CITY of Plymouth athlete James Arnott has enjoyed an impressive few days. The Great Britain para-sprinter set a new 100m personal best at the weekend of 11.24 seconds. Arnott, a T46 competitor, set his new mark at the Loughborough International Meet in a combined para category race, which saw him finish just behind T44 Olympic … Continue reading
AROUND 700 top young swimmers from 50 clubs across the country will gather in Plymouth this weekend for the Harwich Cup. The competition, organised by Plymouth Leander, is the first of a number of Mayflower 400 aquatic events to be held in run up to the big anniversary in 2020. The three day competition, which starts on Saturday (May 27) and runs through to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion lock Dan Collier could make his Cornwall debut in Sunday’s County Championship final against Lancashire at Twickenham (12noon). Collier has been named on the bench for the Duchy as they look to secure a third successive title. The highly-experienced forward has been living in Cornwall this season and has training with the Duchy … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE have been handed a tough start to the 2017/18 National Three South West season. The Bridgers will face three away trips in their opening four matches. They will start their third year at level five with an away game at last season’s runners-up Dings Crusaders on September 2. They will then host Devon neighbours … Continue reading
THE 2017/18 rugby season may still be four months away, but Devonport Services already have everything in place ready to go, according to coach Mike Lewis. Lewis will head up a new coaching team at the Rectory which will feature experienced backs Matty Anstis and Richard West. Lewis was joint coach at Services last season … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Noah Jones, Emily Bee and Sammie Harris and Erme Valley Harriers’ Olivia Travers all picked up medals at the Devon Schools’ and County Combined Events Championships at Exeter. Ivybridge Community College pupil Jones won the under-13 boys’ pentathlon title with 1,207 points, which ranks him in the UK’s top 10. Jones ran … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Jonathan Edwards produced the second best hammer throw of his life on Sunday at the Loughborough International Meet. Edwards, competing for Wales, threw 66.26m to finish sixth in the event and fourth in the match competition, which was between England, Great Britain Juniors, Wales, Scotland, British Universities and Loughborough University. It was … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK rugby player Luke Northmore has earned England Student honours. The young centre, who scored seven tries in Tavistock’s opening four matches last season, played for the national student side against England Under-20s, who were warming up for this summer’s Junior World Cup. Northmore, who is in his first year of studying at Cardiff Metropolitan … Continue reading
CORNISH athletes dominated the Burrator 10k which was held in perfect conditions on Sunday morning. Launceston’s Tim Robinson won the race that takes athletes around the scenic reservoir on Dartmoor. Runners do one full lap and then two-thirds of another to finish at visitor centre. Robinson clocked 35 minutes and 34 seconds, which was just … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud claimed a second gold medal on the final day of the Japan Open. Proud won the 50m butterfly final on Saturday and he followed that up with victory in the 50m freestyle on Sunday. The Olympic finalist and double Commonwealth Games champion clocked 21.89 seconds in the ‘splash and dash’ to … Continue reading