BEN PROUD continued his good form at the BUCS Long Course Championships in Sheffield with victory in the 100m freestyle. Having lowered his own British record on Saturday in the 50m freestyle, the Plymouth Leander star set a new BUCS record in the two-length event on Sunday. University of St Mark and St John student … Continue reading
‘AN outstanding effort’ was how Plymouth Albion boss Graham Dawe described his team’s 27-8 home win over Henley Hawks on Saturday. Albion had to play for an hour of the match with 14 men after Australian centre Marc Koteczky was sent off for retaliating to foul play by Henley’s Plymouth-born flanker Tom Hall, who was … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE player-coach Lewis Paterson admits his team are currently the ‘nearly men’ of National Three South West. The Cross-in-Hand side have suffered nine league defeats in their first season at this level, but seven of those have been by just one score. They suffered yet another near miss on Saturday when they went down 11-9 … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud smashed yet another British record on Saturday at the BUCS Long Course Championships in Sheffield. The double Commonwealth Games champion lowered his own 50m freestyle national best with a storming swim of 21.73 seconds for the one-length event at Ponds Forge. That takes him into the top three in the early … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH diving stars Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow have put their World Cup success in Rio down to experience. The city duo sensationally won a bronze medal and qualified Great Britain an Olympic synchro spot in Friday night’s nerve-wracking make-or-break platform final in the Brazilian city. Couch and Barrow went into the competition knowing they … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH ALBION 27 HENLEY HAWKS 8 PLYMOUTH Albion overcame the sending off of influential centre Marc Koteczky after just 20 minutes to claim a bonus point win over relegation-threatened Henley Hawks. Australian Koteczky was shown red for reacting to an off-the-ball incident involving Henley’s former Ivybridge flanker Tom Hall. Hall appeared to kick out at … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Hurdler David King will go into next weekend’s British Indoor Championships in confident mood after his fifth-placed finish in a world class 60m hurdles field at the Glasgow Grand Prix. King, who the previous week had set a new indoor PB of 7.66 seconds, progressed through from a strong heat, which included world number … Continue reading
CAPTAIN Jake Murphy insists Plymouth Albion will not be taking struggling Henley Hawks lightly today when the sides meet at Brickfields in National One (3pm). Albion sit fourth in the table after 10 wins in their last 11 outings, while Henley lie second-from-bottom with just five victories to their name all season. But fellow strugglers … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow produced an incredible display under pressure to win a World Cup bronze medal and secure Great Britain an Olympic sychro place. The experienced pair had been a bit below par in the morning platform preliminaries in Brazil, qualifying seventh for the final, with a top five finish needed … Continue reading
CHRISTIAN JUDGE is back in Plymouth Albion’s squad this week after missing last Saturday’s match at Cinderford through illness. The Cornwall prop had featured in all Albion’s games prior to last weekend and so was disappointed to lose his ever-present record. “I was gutted to miss last Saturday, but it has made me even hungrier … Continue reading