• Hatherleigh avenge Bideford defeat in North Devon Cricket League

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 13/06/13

  

  HATHERLEIGH avenged April's narrow away defeat to Bideford in the Stayindevon.co.uk North Devon League by winning the home fixture by four wickets on Sunday. Gareth Tidball's run-a-ball 101, with 14 fours and two sixes, at the top of the order took Hatherleigh much of the way in their reply to Bideford's 240 for eight. Rob Cockwill (38no) and Charlie Neilson (30no) hit four fours each to finish the job with an unbroken stand of 63. ...

• Bideford go clear with Devon Cricket League win over Axminster

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 13/06/13

  

  BIDEFORD are out on their own at the top of the C division after beating the only other previously unbeaten team. Matt Allin and Jordi Gilmore scored half centuries and Josh Atkinson and James Ford took three wickets each in a 69-run win over Axminster at Westward Ho! It was a sixth win out of six for Bideford who are now 14 points clear. After being put in to bat, Allin and Gilmore laid the platform for the victory with a...

• Exeter City's Barnstaple development centre presents awards

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 13/06/13

  

  FOOTBALL THE EXETER City Advanced Development Centre in Barnstaple has celebrated a successful year. The hall at the Park Community School was packed for the end-of-season awards, which were attended by Middlesborough defender George Friend, a graduate of the North Devon centre. Sean Downing, the Bideford forward, also returned to the centre, which he praised for giving him a strong grounding in the game. They handed out prizes to...

• North Devon cyclist Blake Pond 16th in National Time Trial

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 13/06/13

  

  CYCLING BLAKE POND placed 16th in the RTTC National 25-mile Time Trial Championship. Pond, the North Devon Wheelers-Southfork rider from Bideford, clocked 53mins 51secs in Lincolnshire on Sunday. He was more than a minute faster than Pete Vincent, from Braunton, riding for Twenty3c.co.uk-Focus Racing, who was 34th in 54-56. The overall winner was Joe Perrett, the 22-year-old former European junior champion, who finished in 49-21. ...

• Combe Martin hosts final boxing show of the season

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 13/06/13

  

  BOXING COMBE MARTIN ABC has 20 bouts lined up for the final boxing show of the season in North Devon. Billy Stanbury will top the bill at Combe Martin Village Hall on Saturday on a card including home heavyweights Jack Taylor, Steve Martin and Jordan Keen. Mason Sweeney and Lewis Hale are set to make their home debuts and Connor O'Toole will take on Mitch Turner, of Barnstaple ABC, in an all-North Devon clash. Other Combe Martin...

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