A NUMBER of Plymouth and Ivybridge-based players have been included in Devon’s squad for Monday night’s Tamar Cup match against Cornwall at Tiverton (7.30pm). The annual contest is used by both counties as preparation for the County Championship, which this year starts on May 6. For the first time in seven years, Devon and Cornwall … Continue reading
ORGANISERS are hoping a bumper crowd will turn out at Brickfields on Monday night for charity match in honour of popular city rugby coach Howell Phillips (7.30pm). The St Boniface Old Boys XV v Howell’s Select XV game will race money for Cancer Research UK. The event is being organised by former St Boniface College … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College fencer Ben Andrews exceeded all expectations at his first World Championships. Competing in the cadet event in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Andrews finished an impressive 15th overall. He was the only British fencer in any discipline to reach the last 16. Andrews knocked out GB team-mate Josh Willcox 15-13 in the round of 128, then … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Buccaneers’ Samantha Patrick has secured a place in the women’s Great Britain Lions Flag American Football team. The city student impressed at trials held in Northampton at the start of this month and could feature in this year’s European Championships. GB have initially selected 24 players, but that will be cut down for the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE are hoping they can end their 2016/17 home campaign on a high when they host second-placed Dings Crusaders at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday in National Three South West. The Bridgers are eight points behind Dings, but if they were to beat the Bristol side this weekend then the race for runners-up spot would go down … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Matthew Dixon produced some impressive diving to reach the final of the men’s 10m platform event at the FINA Grand Prix in Canada. World junior bronze medallist Dixon, competing for Great Britain, finished second in the prelims with a total of 439.50 points. Four out of his six dives scored more than 72.00 points, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander will be looking for glory this weekend when they compete at the National Arena League final in Cardiff. The A final will take place on Sunday and Leander will be up against City of Milton Keynes, City of Oxford, Wycombe, Stockport Metro, Guildford City, Millfield, City of Cardiff, City of Derby and Team … Continue reading
THREE Devonport Services players helped the South West Divisional under-18 girls’ side to a big 47-17 win over the Midlands. Flanker Megan Heath, number eight Daisy French and prop Jess Thomas all featured for the representative team. French, in her final year at under-18 level, was making her South West debut and was among the … Continue reading
A TEENAGER from Plymouth has his eyes on becoming a professional darts player after enjoying a successful debut for England. Plymouth Studio School’s Keelan Kay won both his matches and was voted player of the tournament in Bradford as he helped the England boys’ team to victory against Wales and Scotland. The 15-year-old has only … Continue reading
A YOUNGSTER from Yelverton made his debut for the Welsh Exiles Under-16 side at the weekend. Zac Gorton was one of just 24 players from all around England to be selected to play for the representative team in a match against RGC North Wales Under-16s at the Eirias Park Stadium. The Callington Community College pupil, … Continue reading