Jamie Mudge made a goalscoring debut
DORCHESTER TOWN
1	Nick Hutchings		46
2	Mark Jermyn		46
3	Danny Clay		46
4	Roy O'Brien		46
5	Kevin Hill		46
6	Gary Bowles		46
7	Ronayne Benjamin		46
8	Nick Crittenden		46
9	Bill Puckett		46
10	Jamie Mudge		46
11	Ryan Moss		46
Substitutes used
	Ryan Harrison		46
	Kevin Gill		46
	Jake Smeeton		46
	Tom Mitchell		46
	Patrece Liburd		46
	Darren Watts		46
	Mitchell Nicholson		46
	Nathan Peprah Annan		46
	Taylor Morgan		46
	Ivan Forbes		46
	Jamie Gleeson		46
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Tuesday 8th July 2008
		Ringwood	0
		Dorchester Town	3
		Mudge 21, Forbes 63, Watts 65

Solid start

by Terry Spracklen

Dorchester boss Shaun Brooks was pleased to see his side begin their pre-season campaign with a 3-0 win at Ringwood last night but will give those on trial a little more time to impress.

The Blue Square South side fielded two complete teams, playing 45 minutes each at the Canotec Stadium, and scored through new signing Jamie Mudge, Ivan Forbes and Darren Watts.

Kevin Hill, Ronayne Benjamin Marsh-Brown and Nick Critten-den also made their first appearances in a Magpies' shirt while keepers Nick Hutchings and Ryan Harrison, midfielder Bill Puckett, ex-Hamworthy defender Kevin Gill and young forward Taylor Morgan were all on trial.

Brooks though will wait to make a decision on those hoping to win a contract with the county town outfit.

He said: "It was always going to be difficult for the keepers because with respect to Ringwood, they've not really tested either Nick Hutchings or Ryan Harrison.

"We've seen Nick over the last week or so in training and we've got another keeper coming down to a practice game at Yeovil today so we'll look at three or four keepers this week.

"But it was a difficult match to judge them, as they didn't have an awful lot to do.

"Bill Puckett's just come back from the USA and has been training with us for a week. He's a clever footballer and a young boy, about 19-years-old, who was with Bournemouth as a kid.

"Kevin Gill is very robust and aggressive and Taylor Morgan was with English Colleges and is just 17-years-old, he won't be ready for what we need at the moment but he will be one to monitor.

"It was a good start for us. We fielded two teams but I think in both halves, if anything, we set off at too quick a tempo. When the tempo died down and we passed the ball a little bit better we created quite a few chances, but it is early days.

"The enthusiasm among the group is fantastic. I thought they worked as hard as they can work for the 45 minutes and we've come through injury free."

The deadlock was broken on 21 minutes when Marsh-Brown sent a delightful 40-yard cross into the path of Mudge who steered the ball past home keeper Dave Rhodes.

Crittenden and Puckett both sent shots over while Ryan Moss had two efforts deflected wide and Mudge had a shot parried to safety by Rhodes.

But it was the more youthful second half side who proved sharpest in front of goal with Forbes and Watts scoring with 20 and 25-yard strikes respectively.

Harrison, formerly with Llanelli, took over in goal from Hutchings but like his predecessor, found himself under-worked.