Before the kick off Weymouth & Portland & Dorchester rugby players observe a minutes silence in honour of former Seahorses player Victor Frampton who recently passed away .
Weymouth Football Club’s senior men’s team came from behind to snatch victory by 4 goals to 3 at the Bob Lucas Stadium against visitors Hemel Hempstead Town and bank all 3 National League South points.
The Terras trailed by 2 goals to nil at one point, but Bobby Wilkinson’s boys didn’t throw in the towel and according to our Man at the Match, “Weymouth just did not give up even when they went 2 nil down. The Terras were a completely different side in the second half and never stopped running, the match sponsors gave their Man of the Match award to Ezio Touray, but for me every player deserved an award for that performance”.
Striker Brandon Goodship netted again for the Terras.
Weymouth’s goals came from Malachi Linton, Ezio Touray, Brandon Goodship and the match winner in the 95th minute of the game Keelan O’Connell.
Dorchester travelled to Didcot Town and had the handicap of playing for 78 minutes with only 10 men on the park after Drew Eccott-Young had been dismissed by the referee for a last man illegal challenge.
The Magpies striker Will Fletcher scored the only goal of the game and Dorchester picked up 3 valuable Southern Premier League points.
In the Wessex league Portland United lost by 3 goals to 2 away against Baffins Milton Rovers, the blues strikes courtesy of Jamie Symes and Ben Morris while in the Southwest Peninsular East Bridport travelled to Torridgeside and lost out by 1 goal to nil.
In the Tribute Rugby Southern Counties League Weymouth & Portland and their guests Dorchester observed a minute’s silence before the kick-off in respect for the passing of former Seahorse’s player Victor Frampton.
Victor also won England Under 18 caps and played in the Bath Academy team.
The game began at a high tempo and the Seahorses scored at a point a minute and raced into 19 points to nil lead to end the first quarter and looked to be in almost total control, but Dorchester crossed for a try on the stroke of half time and in the second half it was a totally different contest.
At one stage the County Town had narrowed the margin to come within 3 points of the Weymouth& Portland total, but the Seahorses dug deep into their reserves and restored their lead to eventually win the game by 36 points to 26.
Scorers Weymouth & Portland Tries, Fin Pitman 2, Ryan Llewendon, Arun Rennles, Adam Makepeace & Reece Makin.
James Baker conversions 3.
In the same division Swanage & Wareham lost at Walcot by 14 points to 13 while in the Dorset & Wilts Leagues Blandford beat Oakmeadians at Larksmead by 34 points to 17 and Dorchester second team lost at home against Swanage & Wareham a xv by 14 points to 24.
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