TRIUMPHANT Wellington WILL be playing in the Toolstation League’s Premier Division next season.

Rumours have been circulating that the newly-crowned Division One champions would not be able to carry out the necessary improvements to their Playing Field ground to make the step up.

Toolstation League division one: Shepton Mallet 1, Wellington 2

NEWLY-CROWNED division one champions Wellington finished the club’s most successful ever campaign with league win number 27 at Shepton on Saturday.

The Sunday XI's opening Three Counties match of the new season was washed away when heavy rain hit the South Coast on the morning of the match.
Although the team had left in cloudy, but dry conditions it soon became apparent that the nearer they got to Dorset all was not well with the weather and the Weymouth ground was found to be under water in places and very wet in others.

Starting their second season in Division One of the Somerset League's Reserves competition following 2006's promotion at Street was always going to be a test for Richard Henwood's men and so it proved as the Red and Blacks second string went down by 55 runs at the Victoria Club last weekend and collected eleven points in the process.

After Paul Short had won the toss and elected to ask newly-promoted Belvedere to bat, Kevin Symons got the breakthrough by bowling Chadwick for four.
Progress was slow for the Weston-Super-Mare based side as they took only 19 runs from the first eleven overs they faced as Symons and Thom Trott bowled accurately.

WELLINGTON clinched the Toolstation League division one title for the first time in their history last night (Wednesday).

They drew 3-3 away to Minehead to earn the point which ensured they finished ahead of nearest rivals Sherborne and Larkhall ... and still have one game to play.

AFTER a 3-0 victory at Hengrove on Saturday virtually assured Wellington of the Toolstation League division one title, we can look forward celebrating the success.

We need just one point from our final two games - at Minehead on Wednesday (kick off 6.30pm) and at Shepton Mallet on Saturday.

Wellington kept up their excellent record in this fixture with a sixth win in seven over the team from the Somerset Levels with this 59 run win last Sunday.

Paul Short opted to insert the visitors on winning the toss at home last Saturday, but saw Devon League 'B' side Brixham get away with a 49 run opening wicket stand between Fletcher (58) and Robinson (30) as they looked at home for some 15 overs.