Season Review – 2024/25

Weston-super-Mare 1st XV

After a disappointing start to the 2024/25 Regional Tribute 2 Severn season, which saw six defeats in eight outings in the opening two months, Weston-super-Mare 1st XV rallied to finish the campaign in seventh place.

In November 2024, head coach Dave Burge and assistant coach Dan Lomax mutually agreed to step down from their roles. Steve Worrall was appointed interim head coach, assisted by Darren Crompton and John Bamsey.

Tragically, Steve Worrall passed away on January 2, 2025, so Crompton and Bamsey continued to steer the Club through the rest of the season with the 1st XV finishing with ten wins in their 22 league games.

The senior side were 40-12 home winners over Teignmouth in the last 16 of the Papa Johns Community Cup Regional 2 South Shield. This set up a two-leg semi-final with Cullompton, where the Devon side won 50-14, and Weston could not raise a side for the second leg.

Chris Young made 23 appearances for the 1st XV, centre Archie Tilsley and wing Hayden Main played 22 games, centre Cam Maslen 21 matches, including his 100th appearance against Witney in mid-November, and fly-half George Nuttycombe on 20 games.

Jay Davis scored 15 tries, Hayden Main 13, Rhys Matthews 7, Ryan Watterston 7, Chris Young 7, Fatai Koloi 6, Tom Lewis 5, Archie Tilsley 5, Dom Marshall 4, Rowan Bird 3, George Nuttycombe 3, George Talbot 3, Bede Brown 2, George Chapman 2, Martin Hakunavanhu 2, Cameron Maslen 2, Ashley Russell 2, Will Bamsey, Ashton Booth, Ross Chesher, Gary Carpenter, Sam Garrett, Dom Lomax, Jacob Simpson 1 each.

Archie Tilsely kicked 47 conversions and eight penalties, George Nuttycombe 22 conversions, one penalty and a goal.

There were first-team debuts for Will Bamsey, Rowan Bird, Tom Blyth, Ashton Booth, Bede Brown, Ollie Dadds, Sam Garrett, Mudika Hakunavanhu, Vinnie Jones, Fatai Koloi, Tom Lewis, Sam Light, Tom Paterson, Gareth Rees-Ellis, George Talbot, Mark Walker and Ryan Watterston.

Jay Davis was named Weston-super-Mare 1st XV's Players' Player of the Year for the second year at the Club's annual Awards Night, while Callum Kingscott was named the Player of the Year.

Weston United

Having been relegated to Counties 3 Somerset South, Weston United also had a difficult start to their season, being beaten in the opening five games. Still, they rallied to win eleven of their 22 matches and finish in sixth place.

Huw Matthews made 21 appearances for the United, Nick Hawken on 19, Vinnie Jones with 18, Darren Burns on 17, Tom Blyth with 16, followed by Si Hudson, Ryan Donegan and Ollie Marshall all with 15 appearances.
Tom Blyth, Nick Hawken and Mark Walker were the leading try-scorers with eight apiece, Rowan Bird, Ollie Marshall and Harry Nash crossing the whitewash on six occasions, followed by Darren Burns, Sam Light and Charlie Owens with five touchdowns.

Sam Gerrett kicked 15 conversions and two penalties, Dylan Way 9 conversions, Darran Burns 8, Olly Dadds 7, Nick Hawken 5, Rich Frost 3, Ethan Horn 2, Chris Young 2 and a penalty, Joshua Cooke, and Huw Matthews each scored a try.

Rhodri Williams was named United's Player of the Year, while Ross Chesher was named United Players' Player of the Year.

Weston Athletic

Weston Athletic also faced relegation at the end of the 2023/24 season and started their Counties 4 Somerset South campaign with two defeats. They used 61 players during the season and finished in fifth place, winning seven of their 18 matches.

Rich Bishop. Adam Lee, Jonathan Richards, and Lucas Williamson all made 15 appearances, while George Berridge, Clayton Dorrington, and Rhys Williamson were just behind on 14.

Marc Prime and Mark Young both scored five tries, Charlie Beal 4, Ryan Donegan 4, Tee Masiela 4, Rich Bishop 3, Tom Blyth 3, Lucas Williamson 3, Chris Ashworth 2, Brigham Beckett 2, Jack Bridgeman 2, Joshua Cooke 2, Lewis Hancock 2, Vinnie Jones 2, Adam Lee 2, Dom Marshall 2, Tee Masiela 2, Adam Barnes, Trueman Currie, Steve Donegan, Clayton Dorrington, Mervyn Down, John Fleming, Rich Frost, Hayden Gibbs, Simon Hudson, Oliver Marshall, Simon Owens, Mike Powell, Gareth Rees-Ellis, John Richards,Chris Sewell, Michael Taylor, Ethan Westlake, Aarik Workman, & Penalty Try1 each.

Rhys Williamson kicked 28 conversions, Joshua Cooke 2, Huw Matthews 1 and Rich Frost 1 plus a drop goal

Lucas Williamson was named Athletic Player of the Year, while Mike Powell was named the Athletic Players' Player of the Year.