Sport

Another win for young star Slater

Bradley Slater proved that youth is no barrier to winning ways as he stormed to victory at the Fly Fishers' latest outing to John O ' Gaunts Trout Fishery. The hot and humid weather proved no barrier to Bradley who made light work of a four-fish bag weighing in at exactly 11lb. Popular patterns included GRHE and PTN with buzzers also proving successful. Bradley also won the prize for the biggest fish, this beautiful rainbow of 3lb 13oz.

Girl power on the beach

Verwood Town Girls U12s competed in the first ever BeachFest international football tournament in Bournemouth and were runners up after losing to Lewes FC, the eventual winners. The tournament, which is run over three days, saw teams across the country visit Bournemouth to try the sport. Verwood Girls had never played on sand before and with new rules and technical skills to learn, the players took a lot away from the day including a medal for their efforts. The girls’ coach Chris Berry said: “I am very proud of each and every player today. “They are a bunch of coachable players and had a desire to learn and try new creative things.”

SAFE HANDS: The Verwood Girls U-12s goalkeeper in action on the sand

A fine show in the wet for town athletes

The second South West Athletics League match at Yeovil on Sunday, August 1, was as wet as the first one in July. A shortage of qualified officials almost cost the club second place on the day just edging ahead of home club Yeovil Olympiads. It seemed that the rain helped some athletes more than others. Harry Bunting was flying running a star performance winning the under 15 200 metres in 24.19 and then second place in the 100 in 12.21. The under 13 boy sprinters were in fine form. Charlie Cleall won the 200 in 28.29 with Finlay Carvell breathing down his neck on 28.93 and Finlay was second in the 100 in 13.88 with Charlie returning the compliment in third place on 13.9. Shot Putt featured heavily in the points scored with Lucy Lucas winning the under 15s with 8m34 and Olivia Jones winning the under 13s with 6m53. Jack Williams won the under 15 high jump with 1m65 and then turned his hand to the 3000 metres winning in 10.26.33. Iris Courtney ran a very elegant winning Under 17 3000 metres in 10.43.8 Every point scored was valuable and it was down to the performances of the likes of Rory Conolly, Amy Darragh in the 100 metres, Veteran Phil York who ran the relay and coach Richard Cassidy who won the senior men’s javelin with a first throw of 32.58 who put the team in second overall. 1 Taunton 350 2 Wimborne 293 3 Yeovil 292 4 Poole AC 239 5 Mendip AC 98 6 Dorchester 83