PLYMOUTH Argaum are hoping the city’s sports fans can help them secure some much-needed funding to transform their out-dated clubhouse. The Cornwall/Devon League side have entered the Aviva Community Fund competition. Each year the fund finances more than 800 projects across four levels and six categories throughout the United Kingdom. One of those six categories … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Estonian swimmer Kregor Zirk was in impressive form at the Manchester International event at the weekend. Zirk won four titles as Plymouth Leander enjoyed a highly-successful meet, returning home with 29 medals. Madelyn Moore, Tegan Drew, Charlie Boden and Sam Dailley all claimed three or more medals in the North West. Zirk’s successes … Continue reading
OLD TECHS chairman David Evans says the Devon Two club have to take the positives out of their David Butt Memorial Trophy run. The Weston Mill-based side reached Sunday’s final where they narrowly lost 21-15 to Devon One promotion-hopefuls New Cross. Techs had beaten another Devon One side, Totnes, in the semi-finals and they gave … Continue reading
JIM COLE stormed to victory in windy conditions at the Tavy 7 race on Sunday. The Tavistock Athletic Club athlete was more than two minutes ahead of his nearest rivals in the popular race that attracted a sell-out field of 500 entries. Cole finished the tough seven-mile race on Dartmoor in an impressive time of … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE suffered only their second defeat of the season on Saturday with a 31-14 reverse at second-placed Old Redcliffians. The Bridgers, who had started the day level on points with Old Reds, had the better of the first half and led 6-0 thanks to two Billy Pinkus penalties. But it all went wrong for the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud claimed another FINA World Cup medal in Singapore. The University of St Mark and St John student took bronze in the men’s 50m butterfly final in a time of 22.60 seconds. He was only beaten by South African swimmers Chad Le Clos (22.30) and Roland Schoeman (22.44) in the short course … Continue reading
OLD Techs coach Shaun Bedford-Smith is hoping his side can cause an upset on Sunday and become the first winners of the David Butt Memorial Trophy. The Weston Mill-based Devon Two side take on Devon One outfit New Cross in the final at Barnstaple’s Pottington Road ground (2.30pm). New Cross will start as favourites with … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Ben Proud, Tom Fannon and Laura Stephens have been selected for Great Britain’s World Class Performance Programme for the 2016/17 season. Double Commonwealth Games champion Proud is one of just 17 athletes named in the Podium squad, while youngsters Stephens and Fannon are part of 38 other swimmers selected for Podium Potential … Continue reading
YOUNGSTER Mitch Pinkus is set to be handed his chance at fly-half when Ivybridge travel to second-placed Old Redcliffians in National Three South West on Saturday. There could also be a debut for young flanker Seb Slade, who is likely to be named on the bench for the Bridgers, who would leap-frog above Old Reds … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion will make three changes to their starting line-up for Saturday’s tough National One trip to Butts Park to take on old rivals Coventry (3pm). All the changes come in the pack, with last week’s two-try hero Rupert Freestone, Tom Cowan-Dickie and top try scorer Dan Williams dropping out of the team and Sam … Continue reading