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The North rock the Dockers

Dorset & Wilts Div 1 South

East Dorset Dockers 12 North Dorset RFC 27

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 12 Weymouth & Portland 23

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 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.

DOUBLE ASSIST: Jordi Foot set up two goals, seen here with SFC joint manager Wayne Smith receiving a Man of the Match award against AFC Stoneham in September. Hot foot Jordi sets up win

Wessex League Premier Oct 9

Shaftesbury 3 Blackfield & Langley 1

Shaftesbury got their league campaign back into gear with a comfortable win. Ash Pope opened the scoring on 12 minutes after good work by Jordi Foot: the outstanding 18-year-old fullback also set up Aiden Shepherd for the second on 70 mins. Two minutes later, Shepherd added his second to see The Rockies home. The victory was particularly welcome, coming on the back of a second league defeat, 2-1 at home to Alresford Town. The visitors went 2-0 up before Cam Beard pulled one back. Shaftesbury skipper Gary Bowles was sent off two minutes from time. Shaftesbury have played more cup games (nine) than league (eight) this season

and reached the Third Round of the Wessex League Cup with a 4-2 home win over Andover Town. Pope (2) and Shepherd scored again, with Kyle Graham netting his first for the club. The Rockies are also still in the FA Vase and have a Dorset Senior Cup game on Nov 2. The cup runs have caused a backlog of league games, with tomorrow’s game against Baffins Milton Rovers the fifth of nine games in October. Blackmore Vale League: Donhead the last unbeaten team as Blandford and Comets lose

Blandford Utd lost their unbeaten record, losing 6-3 at home to Sturminster Rovers. Jay Donoris scored a hat-trick for Stur. The only team yet to lose are Donhead Barbarians, who ended South Cheriton Comets unbeaten run with a 7-2 home win – Aaron Leney was the hat-trick hero for Donhead. TGR won their first game, beating sister team Team Gryphon 3-2 while Hazelbury Hornets lost 9-2 at home to Bradford Abbas: Adam Nash and Shamal Lewis each bagged three. The Hornets prop up the table, with TGR and Team Gryphon above them. The Comets lead the table ahead of Donhead and Stur. There was only one game in the BV League on October 3 with the Comets beating Hazelbury. The game between Bradford Abbas and the Barbarians was washed out. Three teams were in action in the Dorset County FA Cup and all won: Blandford and Team Gryphon won 5-1 at The Tides and Wyke Smugglers respectively and Sturminster Rovers beat Longfleet 5-0 at home.

FOOTBALL FIXTURES

Oct 16 Western League Div 1 Radstock v Gillingham Town Tytherington v Sherborne Wincanton v Bishop Sutton

Wessex League Premier Shaftesbury v Baffins Milton

Dorset League Premier Blandford v Merley Cobham Holt v Sturminster Newton

Dorset Senior League Broadstone FC v Tisbury Utd Stalbridge v Sturminster Marshall

Oct 17 Blackmore Vale League South Cheriton Comets v Blandford Utd Sturminster Rovers v Donhead Barbarians Team Gryphon v Bradford Abbas TGR v Hazelbury Hornets

Oct 19 Wessex League Premier Amesbury v Shaftesbury

Oct 23 Western League Div 1 Hengrove v Gillingham Sherborne v Tytherington Wincanton v Radstock

FA Vase Longlevens v Shaftesbury

Dorset League Premier Portland Res v Blandford Stur Newton v Hamworthy

Dorset Senior League Chickerell Utd v Tisbury Dorchester Sports Reserves v Stalbridge

Oct 24 Women’s FA Cup 3rd round qualifying Weymouth v Sherborne

Oct 26 Wessex League Premier Shaftesbury v Hamworthy

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Western League Div 1 Oct 9

Bishop Sutton 1 Sherborne 1

Sherborne were Team of the Month in a poll of 300 Western League fans after winning all three league games and an FA Vase match in September. But October isn’t proving lucrative, with The Zebras losing 3-4 at home to lowly Almondsbury then failing to hold their lead at midtable Bishop Sutton. Alex Murphy put Sherborne ahead on 53 minutes but their lead lasted just three minutes against a team that hadn’t won in five games. Almondsbury were also on a poor run, winning only two out of 12 but the Bristol team took the lead at Sherborne through a penalty. Dec Cornish equalised but ‘Bury then sprinted into a 41 lead by 65 minutes. Ashley Knight scored a hat-trick for the Bristol team. A late rally saw The Zebras score two in the last eight minutes, through Josh Williams and Cornish.

HEAVY WEATHER Sherborne struggled to break down Bishop Sutton Pic: James Healey/Twitter

Gillingham 1 Odd Down 2

The Gills’ sticky patch continued with Bath-based Odd Down coming from behind to win in the 87th minute. Gillingham took a lead on 12 minutes but not for the first time this season let their opponents off the hook. The loss followed two tough games against teams in the Top Four. Elliot Bevis scored in a hard fought 1-0 win at home to Warminster, who had won three on the trot but had Connor McKay, sent off within 10 minutes. This time the Gills held fast to take the points. But at AEK-Boko, it was Gillingham who lost a man and the match again after being ahead. Bevis put The Gills ahead and later equalised on the hour. But at 2-2, Gillingham were reduced to 10 men and the game slipped away as thirdplaced AEK stole the winner.

Lebeq Utd 4 Wincanton Town 1

A hat-trick by Cameron Brown and a goal on debut

for Jennison Williams saw Town lose three in a row ahead of a home game against Gillingham on Tuesday. Dan Quirke scored the consolation on debut. The previous week, Town lost 2-1 at Warminster, taking a half-time lead through Tom Richardson and defending stoutly. But a contentious penalty and a second goal on 86 minutes took the game out of Town’s reach. In the Somerset Premier Cup, Richardson and Dan Dix scored late on in a 3-2 defeat to Keynsham Town.

Second half blitz sends Stur crazy and up to second

Dorset League Premier

Merley Cobham 1 Sturminster Newton 4

Three second half goals sent Stur above Merley and into second place going into Tuesday’s derby with Blandford. Stur conceded early but a penalty from skipper Brad Hansford drew them level. Stur dominated the second half with goals from Buddy O’Shea and Hansford again. Top scorer Nick Thompson completed the rout. In the previous week, Stur won 2-1 at Stur Marshall in the first round of the Dorset Senior Trophy. Thompson scored either side of half-time.

Blandford 3 Balti Sports 0

Blandford did the double over Balti, having won a Dorset Senior Trophy cup at Sports the previous week. Brothers Tay and Brad Pike both scored as did Elliot Manson. The Royals kept a clean sheet despite losing keeper Ryan Park after 15 mins: outfielder Jamie Lyth took the gloves. “Some excellent performances: Charlie John at the back was outstanding,” said Frazer McCarthy on Twitter. In the cup match, sub Archie McCarthy scored twice with goals also from Brad Pike, Mark Ford and Steve Smith. A Dorset Senior Trophy cup tie was abandoned last Saturday due to racist comments aimed at a Gillingham Town Reserves player. The match at Bridport was called off by the referee in extra time with Bridport Reserves leading 2-1. In an apology, Bridport chairman Adrian Scadding said the spectator involved has been banned for life and he apologised to the player, club, officials and fans.