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Exeter Racecourse launches Community Raceday and calls for Devon’s community heroes

Exeter Racecourse has launched a brand-new Community Raceday and is inviting people across Devon to nominate a community hero who deserves recognition.

Community Raceday takes place on Friday, February 20, during half term, and coincides with Devon Day at the racecourse. The initiative...

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#SellOutAlbi campaign launched at PARFC

Plymouth Albion are urging fans to join them at the quickly approaching first game of the season on the 3rd September.

They have launched a #SellOutAlbi campaign with the aim to fill the stadium at Brickfields for their first match.

Dan Parks, PARFC Head Coach commented: “The fans are the 16th player on the field and we would love to be able to start the season with a bang, by...

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Pitch perfect play for Staddiscombe

Playing fields that have been dogged by drainage and condition problems have been officially opened following a major revamp.

Staddiscombe playing fields are ready for the new football season after the eight full-size senior football pitches had high specification drainage and new goal posts installed.

Other works carried out by the contractors include soil improvements and...

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Reading 2 Argyle 0: Match report

TO no-one’s great surprise, Argyle fell at the first hurdle in the EFL Cup for the fourth season in succession, succumbing to Championship opponents who, at the moment, they can only aspire to emulate.

A double Dutch dose of first-half goals from Joey van den Berg and his fellow Netherlander Roy Beerens, a full international, gave countryman Jaap Stam his first knockout victory since...

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Touch rugby – give it a try!

Young people are getting a chance to play rugby with one of Plymouth Albion’s first team players this summer.

Plymouth City council are teaming up with the club, England Rugby and national sports charity StreetGames to run free coaching sessions, led by lock Dan Collier.

The touch rugby sessions are for young people aged 11 to 25 and are being held at local Doorstep Sports Club...

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Plymouth divers secure bronze at Rio

Plymouth divers Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow are celebrating winning bronze in the men's synchronised 10m platform at Rio 2016 last night.

The pair, who started training together in October last year, pipped Germany to third place with the final dive of the competition.

An ecstatic Daley tweeted: "OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALISTS!! Can't believe it! So happy and proud of you @...

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Argyle 0 Luton 3: Match report

FOR the second consecutive season, Argyle's Sky Bet League Two campaign began with a win to an away side. Unfortunately for Derek Adams and his team, this time they were playing at home.

Last year, Argyle saw off an early AFC Wimbledon flourish to win their opening game by two goals, and this year's opener had echoes of that day, except the Pilgrims were the ones on the receiving end,...

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PWA Heatwave delivers a hot night of action

The crowd were red hot for Plymouth Wrestling Association’s apply titled ‘Heat Wave’ event. The show featured the debut of many nationally recognized stars, the shock return of PWA’s resident monster and a title match that will go down in history as one of the best matches ever to grace the South West.

The hype surrounding ‘Heat Wave’ was like no local wrestling show before, so PWA and...

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Haytor's Tour of Britain climb 'will be one of the toughest'

The summit stage finish at Haytor will be one of the toughest three hill-climbs in this year’s Tour of Britain says race director Mick Bennett.

And the Devon stage's victor could crucially point the way to who wins the overall race.

This year’s Stage Six of Tour of Britain starts in Sidmouth and ends in Haytor, taking in communities including Ottery St Mary, Honiton, Willand,...

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SW Competitors triumph at British Transplant Games

Team Plymouth scooped a total of 25 medals at this year’s Westfield Health British Transplant Games – a great effort and five more gold medals than last year.

The 15 gold, six silver and four bronze medals were won by the seven competitors who represented Team Plymouth. All aged between 35 and 70, they have received a life-saving kidney transplant at Derriford Hospital.

This...

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Steve bowled over as friends’ fundraising campaign keeps his World Championships dream alive

Friends have rallied around after blind lawn bowls player Steve Cook had given up hope of competing in next year’s Visually Impaired World Bowls Championships in South Africa when he was selected to represent England but was told he’d have to pay all his costs – and that of his guide.

Devonport-born Steve, who now lives in Saltash, has been national champion three times in the past six...

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