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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.
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CYCLING Alaphilippe's tour de force Bristol finish
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- Created on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 07:58
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 12:03
- Published on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 07:58
- Written by CYCLING CORRESPONDENT in Bristol
Quick-Step Floors’ Julian Alaphilippe issued a warning shot to his rivals by sprinting to victory at the end of a breathless third stage of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain in Bristol on Tuesday.The Frenchman, who won the King of the Mountains prize at this summer’s Tour de France, outsprinted Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing) and ONE Pro Cycling’s Emils Liepins to win a reduced bunch sprint on Ladies Mile, Clifton Down.
TOUCHLINE TUESDAY Dray and Villis step up at Taunton
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- Created on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 12:33
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 18:53
- Published on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 12:33
- Written by ROSS REID on the non-League touchline
Focus for many non-League real football fans tonight will be on the four outstanding regional FA Cup preliminary round replays, especially with the first qualifying round just four days away.Although another preliminary round tie – in the Southern League Challenge Cup – means newly promoted Premier side Taunton Town first team coaches Rob Dray and Matty Villis make their managerial debut at home to newly promoted South 1 Street FC following the departure of Leigh Robinson and Michael Meaker to Truro City.
CYCLING Tonelli leads Tour of Britain to Bristol
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- Created on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 08:05
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 15:54
- Published on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 08:06
Commonwealth Games time trial champion Cameron Meyer took victory in Stage Two of the 2018 OVO Energy Tour of Britain after sprinting to win from a day-long breakaway in Barnstaple, Devon.The Australian rider beat breakaway companion Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF) after the pair had been a part of the stage’s five-man escape group that went clear in the opening 15 kilometres following the start at Cranbrook.
ENGLAND GOLF select five top South West aces
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- Created on Monday, 03 September 2018 11:11
- Last Updated on Monday, 03 September 2018 11:20
- Published on Monday, 03 September 2018 11:11
- Written by LYNDSEY HEWISON & ROSS REID
Five South West amateur aces are among the 11 selected to represent England in next week’s men’s Home Internationals at Conwy Golf Club in Wales.The team meet Ireland, Scotland and Wales next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as they bid to regain the Raymond Trophy, last won by England at Ganton, Yorkshire, in 2013.
TOUR OF BRITAIN Greipel sports green jersey in Devon
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- Created on Monday, 03 September 2018 06:58
- Last Updated on Monday, 03 September 2018 10:34
- Published on Monday, 03 September 2018 06:58
André Greipel stormed to victory in the city of Newport, at the end of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain’s opening stage across South Wales from Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire to Newport.The Lotto Soudal sprinter headed home Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton SCOTT) and Fernand Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) alongside the River Usk at the end of the 175-kilometre leg.
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