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28/11/16: Although Mendip’s league predicament did not improve on Saturday 28th November following yet another defeat, in the lead up to the match their all-round demeanour was much more positive as they faced Bristol & West A on a wet and windy afternoon at Norton Hill. Putting last week’s catastrophic display behind them Mendip threw […]

9/1/16: Following the festive break the league campaign resumed on Saturday and after an extended run of defeats Mendip finally ended their barren spell and registered a well-deserved win against local rivals Keynsham to lift themselves off the foot of the Central 2 table. Mendip took to the field with a full strength team and […]

21/11/15 : On Saturday Mendip’s season hit crisis point with a defeat against fellow strugglers Bridgwater A, leaving them rooted to the bottom of the Central 2 table. However, it was not so much the result itself but the manner in which Mendip surrendered that was the cause for concern as the importance of the […]

14/11/15:  With the tail end of storm Abigail blowing heavy rain across Norton Hill, Mendip’s task against fellow promotee and familiar adversary Weston-Super-Mare was not made any easier on Saturday but the hosts took on the challenge with their usual vigour and enthusiasm against their highly dangerous opponent. Now despite their precarious position in the […]

31/10/15: On Saturday 31 October Mendip took on top of the table Team Bath Buccs D and took them all the way in a thrilling encounter, only going down in the end by a solitary goal. Buccs started well and played with a high tempo from the off but Mendip squared up to the challenge […]

24/10/15 : On Saturday Mendip travelled to Yate without 3 of their first choice defenders but were still confident that they could get a positive result against a Yate side sitting in a similar position in the league. However, the home side went hard right from the off and kept possession extremely well in the […]

17/10/15: On Saturday Mendip’s depleted and injury ravaged squad faced a West Wilts side who last season was promoted from the East Central 1 division. Things did not start well for the hosts when only 2 minutes into the match a speculative through ball was apparently going nowhere when the reliable James Lovell “pulled up” […]

10/10/15: On Saturday 10th October Mendip registered their first points of the campaign with a hard fought win against fellow strugglers OBs A. The visitors came out strong and played some very neat hockey in the Mendip 1/3, probing the defence for an opening but it was Mendip’s direct style of play that was more […]

26/9/15: Newly promoted Mendip went into their first match In the Central 2 division with a full strength team although the absence of any substitutes was not an ideal position to be in when facing a Minehead side that had been relegated from the division above. The hosts showed their intent right from the start […]

13/9/15:  On Sunday 13th September Mendip travelled to Premiership club Taunton Vale for the 1st round of the Somerset Cup and came within a whisker of a major giant killing. The hosts started with confidence and passed the ball around with ease but Mendip worked extremely hard to close down and put pressure on their […]