PLYMOUTH divers Matthew Dixon and Shanice Lobb are part of a young Great Britain team that have flown out to Canada for FINA Grand Prix in Gatineau. The competition in Quebec starts on Thursday and runs through to Sunday. World junior bronze medallist Dixon will compete in the men’s platform individual event on Thursday and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athlete Poppy Tank enjoyed an impressive debut over the 5,000m distance at a meeting in California. The 19-year-old, who is studying at the University of Utah, finished third out of 144 competitors at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. Tank clocked 16:37.48 minutes which puts her into the top 10 of the early senior … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth youngster Noah Jones achieved his goal of making the UK’s all-time best list for the under-13 pole vault at his club’s Spring Warm-up Meet on Sunday. Jones achieved a new personal best and extended his lead at the top of the 2017 UK rankings with a leap of 2.60m. But, crucially, it … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College pentathletes Annabel Denton and Georgina Mitchell impressed for Great Britain at the Portuguese Under-17 National Championships. Britain were invited to guest at the event in Lisbon and they showed their strength by claiming the top four places in the girls’ competition. Denton (pictured), on her international debut, took silver, with Mitchell fourth. The … Continue reading
DEVON Under-20s missed out on reaching the semi-finals of the National Under-20 County Shield with a 44-21 defeat against Eastern Counties at Shelford on Sunday. The Green and Whites were badly hit with late withdrawals due to injuries picked up on Saturday afternoon, including to South West trialist backs Damon Akerman and Alfie Lang, and … Continue reading
TOM DALEY finished the FINA/NVC World Series leg in Kazan with three bronze medals. The 22-year-old Plymothian had claimed his first medal of the competition in the men’s platform synchro event on Friday with Dan Goodfellow. He then followed that up with bronzes in the individual platform final and mixed three-metre synchro with Scotland’s Grace … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE’S hopes of claiming a promotion play-off place in National Three South West suffered a major blow after they lost 32-19 at Cleve. The defeat leaves the fourth-placed Bridgers eight points behind second-placed Dings Crusaders with two games to go. Ivybridge would now have to well beat Dings next weekend and then hope the Bristol … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College fencer Ben Andrews has headed out to the Cadet and Junior World Championships in Bulgaria boosted by a new sponsorship deal. The teenager has secured backing from prestigious private bank Arbuthnot Latham, who also sponsor European Tour golfer John Parry, Porsche Carrera Cup driver Dino Zamarelli and the Grand Prix Cars Association, as … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Athletic Club are hoping for a good turnout for their opening track and field meeting of the season at Brickfields on Sunday. The annual Spring Warm-up competition has proved popular in recent years. Victoria Weir, Poppy Tank, Jade Simson, Patrick Swan and Doaa Shayea were just a few of the promising up-and-coming … Continue reading