PLYMOUTH athletes Sharn Hooper, Nicola Noble and Millie Wilson won age group gold medals at the ETU Cross Duathlon European Championships in Romania. The event came a week after the road version of the event in Kalkar, Germany, where Noble claimed a silver medal in the 25-29 age group. She went one better on the … Continue reading
MATT SHEPHERD said Plymouth Albion’s stunning performance against Hartpury College on Saturday was for Graham Dawe, the club’s backroom staff and their supporters. At the start of the week when the players found out that the new owners had surprisingly asked coach Dawe to step down after an impressive season, some were unsure if they … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Matthew Dixon claimed victory in the boys’ A platform final at the Dresden Youth International. Dixon produced an impressive display in the final to collect gold ahead of his Great Britain team-mate Noah Williams, who was second, and Australia’s Brodie Scapens, who took bronze. The Plymouth star, who competed at the 2014 Commonwealth … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE made it four wins in a row when they overcame already-relegated Old Patesians 49-32 away in an entertaining National Three South West clash. The South Hams side stormed into a 22-3 half-time lead in Cheltenham. But the game got really loose after the break with tries galore for both teams. Ivybridge managed four tries … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH ALBION 35 HARTPURY COLLEGE 26 PLYMOUTH Albion’s players paid their tribute to Graham Dawe before the game by wearing specially produced T-shirts with his name for the warm-up before then doing him proud with a stunning bonus-point win over Hartpury College. Albion became the first team this season to complete the double over Hartpury, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Tonia Couch produced one of her best individual displays to claim a silver medal at the FINA World Series event in Kazan. Couch, competing for Great Britain, scored 365.90 points and only missed out on gold by 1.45 points. China’s Qian Ren won with 367.35, with her team-mate Si Yajie in third with … Continue reading
GRAHAM DAWE has revealed he had already planned pre-season ready to give Plymouth Albion the best possible chance of pushing for a return to the Championship. The former England hooker, who was surprisingly asked by the new owners of the club to stand down at the start of this week, already had warm-up games pencilled … Continue reading
OLD Techs have their eyes on winning the Lockie Cup for the first time in 16 years. The Weston Mill-based side booked their spot in next Wednesday’s final by beating Devonport Services IIs 11-8. That followed on from victories over Tamar Saracens and DHSOB. The Devon Two side will meet Peninsula Medical School in the … Continue reading
TOM DALEY and Dan Goodfellow continued their impressive new partnership by winning a bronze medal at the FINA World Series event in Kazan. It was the fifth consecutive international medal the pair had picked up since competing for the first time overseas earlier this year. They won a bronze at the World Cup in Brazil … Continue reading
CLUB captain Jake Murphy is hoping Plymouth Albion’s players can show the qualities Graham Dawe has instilled in them on Saturday when they entertain Hartpury College in their final home match of the season. The team were shocked to find out on Monday that the new owners of the club, Dave Venables and Bruce Priday, … Continue reading