Regional League 3 South
Sydenham Gems 46, Taunton Vivary 46

A TOUGH, well-contested game finished 46-46 and saw the points split between the two Somerset sides. 

Vivary started marginally better and led 13-11 at the end of the first quarter, and they extended that to 27-23 at the halfway mark.

Gems, however, capitalised on some more mistakes from the visitors in the third period, turning the game around to take a 39-36 advantage.

The teams battled for control in the final quarter, and Vivary equalised with seconds left.

Somerset Division 2
Rubies 46, Bishops 36

RUBIES took on the undefeated Bishops in a close game, which saw Rubies taking the lead from the start. 

Some great work down the court from all players meant Rubies were able to feed the ball nicely into the shooters, leaving them 19-14 ahead at the end of the first half. 

In the second half the defence continued to work hard, putting pressure on Bishop’s attackers. 

With the turnovers being taken to goal, Rubies secured a fine 43-36 win. 

POM - Justine; UPOM - Justine/Steph
Sponsor - Homes in Sedgemoor 

Somerset Division 3
Emeralds 31, Mars 35

SYDENHAM Emeralds faced Mars for the second time in as many weeks and started strongly, taking the lead in the first quarter. 

Emeralds had a good third quarter team talk and maintained focus during the last quarter, but the end result was 35-31 to Mars.

POM - Anna Jenkin; UPOM - Michelle Jenkins and Anna Jenkin; sponsor - Countrywide Windows

Netball South West
Regional League 2
Bridgwater Jupiter 41, Swindon Raychem 81

JUPITER started well but the visitors led 25-9 by the end of the first quarter. 

Alisha Gardener and Cerys Ethridge’s accurate passing and precision shooting from Kia Jenner and Maddie Kennard helped Jupiter before a change of tactics saw Jupiter have their best quarter. 

Eve Jenner (GD) and Julie McClean (WD) capitalised on any loose balls, meaning Raychem only won the quarter by four goals.

A final flurry saw Jupiter push for a point, and they got the goal that gave them a deserved point and their best result of the season.

Player of the match: Sally Haysham; opposition’s player of the match: Kia Jenner; sponsor: Associated Roofing and Maintenance

Somerset Premier 
Bridgwater Saturn 21, Kestrels 62

SATURN took to the court with Cerys Ethridge (GS) and Jessie Woodberry (GA) working well, with great passes into the circle from Hannah Sayer (WA), as they ended the first quarter trailing 18-4.

Great passing within the middle saw the score reach 28-12 to Kestrels.
Some great passing down the court from Rebecca Dunn (WA) and excellent defence from Eve Jenner (GK) kept Saturn ticking over but, despite great determination, the score was 62-21 to Kestrels.

POM: Lauren Cook

Somerset Division 2
Bridgwater Venus 26, Taunton Priory 45

THE match started evenly and Chris Shaw (WA), Izzy Innalls (GA) and Kayleigh Martin-Haste (GS) helped Priory lead 12-10 at the end of the quarter. 

The second quarter saw just three goals from Venus, who struggled hard to get the ball into the shooting third. 

Christine Durant (GD) and Ashlea Slater (GK) were relentless with their efforts and Tiffany Brice (WD) and Bethany Hayes (C) managed some mid-court interceptions but Priory took a lead which they held.

POM and OPOM: Ashlea Slater

Somerset Division 3
Bridgwater Mars 35, Sydenham Emeralds 31

MARS started well, with player of the match Hana Middleton making some fantastic passes into the shooting area so Rebecca Kennard (GS) could put the shots away.

The final quarter was frantic but Mars kept their heads to see out an excellent victory having come back from behind.

POM: Hana Middleton

AoC Sport South West Netball Category 2 (South)
Team BTC Netball 30, Petroc 1 52

BRIDGWATER & Taunton College’s netball 1sts went out hard in the first quarter against a strong Petroc side, and displayed some solid attacking movement throughout the court. 

They started to tire but managed to dig deep in the last 15 minutes to win the last quarter, which unfortunately wasn’t quite enough to catch their opponents.

Player of the match - Tiana Date Jeremy and Lucy Cook