IVYBRIDGE will be without their player-coach Lewis Paterson for this weekend’s important National Three South West match at Bournemouth. Paterson, who has been in good form for the Bridgers, will be swapping walking on to the pitch at Chapel Gate for walking down the aisle on Saturday, as he is getting married. However, he is … Continue reading
SOME of the region’s top athletes are competing at major indoor events this weekend. On Saturday, City of Plymouth hurdler David King will line-up in the 60m hurdles at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix at Birmingham. King, who last weekend booked his place at the European Indoor Championships, will be up against his Great Britain … Continue reading
THREE Plymouth Albion players have been named in the England Counties squad for their match against a Scotland Club XV at Moseley next Friday. Albion player-coach Kieran Hallett, who has previously earned representative honours for Ireland Under-21s and the Championship Select XV, is joined in the squad by forward Nile Dacres and prop Dan Pullinger. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH rugby star Lagi Tuima will start for the England Under-20 side against the Army Women at Aldershot on Thursday evening. Tuima has progressed through the England Under-18 set-up and will line-up at centre for the under-20s against the Army. The 18-year-old, who was came through Devonport Services’ junior ranks, is one of two Plymouth … Continue reading
EUROPEAN junior champion Matthew Dixon produced an impressive exhibition of platform diving on the final day of Armada Cup at the Life Centre. Dixon, who had won two senior medals the week before at the National Cup, scored an impressive 460.20 points for his six dives in the preliminary round and then 234.95 for the … Continue reading
PILGRIM Flyers youth mountain bike club have received national recognition for the second time within three months. In December, the Plymouth club won the Grassroots Club of the Year at the Daily Mirror Pride of Sports Awards in London. Now the Flyers have taken runners-up spot in the HSBC Go Ride Club of the Year. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Buccaneers Flag American Football Club are to launch a new junior side for 2017. The Buccs enjoyed their more successful season to date in 2016, reaching the national play-offs, and they are now on the verge of wrapping up the winter South West Series title. However, they want to build on their success and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Tom Daley have been confirmed in Great Britain’s squad for the 2017 FINA/NVC World Series. This year’s World Series legs will take place in in Beijing, China (March 3-5), Guangzhou, China (March 9-11), Kazan, Russia (March 31– 2 April 2) and Windsor, Canada (April 21-23). Couch will once again team … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth AC’s Kate Sotheran and Poppy Northcott finished first and second in the under-11 girls’ race at the Westward Cross Country League meeting at Stover on Sunday. Series leader Sotheran took victory in 6.31 minutes, with her team-mate Northcott five seconds behind in second spot. The Stover meet – the penultimate of the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth hurdler David King was thrilled to automatically secure a place in the Great Britain team for next month’s European Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade. King booked his place on the plane to Serbia by finishing second behind world number one Andy Pozzi at the British trials on Saturday. The former Devonport High … Continue reading