JAKE JERVIS and Ryan Brunt continued their good form in front of goal as Plymouth Argyle beat Bideford 3-1 away on Saturday afternoon. New signing Jervis netted twice – once in each half – against the Southern League side, with Brunt bagging the Pilgrims’ other goal. Days earlier, Brunt had collected two and Jervis one … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters host their ‘challenging’ Magnificent 7 race on Sunday (11am). The annual event starts and finishes at Saltash Rugby Club on Moorlands Lane and organisers are hoping to reach their 500 runner limit. More than 350 runners have pre-entered, while there will be limited entries available on the day for the seven-mile race, which … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Devils climbed a couple of places to 10th in the table with a 50-40 win over Workington in the Premier League at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening. The Devils were indebted to Morten Risager and Sam Simota, who contributed 27 of their points between them with a welcome return to form, including six of … Continue reading
TWO more Launceston players have opted to leave Polson Bridge and sign for Plymouth Albion. As expected, back-row forwards Andy Chesters and Chris Courtier have followed Jake Murphy, Matt Shepherd, Jon Dawe, Christian Judge and Billy Searle to Brickfields. The pair officially signed for Graham Dawe’s National One side this week, along with lock Dan … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers athlete Will Battershill has reached the IAAF World Youth Championships 2,000m steeplechase final in Cali, Colombia. Battershill claimed the last spot in Sunday’s showpiece event by clocking five minutes and 56.35 seconds in the heats on Friday. The 17-year-old Ivybridge Community College pupil, whose personal best is 5.51:57, was seventh in his … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion Ladies begin their preparations for the new season in earnest this weekend. The club are kick-starting their summer training with a day at the Plymouth Studio School, which is based at the University of St Mark and St John, on Saturday. The event starts at 10am and will involve fitness tests, biomechanical screening, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College sixth former Harry Preston won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the European Triathlon Championships in Geneva. Taking part in the under-20 age group standard competition, the talented 18-year-old finished in a time of two hours, six minutes and 55 seconds. The event involved a 1,500m swim in Lake Geneva, followed by a … Continue reading
EAST Cornwall Harriers managed to hold off a final leg challenge from City of Plymouth to take the men’s Tavistock Relays title. A great finish to the popular event saw Plymouth’s Matthew Bradley close a 10 second gap on East Cornwall’s Steve Sims. But Sims had saved enough to out-sprint Bradley on the final stretch … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion welcomed more than 100 pupils from The Cathedral School of St Mary to the club on Wednesday afternoon. The Stonehouse-based school arranged to visit the National One side as a celebration of their behaviour and hard work during the academic year. Pupils aged between four and 11 were given coaching by Albion’s players, … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Nathan Brown just missed out on setting a new personal best in the 800m at City of Plymouth’s July Evening Open Meet. The under-17 athlete (pictured top left) clocked two minutes dead for the two lap race at Brickfields, which was just 0.35 seconds off his previous best time. He finished more than … Continue reading