Early matches in the Wellington Bowling Club Indoor Open Singles competition have provided some tight games.Denis Fullstone, the one time Wellington cricketer well known for his overarm bowling skills is now a very capable underarm bowler in a very different game from cricket. He came up against new bowler Diane Troake who is a developing …
An away match to second-placed Keynsham was a big ask after last week’s disappointment against Bristol Harlequins. However, the Wellington youngsters showed true grit and dogged bloody-mindedness as they dug deep and by the end were a little disappointed not to have come away with a win. Playing into a gusty wind that was blowing …
In their first home game since 12 December 2015 and after a run of four consecutive matches where a losing bonus point had been won Wellington were unable to compete with their visitors in this disappointing match, reports Nick Robins. The home sides enforced youth policy interlaced with a few players with vast experience was …
Once again on Saturday Wellington lost a game they could so easily have won when they travelled to Cheltenham . Early pressure by Wellington saw them camped deep in the Cheltenham twenty two, however they were unable to convert this into points and Cheltenham were able to work their way out of trouble and exert …
Arriving 15 minutes before kick-off Wellington heard that the referee had decided the first team pitch was unplayable, so the match was moved to Harlequins training pitch. This was really short and narrow, which favoured the heavy weight Bristol Harlequins team. With only a 5 minute warm up, and playing uphill, the first minutes of …
Wellington’s away game to Chosen Hill was a motorway nightmare followed by a mudbath. A journey which should have taken an hour and a half took three hours on Saturday as congestion on the M5 meant that Wellington arrived just five minutes before the kick off. George Hodgson and Cameron Venn who didn’t travel on …
A crowd of well over 700 saw a thrilling Boxing Day derby, which had everything and which neither side deserved to loose. Kicking off down the hill and with the wind at their backs, Wellington were soon on the attack, and when they won several quick phases the ball was spread up the pitch for …
In atrocious conditions in what was a hard fought match, a well-deserved win for the Seconds puts them in the right frame of mind for Boxing Day, and to go into the second half of the season on a high. Playing up the hill first, it was apparent that Imperial’s strength was in their forwards, …
A dramatic finale to this game resulted in the Chiefs snatching the win with 10 minutes to go in an absorbing contest against another strong team in this division who were just unable to resist the home side’s young guns who never stopped trying and deservedly got their reward. The start of the match was …
Wellington Tennis Club junior players have been successful in specially designed local tournaments and in Junior League matches. Two teams were entered in Trull’s May tournament where competitors were seeded and played against the same seed from other clubs on a reduced sized court using lower-bounce orange balls. Wellington’s Jonathan Thorne won all his matches and …
Wellington lost in the Somerset Division of the West of England Premier League for the first time since June 6th when they conceded the double to high-flying North Petherton last weekend. Petherton opted to bat first and were in trouble early on as Luke Desave ripped through their top order to make them 9-3 and …
