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Passionate about sport? So are we! That is why sports journalist Ross Reid started South West Sports News in Spring 2008.

Our word-of-mouth, eco-friendly green game plan is to support sportspeople from the tip of South West England to the top of South Wales, young and old, male and female, grassroots participants to Olympians and Paralympians.

We are a pro-active team with one goal: winning promotion for regional sport.

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AMATEUR GOLF South West Week day 4 updates

Details: Created on Thursday, 13 June 2019 06:22; Last Updated on Friday, 14 June 2019 07:18; Published on Thursday, 13 June 2019 06:22

English County finalists Somerset held hosts Dorset to a draw to finally get off the mark in the matchplay rounds at Parkstone.

Following back to back defeats Somerset halved the morning singles 4-4 and the afternoon foursomes to put a brake on table-topping Dorset's winning start.

AMATEUR GOLF Double SW Week success for Somerset

Details: Created on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 23:18; Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 June 2019 08:46; Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 23:18; Written by ROSS REID

Somerset - skippered by James Ward - responded from back to back matchplay defeats at Parkstone by soaring to English County Finals qualification by a long shot.

The reds team of Craig Adams, Jonathan Grace, Tom Plumb, Tom Sloman, Tom Trowbridge and Phil White returned 14 under par 850 with morning and afternoon totals of 425.

AMATEUR GOLF South West Week day 3 updates

Details: Created on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 06:14; Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 09:20; Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 06:14; Written by ROSS REID

Hosts Dorset top the matchplay table after two wins from two at Parkstone.

Dorset followed up their big win over Wiltshire with an eye-catching 8-6 victory over favourites Gloucestershire after establishing a 5-3 morning singles lead.

AMATEUR GOLF South West Week day 2 updates

Details: Created on Monday, 10 June 2019 13:50; Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 09:01; Published on Monday, 10 June 2019 13:50; Written by ROSS REID

Hosts Dorset teed off South West Counties Week at glorious Parkstone with a big win over border rivals Wiltshire ahead of today's big game against perennial favourites Gloucestershire.

Dorset built on a morning 5-3 singles lead to coast home by a five-game margin, 9.5-4.5 and shoot to the top of the week-long matchplay leaderboard.

SOUTH WEST SPORTS NEWS guide to athletics on twitter

Details: Created on Monday, 10 June 2019 05:00; Last Updated on Monday, 10 June 2019 08:46; Published on Monday, 10 June 2019 05:00

South West Sports News is passionate about how twitter enables us to interact and discover new sports or sports clubs.

Here is our running order... an on-going list of South West/South Wales athletics clubs to track on twitter.

Please get in touch if your regional athletics club is on twitter and not on our list or your account has changed over winter.