South West Sports News promoting regional sport
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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CRICKET: WESTERN DIVISION BOWLS IN
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- Created on Saturday, 23 June 2012 13:26
- Last Updated on Saturday, 23 June 2012 20:33
- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 13:26
- Written by Ross Reid
Weather-permitting there are club cricket league matches across the region today and we list the top matches on our cricket fixtures pages.
Tomorrow the 2012 Minor Counties Championship is due to swing into action again with three-day Western Division league matches involving the region’s top players.
SWIMMING: O'CONNOR QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPICS
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- Created on Saturday, 23 June 2012 08:22
- Last Updated on Saturday, 23 June 2012 08:22
- Published on Friday, 22 June 2012 08:22
- Written by Steve Ballinger & Ross Reid
Bath teenage star Siobhan-Marie O’Connor has become the youngest British swimmer to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics.
The 16-year-old St Gregory's Catholic College pupil produced the performance of her life to win gold in the 100m breaststroke final at the ASA National Championships in Sheffield last night.
CHIEFS' JOHNSON SET FOR THIRD TEST START
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- Created on Thursday, 21 June 2012 11:01
- Last Updated on Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:08
- Published on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 11:01
- Written by Ross Reid
Exeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson is set to make his third international England Rugby start in Saturday’s 3rd Test against South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth.
The 29-year-old Chiefs forward played throughout the 36-27 2nd Test defeat against the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg and did enough to earn his third successive Test call-up.
LING ON LOOKOUT FOR NEW TQ1 NUMBER ONE
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- Created on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 11:01
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:19
- Published on Monday, 18 June 2012 11:01
- Written by Ross Reid
Torquay United manager Martin Ling is on the lookout for a new first team keeper to replace former TQ1 number one Bobby Olejnik.
Highly rated Austrian shot stopper Olejnik, 25, has joined Championship outfit Peterborough on a three-year contract for a substantial, undisclosed fee from Torquay.
MCCA TROPHY: DORSET AND WILTSHIRE IN SEMIS
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- Created on Monday, 18 June 2012 12:48
- Last Updated on Monday, 18 June 2012 11:59
- Published on Sunday, 17 June 2012 12:48
- Written by Ross Reid
Dorset will host Cumberland and Staffordshire will meet 2005 finalists Wiltshire in the 2012 Minor Counties Cricket Association Trophy semi finals on Sunday July 1.
Dorset – finalists in 2006 - will play Cumberland at Dean Park, Bournemouth while a venue has yet "to be confirmed" for Wiltshire’s semi in Staffs.
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