Shoreham Airport in West Sussex in August 2015. The 23-year-old team-mates were on their way to play in a match for Worthing United. Hill was found not guilty in March 2019 of 11 charges of manslaughter by gross negligence and one charge of endangering an aircraft. An inquest in December 2022 ruled that the victims were unlawfully killed. Coroner Penelope Schofield said that it was 'clear and obvious' Hill should have abandoned the manoeuvre he was undertaking.
