SOME of the region’s most talented young middle distance athletes were selected to represent the South West at the Mini London Marathon Championships on Saturday. The event attracts the UK’s most promising young athletes and the likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Laura Muir, Josh Kerr and Sir Mo Farah have represented their region’s in the past. … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Oaks have been relegated from Counties One Western West after they lost 45-27 away at Torquay Athletic on Saturday, but Saltash could yet stay up after they beat Newton Abbot 34-19 at Moorlands Lane. The Ashes had not been out of the bottom two all season, but they did just that on the final … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services II celebrated winning the Counties Two Devon title by running in 17 tries to beat a makeshift Tavistock side 116-12 at the Rectory on Friday night. Ninth-placed Tavistock had agreed to the Friday evening switch for the final league match even though it left them short of players. They started with three forwards … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Oaks and Saltash head into their final matches of the season knowing nothing less than five points will really do if they are to have any hope of staying in Western West. The pair, along with Penryn, are all locked in a three-way battle to avoid the two relegation spots. All three sides sit … Continue reading
LUCAS Sweeney and Elsie Goodspeed set the fastest times as City of Plymouth AC held their latest Summer Middle Distance Series on Tuesday evening at Brickfields. After hosting mile races last month, this time the distance was 1,200m and the club had former English Schools’ cross country champion Kairn Stone helping to pace the final … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle’s place in the FA National League promotion play-off has been confirmed after AFC Bournemouth were beaten 2-0 by Lewes at the weekend. It means the Pilgrims are certain to finish second in the FANL Southern Premier Division and will play the runners-up in the Northern Premier Division at Burton’s Pirelli Stadium on May … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Oaks and Saltash will both need other teams to do them a favour if they are to avoid relegation from Western West. Oaks lost 52-19 on Saturday at fourth-from-bottom Newton Abbot, who are now safe, while Saltash beat fellow relegation rivals Penryn 42-35 at Moorlands Lane, but frustratingly they allowed their Cornish rivals to … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE women’s head coach Georgina Gulliver says reaching a Twickenham cup final is a fitting reward for all the players’ efforts this season. The Bridgers booked their spot in the RFU Women’s Intermediate Cup final on May 24 by beating Guildford 55-5 away last weekend. They will now face Old Albanians Saints II in the final as … Continue reading
IT IS a massive weekend at the foot of Western West where the bottom four teams all play each other in crucial matches. Just eight points separate the four of them with two games to go of the regular season. This weekend third-from-bottom Plymstock Oaks visit fourth-from-bottom Newton Abbot, while current basement side Saltash host … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will cap off a dream season by playing in a Twickenham cup final next month. The unbeaten Cross-in-Hand club had already wrapped up the Championship South West 2 title the other week by beating Launceston 38-0 away. And they will now play in the RFU Women’s Intermediate Cup final on May 24 after they beat … Continue reading