IVYBRIDGE are hoping for a bumper crowd on Saturday for their Devon derby with Brixham in National Three South West (2.30pm). The sides sit fourth and fifth in the table, with Ivybridge having lost just twice this season and Brixham only three times. Last year’s matches produced two good battles, with Ivybridge winning 20-12 at … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Victoria Weir has made an impressive start to her athletics career at the University of Birmingham. The English Schools’ steeplechase champion has claimed two major victories already this month. Weir helped the University of Birmingham athletics team take gold in the junior women’s race at the National Relays in Mansfield. The former Plymstock School … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH cousins Matthew Dixon and Shanice Lobb will form part of Great Britain’s 13-strong diving squad that will take part in the FINA World Junior Championships in Russia. The event takes place in Kazan between November 28 and December 4. Plymouth Diving’s Dixon will compete in the boys’ A platform event, alongside Matty Lee. Lobb, … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly College swimmer Lily Macleod has been named on the British Para-Swimming Podium Potential Programme for 2017. The teenager, who is originally from North Yorkshire, is one of 18 Paralympic hopefuls selected for the scheme. Another 13 athletes, including Cornwall’s four-time Paralympic medal winner Jonathan Fox and former Mount Kelly student Hannah Russell, who … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Tess Masselink claimed victory in the women’s race at the Newquay leg of the Westward Cross Country League on Sunday. The teenager was more than a minute-and-a-half in front of her rivals in the race, which doubled as the Cornwall County Championships. Masselink clocked 17 minutes and 26 seconds for the event at Newquay … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH University’s Jessica Jackson won two individual medals at the BUCS Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield. The University of St Mark and St John were also among the medals at Ponds Forge. They claimed two relay bronze medals and an individual silver for student Ivo Staub. Jackson’s medals were both bronze and came in … Continue reading
A MAKESHIFT Plymouth Argaum team dug deep to claim a hard-earned 12-7 Cornwall/Devon League victory over city rivals Tamar Saracens on a muddy Parkway pitch on Saturday. The match should have been played five weeks ago but was postponed due to a refereeing mix-up. Due to injuries, work commitments and a club trip to Twickenham, … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE Rugby Club will host Devon’s eagerly-awaited County Championship clash with champions Cornwall in May. The match will take place at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday, May 13, 2017 (3pm). It will be the first time the sides have met in a County Championship game since 2010 when Devon, then coached by now Cornwall chief Graham Dawe, … Continue reading
TAMAR Saracens are hoping an extra training session with Plymouth Albion forward Dan Williams will help them to a much-needed victory against city rivals Plymouth Argaum on Saturday. The two clubs meet in a re-arranged Cornwall/Devon League match at the Parkway this weekend after the original game due to be played on October 1 was … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH sprinter James Arnott has retained his place on the British Athletics Futures Programme. Arnott is one of six para-athletes named in British Athletics’ squad of 32 selected for the 2016/17 programme. Last year, he was joined on the scheme by fellow City of Plymouth AC athlete David King. However, King is one of three … Continue reading