PLYMOUTH modern pentathletes Kerenza Bryson and Myles Pillage will both represent Great Britain at next month’s Junior World Championships in Hungary. Pillage, 19, will compete at that event in the city of Szekesfehervar just days before heading to the Senior World Championships in Cairo. Plymouth Studio School’s Bryson, 18, has also competed for Great Britain … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Ben Neale edged out East Cornwall Harriers’ Marc Smerdon to claim victory in the Six Moor Miles race at Yelverton on Sunday. Neale pulled away in the closing stages to win by just four seconds in the off-road run on Dartmoor, which is organised by Plymouth Harriers. The Tavistock athlete clocked 39 minutes and … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Matt Sumner and Erme Valley Harriers’ Sam Trigg both won medals at the England Athletics Senior and UK CAU Championships in Bedford. Sumner produced a sensational run to break his personal best that had stood for five years and picked up a silver medal in the men’s 400m hurdles. The Devon athlete … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander won three medals, including two gold, on the final day of the British Summer Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Laura Stephens continued her impressive championships by claiming the 17/18 year-old girls’ 100m butterfly title. Stephens clocked 59.83 seconds to take victory and add to her medal haul in South Yorkshire. There was also a … Continue reading
THERE was a good turnout for the annual Six Moor Miles race on Dartmoor on Sunday. The popular event is hosted by Plymouth Harriers and sees runners complete approximately six miles around the picturesque surroundings of the Maristow Estate. The off-road race starts and finishes on Dartmoor at Yelverton. FULL REPORT AND RESULTS TO FOLLOW Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Laura Stephens added three more medals to her collection on the penultimate day of the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Stephens, who had already picked up four individual gongs, including one gold, earlier in the competition, bagged bronzes in the 17/18 year-old women’s 200m IM and 50m backstroke events and in the senior … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud added a second medal at the World Aquatic Championships in Budapest on Saturday evening. Five days after becoming world 50m butterfly champion, the 22-year-old former Plymouth College and Marjons student claimed bronze in the 50m freestyle final. Proud swam an impressive 21.43 seconds – just 0.11 off his lifetime best – … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argaum and host club Devonport Services both finished with unbeaten records from a 10s event at the Rectory on Friday night. Western Counties West outfit Services fielded two teams – Reds and Blues – and took on Cornwall/Devon League side Argaum and Devon One club Tamar Saracens. Services Blues drew 5-5 with Argaum in … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly’s Kaylee Dekker and Plymouth Leander’s Jessica Jackson both secured medals on the fourth day of the British Summer Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Dekker took victory in the 15 year-old girls’ 100m freestyle competition at Ponds Forge. She clocked 57.89 seconds to claim the title in a race that saw her Mount Kelly team-mate … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud comfortably booked his place in the final of the 50m freestyle event at the World Championships in Budapest on Friday evening. The new 50m butterfly world champion clocked 21.60 seconds to qualify joint third for Saturday’s prestigious ‘splash and dash’ medal showdown. Only American Caeleb Dressell (21.29) and Russian Vladimir Morozov … Continue reading