Worthing rode a first-half storm to send Weymouth crashing to their third successive defeat.
A full-blooded, action-packed afternoon saw Worthing pick up their first win in National League South to shoot up to fourth in the embryonic standings.
Both teams will have gone away feeling they could have won this well-contested affair but ended up cancelling each other out in a 1-1 draw.
Home fans don’t normally celebrate a five-one thrashing for the Reds but in this case it was Wycombe Wanderers who were on the wrong end of this pre-season outcome.
Worthing were given their toughest test of pre-season so far as they needed a late equaliser from Nodirbek Bobomurodov to ensure it ended honours even at Nyewood Lane.
A first Senior goal for sixteen year-old substitute Evan Hoarty rounded off an impressive three-nil win for Worthing, as they lifted the Isthmian League Charity Shield.
A Jake Robinson hat-trick and Ollie Pearce double led Worthing to a fine 5-1 thrashing of a Ricky Aguiar-led Swindon Town.
Following an entertaining two-all draw between Winchester and Whitehawk, it was the host’s turn to take on their East Sussex neighbours as they rounded-off the afternoon’s action.
An unfamiliar looking Worthing kicked-off this three-way friendly tournament with defeat to Southern Premier South newboys Winchester City.