Sports in Axminster

Axminster Town, following another impressive performance on Saturday, will be going all out to avenge an early season 2-0 defeat against local rivals Honiton Town when the two sides meet again tomorrow (Wednesday) at Tiger Way.

The Hippos won the bragging rights in the fixture at Honiton in August, but since then they have won only one other game and are sitting dangerously close to the relegation zone.

Somerset Intermediate Cup  

Uplyme Reserves 3, Merriott Dynamos 4

EXETER University 7th were the latest visitors to Venlake. Unbeaten so far - and playing Uplyme 1sts on the back of an impressive win over current league leaders last week - they started confidently and passed the ball around brightly.

However, Uplyme were more than a match for this style of play and, over the first 20mins, slowly gained control of the midfield with a mix of quick passing and a strong possession game.

By Dave Bruce

A small group of Axe Cliff Golf Club Ladies played a team from Sidmouth at home last Monday and continued their good form with a narrow win in this friendly match.

Axminster Town Ladies 15, Exeter University 0

Axminster Town Ladies hosted University of Exeter on Sunday, improving their title chances and boosting their goal difference with a storming 15-0 victory.

Dy Dick Sturch

AFTER last week's heavy defeat, Lyme Regis Reserves were able to field a much stronger side home to Pinhoe in Division Three of the Devon and Exeter League.

The game started off fairly even, with few chances created by either team.

After banging in five goals without reply at Plymouth Marjon on Saturday, the Tiger Way faithful were expecting a hatful of goals last evening (Wednesday) when Axminster Town were at home to bottom of the league Sidmouth Town, who had failed to take any points from their previous 11 games.

The Tigers boss, Dan Prettejohn, was not so confident, warning his team that the local derby could be "a great big banana skin", having struggled in previous midweek local clashes against Honiton and Cullompton. He was concerned that this could be viewed as their "Achilles Heel".

WATCHING Lyme Regis 1st team play this season is not for the faint hearted. The Seasiders are prone to giving away soft goals before staging a late comeback to rescue points. This was the pattern of their home game against Elmore 2nds on Saturday, following similar performances in three other matches this season.

True, like so many other clubs this season, Lyme have struggled to field a full-strength side due to injuries, Covid and unavailabilities, but their frailty in defence will be an area in which manager Julien Simier will want to see a big improvement, essential to stay in touch with the leaders in the Devon and Exeter Premier division.

By Dave Bruce

Another good week for Axe Cliff Golf Club ladies in a Devon Vets competition. On Monday it was the Captain's Meeting held at Stover and it was won overall by Axe Cliff captain Anne Jarvis who with 37 points was the outright winner of the prestigious Ord Cup and Caroline Bond came first in the Bronze Division with 36 points and only missed out on being runner-up to Anne on countback.