After making their longest trip of the season the Terras showed great commitment and no lack of skill to earn a terrific victory at Holker Street.

Alan Lewer’s side were without Santos Gaia and Chris McPhee while new loan signing Jordan Collins started on the bench.

From the start Weymouth took the game to the home side and, despite a couple of scares, thoroughly deserved the points in an entertaining game.

If there were to be one criticism it was that they failed to put the game out of reach as several chances went begging before Pierre Joseph-Dubois settled the game in the 53rd minute.

As early as the fourth minute Anton Robinson picked out Stuart Beavon with a well placed through ball.

The Terras’ striker helped the ball on to Ryan Williams, and the winger then whipped a cross low into the penalty area, before Joseph-Dubois missed the target from close in.

The home side did find the net, in the sixth minute, when a snap-shot from Mark Boyd rebounded from the crossbar to Ashley Winn, but the Bluebird’s man was standing offside as he tapped home.

Scott Doe caused the home defence problems with a cross from the left flank and Steve McNulty’s attempted clearance forced his own goalkeeper, Tim Deasy, to save at the second attempt.

Deasy cleared upfield to David Brown, whose pass inside was collected by Paul Brown who made good ground before firing in a cross which Richard Brodie met with a powerful header from six yards, only to see the ball fly wide.

Weymouth produced the best build-up of the half – on 17 minutes – when a six-man move finished with Robinson’s ball into the box finding Joseph-Dubois.

Unfortunately the Terras’ man scuffed his shot and Deasy was able to save.

The visitors commanded the rest of the half, with Barrow seemingly only interested in playing long balls which were dealt with easily.

Weymouth’s best chance of the half came with 11 minutes of the period remaining as Beavon put Dubois in on goal. The Frenchman controlled and ran on to round Deasy, but then, with the goal at his mercy, shot wide.

The same player was also off target when Kevin Sandwith and Beavon worked well to create another opening shortly after, but despite their overall superiority the Terras went into the interval on level terms.

The home side created a couple of openings in the first minutes of the second half.

Firstly, Brodie headed over the bar from a Matt Henney cross and moments later Winn hit the crossbar for a second time with a fierce drive and David Brown fired the rebound high into the Cumbrian sky.

Weymouth deservedly broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute when Stephen Reed hit the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the area and Joseph-Dubois reacted quickest to control and drill the ball home on the turn.

Within seconds the lead could have been doubled when a Williams’ corner was met by Sandwith 25 yards out forcing Deasy to make the save of the day.

Sandwith was on hand several minutes later to rob Henney as the home man seemed to have the goal at his mercy and the visiting fans breathed a collective sigh of relief when Henney was able to latch on to Carlos Logan’s flick on, but with a clear view of goal he fired well over the crossbar.

Although Barrow forced Weymouth on to the back foot in search of an equaliser, Danny Knowles was not called upon to make a save as the back four of Cameron Mawer, Doe, Adam Bygrave and Sandwith remained solid.

With the game drawing to a finish and the home side looking to have run out of ideas Weymouth had two great chances to put the result beyond doubt, but Sandwith’s free-kick was well saved by Deasy and Robinson flicked a cross from Beavon narrowly wide.

Nevertheless the final whistle, coming after three minutes of added time, allowed the Terras’ players and supporters to celebrate a well deserved three points gained.