CITY of Plymouth hurdler Adam Dingley has two major goals for this summer – to try and earn international honours at under-20 level and try to raise enough money to fund another year of studying and training in America. Dingley, who medalled at last year’s English Schools’ Championships, has just completed a one-year scholarship at … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC’s Tegan Brown smashed her personal best to claim victory for England in the under-18 girls’ hammer at the Pickering Memorial International at Loughborough on Sunday. The English Schools’ champion threw an impressive 58.88m, which was more than a metre longer than she had ever thrown before in competition. It also won the international … Continue reading
STORM Plymouth’s Lauren Knox showed everyone a clean pair of heels to claim overall victory at the Muskies Madness 10k on Sunday morning. Knox beat all the men as well as the women to secure the win in the tough off-road event in a time of 42 minutes and 12 seconds. That was four-and-a-half minutes … Continue reading
BARRY Miles and Emily Criddle claimed victories at the Burrator 10k race on Saturday evening. Masters athlete Miles stormed to victory in a time of 34 minutes and 32 seconds. Second home was Lloyd Milbourn, who improved on his third place finish last year, with a time of 35.10 minutes. City of Plymouth’s Steven Hill … Continue reading
ELDON Young and Evie Bolt ran the quickest male and female times as the latest Summer Middle Distance Series was held on Friday evening at Tavistock. The series, organised by City of Plymouth AC in conjunction with Run Fit, Run Fast, had previously seen mile and 1,200m races at Brickfields. This time it was Tavistock’s … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC now have an impressive three athletes inside the UK’s top eight in the under-16 boys’ 1,500m rankings after Thomas Hennessey and Luke Scott-Tucker both smashed their personal bests at the BMC meeting at Exeter on Tuesday night. Their team-mate Freddie Whybrow had already moved up to second in the rankings after he ran … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE’S women’s team capped off a dream season by winning the RFU Intermediate Cup final at Twickenham on Sunday by beating Old Albanian Saints II 40-17. The Bridgers have finished the 2025-26 campaign unbeaten, having stormed to the Championship South West 2 title. Old Albanian did really push them hard in hot conditions at Twickenham … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Aidan Heslop made a fairytale return from career-threatening back surgery to claim victory at the opening 2026 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Nusa Penida, Bali, this weekend. The 2024 champion put 18 months of injury and rehabilitation behind him to score his ninth career win in style. Heslop, who also won the … Continue reading
DYLAN Harbour scored four tries, including a late match winner, as Devonport Services III won the David Butt Trophy at the Rectory on Saturday. Services III beat their Exmouth counterparts in the Devon RFU competition to cap a fine season for the club, whose first and second teams had both won their leagues. Devonport’s third … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers youngster Luke Hayes and Tavistock AC’s Nikki Bond claimed victories at the popular Ivybridge 10k race in hot conditions on Saturday evening. Bond set a new women’s course record, while Hayes became the first Erme Valley athlete to win the race since Great Britain international Will Battershill claimed victory in the 2016 … Continue reading