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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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OPEN WATER Olympian Patten retires from swimming
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- Created on Friday, 07 October 2011 19:05
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 00:37
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 12:38
Cornwall’s 2008 Olympic open water bronze medallist Cassandra Patten has announced her retirement from swimming due to an ongoing shoulder injury.
Cardinham-born Patten, 24, won bronze in Beijing and has two World Championship 10 km Open Water silvers.
PLYMOUTH COLLEGE XV TO THE FORE
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- Created on Friday, 07 October 2011 18:11
- Last Updated on Friday, 07 October 2011 18:11
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 11:46
Plymouth College centre Ollie Clenaghan scored a superb solo try as the first XV maintained their winning start to the new schools season with a 15-8 triumph at Truro College.
With seconds remaining and Truro on the attack, quick thinking Clenaghan intercepted a home pass and sped in from the halfway line to secure victory.
SILVER LINING UP FOR BRISTOL BOW TONIGHT
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- Created on Friday, 07 October 2011 15:17
- Last Updated on Friday, 07 October 2011 15:17
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 12:00
Bristol Rugby head coach Liam Middleton makes one change from his winning XV for tonight’s RFU Championship match against Nottingham at the Memorial Stadium (1945 KO).
Louis Silver earns his first competitive start for Bristol at scrum-half as the home side bid to build on last Saturday’s 17-15 success at Bedford.
BRISTOL ACADEMY'S FIRST EUROPEAN TEST
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- Created on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:51
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:51
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 11:58
Champions League football comes to the south west for the first time when Bristol Academy Womens Football Club kick off their European campaign against Russia's top women's side FC Energiya Voronezh (1930).
Thursday night's tie at Ashton Gate is another incredible chapter in the BAWFC success story.
O'KANE AGREES NEW TORQUAY UNITED DEAL
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- Created on Monday, 26 September 2011 17:19
- Last Updated on Monday, 26 September 2011 17:19
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 11:55
Torquay United have agreed a new three-year contract with Irish playmaker Eunan O'Kane.
The gifted midfielder is set to stay at TQ1 until 2014 after concluding talks with Gulls boss Martin Ling today.
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