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The North rock the Dockers Dorset & Wilts Div 1 South East Dorset Dockers North Dorset RFC
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Dockers kicked off and forced North into mistakes, and off a scrum, their centre crashed through to score under the sticks, 7-0. The Dockers defence was more than a match for North and repeatedly stopped mauls just short of the line. Then Dockers broke and crashed over for a second try. North came back, finding themselves in better positions and the last play of the half saw Bettesworth smash through: 12-7. North needed that and eventually, Dockers buckled and Bettesworth scored his second try. North’s tails were up, Adam Trevis scored the third and from a lineout, North span the ball wide in a wellworked move, ending up with Tom Rose smashing through his opposite number and grabbing North’s fourth of the day, earning them a bonus point. Dockers huffed and puffed for 15 minutes, but they couldn’t break down the green wall. North then won two quick penalties, the second kickable, and Jones added the three-pointer, taking the score to 12-27. North player of the match: Charles Jobling
READY TO RUMBLE North Dorset Women will play their first league game at home to Christchurch Ladies on November 14
Puddletown Weymouth & Portland
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A game of two halves precisely describes this clash of the top two teams. All points were scored in the first half – the second was a siege. The Seasiders were three points up inside two minutes: Puddletown replied, hooker Joe Swain crashing over from a well worked driving maul. The home team remained in control for most of the half, a penalty and converted try. Then a scrum five metres from Puddletown’s line collapsed, the ref said the Villagers were the culprits and awarded a penalty try. A high tackle resulted in another three points but the gap narrowed when
Puddletown’s Pearce Mercer, from the base of a scrum in his own half ran through to score a try, duly converted. HT: 12-23. With the advantage of the slope, it was the Seasiders who had to fight a rear-guard action. Late on, a maul was stopped, the referee blew for a high tackle and flashed the yellow card to a Weymouth player. Everyone expected a penalty try to be awarded, but alas the referee was not consistent. The Villagers pounded the opposition line and the Seasiders repelled. The game entered an uncontested scrummage stage and the home side forfeited a player, finished with 14 men. Ian Frizzle
Time to get in the swing again with Gillingham Hockey Gillingham Hockey Club has started league hockey again. The teams are similar, with three ladies and three men’s teams playing. The Ladies 1st XI has a 100% record, with wins over Chippenham and Frome 6-0 and 5-1 respectively.
The Ladies 2nds have one win and loss, the 3rds a draw and win. The Men’s 1st XI have yet to play a game apart from friendlies. The Men’s 2nds have a win, 3-2 v Salisbury, and the 3rds are 100% with wins over
Poole and Andover: the side includes new players who have never played senior hockey before. If you’re interested in playing for a competitive but friendly club please contact Stephen Way on 07786 894586.
sport@blackmorevale.net
Sherborne golf pair into the final four Sherborne golf club duo Claire Woolley and CarolAnne Raisbeck (pictured, below) have played their way to the last four of a national tournament which began with 1,700 ladies teams. The pair had already won seven preliminary rounds before packing their clubs for Slaley Hall golf course in Northumberland, where they beat a team from Aberdeenshire by 3&2 to reach the quarter finals. They then defeated a pair from Sale Golf Club, one of the favourites and which included a player ranked No4 in the England Golf Senior Women’s rankings. Play in the Daily Mail Foursomes was washed out the next day, so the pair will return to Slaley next spring for the semis and final. Meanwhile, Claire and Carol-Anne were in action at Yeovil Golf Club, teaming up with Alison PrideauxBrune in the Ladies’ Open Bowmaker Competition, which attracted 29 teams of three from across the southwest. The best two scores on each hole counted towards the results, which saw the Sherborne GC team finish second. Three points ahead were a trio from Rushmore GC: Sally Marlow, Jacqui Pethen and Jane Homer.
