CRICKET: Ilminster CC looks back on another season
Posted: 3rd November 2017
ILMINSTER Cricket Club held its annual dinner and presentation night at the Shrubbery Hotel where more than 100 players, club officials and guests gathered to look back on the 2017 season. Club chairman Paul Knight congratulated all the various teams on their achievements over the season and everyone who had worked behind the scenes. He also thanked all those involved in…
FOOTBALL: Storm Brian’s no match for Adam Male and his Ilminster Town team-mates
Posted: 22nd October 2017
ILMINSTER Town ran out comfortable 4-1 winners over Clutton AFC at the Archie Gooch Pavilion on Saturday (October 21, 2017) on a day when Storm Brian made playing conditions difficult in the Premier Division of the Somerset County League. The visitors had gained promotion last season as Ilminster did by winning the Somerset County League Division One, but the East…
FOOTBALL: Warm-up tops for Ilminster A – thanks to Minster Electrical Contractors
Posted: 22nd October 2017
ILMINSTER-BASED Minster Electrical Contractors has been thanked for its sponsorship of warm-up tops for a local football team. Ilminster A, who play in Division Three of the Perry Street League, are going well so far in the 2017-18 campaign and top the table with a maximum 21 points from their seven games played to date. Victory number seven came on Saturday (October 21…
FOOTBALL: Heavy defeat for Ilminster Town Ladies
Posted: 11th October 2017
ILMINSTER Town Ladies suffered a 6-1 defeat at home to Exeter City Ladies on Sunday (October 8, 2017) in their latest outing in the Premier Division of the South West Women’s Football League. A squad of 13 took to the field with Aimee Rowe returning for her second game of the season, while Tia Shoemark, Sammie Knight and Colette Martin returned to the squad. Meg Purchase…
FOOTBALL: Good win for Ilminster Town
Posted: 11th October 2017
ILMINSTER Town moved into the last 16 of the Somerset Senior Cup with a comfortable 2-0 win against Division One side Street Reserves. The Blues, of the Premier League, got the win in the end thanks to goals from Jon May and Karl Davies, but they were made to work for their passage through to the next round of the cup by visiting Street. The first-half was evenly…
FOOTBALL: Heavy defeat for Ilminster Town’s youthful first team
Posted: 3rd October 2017
ILMINSTER Town will be looking to bounce back to form this coming weekend after their decent start to the season in the Premier Division of the Somerset County League was given a severe dent last Saturday (September 30, 2017). A very young and inexperienced Ilminster side suffered a 7-0 walloping at league leaders Chilcompton Sports – although it should be pointed out…
YOUTH CRICKET: Conveyor belt of talent keeps on coming for Ilminster
Posted: 1st October 2017
ILMINSTER Youth Cricket Club celebrated the end of another successful summer with its annual end-of-season get-together. The young players along with family members and their team coaches and managers gathered at the Tony Rice Shed at Ilminster Recreation Ground on Friday (September 29, 2017) evening. Team managers Darren Grinter, Craig Rice, Tony Millett and Mark…
CRICKET: Howzat! Ilminster wins national Club of the Year award
Posted: 28th September 2017
ILMINSTER Cricket Club has been named as winners of a prestigious award in recognition of its efforts in this summer’s NatWest Under-19s Club T20 competition. It was confirmed on Thursday (September 28, 2017) that from all the nominations from all the counties involved in the competition that the English Cricket Board had selected Ilminster CC as the overall winner of…
FOOTBALL: Victory for Ilminster Town Ladies
Posted: 26th September 2017
ILMINSTER Town Ladies savoured victory on Sunday (September 24, 2017) with a 2-0 success over a strong Bishops Lydeard team in the Premier Division of the South West Women’s Football League. Looking to pick up their first points of the season, Town put out a strong squad of 12 with Hannah Billing making her full debut for the 1st team, while Amy Burge was handed her…
FOOTBALL: Ilminster Town battle back for a point
Posted: 26th September 2017
ILMINSTER Town moved into the top six of the Premier Division in the Somerset County League on Saturday (September 23, 2017) – although they were held to a 2-2 draw at home by visitors Stockwood Wanderers. The first ever meeting of these two sides ended in stalemate, but despite the draw the Ilminster camp was delighted with a point having coming back from 2-0 down…
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