THE new season looks like being a bit of a belter for Puddletown Cricket Club.

Brothers Ian and Phil Belt starred as the village side opened their Dorchester Evening League campaign with wins in Division One and the Knockout Cup while teenage prospect Dan, Ian's son, is also set to make his mark.

Ian (25) and Jim Ryall (41) gave Puddletown a flying start in their KO Cup first round tie against Buckland Newton and put 64 on the board before Belt's dismissal brought brother Phil to the crease. He continued in much the same vein and scored 30 as Puddletown reached 135-3 (Roger Edmunds

2-36, Shaun Coombs 1-24).

That proved far too many for Buckland Newton who struggled against the bowling of Phil Belt and were all out in 11.1 overs. Only Richard Green (10) made it into double figures as he finished with 5-20. Extras accounted for 36 of Buckland's 52 runs - and that left just six from the remaining nine batsmen! Puddletown play BAE in the next round.

In their Division One game against Moreton Mowers, 14-year-old sporting all rounder Dan Belt claimed the valuable wicket of Chris Hawkins after he smashed five sixes on his way to scoring 40 in their innings of 103-4 (Andy Jarvis 30, P Belt 2-23, D Belt 1-21).

Phil and Ian Belt then opened together and saw their side to victory in the last over with Ian (56) outscoring his brother who made 43.

Dan Belt was at it again with the bat in Puddletown Reserves' Division Three game against Martinstown. But his 35 had little support from his team-mates and their 57-8 (Tom Huish 10, Nick Joslin 3-18, I Sibley 3-17) was never going to be enough. But it wasn't that easy for Martinstown who found runs hard to come by until number five batsman Ian Sibley knocked an unbeaten 26 to finish the game with four overs in hand. Steven Chaldecott finished with

3-19 for Puddletown.

Other results

knockout cup

Cheselbourne 91-2 (Andy Legg 44no, Graeme Kellaway 35, Jim Bettle 1-25) beat Hazelbury Bryan 86-4 (Jim Bettle 41no, Darren Bealing 14no, A Legg 2-37)

After losing their first wicket with only four on the board, Hazelbury brought Bettle to the crease and although they lost another three wickets reached 49 he steered them to a respectable score. Cheselbourne started well with Kellaway and Legg putting on 59 for the first wicket. Then it was left to Legg and Tony Kellaway (9no) to win the match with 4.3 overs to spare. They meet Dewlish in the next round.

Dorchester Casuals 110-3 (Tony Foot 67no, Simon Joslin 18, Steve Cheesman 2-37) beat Bere Regis 64-6 (C Way 32, R Hewitt 11, Sean Walbridge 2-14, Alan Osborne 1-7).

Casuals lost opener Walbridge with 23 on board but Dorchester's first team skipper Tony Foot held their innings together with good support from Simon Joslin and later Paul Bassindale.

The target was a tall order for league newcomers Bere Regis in a 16-over game but they began brightly. But after losing top scorer Way with the score on 62 they could muster only another two runs as Casuals breezed through to a quarter-final clash with Puddletown or BAE.

Division One

Weymouth Tandoori 101-5 (Tom England 57, Dave Young 20, Dave Trotter 11no, Mark James 1-24) beat St George's 70-7 (Gary King 26, Mark Darrien 14, Paul Baker 2-14, Trevor Warren 2-32).

Opener England held Tandoori's innings together before he was run out with the score on 95-4. The target was not a high one for St George's but they found it difficult to score off the bowling of Trotter (6-4-4-1). Only King showed any real resistance and when he was bowled by Baker with the score on 52 their challenge petered out.

Division Two

Cattistock 138-3 (Ben Golledge 75, Luke Foster 26, Gary Taylor 1-37) beat Dewlish 88 (Simon Ross 25, Simon Bridgen 18, Buddy Langford 3-12, Martin Langford 3-19).

Cattistock dug in deep under the new captain Ben Golledge who was well back by Forster before he was run out with the score on

120-2.

Golledge went next when he was bowled by Taylor with the score on 132. Dewlish had a hard time of it with only Ross showing any resistance. He was the eighth wicket to go down with the score on 82 and they were all out with an over to spare.

Abbotsbury 92-5 (Dave Leach 38, M House 12no, R Hawes 3-35, Gary King 2-30) beat St Georges II 89-6 (King 37, Adam Rendell 21, Grafton Straker 2-15)

With the score on 19-3, St George's were in trouble whenl Rendell and King came to the crease. King was bowled by House for 57-4 and Rendell was run out on 82-5.

Abbotsbury's Leach gave them a good start before he was caught and bowled by King with the score on 65-3 - but they still held it together to win the match with one over left.

Division Three

Bere Regis 135-6 (P Macklin 37, C Way 30, D Rogerson 28,Jim Bettle 4-43) bt Hazelbury Bryan 53 AO (Bettle 17,Rogerson 4-13,N White 2-8).

Bere made a good start to their first game of the season with Macklin, Way and Rogerson leading the way. They managed to put it well out of reach for Hazelbury who were all out with 10 balls left.

NEXT WEEKS MATCHES

Tuesday: Abbotsbury v Cattistock, Buckland Newton v Frampton, Cerne Valley v Post Office, Puddletown v Weymouth Tandoori.

Wednesday: Dewlish v Martinstown.

Thursday: Bovington Engineers v Hazelbury Bryan, Moreton Mowers v St George's.

Friday: Cheselbourne v Bere Regis, Puddletown Reserves v St George's Seconds.