AFTERa few dificult weeks in fielding full squads, Lyme Regis Reserves bounced back with a comfortable 3-0 win over Bampton at the Davey Fort on Saturday.

The welcome three ppints lifts them off the bottom of the Devon and Exeter Division Three and new manager Wallace Blackmore is hoping his side can kick on from here.

The Seasiders'' second string started lively with Robbie Fowler going close with a header, Will Meech foreing the visiting keeping to parry the ball wide before Jon Davies excuted a perfect strike to put Lyme into an eary 1-0 lead.

At the other end, the keeper Rob Harp pulled off a great diving save to protect Lyme's early lead.

Lyme continued to dominate throughout the half and Harp was rarely troubled again.

In the 23rd minute Kingsley Wellman, enjoying himself is midfield as he builds his fitness after a nasty ankle injury, headed wide from an excellent Hadyn Lewis cross.

Lyme's dominance was cementfd before half-time when new signing Ethan Matthews, who was causing havoc down the right wing, smashed the ball home to give the Seasiders a 2-0 advantage at half-time.

The second half continued to be bossed by Lyme who stage numerous attacks before Matthews sealed a 3-0 victory when he rifled the ball home from close range, winning himself the man-of-the-match award.

Matthews' close ball control and pace was a constant problem for the Bampton defence and he was unlucky not to have completed his hat-trick with a number of close misses.

It was also good to see Rhys Williams back in a Lyme shirt demonstrating he has lost none of his ball skills.

Blackmore will have been pleased with the overall performance of his side, especially the back-four, after a frustrating start to the season, but tomorrow (Saturday) they face an even sterner test when they travel to league leaders Hwemyock.