CORNWALL secured a fifth consecutive County Championship final by beating a strong Hertfordshire side 45-28 at Camborne on Saturday. The Duchy, coached by former Plymouth boss Graham Dawe, ran in seven tries to stun James Shanahan’s Hertfordshire team. The visitors’ squad was built around National One club Old Albanian and National Two South champions Bishop’s … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud continued his preparations for this summer’s World Championships by winning gold in the 50m butterfly event at the Japan Open on Saturday. Double Commonwealth Games champion Proud clocked 23.31 seconds to take victory ahead of Japan’s Kawamoto Takeshi. Great Britain have sent a full team to the Japan, following a tough … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH modern pentathlete Myles Pillage finished as top British athlete at the prestigious Milan Kadlec Memorial competition in Prague. Pillage came sixth at the world-ranking junior competition in the Czech Republic. His GB team-mate Bradley Sutton, George Budden and Henry Choong came ninth, 15th and 17th, respectively. Pillage impressed in the first event – the … Continue reading
DEVON have been hit by a host of injuries and unavailabilities ahead of their final 2017 County Championship fixture against Kent at Barnstaple on Saturday (3pm). Captain and flanker James Harris, centre Lewis Paterson, scrum-half Cameron Setter, fly-half Tom Whelan, number eight Sam Thomas, winger Tom Scoles, prop Matt Finn and lock Jack Fahy are … Continue reading
CORNWALL will be hoping to secure a fifth consecutive trip to Twickenham on Saturday when they host Hertfordshire at Camborne in their final County Championship group game (3pm). The Duchy, who have won back-to-back titles under Graham Dawe, sit top of Division One South having beaten Surrey and Devon away. They know one more victory … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH modern pentathlete Myles Pillage will be in action at the Milan Kadlec Memorial in Prague this weekend. The 19-year-old has competed for Great Britain at all three senior UIPM World Cup events so far this year. However, he will be competing against athlete his own age in the Czech capital as part of a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athletes Emily Bee and Sammie Harris both broke their 80m hurdles personal bests in a sensational under-17 race at the Devon County Championships. Bee took victory at Exeter in a new championship record of 11.54 seconds, which moves her up to second in the UK rankings. However, Harris was right on her shoulder all … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Studio School taekwondo stars Tate Budge and Rhys Roffey have both enjoyed success at recent major events. Year 13 pupil Budge became under-18 UK ITF 3rd degree black belt patterns champion at Swindon. The 17-year-old has now won five UK titles and two world crowns. Tate also picked up a silver medal as part … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Parkway Youth are looking for players to join a new girls’ team. Parkway have recently launched an under-10 female side, who will be playing in next season’s DJM under-11 league. The club are looking for players who are currently in Year 4 or Year 5 at school. They train on Friday nights at Plymouth … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill smashed his 3,000m personal best at the Eastern Colleges’ Athletic Conference Championships in Princeton at the weekend. The former Ivybridge Community College pupil, in his first year of studying at Harvard University, ran under nine minutes for the first time in his career. Battershill, who is still an under-20 athlete, clocked … Continue reading