A desire to play in poor weather conditions has forced the door open slightly for Wellington as they chase Butleigh in the quest to become Somerset League champions for 2008 - although this match was played out in wind, rain and poor light and eventually the match was abandoned as a draw, the 23 points that Wellington gained mean that they are 31 behind Butleigh with three matches to play each and

The reserve team's Somerset League Reserves Competition Division One home match with Wembdon was called off on the morning of the match with heavy rain having made for a soft playing surface.

Further pulses of rain in the afternoon saw that this decision was the right one and both teams took 12 points from the cancellation.

Rain once again interrupted Wellington Sunday XI's Three Counties League programme when their home match with Dorset Premier League side Weymouth was washed out last weekend after just 12 overs.

This was Alex Sparks' side's fifth match in the competition this season and only two have been completed with two out-and-out cancellations and this washout.

Wellington came close to losing this Somerset League Division One match with old rivals Staplegrove at Courtland Road last Saturday, but a run out in the last over saw that Paul Short's men made it seven home wins out of seven this season with an eight run win and in the process collected 31 points.

These teams served up another high-scoring affair in Division One of the Somerset League Reserves competition, but this time it was the home side who prevailed as Staplegrove gave them chance of avoiding relegation by securing a twenty run win at Manor Road last Saturday.

A young and vibrant Wellington Midweek XI recorded a good win over The Journeymen at home last Monday when the edged home by a margin of 18 runs in this 40 overs a side friendly that was played in further hot and steamy conditions.

The quality of the surface at Gipsy Lane was underlined for all to see as this match between the winners of the respective Baker Cup competitions produced a feast of runs and hard toil for the bowlers as Wellington ran out winners by 69 runs.

Wellington’s away day problems struck again as they lost, for the third time this season on the road, by less than twenty runs when seeing out the full amount of overs would surely have seen them over the line and in first place in Division One of the Somerset League.

Wellington 2nd XI moved up to fifth in Division One of the Somerset League Reserves competition after safely seeing off bottom side Winscombe at home last Saturday by a massive 159 runs, thus completing the double over the Mendip side and with a game in hand on the rest of the division their thoughts are definitely on moving further up the table as they have six matches to play compared to most ot