Sports in Axminster

A DIVISION

Seaton's fight to stay in Division A received another set-back after suffering another heaving defeat.

Axminster Town maintained their impressive start to the season , following their opening-day 5-0 thrashing of Newton Abbot Spurs on Saturday with a dogged 2-1 performance at home to Cullompton Rangers last evening (Wednesday).

It was not quite the sparking performance that thrilled the crowd on Saturday, but a deserved victory nonetheless, which sees the Tigers sharing the South West Peninsular Premier division lead with Brixham and Bovey Tracey.

Rain severely affected the Devon League cricket programme with a number of key games being cancelled which could impact on the league placings in the run-in to the end of the season.

In the Axe Valley, Seaton's Division A home match with Torquay was called off, ruining Seaton's chance of securing much-needed points in their fight to avoid relegation.

A rejuvenated Axminster Town started their 2021-22 season in emphatic form, slamming five goals past Newton Abbot Spurs on Saturday in their first match of the new campaign.

After struggling in the lower regions of the South West Peninsular Premier East Division in recent times, this was the performance that the Tigers' faithful following have been looking forward to for so long.

IT's been a great week for Lyme Regis Bowling Club. Firstly, two teams of mixed fours, playing for the Tony Allcock trophy, won their area final against Gillingham and now go on to play Somerset's best in the next round.

The two teams were: Alan and Trevor Allman with Pam and Allan Weech  and Barry and Nicky Driscoll With Pauline Knight and Paul Moffitt. Paul Moffitt's rink managed to win by 12 shots whilst Allan Weech's rink went down by two, giving the team a 10-shot win overall, a truly great team effort.

Axminster Town Reserves, promoted to the Devon and Exeter Premier Division, will kick-off their season under new manager Jamie Barfoot with a home fixture on Wednesday, August 25 (kick-off 7.30 pm) against Beer Albion, who are expected to be one of front-runners.

This will be followed by another home game on Saturday, August 28 (kick-off 3pm) against Ottery St Mary 2nds.

With Uplyme and Lyme Regis and Seaton having finished the first East Devon Bash T20 competition in first and second place, the Uplyme Muffin Men were favourites to beat the Seaton Pirates in the final, held at the King George V playing field on Sunday.

But in an exciting match, Uplyme failed by just eight runs after the Pirates had posted 149-4, having been put into bat. Having lost three early wickets, captain Matt Hewer (25), Joel Seward (60) and Tristan Wakley (40) were instrumental in setting a challenging target for Uplyme to lift the cup.

A DIVISION

Seaton Cricket Club's 1st X1 captain Ben Morgan has written himself into cricketing history.

By Dave Bruce

Last weekend was a big one for the Men's Section at Axe Cliff Golf Club with the re-arranged Club Championship.

More than £300 was raised for the RNLI in memory of former Axminster resident Adam Bounds over the weekend.

The town was left shocked at the end of May when much-loved Adam, aged 41, died suddenly after suffering a brain haemorrhage.