Sport feed - This Is South Devon

Barnes storms into Gulls squad

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:57:16 GMT

ASHLEY BARNES, who once starred in a surprise defeat of Torquay United in the Blue Square Premier, is now joining the Gulls' fight to pull away...

Second final in Halton's sights

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:56:40 GMT

TORQUAY teenager Nathan Halton is one bout away from appearing in his second national schoolboys' final in three years.

The 14-year old...

Stoke girls shock University rivals

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:56:24 GMT

A GIANT-SLAYING victory in the League Cup for Stoke Gabriel, a second successive win for Brixham Villa in Division Two and a slender victory for...

Mcdonalds put their shirts on Apollo

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:56:10 GMT

PIONEER Youth League club Apollo FC has been kitted out in brand new strip by its local group of McDonald's restaurants.

And they marked the...

Peninsula League side keen to recruit linesman

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:55:37 GMT

STOKE GABRIEL are keen to appoint an assistant referee (linesman in old terms) for their first team in Division One (East) of the Carlsberg South...

Paignton date for Steve Daley

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:55:27 GMT

FORMER England international and Wolves and Manchester City midfielder Steve Daley is to be guest speaker at a Sportsman's Dinner organised by...

Trundle to help coach Bay kids

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:54:33 GMT

SWANSEA City striker Lee Trundle and captain Garry Monk will make a special appearance during Coerver Coaching Devon's half-term course at Torquay...

Strength in depth works for Appleby's

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:54:21 GMT

WHO says the Torbay Sunday League is in decline?

Certainly not Appleby's manager Rod Martin after springing to its defence in the wake of...

Phone firm helps club go greener

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:54:00 GMT

THE Lillywhites have gone green! Dartmouth Rowing Club, famous since 1869 for their white shirts and blades have enhanced their green credentials...

Ocean rowers on move again

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:53:42 GMT

SOUTH Devon crews and competitors in the gruelling Atlantic Rowing Race are on the move again after almost a week riding their sea anchors.

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Darts pay for missed chances

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:53:26 GMT

DARTMOUTH Ladies must still be ruing their missed chances after losing 1-0 in a typically fast, furious and often scrappy South Hams derby away to...

Newton stretch lead at top

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:53:17 GMT

A SAM Beavis hat-trick led Channel Division 2B leaders Newton Abbot Ladies to a 4-1 away win over Honiton Hornets.

Newton, still unbeaten,...

Teigns starting to show strain

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:53:07 GMT

TEIGNMOUTH Ladies' fixture backlog is catching up with them.

Well up with the Premier Two promotion group in the first half of the season,...

Late goal maintains Torbay's challenge

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:52:48 GMT

TRAILING 2-1 in the first half, and reduced to nine men at one stage in the second, Torbay 1st XI fought back to earn a last-gasp 3-2 home win over...

Five slammed past promotion rivals

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:52:36 GMT

"THE BEST performance our team has given for several seasons" was Torbay Ladies captain Abby Hales' verdict on the 5-1 rout of Trelawney Division...

Weary Dawlish hold on for a draw

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:52:02 GMT

DAWLISH Ladies saw a 2-0 lead evaporate as they were pegged back to a 2-2 draw at Ottery St Mary in Channel 2B.

Sickness meant Dawlish were...

Tigers find points hard to come by in battle of defences

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:51:50 GMT

GAMES between Torbay Tigers and the University of Exeter are always closely contested and the latest was no exception. Tigers finished second best...

Devon Sports Awards go wild!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:51:22 GMT

THERE will be no monkeying around this year when the Devon Sports Awards event changes venue to Paignton Zoo in Torbay.

The event is on...

South West records fall in Newton Abbot

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:51:12 GMT

NUMEROUS South West records fell at the British Drug Free Power Lifting Federation single-lift competition at Steve's Gym in Newton Abbot.

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A nominations hiccup in Torbay

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:50:55 GMT

THERE'S been a small hiccup in the Torbay Sports Personality Nominations process.

Due to a system failure last week, nominations submitted...