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The clouds parted and delivered a golden sunset yesterday for our penultimate session of Swords in the Park.
We have one more week outside (Aug 29th) then we move to our new home in Okehampton College Gym from September 5th.
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Looking to the weather forecast for Thurs 15 Aug, we’ll pre-empt the question and cancel the evening session. There’s no certainty the rain will clear and anyways, it’s Dartmoor. We hope to resume Aug 22.
[Cue blazing sunshine on Simmons Park from 3pm…]
Cancelling Swords in the Park 15 Aug ’19 Read More »
Today was another of those unique events – Yelverton Rotary Club’s annual Sport and Craft Play Day. …
Yelverton Sport and Craft Play Day Read More »
More from Bluebell Sunday at Okehampton Castle, 19 May 2019:
Gallery – Longsword 2, Okehampton Castle 2019 Read More »
As Swords in the Park continues, we’ve found a new threat at 9pm sharp – a huge infestation of midges. Somehow I doubt any Medieval war or Renaissance duel was called off for ‘insects stop play.’ …
Swords without bugs Read More »
West Devon Swords attended OCRA’s Super Sporting Sunday at Okehampton College/Simmons Park this weekend as part of the Okehampton Sports and Fitness Festival for 2019. …
Super Sporting Sunday 2019 Read More »
West Devon Swords returned to Simmons Park last night for our first Swords in the Park session.
We continue there weekly from 7.30pm on Thursdays through July and August, weather and daylight permitting, assembling in front of OCRA Pavilion. …
Swords in the Park for Summer Read More »
The Okehampton class not only fills the available space, but needs more room to train and spar; just as well we’re moving to Swords in the Park from next week (18 July) for the Summer.
For the remainder of July and all of August, we meet outside OCRA’s Pavilion in the Park from 7.30pm until we lose daylight around 9pm (or get rained on). We will also be at Super Sporting Sunday on July 21st, same location.
‘We’re gonna need a bigger church…’ Read More »
As the second half of the Summer term rolls around, West Devon Swords is out at the Devon Federation Schools annual sports jamboree, the 
Multi-skills Festival for primary age pupils.
Hosted once again at Whitchurch Cricket Club, the outfield becomes a circuit for a collection of different sports, with each group of 9-20 pupils rotating through all the sports in the course of a morning or afternoon. …
Federation Schools Multi-skills for Summer 2019 Read More »
