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Lacrosse girls celebrate

11:41am Friday 10th October 2008

Two girls from Cobham Sports Association’s newly formed lacrosse club have been selected for the Surrey U15s squad to play Middlesex and Hertfordshire next week. Emma Reynolds and Nicky Williams are the first girls to be put up for selection from Cobham Lacrosse Club following the building of a new clubhouse at their Fairmile Lane headquarters.

Van is the man who can

2:52pm Wednesday 8th October 2008

Adam Vandenberg won the 51st running of the Richmond Park time trial on Saturday.

Josh is in dirt heaven

11:37am Wednesday 8th October 2008

West Ewell dirt devil Josh Hobbs has capped his rookie season of downhill mountain bike racing with two podium places at the UK Bike Park in Dorset.

Gymnastic talent taster

5:11pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Children from all over Croydon descended on the borough’s gymnastics school on Saturday for a free talent taster day.

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Redskins set the standard

4:33pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Coach Warren Trunchion believes Streatham Redskins are now the team to beat in the ENHL1 after Sunday’s 7-5 win against Cardiff.

Easton stars in walk-fest

2:50pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Surrey Walking Club international Mark Easton continued his domination of the annual Gazette Cup four-mile race at Selsdon.

TWP go close

10:45am Tuesday 7th October 2008

TWP St George's Hill narrowly lost their first Premier Squash League fixture of the season, going down to last year’s champions Surrey Health and Rackets.

Croydon beat pre-season favourites

1:07pm Monday 6th October 2008

Croydon Ladies took their first three points of the season with a 1-0 win over Oxted last weekend.

Olympians inspire Surbiton

12:38pm Monday 6th October 2008

After meeting Prime Minster Gordon Brown at a reception held in Lancaster House to honour all the Beijing Games’ Team GB athletes on Friday evening, it was back to basics for five of Surbiton’s six Olympians over the weekend.

Here's a sporting suggestion from leftfield

3:27pm Friday 3rd October 2008

As clichés go, jumpers for goalposts is a popular sporting one, writes David Brenchley.

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Northern Bank prosecution defended

Updated 9:38pm Friday 10th October 2008

The head of Northern Ireland's prosecution service has defended his decision to put Chris Ward in the dock over the £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery.

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