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Uxella League
GRASSHOPPERS and Blake Old Boys will meet in the final of the Uxella Bridgwater Sunday League’s Geoff Harvey Cup. Grasshoppers had a 5-2 win against NM Sports with Jack Winter and Dan Saunders scored two apiece and Dean Waghorn the other. NM Sports replied
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Hornets 39, Dirt Trackers 0
A VERY depleted Bridgwater side put up a good effort in their match against a strong Weston team. With four people out injured, unavailable players and a few teammates gone to United for a match, Bridgwater were left with an extremely diminished squad
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Minehead Barbarians u13 0 North Petherton U13s 27
PETHERTON kept a clean sheet for the first time this season in their match against Minehead. Some robust play by Callum Fitchew, Ben Williams and Brandon Woods kept Petherton moving forward. The first 15 minutes was very scrappy with neither team
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Chard 3rds 43, North Petherton 3rds 15
INJURIES to key players meant that Petherton were always up against it in this physical encounter. Throughout the game, Petherton lost Rich Winter, Ollie Steward, Lee Palmer, Andy Prowse and Pete Woollacott. Playing with the slope Petherton got off
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North Petherton 2nds 25, Minehead Barbarians 15
PETHERTON seconds hosted their Minehead counterparts looking to turn the tables on the side who were the last team to inflict defeat upon them. From the kick off, Petherton fumbled and allowed Minehead to attack, but good defence saw the ball get turned
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Farmers' markets to run weekly in Bridgwater
BRIDGWATER’S monthly town centre farmers’ markets will now run weekly, starting this Friday. Sedgemoor District Council said the markets, which will now be known as the Bridgwater Castle Market, after the original market which grew outside the gates
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Exeter Saracens 17, North Petherton 19
PETHY travelled the short journey to Exeter Saracens With a few first team players unavailable, Pethy starting the game poorly conceding a try two minutes in after good attacking play by Exeter , the conversion made it 7-0. Straight from the kick
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Ivel Barbarians II 22, Morganians 3
MORGANIANS won the fixture between these teams at Chedzoy Lane earlier this season, but in this return fixture Ivel were a much sterner test. The battle up front in the forwards was fairly even but Ivel's young backs had the edge. The first half started
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Bridgwater and Albion United 64, Midsomer Norton 2nds 5
WITH both the first and second XV at home on Saturday, coach Nick Hill was able to get a brief look at how the second XV were faring in their first season of Somerset 1 league activity. After the opening 20 minutes he must have left with mixed feelings
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Public meeting to be held over Tesco plans
CAMPAIGN group Bridgwater Forward and Bridgwater Town Council are holding a public meeting about Tesco's £11million bid for the town's Northgate site. It comes after Somerset County Council this week agreed to sell its 40% share of the land to the supermarket
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Film review: True Grit (15) w/trailer
A YOUNG girl enlists the services of an eccentric gunslinger to avenge her father in a remake of the classic Western, True Grit (15). John Wayne won the Oscar as hard-drinking gunslinger Rooster Cogburn in Henry Hathaway's 1969 version of the film.
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Taunton Volkswagen Saturday Football League
THE Taunton Volkswagen Saturday Football League saw plenty of action on Saturday in the Somerset Intermediate Cup Quarter Final. With a TDSFL team in every one of the four games, the league came close to having all four spots in the semi-final
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Man taken to hospital following Bawdrip collision
A MAN was taken to hospital with neck injuries following a two-vehicle collision near Bridgwater this morning. A blue Ford Escort van and a silver Mitsubishi collided on the A39 at the B341 junction in Bawdrip at 8.25am, partially blocking