• LOCAL CRICKET RESULTS

  By Western Daily Press at 05:00 on 20/05/13

  

  Wadworth 6X West of England Premier League – Premier One: Bridgwater 169 Ashcott & Shapwick 163-9, Bath 267 (S Mount 87, L Padgett 51 no) Bristol 211 (W Tavare 50), Frocester 261-8 (T Wand 97) Ilminster 49 (R Cave 5-29), Keynsham 86 Downend 89-2, Corsham 279-5 (T Abbott 104 no, S Collier 60 no) Taunton St Andrews 250 (J Regan 56). Premier Two: Chard 153 (J Dalwood 50) Gloucester City Winget 155-9 (S Montgomery 67),...

• Whites hit four at Basingstoke

  By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 29/04/13

  

  BASINGSTOKE TOWN 0 SALISBURY CITY 4 Salisbury will battle it out with Chelmsford for a place in the Blue Square Bet South play-off final after Saturday's final day results. The Whites prepared for the season finale with a fine win at The Camrose to finish second in the table with 82 points, four behind champions Welling. Rob Sinclair shot Salisbury ahead and Charles Ademeno headed the second. Jamie White came off the bench to net a...

• England coach Cossins hails progress of sprinter Talbot

  By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 27/04/13

  

  athletics West Olympic sprinter Danny Talbot has been selected for the Great Britain relay team to compete in the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia this weekend. The Trowbridge Tornado is currently training with coach Dan Cossins in Florida and opened his outdoor season in Gainsville last weekend with a swift time of 20.67secs in the 200m. "Danny excelled and won overall," said Cossins. "Of my other guys Andy...

• Russell leads Weston for league finale

  By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 19/04/13

  

  SSE NATIONAL THREE SW Teams in this division are playing their final matches of the season, but relegation and promotion issues are already confirmed. Second-placed Exmouth will face either Bishop's Stortford or Dorking in the promotion play-off. Weston-super-Mare, who face Old Redcliffians in the final of the Somerset Cup at Bridgwater on Thursday, are assured of third place in the table while Malvern, Oxford Harlequins and...

• WPBSA drops one of the match-fixing probes involving Lee

  By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 11/04/13

  

  snooker An investigation into a match involving Stephen Lee has been dropped but snooker authorities are pursuing other corruption allegations against the suspended player. Wiltshire player Lee has been banned since October 2012 while the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) investigated a Premier League match against John Higgins. A spokesman confirmed it would not now be proceeding with that case. But Lee...

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