SPIRITS were running high at the Davey Fort on Saturday when Lyme Regis hosted their first double header of the season.

A crowd of more than 100 watched both the first team and the Reserves in action, followed by a barbecue and a music night in the clubhouse featuring the popluar duo Simple Chaos.

Earlier in the evening the club relaunched its player-of-the-month awards, the first team award going to the in-form Fred Parsons and Toby Fowler picking up the Reserves' accolade.

The afternoon also witnessed the start of Wally Blackmore's managerial career. A player at Lyme for 23 years Wally has taken over managing the Reserves from Matt Preece, who has stood down for personal reasons.

The Seasiders' second string were pitched against Devon and Exeter Division Three leaders Hemyock.

Lyme conceded two goals in the first half but they put in a more plucky performance after the break, keeping a clean-sheet for the second half.

The first team secured their first league win of the seson with a 6-1 victory over Premier division basement boys Ottery St Mary 2nds.

Lyme gifted the visitors a sloppy goal early in the game but settled down to win comfortably to climb into a mid-table position

The Lyme goals came from Fred Parsons (2), Cam Fowler (2), Brad Rowe and Gary Knight. After the game, manager Julien Simier commented: "We knew that playing late in the afternoon could be a tricky one and it was.

"We were very slow in the first 10-15 minutes, very sleepy on and off the ball, and not competing in the challenges. They managed to score a goal during that period. But we managed to responded very well and really quickly to give us that wake- up call and from then I thought we were superb.

"It was one of the best collective performances I have seen so far. We worked hard on and off the ball for each other, playing some beautiful football. You can see the boys are enjoying their football and it shows the way they play the game. I couldn't be more proud of them.

"Our next challenge is to be able to perform the same way from the start and get some continuity in the way we want to play."