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Trowbridge memorial game for cancer fund

6:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Friends and former teammates of Chris Penelhum, the Trowbridge football coach who died last month, will honour his memory with a charity match on Tuesday.

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CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Fey departs for Bridgwater

11:28pm Friday 17th May 2013

RICHARD Fey has left Chippenham Town to take over as manager at Bridgwater Town.

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FOOTBALL: Alex won't be taking Liberty

5:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE hard work starts now for Corsham teenager Alex Bray after he earned his first professional contract at Swansea City.

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BOXING: Blackwell title hunt

3:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

PROMOTER PJ Rowson says he will consider every avenue for Nick Blackwell to challenge for more major titles.

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RUGBY: Melksham’s Steph wings in for Wales

2:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

MELKSHAM teenager Steph Holman is hoping that she can make the grade as an international rugby player after earning a spot on the Wales U18 women’s development squad.

RUGBY: Thomas takes Chippenham reins

7:16pm Thursday 16th May 2013

CHIPPENHAM have appointed former Plymouth Albion flanker and captain Danny Thomas as their new head coach.

• RUGBY: Saddlebacks learn league opponents

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CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Town tighten belts

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

CHIPPENHAM Town chief Nathan Rudge concedes that financial restrictions will play a big part in how he shapes his squad for next season.

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ATHLETICS: Dan passing on the benefits of relays

11:00am Friday 17th May 2013

DAN Cossins is hoping to play his own small role in rejuvenating Great Britain’s relay culture after being appointed as coach for the junior relay squad for this summer’s European Under 20 Championship, writes Kevin Fahey.

RUGBY: Rokoduguni extends Bath stay

2:08pm Thursday 16th May 2013

FIJIAN flyer Semesa Rokoduguni has signed a new contract with Bath Rugby.

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Finding the right cure to end your topping woes

1:19pm Thursday 16th May 2013

THIS WEEK: The top (part two)

RUGBY: Saddlebacks learn league opponents

11:58am Thursday 16th May 2013

SOUTHERN Counties South champions Devizes will start their life as a Level Six club in a tough-looking South West One East division in September.

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SUNDAY LEAGUE: Simply four-midable

11:30am Thursday 16th May 2013

BIDDESTONE Social manager Ashley Smith says his side will carry on seeking out new challenges after their historic quadruple-winning campaign in the Chippenham & District Sunday League.

BOXING: Tough assignment looms for Blackwell

2:43pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

TROWBRIDGE middleweight Nick 'Bang Bang' Blackwell has been handed a tough match-up in his next fight in Swindon next month.

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RUGBY: Gold reads riot act to Rec intruders

10:18am Monday 13th May 2013

BATH have unveiled a new weapon in their battle against flocks of birds threatening to damage their playing surface at the Recreation Ground - head coach Gary Gold.

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CANOEING: World silver for McKeever

5:24pm Sunday 12th May 2013

OLYMPIC champion Ed McKeever claimed silver in the first World Cup meeting of the season in Szeged, Hungary, today.

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EQUESTRIAN: Nicholson lifts Chatsworth crown

9:37pm Sunday 12th May 2013

NEW Zealander Andrew Nicholson continued his rich vein of form today by winning the headline class of this year's Chatsworth International Horse Trials in Derbyshire.

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RUGBY: Winner Joseph ready for Bath switch

10:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

ENGLAND centre Jonathan Joseph insists he could have hardly asked for a better way to switch from London Irish to Bath after being honoured at the Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards.

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BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS: Nicholson takes stock

3:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

MARLBOROUGH rider Andrew Nicholson was philosophical about missing out on a place in the record books as he finished third at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials.

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MOTORCYCLING: Victor-y

3:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

TROWBRIDGE’S Victor Cox sees no reason why he can’t be National Superstock 1000 series champion after topping the podium for the first time on Bank Holiday Monday.

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BATH RUGBY: Ford seeing good signs for the future

2:30pm Friday 10th May 2013

BATH assistant coach Mike Ford refused to be downbeat as his side’s lingering Heineken Cup hopes were extinguished by a last-day defeat at Saracens.

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RUGBY: Bentley backs Eastmond for England

2:27pm Friday 10th May 2013

HIS NAME might not have been one of those read out at the British & Irish Lions squad announcement but Kyle Eastmond is still set for a big summer according to former dual-code international John Bentley.

• OJO'S INSIDE LINE: Leicester and Saracens look best bets for Premiership final

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BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS: County riders savour trials experience

2:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

GREAT Somerford’s Beanie Sturgis says that the local support she received at Badminton put an extra spring in her step.

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SWIMMING: Chloe making a real splash

1:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

TROWBRIDGE Amateur Swimming Club’s Para-lympian Chloe Davies is getting ready to take on the world once again after qualifying for this summer’s IPC World Championships in Montreal.

Banish bunker blues

12:38pm Friday 10th May 2013

THIS WEEK: Bunkers

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CASTLE COMBE: Norton still has the win formula

12:30pm Friday 10th May 2013

BRATTON driver Ben Norton proved he had lost none of his winning touch when he roared to victory at Castle Combe’s Motors TV Live race day on Bank Holiday Monday, writes John Moon.

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FOOTBALL: Hotshot Higdon the toast of the Town

10:00am Friday 10th May 2013

MELKSHAM Town striker Gary Higdon says that he never expected to write his name in the history books during his time at the Conigre.

FOOTBALL: Tyrone’s debut thrills dad Adie

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

EX-CHIPPENHAM Town boss Adie Mings was brimming with pride to see his son Tyrone make his Championship debut last weekend.

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CRICKET: County on the brink in Trophy

3:30pm Thursday 9th May 2013

WILTSHIRE team boss Neil Shardlow was left fuming by his side’s fielding performance as a second defeat left their Trophy hopes in tatters.