• BOWLS RESULTS AND TEAMS

  By Western Daily Press at 05:00 on 19/06/13

  

  British women's home international series at St Vincent's, Glasgow: England bt Wales 118-117 – Rink scores (England skips first): A Gowshall 21, K Pearce 19; P Strong 27, I Jones 15; W King 18, A Butten 16; S Gordon 24, C Hewlings 16; E Falkner 11, J Wason 31; N Melmore 17, E Moorhouse 20. Ireland bt Jersey 112-109 – Rink scores (Ireland skips first): D McCloy 13, L Cole 22; S McAuley 29, S Dingle 14; S Baillie 22, H...

• Calor takes over the league

  By Western Daily Press at 05:00 on 18/06/13

  

  Several West clubs will be playing in the Calor Football League next season following the announcement at the Southern League's annual meeting at Torquay that Calor Gas are replacing Evo-Stik as the new league sponsors. Unfortunately, the Division One South and West line-up of teams for the new season has still to be rubber-stamped due to the ongoing appeal of two clubs to the FA regarding their switch from the Central Division to...

• Bishop and Talbot are off to Gateshead

  By Western Daily Press at 05:00 on 15/06/13

  

  ATHLETICS West Country athletes Dave Bishop and Danny Talbot have both been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Team Championships in Gateshead. The inclusion of Trowbridge Tornado Talbot to run the 200m comes after an excellent start to the season. He ran 20.72 in the 200m when finishing sixth behind Usain Bolt (19.79) in the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday night. It was outside Talbot's personal best of...

• Burn and Dolan could return to Yeovil – Johnson

  By Western Daily Press at 05:00 on 13/06/13

  

  Loan stars Dan Burn and Matt Dolan could be in line for a Yeovil return after manager Gary Johnson revealed the pair are his summer targets. Fulham defender Burn capped a tremendous first spell with the Glovers by heading the winner at Wembley in the League One play-off final. Middlesbrough midfielder Dolan showed glimpses of his talent during an injury-plagued period in the second half of the campaign, but has done enough to...

• Somerset left to battle for pride as cup hopes fade

  By Western Daily Press at 05:00 on 12/06/13

  

  Somerset's hopes of making the knockout stage of the Middleton Cup this summer are hanging by a thread after a 124-105 defeat at the hands of Devon. The Cidermen took only four points from the match at North Petherton at the weekend. Star-studded Devon steamrollered Cornwall in the first round, and are relishing the prospect of taking on Dorset and Herefordshire in games that (on paper) they should win, and they are firm favourites...

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