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Supermarine maintain push with win over the Didy men

Didcot Town’s Railway Men came down the London line for the railway derby and found a determined Supermarine in no mood for dropping  their push for promotion. With a bad-tempered first half finishing 0-0 it took ‘Marine into the 72nd minute to crack the Didcot defence, who were trying to avoid their fifth defeat in […]

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Forest Ladies felled by ‘Marine Ladies.

Supermarine Ladies remain top as they demolished Forest of Dean Ladies 8-1. Goals by Mel Bristow 3, Alice Smith 2, Beth Thompson, Sally Butterfield & Jodie Reynold warmed up a freezing Supermarine Rugby pitch as the Webb’s Wood was in use. Marine keep their 100% home record and welcome the Spitfires for a cup game […]

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Charlie’s circuits; all smiles.

We have not featured Swindon Powerlifter Charlie Shotton-Gale of late, so to put things right we checked out the Shotton-Gale Circ’s du Smiles Circuit Training at the New College. What is Circ’s du Smiles Circuit Training? Getting fit and smiling at the same time. Yes well…. In Charle’s words “You only have to push yourself […]

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Town hit a wall as The Saddlers snatch a late leveler.

Swindon Town”s first game at home under the era team of Kevin McDonald and Mark Cooper saw Andy Williams (11) and Simon Ferry (79) net for Town but Will Grigg (32 Pen) and Jamie Paterson (90) saw two points lost in the promotion race. SWINDON TOWN 2 WALSALL 2 Match report and interviews: http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/index.aspx SPONSOR […]

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Baseball. Sort of, but it’s amiable.

Following on from our series about sports that don’t hit the headlines, we take a look at Softball, another of the All-American College sports that is gaining popularity in the UK. If there was an opposite to attitude, you would say that Softball was baseball with it; but with no direct opposite we should say […]

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Marine pull off win against Paulton in floodlight clash.

Swindon Supermarine keep up the pressure at the top of the table with a win against Paulton Rovers at the Webb’s Wood in a midweek floodlight encounter. Second half goals from Parsons and Dean (55 and 87 mins) countered a first half strike from Mapstone on 44 mins.   SPONSOR A GALLERY OR PAGE. Contact […]

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Spitfires draw with Bishop’s Lidiard,

Swindon Spitfires missed out on a top 2 slot as they drew with Somerset’s Bishop’s Lidiard at Highworth. Unlucky you could say as the post denied them a victory on 2 occasions. Final score Swindon Spitfires 1- Bishop’s Lidiard 1. SPONSOR A PAGE OR GALLERY. Contact richard@calyxpix.com. Gallery:

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Boatmen sunk by ‘Marine.

The ‘Boatmen’ came to the Webb’s Wood and were sunk by a Supermarine side that came back from a 7 minute goal by Byron Mason to win 3-1. A Josh Parsons penalty in the 15th minute was followed by and Ashley Edenborough strike in the 24th  and on the stroke of half time Chris Taylor […]

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Town’s New Era complete with McDonald in Managers roll.

The Swindon Town “New Era” has taken shape with the appointment of Manager  Kevin MacDonald who faced the media and declared that, after many years in coaching and assistant management roles, he is ready to make the tough decisions and deal with the demands that being a championship manager brings. The 52 year old Scot […]