PLYMOUTH sprint hurdler David King is set to earn more international experience on Sunday in Poland. King, who celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday, is due to feature at the 15th European Athletics Festival at the Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz. The British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) champion was recently invited to run in Germany … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH diver Tonia Couch says she will go into this summer’s World Championships in Kazan full of confidence after her success at the FINA/NVA World Series. Couch enjoyed four individual podium finishes and was crowned the overall winner of the six-meet series. She said: “If you’d said I would win four bronze medals and win … Continue reading
RUAIRI CUSHION has joined National Three South West side Exmouth after six years with Plymouth Albion. The Irish scrum-half (pictured) will combine playing for Jon Hill’s side with working at Premiership outfit Exeter Chiefs on their player development programme. Cushion, who is about to qualify as a physiotherapist, gained coaching experience at Albion last season … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ruta Meilutyte continued her hot form in Italy by winning the women’s 100m breaststroke event at the Sette Colli Trophy Meet in Rome. Fresh from her victory at the Mare Nostrum Series in Canet, world record holder Meilutyte clocked 1:05.68 on Friday evening. That was the 18-year-old’s second fastest time of the … Continue reading
DIRECTOR of rugby Graham Dawe has said three young Exeter Chiefs players will have important roles to play at Plymouth Albion next season. England students lock Ed Holmes, England Under-18 scrum-half Jack Maunder (pictured) and teenage winger Harrison Cully will all join Albion on season-long loan deals from the Premiership club. Maunder, son of former … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH water polo player Beth Ward and her Great Britain team-mates endured a tough opening to the inaugural European Games in Baku. Great Britain were beaten 20-2 by favourites Greece in their opening match of the tournament. Devonport Royal’s Ward (pictured above in action in Baku) played her part in the Group A game, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Robyn Birch and Great Britain team-mate Georgia Ward won silver in the platform synchro event at the European Championships in Rostock. The pair had qualified for the final in first position but in the evening session Russian divers Yulia Timoshinina and Ekaterina Petukhova edged them out for gold. The Russia duo scored 319.20 … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud capped a successful Mare Nostrum Series in Barcelona with a bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle event. The double Commonwealth Games champion added the bronze to the gold he had won the day before in the 50m butterfly final. Proud, competing for Great Britain, clocked 22.40 seconds for the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle have appointed former Ross County boss Derek Adams as their new manager. Adams, 39, takes over from John Sheridan, who left the League Two club after failing to guide them promotion. Glasgow-born Adams led Ross County to the Scottish Premiership and to their first Scottish FA Cup final appearance and two Scottish Challenge … Continue reading
THE warm weather produced a bumper turnout and some fast times for the third race in the Armada 5k Series at Saltram Park. Some 199 runners finished the time trial, with Plymouth-based Derby AC athlete Johnny Gilby ending Peter Monaghan’s dominance of the event. Torbay’s Monaghan had won the first two races in the series … Continue reading