DIRECTOR of cricket Brian Rose has warned Somerset they can only afford to lose one more Friends Provident Trophy game if they are to keep their Lord's dream alive - and he is all too aware of the threat Gloucestershire will pose when the sides meet on Sunday.
THE last three summer champions - Victoria (Ring of Bells, J/S), Princess Royal C and Shepherds Rest - start the new Taunton and District Skittles League season with a home game.
TAUNTON CS Radiac and Outcasts got their season off to a flying start with a comfortable 68-run victory at home to local rivals Staplegrove in Division One of the Best Western Shrubbery Hotel Somerset League.
JACKIE Woodman teamed up with Martin Keitch, Chris Rossiter and Alan Parker to score 58.6 and win the Bob Peilow Texas scramble at Taunton Vale Golf Club.