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Passionate about sport? So are we! That is why sports journalist Ross Reid started South West Sports News in Spring 2008.

Our word-of-mouth, eco-friendly green game plan is to support sportspeople from the tip of South West England to the top of South Wales, young and old, male and female, grassroots participants to Olympians and Paralympians.

We are a pro-active team with one goal: winning promotion for regional sport.

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CRICKET Cornwall will have to break Herts to reach final

Details: Created on Friday, 12 May 2023 09:10; Last Updated on Friday, 12 May 2023 09:56; Published on Friday, 12 May 2023 09:10; Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Cornwall will have to overcome 2019 winners Hertfordshire if they are to reach the National Counties T20 final.

Berkshire and Hertfordshire, two previous winners of the competition, have been kept apart in the draw for this season’s semi-finals.

TEAM BATH NETBALL full house to face Thunder

Details: Created on Wednesday, 10 May 2023 11:17; Last Updated on Thursday, 11 May 2023 23:38; Published on Wednesday, 10 May 2023 11:17; Written by TEAM BATH PRESS OFFICE

TEAM BATH Netball will have another capacity crowd behind them tonight when they take on Manchester Thunder in their final home match of the 2023 Netball Super League season.

A club-record 12,200 tickets have been sold for the eight fixtures at the Team Bath Arena this year and it will be a full house once again when the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold face the defending champions live on Sky Sports (1930 centre-pass).

CORNWALL CRICKET LEAGUE Michael Weeks round-up

Details: Created on Monday, 08 May 2023 22:19; Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 May 2023 09:24; Published on Monday, 08 May 2023 22:19; Written by MICHAEL WEEKS Cornwall Cricket correspondent

The Group stages of the Kernow T20 Crash concluded on Saturday with the weather again having its say.

The Callington versus Hayle and Werrington versus Camborne ties were both cancelled.

REGIONAL FOOTBALL May 8 & latest results

Details: Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 May 2023 07:24; Published on Monday, 08 May 2023 17:00; Written by SWSN football desk

MONDAY MAY 8
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Championship
Burnley 3-0 Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Bristol City
Swansea City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion

* Swansea finish 10th, Bristol City 14th, Cardiff 21st

League Two
Newport County 2-2 Crewe Alexandra * Newport finish 15th
Swindon Town 2-1 Crawley Town * Swindon finish 10th

SW Peninsula League Champions Cup
Brixham AFC 1-1 St Blazey AFC @ 90 mins Brixham win 5-3 on pens

SUNDAY MAY 7
League One - Plymouth Argyle champions
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers * Rovers finish 17th
Cambridge Utd 2-0 Forest Green Rovers relegated, 24th
Cheltenham Town 2-2 Charlton Athletic * Cheltenham 16th
Exeter City 3-2 Morecambe * Exeter 14th
Port Vale 1-3 Plymouth Argyle clinch title with 10 points, 31 wins

National League South Play-Off semi-final
Dartford 1-1 St Albans City win 5-3 on pens
Oxford City 2-0 Worthing
Oxford City will host St Albans City in final next Sunday May 14 1530ko

COUNTIES CRICKET Cornwall through to T20 finals

Details: Created on Monday, 08 May 2023 10:27; Last Updated on Monday, 08 May 2023 10:30; Published on Monday, 08 May 2023 10:27; Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Cornwall and Staffordshire secured their places in National Counties T20 Finals Day in contrasting fashion on the final day of Group matches.

Cornwall took control of their own destiny by completing a double over Devon at Cornwood which enabled them to overtake Dorset, who sat out the final round of matches, at the top of Group Two.