ERME Valley Harriers’ Nathan Brown was fastest in his age group in the 800m at the British Milers Club meeting at Exeter. Running in the quickest heat, under-17 athlete Brown clocked 2:00.61 minutes for the two-lap race. That was just outside his personal best set in July’s BMC event at Exeter of 1:58.78. The next … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Laura Stephens narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final of the women’s 200m butterfly event at the World Junior Championships in Singapore. Stephens finished third in her heat with a time of 2:13.26, but other heats were faster and she ended up 11th overall, with only the top eight of the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion are hoping Australian full-back Ethan Ford will not be out for too long with the ankle injury he suffered against Bedford Blues last Saturday. Ford was forced to leave the field midway through the first half after coming off worst from a last-gasp tackle to stop him scoring a try after making a … Continue reading
ORGANISERS are hoping the new-look Autumn Trail run at Newnham Park will be a major success. The Armada Athletics Network have revived the previously popular eight-mile multi-terrain event which was successfully held for 10 years by Frank Elford Sports. This year’s event, made possible due to kind permission of the Cobbold Family at Newnham Estate, … Continue reading
ANDY CHESTERS is hoping he will get another chance to push his Plymouth Albion claims when the club entertain Newton Abbot on Friday night at Brickfields (7.30pm). The match will be Albion’s final warm-up fixture before they open their National One campaign against Richmond on September 5. Back-row forward Chesters, a signing from Launceston, has … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Joe Hulme could not have been closer to qualifying for the semi-finals of the 100m backstroke event at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore. Hulme missed out by just one hundredth of a second in the first session of the championships this morning. He clocked a time of 56.14 seconds to be … Continue reading
AUSTRALIAN Marc Koteczky was happy to be back in a Plymouth Albion shirt on Saturday. The 25-year-old had not played since last season, having missed Albion’s trip to Jersey with a heel injury. But the utility back successfully came through nearly 60 minutes of Albion’s 45-18 defeat to Championship side Bedford Blues at the weekend. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Joe Hulme, Tom Fannon and Laura Stephens will be looking for international glory this week when they compete for Great Britain at the fifth World Junior Championships in Singapore. The trio are part of a 12-strong British team competing at the event, which starts on Tuesday and runs through to Sunday. Hulme, … Continue reading
JIM COLE finished second in the Torbay Royal Regatta 10k on Sunday night. The 33-year-old former Tavistock AC athlete clocked 33 minutes and 17 seconds to finish behind Norfolk’s Michael Eccles, who won in 33.01. Wild Runners’ Ceri Rees was third in 33:21. Tavistock’s Neil Barkell, who won August’s Armada 5k race on Wednesday, was … Continue reading
GRAHAM DAWE says he has got more of an idea on who he will select for Plymouth Albion’s first league match after Saturday’s 45-18 home defeat to Bedford Blues. The Albion boss used the game to have a look at a few players who did not get a chance to start against fellow Championship side … Continue reading