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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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Sport in 2019: Events You Cannot Miss

Sports fans! 2019 looks set to be a huge year for the region. From a number of major horse racing meetings to huge rugby matches, local sports fans have access to top-level events on their doorstep. Without further ado, let’s take a look at a few of the biggest sports teams and games to follow in 2019:

Plymouth Argyle

Now in the third tier of English football, Plymouth Argyle...

Argyle 1 Oxford United 2 - match report

THE Pilgrims paid the price for not cashing in on a dominant first half against Sky Bet League One peers Oxford United before suffering five minutes of second-half madness to go out of the Emirates FA Cup.

They were in total control of their second-round tie up until the moment that James Henry opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Almost immediately, Cameron Brannagan made the score...

Argyle 2 Fleetwood 1 - match report

FOR 45 minutes at Luton seven days earlier, and more than an hour of the visit of Fleetwood to Home Park, Freddie Ladapo had cut a frustrated, unproductive figure.

Then his and his side’s fortunes turned in ten amazing minutes, when he scored the goals that gave the Pilgrims a magnificent bounceback victory from their chastening defeat at Kenilworth Road.

Paddy Madden tested...

Luton 5 Argyle 1: Match report

THE Pilgrims’ 12-year six-game unbeaten run at Kenilworth Road came crashing to a halt in spectacular fashion as they were brushed aside by a rampant Luton side that racked up a ninth win from their 11 home games.

The destination of the three points was decided in an opening 45 minutes in which Argyle found no resistance to the home team’s slick attacking.

James Collins top and...

Argyle 1 Stevenage 0: Match report

AN injury-time goal from substitute Ruben Lameiras kept Argyle on the road to Wembley, and avoided a midweek drive to the other side of the country.

The Portuguese midfielder rubber-stamped an absolutely dominant performance from the Pilgrims against spirited, but outplayed, opponents. Given the Hertfordshire new town’s links with Arsenal, the fact that a former Tottenham Hotspur...

Argyle 0 Sunderland 2 - Match report

TWO goals from Aiden McGeady – the first piece of individual skill; the second a penalty which was at least debateable – left the Black Cats purring and Argyle spitting.

McGeady, a man who, remember, was transferred for £9.5m not too long ago, opened the scoring early in the second half, after a tight and even first 45 minutes, with a quality solo strike.

Argyle came straight...

New Street League to launch across Devon and Cornwall

An innovative new street league will be launched across Devon and Cornwall aimed at the growing urban sport scene.

Street Series South West will feature skateboarding, scootering and freestyle BMX events at facilities across the region next year.

The series will begin at Mount Hawke Skatepark near Truro on 4 January and include events in Saltash’s Junkyard Skatepark, Prime...

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Scunthorpe 1 Argyle 4: Match report

ARGYLE claimed a memorable victory at Glanford Park, winning in comfort and style to triumph for only the second time in Scunthorpe in the club’s history.

Freddie Ladapo opened the scoring with his fifth goal of the week of his life after a period of early dominance from the Pilgrims, and the lead was doubled in first-half injury-time by Scunthorpe youth-team product Niall Canavan....

Could it be time for Argyle's Adams to walk away?

Turmoil on the pitch and discontent off it, things are looking particularly bleak at Plymouth Argyle right now. Derek Adams might have been one of the most secure managers in League One at the start of the season but the Plymouth boss is looking in an increasingly precarious position after 14 league games. Currently bottom of the table with just one win to their name this season, the Pilgrims...

Plymouth Argyle Community Trust supports patient’s post-op recovery

David Saunders, 66, from Plymouth has undergone successful ankle fusion surgery at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre – and he has arranged with Plymouth Argyle Community Trust that he and others like him can use the club’s state-of-the-art astro turf for their recovery.

A number of fractures when he was younger left David with problems in his feet and ankles. He lived in the US for 15...

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