• Robin-Mark Schols leads Frome Running Club home at time trial

  By Somerset Standard at 08:00 on 17/05/13

  

  Another packed week saw Frome Running Club members in action at events across the West Country. Robin-Mark Schols led 15 runners home in the club's monthly 5k time trial in 19mins 28secs. Also taking part were Lee Stone (19:37), Hayden Coate (19:41), Pete Berryman (21:43), Jo Kirk (23:21), Nick Cooper (26:17), Simon Webb (26:30), Emma Evans (26:39), Sarah Barry (26:40), Graham Farley (27:08), Rory Watts (28:04), Sarah Elliott...

• CRICKET: Alex Bleakley guides Frome past target

  By Somerset Standard at 11:05 on 16/05/13

  

  Winscombe 1st XI 187-6 Frome 1st XI 188-4 (Frome won by six wickets) Frome 1st XI bounced back from an opening-day defeat to record an efficient six-wicket victory over Winscombe at Fromefield on Saturday. With overnight rain initially putting the game in doubt, play got under way just 20 minutes late after Frome had won the toss and elected to field. In a match reduced to 45 overs, opening bowlers Wheeler and Craig Dredge looked...

• Aaron Butterfield ready for Wincanton action

  By Somerset Standard at 11:02 on 16/05/13

  

  Frome's Aaron Butterfield is hoping to continue his successful season close to home this weekend when the Wylye Valley Pony Club hosts a full card of pony races at Wincanton Racecourse. Saturday's event is being run like a normal race meeting and will include seven or eight races over four to eight furlongs, from beginners to more experienced young jockeys. Butterfield, who has been in the winners' enclosure after six of his ten...

• Frome Town Ladies launch ladies recruitment drive

  By Somerset Standard at 11:00 on 16/05/13

  

  Frome Town Ladies are recruiting players aged between 14 and 25 for the 2013-14 season. The club field a first team in the South West Women's League and reserves in the Somerset County League, as well as youth sides. Players currently travel from as far afield as Gillingham, Yeovil, Bath, Bridgwater, Midsomer Norton Chippenham, Warminster and Swindon, so lifts can be arranged. Interested players or parents should contact first team...

• Late header completes league double

  By Somerset Standard at 11:00 on 16/05/13

  

  Frome Collegians 2 Banwell 1 Another dramatic finish from Frome Collegians saw Jake Antell power home a header in the dying seconds to complete a league double over Banwell. It completed a great comeback by the hosts, who fell behind when Banwell's first attack ended with a stunning 30-yard strike which left keeper Schlesinger helpless. James Rustell saw a thumping drive tipped onto the bar at the other end but, just before...

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