Almondsbury hit the Trophy trail with trip to Langford

ALMONDSBURY open their bid for honours in the Stuart Canvas Gloucestershire Trophy with a preliminary-round trip on Sunday to Langford.

The reward for the winners is a home date against Cam.

Chipping Sodbury will be away to Golden Hill 2nds after receiving a walkover against Stroud.

Two further WEPL T20 triangulars, meanwhile, are scheduled for Sunday.

Hatherley & Reddings will host Frocester and Bristol West Indian Phoenix, while Bristol are set to welcome Golden Hill and Knowle.

One WEPL side from a total of 36 entries will eventually progress to the national stages of the ECB National Club Twenty20.

Already through to the second local round are Gloucester, Thornbury, Bedminster, Taunton St Andrews, Bath and Trowbridge.

A busy day of knockout action continues with Cheltenham hosting Bedminster and Clevedon visiting Bridgwater in the ECB National Club Cup.

Opener Callum Nicholls, meanwhile, top-scored with an unbeaten 92 for Painswick who eased past Oldbury-on-Severn by nine wickets in the Voneus Village Cup.

Oldbury reached 184-9 from their 40, Isaac Elkins capturing 4-39 from his eight overs, to pave the way for a comfortable win.

Painswick are now through to the Gloucestershire group semi-finals where they face a trip to Rockhampton, 18-run victors away to Corse & Staunton.

George Driver-Dickerson’s 51 and 32 from Chris Willoughby helped the Rams total 167-9, with Callum King and Bertie Wyatt bagging three wickets apiece.

Corse & Staunton then came up short as Martin Cropper (4-34 from seven overs) and Chris Pearce (2-21 from five) turned the screw.

The other county semi-final will see Cam, five-wicket victors at Apperley, host Frocester who were given a walkover against Winterbourne.