Sports in Seaton

SEATON STRUGGLE IN ELITE DIVISION

Seaton's indifferent form in one of the Devon Mini-League elite divisions continued on Saturday when they were bowled out for 78 off 25 overs to lose by seven wickets at home to Exmouth.

UPLYME & Lyme Regis continued their rich vein of form with a T20 victory over neighbouring Seaton at the King George V playing field.

Seaton won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 142 for 6 in their 20 overs.

Lyme Regis 1st team produced a simply breathtaking performance against a team two divisions higher to earn a thoroughly deserved 5-0 victory on Saturday – and will feel they may have had even more.

Lyme were sharper from the moment the game kicked off and raced into a 4-0 lead by half time.

Farway United made history and lifted the Devon Intermediate Cup for the first time in their history.

In the first final to be held on the newly laid Coach Road pitch at Newton Abbot, Farway recovered from giving away a 2-0 interval lead to win 5-4 on penalties. Bishop Blaize were worthy finalists but a single penalty miss cost them dearly.

LYME Regis 1st team put in an impressive performance when they met Bridport at St Mary's in a pre-season friendly.

It was a tight affair for the first 15 minutes with the Bees working hard to contain a dangerous Lyme side.

Millwey Rise have made an impressive start to the coming season and continued an unbeaten series of friendlies, beating Crewkerne Rangers 5-1 at Cloakham on Wednesday evening.

Sam Dibling and Tom Bastin scored two apiece with Luke Thurlow also getting his name on the scoresheet.

LOCAL football has been given the green light to start the delayed 2020-2021 season.

Axminster Town will be competing in the South West Peninsular Premier East division, the highest standard at which they have played, and will kick off their season on Saturday, September 5 with a game against Dartmouth AFC at Tiger Way, followed another home fixture against Elmore AFC on Wednesday, September 9.

Keen sailors from Lyme Regis can be seen out in the bay again after months on dry land during the coronavirus lockdown.

A reduced racing programme has been scheduled to fit with the tides to minimise launching and recovery time for dinghies and facilitate participation by cruisers.

UPLYME and Lyme Regis Cricket Club's skipper Steve Batey celebrated scoring a century in Saturday's home match against Axminster by helping to unveil a seat at the cricket club pavilion in memory of his grandad.

No one would have been more proud of the manner in which new club chairman Steve has breathed life into the village cricket team, currently top of one of the Devon Cricket League mini-divisions, than his grandad Brian Wellman.

FIRST MINI-LEAGUE VICTORY FOR SEATON

Seaton pulled off their first victory in the Devon Cricket Mini-League on Saturday with a competitive batting performance at Budleigh Salterton.