Puddletown Rugby Club celebrated the 50th anniversary since the club’s formation with a pre-match dinner attended by many of their former captains.
The celebrations took place at their Greenfields Ground on Piddlehinton Camp where they now play their rugby.
Then the assembled members and guests took in the Villagers game against Dorchester Second team and the players did not let their honoured guests down winning the game by 62 points to Nil.
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One of Weymouth & Portland Rugby Club’s prodigal sons returned from distant lands to support the Seahorses from the touchline at Sherborne Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon.
Mick Caulfield turned out for Weymouth from 1966 until Mick and his wife Pat emigrated to Perth Western Australia in 1991.
Mick said, “It’s difficult getting used to the temperature back here, in Perth when we left it was over 30 degrees”.
Rugby is in the Caufield genes, Mick and Pat’s son Jonathon represented the Wallabies under 18 team and played against the touring Junior All Blacks and he found himself up against the legend that was Jonah Lomu.
Mick resumed acquaintances with his former Weymouth and Dorset & Wilts County teammates Barry Ross Mackenzie and Hughie Mason.
Unfortunately, despite Mick and Pat’s support the result went in favor of the home side who beat the Seahorses by 31 points to 7.
In the local football Weymouth travelled to Tonbridge Angels for a National League South game and returned on the wrong side of a 2 goals to 1 scoreline.
The Angels took the lead in the 35th minute for Tom Bearwish to put the visitors level 7 minutes later, but in the 72nd minute Tonbridge netted again and with there being no further scoring its back to the chalk board for manager Bobby Wilkinson’s men.
Our Man at the Match said. “We keep getting all of these strikers in, but none of them seem to be able to find the back of the net. We were the better team in the second half, but failed to test their keeper. However all of the teams around us in the league table didn’t do mush better so there wasn’t much damage done. Look forwards to next week at home against Slough”.
Dorchester hosted Hungerford at the Avenue Stadium and at one stage trailed 3 goals to nil before debutant Harvey Hughes pulled one back for the Magpies, then with 90 minutes on the watch the Crusaders scored again to put the result beyond doubt.
Lewis Waterfield did manage to score a consolation goal 4 minutes into second half overtime.
Portland United welcomed United Services Portsmouth at Grove Corner and ran out 2 goals to 1 winners.
The Blues scores came courtesy of Connor Bent and Aidan Sheppard.
Bridport’s match at Saint Mary’s against Torrington was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch as is Weymouth Football Club’s women’s team’s match at Purton, That pitch is also is also flodded.
In the local rugby Tribute Southern Counties League, Weymouth & Portland went down by 31 points to 7 at Sherborne, Dorchester put Avonvale to the sword at Coburg Road beating their guests by 69 points 19 and Swanage & Wareham lost to North Dorset at Slaughtergate by 30 points to 8.
In the Dorset & Wilts Leagues, Blandford won at Larksmead beating Bridport by 22 points to 12 and as already stated Puddletown won at Greenfields overcoming the challenge of Dorchester Second team by 62 points to Nil.
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