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Mendip snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on Saturday, as they saw a first half lead slip away at a chilly Lansdown. City started the brighter, and Mendip were forced onto the back foot, with keeper Carrie Tiley called into action to save a number of penalty corners. Eventually the pressure told, and City […]

Mendip made an excellent start to their East Division campaign with a comfortable win at Salisbury. After an assured start, Mendip took the lead through youngster Jasmine Scott, who made a typically speedy run into the D to find a crucial finishing touch. Salisbury snuck an equaliser against the run of play after a quick […]

2/3/16: Mendip Ladies 1st team travelled to Yeovil for the last game of the season; knowing just a point would be enough to keep them out of the relegation zone. Within the first five minutes the umpires had made themselves known and Mendip had already conceded a short corner. With a lifted strike hitting skipper […]

19/3/16: Mendip welcomed Devizes to Norton Hill on Sunday for their second league match of the weekend. The match proved to be a tough encounter, but Mendip displayed good energy levels and passed the ball with pace and purpose. Devizes opened the scoring early on with a good strike from a short corner. Mendip responded […]

19/3/16: Mendip welcomed second-place Wootton Bassett to Norton Hill on Saturday. The game started with a high tempo and Bassett were strong from the outset, putting pressure on the Mendip defence of Cherilyn Carey, Anna Swift and Sammy Chivers. They were first on the score sheet after a good strike from the top of the circle, despite an excellent attempted save by keeper Oenone Bodman-Harris. Jess […]

12/3/16: The Mendip Ladies 1st team had an early start to travel down to Bournemouth on Saturday to face the team at the top of the league. Winning the toss Mendip started brightly and had an early attack down the right. Bournemouth responded and on their first attack they penetrated the defensive circle and with […]

5/3/16: Mendip Ladies 1’s travelled to Bath Uni on Saturday to face 3rd in the league Bath Buccs. The game started with a high tempo from both teams and there was a fair share of possession from both sides.  Ella Sage used her speed on the right to test the Buccs defence and linked well […]

27/2/16: Mendip worked hard against a physical Wimborne outfit on Saturday, and were perhaps unfortunate not to have come away with more than a point. The visitors started strongly, forcing Mendip onto the back foot for the opening exchanges. The home side gradually found their rhythm, and fluent passing saw them begin to dominate possession. […]

30/1/16: Mendip travelled to Frome on Saturday for a local derby against their well-known rivals.  With Mendip’s captain carrying an injury from the previous game and Ella Sage also taking a knock many players were out of position. The first half was a well contested match, the forward trio of Hayley Young, Kay Downey and […]

23/1/16: Mendip were keen to put their loss last week at the back of their minds as they took on last year’s league toppers Salisbury.  Mendip started with high intensity putting the Salisbury defence under pressure from the first whistle, with Ella Sage only narrowly missing the goal within the first few minutes.  Mendip continued […]