TROWBRIDGE'S new captain Nick Lawes is putting the emphasis on fitness for the coming season.

Lawes, who has replaced Barry Coombs as skipper, said: "Our main priority this summer is to get everybody fit. Last year we faded badly in some matches and had nothing in the tank in the last 20 minutes.

"The lads were back in training on May 30. We started with full-contact work so nobody will have any excuses when the season starts in September."

Full story in Friday's Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News.