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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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RUGBY UNION Hartpury hosts Six Nations U18s Festival

Details: Created on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 08:58; Last Updated on Friday, 12 April 2019 11:54; Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 08:58; Written by NABIL HASSAN at England Rugby

Jim Mallinder has named his England squad for the Under 18s Six Nations Festival being staged in Gloucestershire until Sunday April 21.

The televised free-to-see festival is being hosted by England Rugby at Hartpury University and College and will feature sets of fixtures at Hartpury's Gillman’s Ground, Worcester's Sixways Stadium and Gloucester Rugby's Kingsholm - all screened live via FreeSports TV.

CHANNEL LEAGUE Champions Gloucestershire off to flyer

Details: Created on Monday, 08 April 2019 18:46; Last Updated on Monday, 08 April 2019 22:45; Published on Monday, 08 April 2019 18:46; Written by ROSS REID amateur golf correspondent

2018 Channel League amateur golf champions Gloucestershire got their 2019 title defence off to a winning start by beating last summer’s runners-up Cornwall 9-6 at West Cornwall.

Gloucestershire pipped Cornwall to the title last year with an unbeaten record of four games won, two halved in the season-long men's regional matchplay competition.

EXETER CHIEFS eye Premiership points record

Details: Created on Sunday, 07 April 2019 19:44; Last Updated on Sunday, 07 April 2019 22:30; Published on Sunday, 07 April 2019 19:44; Written by MARK STEVENS at Welford Road

Henry Slade 20193070 Exeter Chiefs are set to set a new Premiership points record following their seven-try 52-20 mauling of Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.

Chiefs' big win - their 15th in 18 league starts - means they are now on 76 points and fast closing in on Saracens' Premiership record mark 87.

SOUTH WEST SPORTS NEWS guide to athletics on twitter

Details: Created on Sunday, 07 April 2019 06:00; Last Updated on Sunday, 07 April 2019 22:24; Published on Sunday, 07 April 2019 06:00

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.