BEN PROUD continued his preparations for next month’s World Aquatic Championships by winning a gold medal and breaking a championship record at the Mare Nostrum meeting in Barcelona. Proud took victory in the 50m freestyle event in the Catalan city in a time of 21.58 seconds. He edged out Greece’s Kristian Gkolomeev and Brazil’s Bruno … Continue reading
FOUR girls from Woodlands Park Primary School in Ivybridge competed at the ESSA National Primary Schools’ Relay Championships in Sheffield at the weekend. The quartet had fought off stiff competition in the qualifying round at Millfield School earlier in the year to book a spot as the fastest team in the South West for both … Continue reading
DEVON One side OPMs have appointed Rick Orkney as their new head coach for the 2019-20 season. Orkney, who is director of sport at Devonport High School, has been assistant coach at OPMs since 2017, but will now move up following Howard Turner’s decision to step down as head coach. Orkney was previously part of … Continue reading
TRAIL specialists Ceri Rees and Jo Meek took the honours at the annual Burrator Horseshoe Run on Saturday. The race is one of the toughest off-road events in the region. The approximately seven mile run takes athletes from Meavy village out to Burrator Reservoir and up to the summit of Sheepstor and then Gutter Tor … Continue reading
TAMAR Saracens players Josh Heath and Marc Cioffi loved every minute of their Twickenham experience last Sunday. The duo played for the NatWest Grassroots Barbarians at the home of English rugby. They featured in the south team that were beaten in a tight match by a northern XV. They got the chance to fulfil a … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth international hurdler David King lowered his season’s best with a third-placed finish at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Turku, Finland. King ran 13.56 seconds to claim bronze in the 110m hurdles final behind Brazil’s Eduardo De Deus and Italy’s Hassane Fofana. That was quicker than the 13.58 second run he produced … Continue reading
BEN PROUD picked up a gold and a silver medal at the Mare Nostrum international meeting in Canet. Proud, competing with the rest of Great Britain’s World Championship squad in the south of France, took second in the 50m freestyle on Tuesday evening before upgrading to a gold in the 50m butterfly on Wednesday night. … Continue reading
