'Top class' Dennis helps Torquay United to Weston win

Torquay United boss Jimmy Ball praised striker Louis Dennis after his two late goals helped the Gulls win 3-0 at Weston-super-Mare.

Dennis had not scored since netting twice in the reverse fixture between the sides on Boxing Day.

But the second-half substitute came off the bench to score twice in a two-minute spell late-on to add to Matt Worthington's 15th-minute opener as the Gulls moved up to fourth place in National League South.

They are now four points off second-placed Worthing and seven off leaders Dorking Wanderers with four games to play, while the win gives Torquay a three-point buffer from Chesham United, who occupy the first place outside the play-off zone.

"Louis is a wonderful football player," Ball told BBC Radio Devon.

"I've got no answers as to why he's not been more prolific in the league this season.

"All I can deal with is now and trying to get him on the ball in the right areas, get him running forward, get him being aggressive in his mindset of rather than coming back to get it going forward to get it, because when he does that his feet are outrageous.

"He sat the lad down in the in 18-yard box for his goal, it's top class."

The win was Torquay's second clean sheet in as many games, having not kept one since the final game of 2025.

Ball says he was impressed, especially against a Weston side that are known for their physicality.

"They stood up to it very well," he said. "To come here and not concede is big. It's big for us, big for belief going forward.

"If we can keep clean sheets or be really tight, stingy, with the goals we concede we'll be a problem for people because we've got real ammo at the top end of the pitch."