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‘We’re gonna need a bigger church…’

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Image: WDS Okehampton in trainingThe 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.

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Federation Schools Multi-skills for Summer 2019

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As the second half of the Summer term rolls around, West Devon Swords is out at the Devon Federation Schools annual sports jamboree, the Federation Schools Multi-skills 2019Multi-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. …

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Swords on Sunday at Okehampton Castle

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Okehampton Castle Bluebell Sunday 2019
Picture: James Bird, Okehampton Times

The weather gods were kind to another, very well attended, Bluebell Sunday at Okehampton Castle on 19th May.

West Devon Swords turned out to run a series of talks and demonstrations, our famous 900 Years of Swords in ten minutes or less, this year supplemented with some live sparring. …

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