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DEVON
SENIOR CUP REPORTS 2007
FIRST
ROUND
TORQUAY
will be the first hurdle Sandford have to overcome on
their way to an unprecedented Devon Cup treble this season.
Four teams have won the competition
two years in a row - Exeter St Thomas (1968-69), Barton
(1995-96), Paignton (1998-99) and Sandford (2005-06) –
but no one has ever completed the hat-trick before.
Sandford will have to win at the Recreation Ground on
May 6 to keep their hat-trick hopes alive.
Budleigh Salterton, last season's Devon Premier Division
champions, have been drawn away to Barton in the first
round. Exmouth are due at Paignton in the first round.
South Devon, Chudleigh, Bovey
Tracey and Dawlish & Teignmouth all have byes in the
first round.
South Devon's second-round entrance will be against the
winners of the all-Premier clash between Barton and Budleigh
Salterton.
Bovey Tracey are guaranteed a derby date with Chudleigh
while Paignton will be at home to Sidmouth if they defeat
Exmouth in their first-round tie.
The full draw (first round): Sandford v Torquay, Barton
v Budleigh Salterton, Paignton v Exmouth, Abbotskerswell
v Kingsbridge.
Second round: South Devon v Barton or Budleigh, Cornwood
v Abbotskerswell or Kingsbridge, Paignton or Exmouth v
Sidmouth, Dawlish v Tavistock, Bovey Tracey v Chudleigh,
Sandford or Torquay v Plympton, Exeter v Axminster, Plymouth
CS v Plymouth.
