SAMMIE HARRIS, Emily Bee and Jenna Bierton will be hoping to impress for Devon this weekend at the South West Schools’ Combined Events Championships in Yeovil. Ivybridge Community College pupil Harris, a member of Erme Valley Harriers, and Plymouth High School for Girls student Bee, a City of Plymouth athlete, will both take part in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Laura Stephens won a bronze medal in the 100m butterfly event at the European Games in Baku. The Plymouth College pupil clocked 1:00.54 to finish joint third with Greece’s Ilektra Lebl. Russia’s Polina Egorova won the race in 59.36 seconds, with Great Britain’s Amelia Clynes second in 1:00.12. Stephens, 16, said: “I’m overwhelmed. … Continue reading
TWO young athletes from Plymouth College Preparatory School won medals at the national IAPS (Independent Association of Prep Schools) Athletics Championships held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Competing in the under-12 category, Abagael Black (pictured right) took gold in the 200m. She achieved a personal best time of 28.67 seconds in the heats and then beat … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow and Tom Daley have, as expected, been named in Great Britain’s team for the forthcoming World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Great Britain have selected nine divers to try and qualify quota places at next year’s Olympic Games. In order to secure spots at Rio in the three-metre and platform competitions, … Continue reading
CORNWALL’S County Championship match-winning scrum-half Matt Shepherd has accepted an offer to join Plymouth Albion. The England Counties international had been thinking over his options since his star performance for Cornwall at Twickenham, but has now decided to join his county coach Graham Dawe at Brickfields. Shepherd scored both the Duchy’s tries in their 18-13 … Continue reading
BUXTON’S Liam Carr will guest for Plymouth Devils in their Premier League match at Edinburgh on Friday night. Carr comes in at reserve in place of Roland Benko, who is on compassionate leave. Second-in-the-table Edinburgh are without two of their top three riders because Sam Masters and Kevin Wolbert are travelling to GP qualifiers in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Joe Hulme and Laura Stephens will be bidding for medals at the European Games on Friday. After his disappointment of missing out on bronze by just two hundredths of a second in the 100m backstroke on Wednesday, Hulme was in determined mood in the 200m event. He eased through the heats in … Continue reading
DEREK ADAMS has made his first signing as Plymouth Argyle manager by bringing Gary Sawyer back to Home Park. Sawyer, who made 96 appearances for the club between 2006 and 2010, will re-join the Pilgrims at the end of this month when his current contract with Leyton Orient expires. The left-back, who turns 30 next … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Alison McEwing claimed the Devon women’s 10,000m track title on Wednesday night at Tavistock. On a perfect evening for running, McEwing clocked 37:58.43 for the 25 laps. North Devon’s Sarah Sheppard was second in 39:46.97, with Plymouth Harriers’ Jane Allison third, and first veteran home, in 41:14.40. The men’s race was dominated … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Joe Hulme and Laura Stephens have both reach European Games semi-finals today. Hulme, who agonisingly missed out on a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke by just two hundredths of a second, qualified fourth fastest for the 200m event with a time of 2:01.11. Meanwhile, Stephens (pictured) qualified fourth fastest in the … Continue reading