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RWC2015 tickets back on sale on Monday

The remaining tickets from the September general sale for Rugby World Cup 2015 will go back on sale next week.

The sale of up to 300,000 tickets for 25 matches will take place in three stages, with priority access given to applicants who were unsuccessful in the ballot.

Stage 1 – Monday 24 and Tuesday November 25 – Ticket sale open to unsuccessful applicants from the September...

Exeter Chiefs prop Brown joins Albion on loan

Exeter Chiefs prop Alex Brown will go straight into the Plymouth Albion squad ahead of their Championship trip to Leeds on Friday night.

Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter today confirmed the 25-year-old forward has teamed up with Albion after the two clubs agreed a loan deal for the player.

It will be Brown’s second spell on loan at the Brickfields having previously featured for the...

Match report: Argyle 2 AFC Fylde 0

ON the basis that getting into the second round of the FA Cup was the main objective – and bearing in mind what happened to their neighbours the previous day – Argyle can be entirely satisfied with their day’s work.

Their Northern Conference visitors, ranked 44 places below them in the football league pyramid, gave them a game, to be sure, and more than a few heart-in-mouth moments but...

Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets to go back on sale

The remaining tickets from the September general sale for Rugby World Cup 2015 will go back on sale at the end of November.

The sale of around 300,000 tickets spanning 25 matches will take place in three stages, with priority access given to applicants that were unsuccessful in the ballot.

Stage 1 – Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 November – Ticket sale open to unsuccessful applicants...

Cat Phones making up for lost time

British sailor Conrad Humphreys is moving up the Class 40 fleet in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, following an emergency pit stop for repairs to his yacht, Cat Phones, on Monday afternoon.

Conrad, 41, from Plymouth, was forced to divert to Camaret-sur-Mer for a replacement batten box to be fitted on the second reef as a result of damage caused in ‘brutal’ conditions on Day...

Plymouth 10k results

Bristol and West AC runner Tom Merson raced home to victory at the Plymouth 10k sponsored by Mansbridge Balment, with a time of thirty one minutes and thirty five seconds, in good running conditions despite initial forecasts. In second place came Josh Trigwell from Exeter Harriers in thirty one minutes and fifty four seconds, followed by last years winners Johnny Gilby from Derby AC in thirty...

Sailors set course for top spot

Plymouth University Sporting Scholar Lorenzo Chiavarini will be hoping to retain his national title in November when the annual BUCS Fleet Sailing Championship returns to the city’s shores.

Lorenzo is one of over 100 entrants set to compete in one of sailing most hotly-contested competitions, all of whom are aspiring to be crowned the best sailor in the city of Sir Francis Drake, Sir...

Demons ready for hitmen

DEVON will be hoping to collect their second home win of the season when they face Buxton in a National League match at the St Boniface Arena on Saturday evening (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

Buxton are currently second from bottom of the table but are level on points with the Demons, who have avoided dropping into the bottom two because of a superior race points difference.

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New running groups start this month

You may think joining a running group in the winter would be the last thing on people's minds, but Plymouth City Council’s Sports Development Unit say different. Over the years they have successfully set up and supported many running clubs in the city and say this is a very popular time of year to get people running!

Deputy Council Leader Peter Smith said: “Our running clubs are hugely...

Speedway National League meeting off

THE National League speedway meeting between Devon and Stoke at the St Boniface Arena on Saturday evening has been called off because of the bad weather.

Ashley Taylor, co-promoter of the Devon Demons, announced the decision on Friday afternoon. He said: “We have taken into account a forecast of poor weather for Saturday and could not be confident of being able to run the meeting....

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