Sports in Axminster

By Dave Bruce,

We were all blessed with good weather last week and Axe Cliff Golf Club members certainly made the most of it.

LYME Regis Bowls is experiencing a busy schedule with county and national preliminaries in full swing as well as all the various in house competitions.

This Saturday sees the start of our week long 63rd Open Tournament and members are hoping that the present fine weather will continue.

A Division

Seaton's challenging season continued with a disappointing performance away to Plympton where they were beaten by eight wickets.

A Division

With the season a third completed, Seaton are still looking for for more consistency in the Devon Cricket League A Division.

Junior members of Seaton Tennis Club have made a bid to play on the hallowed turf of the All England Club by taking part in the Road to Wimbledon competition.

The tournament is the biggest of its kind in British tennis, giving under-14 boys and girls across the country a chance to compete in local events, with county champions earning the right to play on the famous grass courts of SW19.

JUST one Lyme Regis Bowling Club this week - the result  from the Dorset Women's Bowls League.

The format for this league has changed from the usual 'rinks' format to a 'triples' league. This change was made because of the ongoing pandemic and, will not entail any promotion or relegation this season.

Axe Cliff Ladies drew the short straw with the weather last Wednesday having to play in the rain.

It was their first round of the Axe Cliff Cup which is a tough series of five medal rounds and the cup goes to the lady with the best aggregate of three cards.

The new East Devon T-20 Bash, sponsored jointly by LymeOnline and Nub News, got underway last week with three fixtures – Rising Ottery Super Beavers (Ottery St Mary) v Uplyme Muffin Men (Uplyme & Lyme Regis), Seaton Pirates (Seaton CC) v Upottery Kestrels (Upottery CC) and Sidbury Moles (Sidbury CC) v Kilmington Swingers (Kilmington CC). Honiton Hawks (Honiton CC) had a bye.

Uplyme Muffin Men proved to be too strong for Ottery Rising Ottery Super Beavers. Uplyme batted first and amassed a total of 182-6 with Sam Farrow (55), Steve Batey (43) and Mark Batey (38) top scoring in a performance peppered with aggressive batting which saw several sixes flying out of Ottery's expansive ground.

LYME Regis 1st team finished their season with a disappointing 1-0 defeat against Lapford this afternoon (Saturday) in the play-off for the Devon and Exeter League Premier Division title. 

The two teams came together because Lapford won the Premier West Division and Lyme the Premier East Division.

SEATON Cricket Club have signed West Indian quick bowler Mali Marshall. He made his debut at Tavistock on Saturday, taking two wickets.

Mali is the 31-year-old son of the late Malcolm Marshall, one of the most feared West Indian fast bowlers throughout the 1980s.