Sierra Leone-born lock Shek Sherriff has his eyes on playing for Plymouth Albion’s first team after moving to the city to studying at the University of St Mark and St John. The 20-year-old former Henley and Wasps Academy player made his debut for Albion’s development team on Monday night in their 10-10 draw with Cornwall. … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Cleo Perry and Tamar Trotters’ Rebecca Ezra claimed top three finishes at the Newton Abbot Ladies’ 10k. Perry came second in the event hosted by Teignbridge Trotters with a time of 39 minutes and 44 seconds, while Ezra took third in 40.53. The race, which saw 170 finishers, was won by Teignbridge’s … Continue reading
THE Royal Navy will play their final warm-up match before the Defence World Cup on Friday night when they take on Blackheath’s second team in London (7.30pm). Plymouth Albion players Jarrad Hayler and Seti Raumakita are in the Navy’s squad, as are former development players Kyle Mason and Matt Tichias. The Navy open their Defence … Continue reading
MARC KOTECZKY was delighted with Albion’s 31-24 win over Fylde on Saturday as it ended a long wait for him. Prior to Saturday, the Australian utility back, who joined Albion last September, had never won a game at Brickfields before or tasted a league victory for the club. Koteczky had missed Albion’s 33-20 win against … Continue reading
THE ARMADA Athletics Network will wait until after their race review meeting next month to confirm whether they will host the Autumn Trail event again in 2016. The off-road run was revived this year and more than 250 athletes finished the tough eight-mile course around Newnham Park on Sunday, with many more doing the one-mile … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH ALBION XV 10 CORNWALL DEVELOPMENT 10 CORNWALL County Championship winner Billy Searle missed a last-gasp penalty in front of the posts that would have secured a Plymouth Albion XV victory over the Duchy’s development side at Brickfields on Monday night. Searle, who had just missed with a drop-goal seconds earlier, saw his penalty agonisingly … Continue reading
FORWARD Nile Dacres says Plymouth Albion’s young squad just have to keep learning from every game they play. The summer arrival from Moseley was delighted Albion were able to return to winning ways with a 31-24 victory over Fylde on Saturday. But Dacres, who scored one of Albion’s three tries in that match, said their … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Neil Barkell triumphed in the revived Autumn Trail run at Newnham Park on Sunday. The 30-year-old finished 52 seconds ahead of second-placed Jordan Andrews of Plymouth Harriers. Barkell came home in an impressive time of 42 minutes and 55 seconds for the off-road event, which has been brought back to life by the Armada … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion supporters will get their first chance to see new French signing Gregory Sebastien in action on Monday evening when Cornwall visit Brickfields for a development game (7.15pm). Sebastien has been named in a strong Albion back-row, alongside Andy Chesters and Chris Courtier. The trio will be hoping to impress director of rugby Graham … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE player-coach Gareth Elliott says the team’s hard work and togetherness has been the key to their impressive start to life in National Three South West. The Cross-in-Hand club made it three wins out of four on Saturday with a 20-12 victory over previously unbeaten Brixham at home. That win followed on the back of … Continue reading