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Your Chance to Carry Barry the Baton Through Bideford in Round the Coast Relay

By stephennr

Thanks for posting this. An opportunity to be part of something unique. We've covered over 3,000...

By Hyperlocal at 10:44 on 25/08/10

Coasters GB who dub themselves "Just a bunch of people running round the Great British Coastline ..." are looking for runners to join them on the Bideford leg of their round the coast tour. Highly influenced by Eddie Izzard's fantastic feat of 43 marathons in 52 days, and one man's innate desire to "do something a bit different", the question "would it be possible to run a relay around the...
National Mountain Bike Event at South West Extreme in Bideford

By A_McCormack

More video of National 4X champs at South West Extreme here on MPORA

By A_McCormack at 20:19 on 10/08/10

The National Championships, the blue ribbon event in the Mountain Bike calendar are heading to North Devon's South West Extreme Centre on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August. Saturday will see round five of the National 4x Series (NPS) and on Sunday the UK's top riders including previous National Champions and professional riders Will Longden- Lapera, Oakley and Scott Beaumont- Rocky Mountain, Fox will be competing. Entry for...
Johnny Kingdom films North Molton Cup Final

By hiccupgalore5

He isnt only just filming North Molton they are only playing Bideford AAC!! shut eyes those as its...

By will_barrow at 09:11 on 03/08/10

I was watching a home made film on Sunday showing the lads of North Molton getting ready for the North Molton cup final and later the actual match, about twenty years ago. The man behind the camera was Johnny Kingdom, with a witty commentary to go with the film! What a twist eh!
North Devon's Iron Man Iain Shows What He's Made of in the Bideford Triathlon

By DevonIain

Haha, I love it. Makes me look like an athlete ;-)

By A_McCormack at 19:24 on 09/08/10

North Devon Triathlete's Iron Man Iain Hindes showed what he was made of yesterday as he was placed first in the MV category in the very first Bideford Triathlon. With an overall time of 1:05:48 in yesterday's event Iain was one of 245 competitors who swam, cycled and ran their way in and around Bideford cheered on by crowds of locals and holidaymakers. The competitors were electronically tagged to time each leg of the race. The...
Where In Bideford Can We Send the Menfolk to Watch Football in a Pub?

By alx_supertram

If your man likes a good pint of Guinness and a bit of rowdiness when he watches the football then...

By biddy_blogger at 10:48 on 06/08/10

The new football season is nearly upon us and the question that Bideford Mums are asking is "Where can the Bideford Dads go and watch the footie in a pub?" Sorry to all you ladies out there who enjoy the football but I know a lot of "traditional" families who let Dad out to watch the footie in the pub with his mates (who can appreciate the intricacies of the beautiful game). That leaves us to enjoy a...

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Lewis takes carp haul to make him King of Stafford Moor in junior match

By Bideford-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

Wayne Thomas LATE summer and early autumn is a great time to be an angler, with sport likely to be at its best across the disciplines. Carp is the nation’s most popular fish and they are feeding well. At Stafford Moor, a junior match saw young anglers taking some impressive hauls despite heavy rain. Lewis King, aged 15 from Weston-super-Mare, won the four-hour match with an all carp haul of 62lb 12oz. Oscar Scoynes,...
Alice close to two titles

By Bideford-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

ROWING PROMISING sculler Alice Jackson gained two wins as Bideford Blues sent a strong squad to the Dartmouth Regatta. Jackson gained a half-length victory in the women’s junior 18 sculls and dominated the under-16 sculls to win by two lengths, all but securing both championships. Her only disappointment came in the junior 16 quad with Jessica Myres, Hannah Myers, Annie Cook and cox Zoe Robertson. Having landed the...
Troublesome Torrington to threaten top sides again

By Bideford-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

TORRINGTON are ready to make a nuisance of themselves again in Tribute Cornwall/Devon. They may have only finished 11th in the 14-team division last season, but Torrington defeated four of the teams that finished in the top half — Exeter Saracens, Crediton, Bideford and Liskeard-Looe — along the way. And with a stronger squad waiting to kick off the new season on Saturday, a few more scalps are likely to follow this term....
Bideford fall short of the new standard

By Bideford-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

STEPPING up in standard, Bideford will expect to learn some harsh lessons this season. But the mistakes they made against Taunton Town on Monday were ones likely to be punished at any level of the game. Teams that do not take their chances can have few complaints in defeat. And Taunton’s resilient display was enough to send them back down the Link Road with three valuable points from a 2-1 win in the Zamaretto Southern League...
Shooters lead divisions

By Bideford-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

SHOOTING TWELVE members of Bideford Rifle Club are taking part in the Polar Bear Leagues this year and four of them are leading their divisions. Oliver Bailey Coombs and Ben Morgan, both in their first competitive seasons, are unbeaten at the top of the 20th and 21st divisions respectively. They can expect to be in higher divisions of the 50-metre competition next year. Michael Coombs leads the 13th division after seven wins and a...