Terras’ boss Matty Hale started with the same side that had beaten Worcester City last Saturday and included himself on the bench with Tyler Sibbick, Jordon Rose, Scott Brice and keeper Simon Evans.

The visitors were under pressure for most of the first half and were fortunate to be trailing by a single goal, but disaster struck 15 minutes into the second half when Matt Groves was shown a straight red card for a two-footed tackle on Weston’s Mike Green.

Early on former Terra Jack Comp-ton caused problems with his speed on the left and he delivered three excellent crosses in as many minutes.

Another ex-Terra Marvin Brown was off target three times early on, Craig Rand once while Ashen Holgate forced a diving save from Terras’ keeper Ryan Harrison. Central defender David OBaze was forced to make several telling challenges.

Weymouth’s only chance of the half came on 26 minutes when Jake Reid ended a good move by firing across the home goal.

However, Weston’s pressure paid off on 31 minutes when Harrison did well to turn another Brown effort over his crossbar and from the resulting corner Clayton Fortune put the home side in front.

With the strong wind behind them for the second half, Weymouth came more into the game, Chris Allen firing across goal and Matt Townley having a corner kick palmed to safety by home keeper Kevin Sawyer.

After Groves was dismissed by referee Chris Miller, Weymouth had their best spell when they brought Rose on for Matt Cooper and had their only effort on target on 63 minutes – Andy Harris tested Sawyer with a strong header.

Weston made the extra man count and substitute Marc McGregor got their second from a corner on 76 minutes before adding a third five minutes later.

Just before the final whistle, Harrison pulled off a point-blank save to deny McGregor a hat-trick.

This defeat sees the Terras remain in 16th position but drops Dorchester Town into the Blue Square South drop zone.