FOOTBALL: New Ilminster Town FC first team boss looking forward to 2016-17 season
Posted: 30th June 2016
THE new manager of Ilminster Town’s first team is hoping to win promotion back to the Premier Division of the Somerset County League. Jason Manley is very much looking forward to the start of the 2016-17 campaign with the club having moved to its new headquarters – The Archie Gooch Pavilion – at Britten’s Field. “The committee at Ilminster Town Football Club have done…
CRICKET: A proud sporting day for Ilminster’s Craig Rice
Posted: 6th June 2016
THERE was a special moment at the weekend for well-known Ilminster sportsman Craig Rice when he played league cricket with his two young sons for the first time. Craig, vice-chairman of Ilminster Cricket Club and still playing first-team cricket in the West of England League despite now being in his late 40s, turned out for the club’s team which appears in the Taunton…
YOUTH FOOTBALL: Mayor thanks Ilminster Youth FC for doing the town proud
Posted: 22nd May 2016
ILMINSTER Town Youth Football Club has been praised for helping to teach young people important life skills. The new Mayor of Ilminster, Cllr Val Keitch, was the special guest at the club’s annual celebration of achievement which was held earlier today (Sunday, May 22, 2016) at Swanmead School. “I am so pleased to see so many youngsters from the Ilminster area involved…
GOLF: Charity day with Ilminster Rotary Club
Posted: 12th May 2016
THE Ilminster Rotary Club will be holding a charity golf day later this summer in aid of the Horseshoes and Handprints group. The golf day – based on a Stableford Competition with full handicap – is taking place on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Cricket St Thomas Golf Club. It will cost £20 for visitors and £10 for Cricket St Thomas Golf Club members. Tee-off times are from…
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Good luck Ilminster Ladies
Posted: 12th May 2016
ILMINSTER Town Ladies FC will be hoping to celebrate tonight (Thursday, May 12, 2016) by winning the Somerset FA Women’s Junior Cup. They will be taking on Yeovil Town Ladies FC intermediate team in the final which is being staged at Street Football Club with a 7.30pm kick-off. The match is being sponsored by the Yeovil-based Quedam Shopping Centre.
YOUTH FOOTBALL: Ilminster Tigers roar to championship success
Posted: 5th May 2016
THERE were celebrations last night (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) for Ilminster Tigers Under-14s as they clinched the Division Two championship trophy in the Yeovil and District Youth Football League. A 2-1 success over Merriott Wildcats Under-14s at the Ilminster Recreation Ground secured the title for the Tigers who are part of the Ilminster Town Youth FC. They have enjoyed…
FOOTBALL: Ilminster Town sign off at home with narrow defeat
Posted: 3rd May 2016
ILMINSTER Town Football Club's first team completed their 2015-16 home games yesterday (Monday, May 2, 2016) with a narrow 1-0 defeat to league champions Middlezoy Rovers. It was just one first-half goal which separated the two sides in a game which was Ilminster’s last at their long-standing headquarters at Ilminster Recreation Ground. The club will be moving its new…
CRICKET: Renovation plans for The Shed submitted to council
Posted: 3rd May 2016
PLANS have been submitted to demolish the existing grandstand at the Ilminster Recreation Ground and extend the sports club popularly known as The Shed. The proposals have been submitted to South Somerset District Council by Joy Norris, the town clerk to Ilminster Town Council, for the demolition of the grandstand and alterations and building of extension to the sports…
YOUTH FOOTBALL: Boss Dynamo Dyke is proud as Ilminster Giants go down fighting
Posted: 1st May 2016
THE Ilminster Giants Under-12s youth football team can be rightly proud of their efforts despite losing out in their league’s cup final. The Giants went down 4-1 against Wells Under-12s in the final played yesterday (Saturday, April 30, 2016) at Somerton. The Ilminster side had opened the scoring, but went in at the half-time break trailing 2-1. Wells then scored two…
BOWLS: Ilminster Bowling Club wins the Turnbull Cup
Posted: 1st May 2016
ILMINSTER Bowling Club is celebrating this evening (Sunday, May 1, 2016) after winning the prestigious Turnbull Cup in the Somerset Bowls Association. They won the final of the competition – the association’s annual club knockout competition - by beating Clevedon Bowling Club by seven shots at Yeovil Bowling Club this afternoon. The match was actually the 2015 Turnbull…
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