WEYMOUTH will be looking for a repeat of their 134-run opening day victory over Wayfarers when they travel to Dolmans Farm tomorrow (1.30pm).
The Seasiders suffered only their second Dorset Funeral Plan Premier Division defeat of the season last week at Poole Town and they are keen to get back on the winning trail as soon as possible.
Captain Dean Janaway travelled to Poole Park with a side that was missing several key players and in the end that told as the hosts racked up an eight-wicket success.
Tomorrow will see Simon Browne return to Weymouth's line up but still missing are Paul Payne, Laurie Whyte, Ben Lawes and Michael Pearce.
Janaway said: "We want to get back on the winning run.
"Simon Browne is back and will come in for Dan Hutchens who is unavailable this week but we are still without Paul, Laurie, Ben and Michael who are all key players but we just have to muddle through.
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"Hopefully we will be back to pretty much full strength as a club the following weekend when Laurie will be back from holiday and Ben and Michael should become available again.
"As for Paul, he is still struggling with his shoulder and could be out for a few more weeks. The doctor has told him to rest it another week and he is still waiting for a scan."
Wayfarers will also enter the game off the back of a defeat. They were beaten comfortably by Dorchester last Saturday but the mid-table side should not be under-estimated.
Janaway added: "They have had some good results and Dolmans Farm is always a difficult place to go.
"But we have not lost any confidence despite last week's defeat. Although it looks a disappointing result, the lads performed well and I was delighted with the way everyone kept going.
"We just need some big performances now. We are at the halfway stage of the campaign and although we have dropped a couple of places we are still in a good position and there is a lot of cricket still to be played."
Janaway has also praised experienced bowler Dave Trotter. He said: "Dave has been superb without getting the wickets he has deserved so hopefully he will be rewarded soon.
"Everyone else has also been performing well and we are all looking forward to picking things up in the second half of the season."
* Weymouth Seconds host Shroton tomorrow (2pm) looking to bounce back from their latest defeat at the hands of table-toppers Corfe Mullen.
The Seasiders are in the lower reaches of Division One and desperately need to start picking up points to move away from the threat of relegation.
However, they will have a tough task against Shroton who have won five of their eight games so far this season, including a 39-run success over Weymouth at the start of the campaign.
Seasiders' skipper Steve Budd, who has been forced to draft in the likes of Grafton Straker, Paul Baker and John Ryan due to unavailabilities throughout the club, said: "We will be fielding a bit of a mix-and-match side this week. I am a little concerned about the strength of our batting but we have some good players in there and there is no reason why we cannot win."
Weymouth Seconds: Steadman, Budd, McKay, Womble, Pittman, Ryan, Baker, Puckett, Croker, Straker, A N Other.
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