CITY of Plymouth’s Dean Smith was first home in January’s Armada Winter 3k Series run on Wednesday night at Central Park. Smith clocked nine minutes and 50 seconds for the course, which was 47 seconds ahead of Plymouth Musketeers’ veteran Alan Ryder, who was second in 10.37. Third athlete home was Plymouth Harriers’ Alex Peyton-Jones, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Kerenza Bryson will begin her 2017 modern pentathlon campaign this weekend when she competes at the opening national ranking event of the year in Bath. Bryson enjoyed a successful 2016, which included retaining her under-19 British title, winning a relay bronze medal at the European Youth Championships, competing at the World Youth Championships and … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Noah Jones and Tavistock’s Luke Cressey both won medals at the South West Indoor Championship event held in Cardiff. Jones started his year in tremendous form with two podium finishes and a new PB. He knocked more than a second off his 60m hurdles previous best to win bronze medal in the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Studio School’s Rhys Roffey has a fighting chance of following in the footsteps of double taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones and competing for Great Britain at the Olympics. The 15-year-old, who joined the school’s high performance sports programme in September, has been selected to join the GB Taekwondo Talent Programme for the 2020/2024 Olympic … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Tess Masselink and City of Plymouth’s Poppy Northcott were among the medal winners at the South West Club and County Cross Country Championships at Exeter on Sunday. Masselink, representing Cornwall, took second in the under-20 women’s race held at Haldon racecourse behind Dorset athlete Serena O’Connor. Northcott, running in the non-county championship under-11 girls’ … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Albion Oaks hooker Harvey Dunn scored Devon Under-16 A side’s two tries in their 29-15 defeat to Somerset at Keyham on Sunday. Devon had plenty of chances in the match, but only the powerful Dunn was able to cross the whitewash. Both his tries came in the final 15 minutes of the match after … Continue reading
THERE was a bumper turnout for the annual January Jaunt 10k on Sunday morning. For the second year running the Plymouth Round Table-organised event proved a sell-out with all 500 available places filled. The race took runners from the Plymouth Devils’ speedway track at Marsh Mills into the Saltram estate and back. Full results and … Continue reading
THE looks on the Ivybridge players’ faces as they walked off the Cross-in-Hand field on Saturday said everything you needed to know about their shock 23-16 home defeat to struggling Launceston. High-flying Ivybridge had appeared on course for an 11th win of the season when they went 13-0 up after just 18 minutes. Relegation-threatened Launceston, … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Victoria Weir enjoyed another good run on her second appearance for Great Britain. Weir finished ninth overall and third Briton in the junior women’s race at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country. The former Plymstock School pupil was part of the Great Britain team that was taking on USA and Europe. Weir … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE are buzzing to get back into action in National Three South West, according to their player-coach Lewis Paterson. The Bridgers return to the fray after the Christmas break with a big home match against Paterson’s former club Launceston at Cross-in-Hand (2.30pm). Less than 10 years ago, Launceston were five divisions higher than Ivybridge, but … Continue reading