WEYMOUTH CHAMPIONS – FULL REPORT

Weymouth are crowned champions as they take two more victories, in their first season in the National League, and extend their unbeaten run to 14 games against Southampton VC 2nds and Dartford VC.

The Weymouth based outfits first game put them up against the home team of Southampton. True to form, the away side were quick out of the blocks and quickly imposed themselves on the fixture and with consistent and powerful play. A long service run, which Southampton struggled to control, from Liam Tewkesbury saw the Seasiders run away with the first set 25-8.

The second and third sets followed in much the same vein with WBVC controlling the tempo and outcome of each point. Valdis Barasovs showed his talent and experience consistently winning points with big hitting as well as a softer touch.

Weymouth ran out comfortable victors winning 25-8, 25-15, 25-19. Celebrations sprung out as the ball hit the floor on match point, as this was the win the side were looking for to claim the title of National League Division 3 South champions.

The new champions did not have much time to regain their focus and composure as they were straight back on court vs Dartford VC. This was to be a much tougher test to their unbeaten run. Changes saw Terry Oldrid, Ian Denslow and Tom Allen come into the team to freshen things up.

The first set was very even with the teams trading points throughout. Weymouth winning mentality saw them through and they took the first set 25-23.

Champions Weymouth, had a slip in the second set which brought the team back down to earth, as for once they could not control the game and started to make some mistakes. They tried to battle their way back but were unable to do so losing the set 20-25.

Taking this as a wake up call, the side came up with a newly found energy and dominated the next two sets. Allen, as always, passed and hit effectively winning points with good decision making. The match finished with the unbeaten team continuing their impressive run, winning 3-1 (25-23, 20-25, 25-13, 25-18).

The Champions can now look forward to their home fixtures on Sunday 17th March at Redlands Sports Centre knowing the league is theirs but also wanting to keep their unbeaten run in place, something they couldn’t do last year. Any support would be greatly appreciated. Weymouth’s first match begins at 11am and the second will be at  approx 3pm