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4BR Twitter at the Regionals

4BR is at each of this weekend's four Regional venues, so log into Twitter and follow the action as it unfolds.

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4BR is at the Riviera Centre in Torquay, Glenrothes in Scotland and Bedworth in the Midlands on Saturday, as well as Blackpool on Sunday as the second round of Area Championships take place.

We will be bring you news, opinions, pictures and odd facts and results from each venue as they unfold, whilst you should log in to 4BR to find the full results as soon as we get them...

So for further comments, thoughts and pictures, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/4barsrest

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