THE Lockie Cup and the Ellis Trophy will be up for grabs on Wednesday night when the Plymouth Combination finals conclude at the Rectory. Last week saw Tamar Saracens IIs win the Pedrick Cup and Plymstock Albion Oaks IIs the RNEC Cup, both beating sides from DHSOB. This Wednesday it will be Old Techs, Peninsula … Continue reading
CORNWALL 45 DEVON 10 COUNTY champions Cornwall retained the Tamar Cup with an emphatic display against Devon at St Austell on Tuesday night. Graham Dawe’s Duchy side ran in seven tries – three in the first half and four in the second. Among their scorers were Albion winger Jon Dawe and former Plymouth captain Kyle … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Sammie Harris leaped to the top of the UK under-15 pentathlon rankings by winning the Somerset Schools’ title for a second year running. Harris set a new personal best of 3,198 points, which puts her above Jessica Ennis-Hill in the all-time rankings for that age group. City of Plymouth Athletic Club’s Emily … Continue reading
HOOKER James Penman is the latest player to announce he will be leaving Plymouth Albion this summer. The New Zealander, who can also play prop, will join Albion’s National One rivals Darlington Mowden Park. Penman had initially been keen to stay at Plymouth but decided to accept an offer elsewhere in the light of the … Continue reading
FOUR Ivybridge players will start for Devon in Tuesday night’s Tamar Cup match with Cornwall at St Austell (7.30pm). Full-back Charlie Briant, centre Lewis Paterson, prop Jon Morgan and second-row Dom Loomes will all line-up against the Duchy. Mike Cox will also be on the bench for Devon in the annual county clash, which acts … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander youngsters Tom Fannon, Jessica Jackson and Laura Stephens will join Rio-bound Ben Proud at next month’s LEN European Championships in London. The young trio are part of 16 Target Tokyo swimmers who will link-up with Great Britain’s 2016 Olympic team at the home championship. Former Plymouth College pupil Joe Hulme is also part … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Athletic Club’s Victoria Weir set a new 800m personal best at the Devon Open Meet at Brickfields on Sunday. Weir left a mixed field in her wake to storm home to victory in 2:14.42. That beat her previous best of 2:16.00 set in 2014. The opening Devon meet attracted a good turnout, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion scrum-half Cameron Setter is unsure about his future after breaking his leg is Saturday’s final home match of the season against Hartpury College. Setter had received a firm offer from a Championship club but had not put pen to paper on it as he was still waiting for Albion to talk to him. … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services Under-18 Ladies won the South West Plate final on Sunday by beating Wellington 36-7 at the Rectory. Services opened the scoring after two minutes through number eight Daisy French and this was followed soon after by a try for winger Francesca Bombieri. Kate Pridwell also crossed to make it 17-0 before Wellington replied … Continue reading
DHSOB’s Under-16 squad brought the curtain down on their season with a 17-17 draw at Exeter Saracens. While a draw was a fair result, the Stonehouse side will know that it was a match they should have won. Al Spicer gave DHSOB the lead after producing a nifty side-step after prop Finlay Salter had punched … Continue reading