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The Elf team on their Christmas Santa Run (photo ELF)

Exeter gallops into Christmas with festive race day for ELF

Exeter Racecourse will sparkle on Friday 5 December as festive outfits, thrilling jump racing, and generosity come together for ELF Race Day, supporting the Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF). ELF provides vital care and support to families affected by blood cancers and blood disorders across Devon,...

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Cycling's a Breeze - scheme looking for women bike ride leaders

Women interested in cycling can go one step further as Plymouth City Council are looking for more ride leaders to lead women-only bike rides.

The Breeze cycling scheme, established by British Cycling and supported by Sports England, is the biggest cycling programme in the UK to be aimed at women. It aims to provide social group bike rides to help more women feel confident and...

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Match Preview: Birmingham City v Plymouth Argyle

Birmingham City v Plymouth Argyle

Capital One Cup, 1st Round, Tuesday 6 August at 7.45pm

Plymouth follow their disappointing League Two opener on Saturday with a visit to Championship side Birmingham City in the Capital One Cup first round.

The fixture presents an opportunity for the Pilgrims to test their mettle against a big club, with expectations in check and away...

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Action Sports Tour hits Plymouth in a show for the whole family

The high-octane Action Sports Tour to the Piazza in Plymouth city centre on 10 August.

Featuring a team of free runners, dirt bike jumpers, scooter and mountain bike riders demonstrating their talents for an action-packed stunt show for the whole family.

The Animal WD-40 Action Sports Tour mixes the incredible skill, control and balance of World Champion trials rider Martyn...

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Trotman signs for Argyle

Defender Neal Trotman is set to sign for Plymouth Argyle.

Trotman, 26, will join the Pilgrims until January after agreeing to meet up with Argyle manager John Sheridan for the third time in his career.

The move follows an ongoing injury to Guy Branston and news that Paul Wotton is likely to face some time on the sidelines after breaking his ribs during the 1-0 defeat to...

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Silver for Ruta in 50m final after second semi-final world record

Plymouth's Ruta Meilutyte finished in silver medal position in the 50m breaststroke final at the World Championships in Barcelona on Sunday (4 August), behind Russia’s Yuliya Efimova.

The 16-year-old Lithuanian swimmer, who competes for Plymouth Leander and studies at Plymouth College, had broken her second world record in the space of a week in Saturday's 50m semi-final to follow her...

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Greens left feeling blue: First day defeat for Argyle at Southend

Southend United 1 Corr 15

Plymouth Argyle 0

Football League Two, Saturday 3 August 2013

It was not the positive start that Argyle wanted. Wearing their new light blue away kit, a narrow defeat at Southend was decided by a goal 15 minutes into the new season.

Fielding five new signings as well as two returning players in the shape of striker Reuben Reid and...

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It's the new season! Southend United v Plymouth Argyle

Southend United v Plymouth Argyle

Football League Two, Saturday 3 August at 3pm

Audible cheers can be heard from one corner of the great football divide; audible groans from the other - we may only be barely into August but the 2013-14 football season is already upon us.

Plymouth Argyle travel to Southend United for the first game of the new Football League Two season...

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British Military Fitness helps people in Plymouth burn off over two million calories

People in Plymouth have been busy doing burpees and squats this summer thanks to British Military Fitness (BMF), the UK’s biggest and best-loved outdoor fitness classes, and as a result they have helped to burn off over two million calories nationwide. BMF set the target of 2 million calories when they launched their START campaign in May. BMF START events took place across the city.

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Plymouth University yachting team sets course for Cowes Week

A Plymouth University yachting team has set sail for Cowes in a bid to take on all-comers in the world-famous regatta, starting this week.

Aboard their 30-foot IRC3 craft, five of the eight-man team left Sutton Harbour in the early hours of Wednesday heading to the Isle of Wight. There they will take part in eight days of intense competition, racing against professional crews from...

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Olympic and World Swimming Champion Ruta backs Plymouth's Ecover Blue Mile

Plymouth’s golden girl Ruta Meilutyte took time out from her busy schedule to explain why she’s backing an event which gets people active in the water.

Ruta, 16, has thrown her weight behind the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile which takes place off Plymouth’s historic Barbican on 14-15 September.

Lithuanian-born Ruta shocked everyone including herself when, at the age of just 15, she won...

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