PLYMOUTH Leander added to their medal tally on the second day of the ASA Winter Meet in Sheffield. Leander took silver in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay event on Friday evening. The Plymouth team, made up of Felicity Passon, Juliette Casini, Anita M’Cartney and Jessica Jackson, just missed out on gold, with City of Sheffield … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be hoping to end 2016 on a high on Saturday when they travel to Salisbury in National Three South West. The Bridgers head to Wiltshire trying to prevent back-to-back defeats for the first time this season. The Cross-in-Hand side suffered only their fourth loss of the campaign last weekend when they went down … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud eased to victory in the men’s 50m freestyle final on the opening day of the ASA National Winter Meet in Sheffield on Thursday. Double Commonwealth Games champion Proud, who finished fourth at this summer’s Olympic Games, clocked 21.23 seconds at the short course competition. Russian guest Georgy Chernov was second in … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Trampoline and Gymnastics Club ended their year in style by returning with medals from the English Championships and the South West Trampoline Championships. The club had three individuals – Ben Miller, Evangeline Piper and Oscar Piper – qualify for the English Trampoline Championships which were held at Coventry’s Skydome Arena. Oscar Piper … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Nathan Brown was first home in December’s competitive Winter 3k Series run at Central Park on Wednesday night. Teenager Brown edged out City of Plymouth’s Matthew Bradley by just two seconds in the festive-themed event. Brown finished in 10 minutes exactly, with Bradley clocking 10.02 minutes and his Plymouth team-mate Ashley Smith … Continue reading
A NUMBER of the region’s athletes impressed at the opening Cardiff Grand Prix Series event. Erme Valley Harriers’ Nathan Brown was first under-20 and third overall in the men’s 600m at the indoor meet. Brown clocked a new personal best of 1:22.99 in a quality field at the Welsh venue. Tavistock’s Jenny Milburn also enjoyed … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athlete Victoria Weir has earned her second international call-up. Just days after making her Great Britain debut at the European Cross Country Championships in Italy, the 18-year-old has been selected to compete at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country event on Saturday, January 7. Weir, who finished an impressive 10th at the … Continue reading
THE Armada Athletics Network are holding their third Winter 3k Series run of the season on Wednesday night at the Central Park. This month’s run will have a Christmas feel about will it, with all finishers receiving a mince pie. Runners are also encouraged to wear something festive. The event starts at 7pm outside Home … Continue reading
VICTORIA WEIR was not the only City of Plymouth AC athlete to impress at international level at the weekend. Weir finished 10th in the under-20 race at the European Cross Country Championships in Chia, helping Great Britain to team gold. However, while Weir was in Italy competing, her club colleague Emily Bee (pictured) was in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers impressed at the English Schools’ National Championships in London on Sunday. Competing for the South West team, city-based athletes returned with six medals and an overall third place. There were gold medals for Zachery Anderson and Alfie Brown. Anderson won the primary boys’ competition, finishing with 145.55 points. In the same event, his … Continue reading