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Momentum is starting to gather for next month?s 18th annual World Rugby Classic which runs from November 6 to 12.
South Africa will return as defending champions and with what appears on paper to be a stronger side.
While 2011 World Cup discussions h...
DATE: Oct 28, 2005
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Top FIFA referee instructor Osmond Downer is on the Island to conduct football lectures for local match officials.
A four-day workshop, beginning tomorrow at venue which had yet to determined at press time last night, will address one of the most hot...
DATE: Oct 26, 2005
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Success breeds success ? so it seems in St. David?s
After watching their counterparts in cricket relieve Bailey?s Bay of the Eastern Counties Cup in late August, St.David?s? First Division football team, dubbed the Warriors, have been enjoying succes...
DATE: Oct 26, 2005
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Experience prevailed over youth over the weekend as PHC Zebras striker Sammy Swan netted his first two goals since coming out of retirement at the age of 44.
Swan, the Roger Milla of local football, helped himself to an opportunistic second-half brac...
DATE: Oct 25, 2005
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North Village stalwart Kentoine Jennings has received the thumbs-up to play in the Reds? pivotal league fixture against defending Premier Division champions Devonshire Cougars at the Den tomorrow.
The imposing defender sustained a cut to the nose cha...
DATE: Oct 22, 2005
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Over the years Devonshire Cougars have danced to the pulsating beat of the Gombey drum while Dandy Town Hornets have always responded to the chimes of that irritating school bell.
Now it seems as though Somerset Trojans are being driven by the melodi...
DATE: Oct 21, 2005
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At least two of the Island?s Premier Division clubs will exit the FA Cup competition at the very first hurdle.
During yesterday?s first round draw, nine-time champions Somerset Trojans were pitted against 2004 runners-up Devonshire Cougars while 2004...
DATE: Oct 21, 2005
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Government offered to assist Somerset Bridge Recreation Club in paying off considerable debts two years ago.
It was revealed yesterday that Sports Minister Dale Butler formed a committee ? headed by former PLP MP Walter Roberts ? to help the Sandys p...
DATE: Oct 20, 2005
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Somerset Bridge Recreation Club owe Government more than $82,000 in unpaid taxes, can reveal.
Fifteen months following Government?s purchase of White Hill Field from the Gosling family, the Ministry of Finance have taken out a writ against the Sandys...
DATE: Oct 20, 2005
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No it?s not a mirage. Sammy Swan has officially returned to Premier Division football.
Taking a leaf from the book of former Cameroon striker Roger Milla, 44-year-old Swan raised eyebrows at Bernard Park earlier this month when he jumped off the benc...
DATE: Oct 19, 2005
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