FOOTBALL: Ilminster Town pressing for top five spot
Posted: 22nd September 2017
ILMINSTER Town will be looking to continue their good start to the 2017-18 season on Saturday (September 23, 2017) when they will be looking for another positive result when Stockwood Wanderers are the visitors to the Archie Gooch Pavilion. The Blues take on visitors Stockwood Wanderers in a 3pm kick-off and a victory for Ilminster could push them up into the top five in…
FOOTBALL: Veteran Manley is bringing on the young guns for Ilminster Town
Posted: 22nd September 2017
ILMINSTER Town Football Club’s youth chairman has been thanked for his help in bringing young players forward to senior football. Darren Manley, who has been involved with Ilminster Town for many years in various guises from player to manager to chairman, is enjoying helping out with the management of the club’s first team once again in the Premier Division of the…
CRICKET: Henry “Blowers” Blofeld signs up for Ilminster CC
Posted: 19th September 2017
CRICKET enthusiasts will be bowled over by news of a planned fundraising event next year being organised by Ilminster Cricket Club. Legendary cricket commentator Henry Blofeld, who has only recently retired from a long and distinguished career in the Test Match Special radio commentary box, will be at the Warehouse Theatre in Ilminster on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, where he…
FOOTBALL: Ilminster Town’s young guns hold table-toppers
Posted: 12th September 2017
THE young Ilminster Town team gained an excellent point in the Premier Division of the Somerset County League when they held undefeated top-of-the-table Nailsea and Tickenham. Jake Woodard was unavailable for the match on Saturday (September 9, 20178) at the Archie Gooch Pavilion in Ilminster so Adam Male was moved to centre half with Mike MaCormack making a welcome…
FOOTBALL: Disappointing start to league campaign for Ilminster Ladies
Posted: 12th September 2017
ILMINSTER Town Ladies saw their 2017-18 campaign in the Premier Division of the South West Women’s Football League get off to a disappointing start. The Ladies suffered a 4-0 defeat on Sunday (September 10, 2017) at the Archie Gooch Pavilion in Ilminster against visiting Forest Green Rovers Ladies. The Blues had a strong squad for the game with vice-captain Dana Andrews…
FOOTBALL: Ilminster Ladies exit the FA Women's Cup
Posted: 4th September 2017
ILMINSTER Town Ladies suffered a disappointing FA Women's Cup exit on Sunday (September 3, 2017) in their opening match of the 2017-18 season. The Blues went down 4-0 at Warsash Wasps Ladies in Hampshire in the First Qualifying Round of the competition. Full debuts came for Charlotte Johnson in goal, Amy Jones in defence, Charlie Pettinger and Lucy Pitman in midfield as…
BOWLS: Ilminster win league and cup double
Posted: 3rd September 2017
ILMINSTER Bowling Club has been celebrating after clinching a fantastic league and cup double. The club beat reigning champions Bath Bowling Club to win the Turnbull Cup on Sunday (September 3, 2017) – 24 hours after winning the league. Ilminster put in an amazing effort to win the Turnbull Cup with skipper Neil Rowe leading the charge by winning 26-11 over Dale Taylor…
CRICKET: Ilminster 1sts close season in a respectable fourth spot
Posted: 3rd September 2017
ILMINSTER Cricket Club’s first team finished the 2017 campaign in disappointing fashion on Saturday (September 2, 2017) with a six-wicket defeat at Keynsham. Skipper Sam Spurway won the toss for Ilminster and elected to bat and they got off to a good start with the opening duo putting on 61 before George Hayward departed for 22. It quickly became 67-2 when fellow opener…
FOOTBALL: Ilminster Town's young guns turn on the style
Posted: 3rd September 2017
ILMINSTER Town fielded possibly one of its youngest-ever 1st XI sides on Saturday (September 2, 2017) when Ashton & Backwell United Reserves were the visitors to the Archie Gooch Pavilion in the Somerset Senior Cup. With the team losing a number of players because of the start of the new Perry Street League, it meant they called upon 17-year-old Charlie Berrington to…
CRICKET: Swashbuckling Rice smashes sixes to win exciting match for Ilminster
Posted: 29th August 2017
EVERGREEN Craig Rice pulled off some mighty strokes on Saturday (August 26, 2017) to earn Ilminster Cricket Club a fantastic last-over victory against Taunton Deane. Ilminster needed 15 off the last over to overhaul Deane’s total of 202-8 in the West of England Premier League Premier Two Bristol/Somerset division and Rice could not have picked a better time to unleash a…
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