A 2-0 victory at Torquay United back in February was the last time the Terras picked up three points but on Saturday they managed to break the winless streak by notching their first triumph of the Blue Square South campaign.

Jake Reid opened the scoring at the Wessex Stadium inside 10 minutes before Matt Cooper poked in a second to double the Terras’ tally.

Marco Addagio reduced the deficit with a second-half penalty for rock-bottom City but the Terras held on to claim the spoils in an early-season basement battle.

Weymouth boss Matty Hale named an unchanged starting XI but did include himself on the substitutes’ bench with Matt Thorne absent for family reasons.

And the hosts made a decent opening to proceedings with Chris Allen trying his luck from 20 yards and visiting centre-half Wayne Daniel seeing his block deflect narrowly over the top of Worcester’s goal.

Dean Smith then needed light treatment after a comical collision with referee Colin Lymer in which the midfielder came off worse, but Weymouth remained in the ascendancy.

And Ben Hinchliffe was soon forced to make his first save of the game, diving low to his right to keep out Reid’s near post header from Martin Slocombe’s delivery.

However, the City stopper struggled at the resultant corner, flapping at the ball numerous times before Reid fired into an unguarded net to give Weymouth an early lead.

The home side had to contend with a scramble in their own box in the 19th minute but Hale’s men escaped unscathed as Worcester threatened for the first time.

The Terras were soon back on the offensive though, and they put some breathing space between themselves and City with a second goal, this time courtesy of Cooper.

Good build-up play set Andy Harris free on the right and he delivered a dangerous cross, which wasn’t fully cleared.

Matt Groves volleyed goalwards only to see his effort blocked but the loose ball fell for Cooper and he prodded home.

Worcester offered little in attack, besides a long throw into the penalty area, with their best opening coming via a Craig Wilding header from 12 yards that cleared the home crossbar.

However, they created a much better chance five minutes into the second period – only for half-time replacement Rob Elvins to head narrowly over the top from Kevin Spencer’s pin-point cross.

Weymouth were a little slow to get going in the second half, perhaps understandable given their two-goal advantage, and it was almost 20 minutes before Smith’s cross-cum-shot, which crashed into the side netting, had the Terras’ faithful excited.

But the excitement soon turned to anxiety as Adaggio pulled a goal back from the spot moments after being denied by Ryan Harrison from close-range.

An Alfie Carter corner from the right was not dealt with at the near post and in going for the loose ball, Reid was adjudged to have bundled over Daniel.

Adaggio stepped up and blasted the penalty straight down the middle with Harrison diving to his left.

City should have equalised with 15 minutes to go but Martin Butler, formerly of Reading and Rother-ham United, failed to beat Harrison from just inside the box.

Hale brought himself into the action in the final 10 minutes, to a rapturous applause from the fans, and he joined Danny Bennett, who had earlier replaced Cooper, in attack.

Fellow substitute Jordan Rose thought he had won the home side a penalty after bursting into the opposition area and going down under the challenge of two City defenders.

However, the match official gave Worcester a free-kick and booked Rose for simulation.

As the game entered stoppage time, the visitors upped their efforts once more and Elvins forced Harrison into action with a low drive.

But the hosts stood firm to record three crucial points.

And after a positive display and result, the lowly attendance figure of 603 is sure to improve for August Bank Holiday Monday’s clash with Havant & Waterlooville.