Weston Under-9s proved too strong for Clevedon.

WESTON Under-9s got off to a good start against Clevedon and showed their superiority with some superb tackling.

Jacob Simpson, Will Crane and George made numerous tackles to prevent the opposition getting into their half to score. Ryan Eldeidge was first to score with a powering surge to the line.

Weston made good use of the loose ball and Bailey Seviour showed this with a super pick up and a run to score and again capitalising on a spill from Clevedon. George Nuttycombe made it 3-0 to Weston at half-time.

In the second half, Weston proved to be too strong and Ryan and George scored Kieran scored the last try of the match to make it 6-0.

In the second match, Clevedon made some good substitutions and came out stronger and scored two early tries.

Jacob Simpson opened the scoring for Weston and then a try from both Ryan and Kieran took Weston 3-2 up at the break. Clevedon never got back into it and Weston raced away with a second victory with further scores from Nuttycombe, Eldeidge and Panayi.

A COMBINED Burnham and Hornets Under-12s travelled to Clevedon to play Taunton in testing conditions.

This was the third game both sides had played together due to a lack of numbers for both clubs. Unfortunately, Taunton displayed a class well above Burnham/Hornets and ran in five tries in each half with four converted with the wind and all five missed against.