News in Wells

In one of their best performances for many years, Wells City triumphed 7-0 away to Corsham on Saturday, with five of the goals coming in a remarkable first 11 minutes.

They got the goal-scoring going in the very first minutes as straight from kick off Craig Herrod won the ball in Corsham's defensive third, he found Alex Camm through the middle who delicately lifted the ball over the central defender and into the path of Harry Foster who slotted the ball past the keeper and into the far right corner. There was a possibility of an offside but with no VAR present, Wells lead 1-0.

Ten tries, lots of open play, indeed plenty to keep the crowd entertained when Wells beat Weston-super-Mare 2nds 39-24 on Saturday at the Portway Ground.

Wells eased into a 15-point lead after 20 minutes, thanks to an Aaron Cook penalty, Ben Knight with a scintillating break from a ruck scorching over for the first try of the game after 15 minutes and then Oskar White, back from injury, got the first of his two.

It was a good performance from Wells City on Saturday and they should never have lost but they didn't take their chances and saw Ben Amghar sent off in a 2-0 defeat to Wincanton Town.

In only the second minute, a quick Alex Camm breakaway freed Harry Foster down the right but with Craig Herrod in acres of space in the middle of the Wincanton box Foster failed to pick him out instead putting the ball out for a goal kick.

The Thomas Cook store in Wells High Street is closed after the company ceased trading today (Monday September 23).

All Thomas Cook bookings, including flights and holidays, have been cancelled. Thomas Cook has confirmed that all the companies in its group have ceased trading, including Thomas Cook Airlines.

There are days when it seems that the gods are against you, with Wells having just such a day yesterday (September 21) when they travelled to top of the table Minehead Barbarians.

Last minute confusion with the shirts, no one available to drive the bus and having to make eight changes to the starting line up. On top of that, they had to play the first half up the slope, into a fresh breeze.

Wells City have been knocked out of the FA Vase after losing 2-1 to Newton Abbot Spurs.

Wells dominated for long periods of the game and scored a late goal through Harry Foster, but it will be the side from Devon who progress to the next round.

This was a Jekyll and Hyde sort of game, the supporters from both Wells RFC and Imperial on tenterhooks as the match see-sawed one way and then the other.

There were plenty of tries, four from Wells and five from the visitors Imperial, but for the neutral the game was probably a bit underwhelming.

Two local pupils from Wells Cathedral School have had a busy summer representing England at hockey.

Lower Sixth pupil Lily Webb from Launcherley and Upper Sixth pupil Megan Taylor from Wookey Hole both played for their respective age-group teams at the England Hockey Home Nations tournament held at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire.

A Ross Padfield hat-trick saw Wells City beat Warminster Town 3-2 at the weekend, with his winner coming with only two minutes to go.

Wells started really well and on four minutes Harvey Hadrill produced some smart wide play and his delicious ball into the box was cleared at the back post before Harry Foster could get a finishing touch.

If Wells RFC had any hopes that following relegation to the Tribute Somerset Premier League life would get any easier, they were quickly disillusioned.

After just 53 seconds in their first game of the new season at Nailsea and Backwell, the hosts crossed for a converted try.