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16/1/16: After a long Christmas break Mendip travelled to deepest Dorset to face Swanage & Wareham. Within minutes of the start Mendip were a goal up after Hayley Bullock calmly converted a penatly corner. However, S&W were not disheartened and found a gap in the Mendip defence to equalise. Mendip began to settle and had many […]

21/11/15: Mendip held league-leaders Bournemouth to a draw at Norton Hill on Saturday, denting the visitors’ 100% record and consolidating fourth place in East Division. An excellent opening quarter saw Mendip create the majority of the chances, with Ella Sage drawing a number of good saves from the Bournemouth keeper and Kay Downey also looking […]

28/11/15: Mendip travelled away to Wootton Bassett on Saturday looking to continue their good run against the top placed teams in the league. Despite the cold, wet and windy conditions Mendip started strongly and within the first 10 minutes had several chances to take the lead. Jess Smith in midfield joined well with Ella Sage […]

24/10/15: Mendip Ladies 1’s suffered their first defeat against a strong and fast Yeovil side on a very wet and cold Saturday. Mendip started brightly and had the lion’s share of possession for the first 15 minutes, Kay Downey and Carol Holmes worked hard up front to find gaps in the Yeovil defence. The next […]

17/10/15: Mendip travelled to Devizes on Saturday knowing they would have a physical encounter with the home team. Mendip began strongly and started to build patterns of play to test the Devizes defence. Ella Sage, player of the match, started brightly showing her speed and determination to chase every through ball. Hayley Young threaded through an excellent ball […]

10/10/15: Mendip’s unbeaten start to the season continued on Saturday with a goalless draw against local rivals Frome. The game was predictably attritional, with the sturdy Frome defence proving a match for Mendip’s pace and enthusiasm.  But for an exceptional display from the Frome keeper and the width of a post, Mendip could have taken […]

3/10/15:  Mendip worked hard on Saturday to earn an away point against a Salisbury side who were East Division champions last season, but opted to avoid promotion.  Boosted by last week’s super performance against Swanage, Mendip started the game brightly. The mixture of youth and experience throughout the side looked effective, with senior players Hayley Young and Anna Swift […]

26/9/15: Mendip’s season got off to a flying start on Saturday with a convincing win against Swanage. Charlotte Lucas opened the scoring just ten minutes in, when she picked up Cherilyn Carey’s through-ball and slotted home from close range. Following a good spell of possession, Mendip doubled their lead from a classic penalty corner routine, […]

28/03/15:  Mendip made the East Division champions work hard for their win on Saturday. Player of the match April Callow put in a  great shift  in midfield and forward Kay Downey had an excellent game on debut, but clinical finishing saw the home side take the three points. Mendip tried to establish the tempo of the game from […]

21/3/15: Mendip will count themselves unfortunate to have come away emtpy handed from Saturday’s game at Norton Hill. A brave performance, typified by the strong running and determined tackling of player of the match Meg Adams, was not enough to earn a share of the spoils. After an even first quarter, Wimborne took the lead […]