The first league tournament back after Christmas is often an interesting time. No league football for two months and the excesses of the festive period can sometimes take their toll. But then, the same is true for all teams! Seven DSWFC 60s travelled to Dorchester Sports Centre for Round Three of the Dorset Walking Football…
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The year might only have been four days old, and the weather bloody freezing, but (nearly) everyone was back and ready to get on with the action in 2026. Unfortunately, Sherborne weren’t able to make the first Dorset Walking Football League tournament of the seas, so we played with nine teams. With the absence of…
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For the second league tournament in-a-row our 65s rocked up at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth to continue their strong start to the season. It was a bright but chilly mid-November Wednesday morning. Starting the day in third spot, the squad of 11 expected to be challenging the top clubs ahead of the Christmas break.…
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Round Two of the Dorset Walking Football League would be the last of 2025 before resuming in January. The weather was good, our captain was back, as was our goalkeeper, and we started the day in fourth place. We were hopeful to push on and finish 2025 on a high. Unfortunately, Dorchester weren’t able to…
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After a bright start to the season, both our squads arrived at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth for Round Two of the Dorset Walking Football League in buoyant mood. As well as arriving with confidence, we also arrived with a history making Toko Robbins – more on that in a bit. After Round One of…
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Some may have wondered if our third place finish in the Dorset Walking Football League 65s last season was an over-achievement. On the evidence of League Round One this season, maybe those ponderings would have been misplaced. Our 65s squad started the season with a new manager in the shape of Terry Benson. Terry’s been…
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The new 60s season kicked off on a Sunday teatime in mid-October. This season there are nine teams competing with Wimborne joining the league for the first time. The rain was supposed to stop around lunchtime – it’s fair to say it didn’t, and the wind was pretty unpleasant. Despite that all teams turned up…
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For a while now, many of our tournament reports for DSWFC 50s have mentioned potential. Well, the new season has started with us tapping into that potential from the outset. Our new-look Thunder and strengthened Storm squads arrived at our home venue, The County Ground, in Hamworthy for the opening league fixtures of the Dorset…
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Intro and tournament report by John Gray After Dorchester relinquished their place to Dexter’s Eagles, I’d been looking forward to the Regional Finals for four weeks. As the 50’s had won their group in Dorset Qualifying we had around 20 players and supporters making the trip, so we hired a minibus and made a day…
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After a successful county qualifying tournament in August, we earnt the right to represent Dorset at the South-West Regional Finals of the FA Walking Football Cup 2025 in Exeter. Our 60s squad had also secured a place (through the back door) to the regional finals. There were so many of us we hired a minibus…
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