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OPENERS Chris Hull (77) and Derry West (53) powered Patchway to an emphatic ten-wicket victory at Fry's in Division Four of the Bristol District League. The home side were restricted to just 131-6, with Alex Beere taking 3-16 from 12 overs, before skipper Hull and West clinched their side's first win of the campaign. It was a good day all-round for Patchway, as the club's 2nds were six-wicket home victors over Bristol Lions ,...

SKIPPER Anup Kolambkar blasted five fours and five sixes in a quickfire 74 to put Cleeve on course for a 61-run win at Old Elizabethans in the preliminary round of the Bristol & District Cup. The visitors reached 158-4, before Elizabethans were pegged back to 97-8, Glenn Lewin (2-12), James Cole (2-24) and Nitin Takyar (2-32) sharing the bowling honours. Cleeve will now be at home to Bristol Sri Lankans, who eased past St Mary...

JOHN Filliter insisted that Portishead Town Reserves' dramatic cup final victory over Nailsea Town Reserves made up for the blow of failing to go up. His team were on course for a serious promotion tilt before a series of poor late-season results ended with a "frustrating" sixth-spot finish, one place above Nailsea on goal difference, in Division Two West. Tuesday night's showdown at Clevedon's Hand Stadium promised to be...

KEYNSHAM have been spared relegation from Western Counties North, despite finishing second from bottom. Two teams have been promoted into WCN from Somerset Premier – champions Chew Valley plus Midsomer Norton, who defeated Frampton Cotterell in a play-off. And Norton's success, combined with a customary round of geographical rebalancing across the South West league pyramid, all helped save Keynsham from the drop. Walcot have...

SKIPPER Sam Long, Harry Chambers and Tom Tremlow were all in excellent form to help Rockhampton beat Thornbury to claim their first Under-11 Section A victory of the season. Long and Chambers bowled tightly to restrict opponents Thornbury to 16 off their first six overs after being put in. Tremlow then capped a fine bowling debut by taking 3-6 in three overs as Thornbury were bowled out for 70. Long and Chambers then set about the...

LOCAL CRICKET Wally Wright and Jack Fraser powered Winscombe to a seven-wicket win at Clevedon to help their side make it three from three at the top of Premier Two in North Somerset's Sunday Conference. The visitors, needing a challenging 248, lost an early wicket, but skipper Jury Cureton (37) steadied the ship before a long partnership between Wright (103) and Fraser (70 not) saw their side home with a ball to spare. Earlier,...

Wadworth 6X West of England Premier League – Premier One: Bridgwater 169 Ashcott & Shapwick 163-9, Bath 267 (S Mount 87, L Padgett 51 no) Bristol 211 (W Tavare 50), Frocester 261-8 (T Wand 97) Ilminster 49 (R Cave 5-29), Keynsham 86 Downend 89-2, Corsham 279-5 (T Abbott 104 no, S Collier 60 no) Taunton St Andrews 250 (J Regan 56). Premier Two: Chard 153 (J Dalwood 50) Gloucester City Winget 155-9 (S Montgomery 67),...

ABBOTS Leigh made it three from three with a comfortable four-wicket home win over Gordano Valley in Division Three of the Globe Sports Bristol & District League. Skipper Joe Eizenberg (31) and fellow opener Ross Hale (29) top-scored as Gordano battled to 117-8, after losing the toss, the in-form Mo Rashid (4-24 from 12 overs) and James Holdsworth (2-11) striking. A modest target then proved to be well within reach for Abbots...

THE Long brothers provided double trouble for gutsy Fry Club as Nailsea United maintained their stranglehold on senior Somerset County football by securing a second successive league and cup double. Having already emulated their 2011-12 success with another top-flight title triumph, Mark Savage's men entered their encounter with promoted first division side Fry's looking to make it back-to-back Premier/First Division Cup final...

OPPOSING captains and opening batsmen Carey Elswood and George Kirke both hit maiden centuries in a Bristol & District Second XI Division One clash. Elswood, who lost the toss, was first to three figures, with 104 off 130 balls (12 fours) as Cleeve reached 192-8. University Staff then eased to victory, thanks mainly to Kirke, whose 101 came from 99 deliveries. Tom Brown (5-24 from 12) and Ryan Williams (61 not out) starred in...