WESTERN Counties West club Devonport Services will host the first of two summer rugby 10s events on Friday evening at the Rectory. They will entertain Cornwall/Devon League side Tavistock and Devon One outfit Old Techs this week. Then the following Friday they will welcome two more clubs from the same divisions in the form of … Continue reading
TOM DALEY and Dan Goodfellow missed out on picking up a syncho medal at the World Championships in Budapest on Monday evening. The Great Britain pair frustratingly had to settle for fourth place in a high-quality 10m competition. The Olympic bronze medallists had qualified for the final in second spot, scoring 433.14 points in the … Continue reading
NEW ZEALAND international Angie Petty was a surprise competitor at the Devon Open Meeting at Brickfields on Sunday. Petty had run at the Anniversary Games Diamond League event at a packed London Stadium the previous weekend and will return to the capital at the start of next month for the IAAF World Championships. But before … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tonia Couch and her Great Britain diving partner Lois Toulson finished seventh in the women’s 10m synchro final at the World Championships in Budapest on Sunday evening. The pair, who had come fifth at last year’s Olympic Games, had qualified for the final in ninth place. However, they produced an improved display to score … Continue reading
CORNWALL AC’s Emma Stepto once again put on an impressive show at Tamar Trotters’ Magnificent Seven race. Veteran star Stepto, who competes in the over-45 category, was first women home for the eighth time in nine years on Sunday morning. She ran the tough seven mile course in 43.51 minutes, which was more than a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tonia Couch will compete at her seventh World Championships on Sunday when she takes part in the women’s 10m synchro event with Lois Toulson in Budapest. Couch, still only 28, is the most experienced diver in the British team competing in Hungary this week. She first competed at a World Championships as a 16-year-old … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College modern pentathletes Georgina Mitchell and Annabel Denton will compete at the European qualifying event for the Youth Olympic Games next month. The pair automatically booked their places at the continental competition in Portugal by finishing in the top three at last weekend’s GB qualifying leg. Mitchell took victory at Hartpury College, with Denton … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Athletic Club enjoyed plenty of success at their own relay event held at the Meadows on Thursday evening. The club claim the main prizes in both the women’s and junior events. However, the men’s race at the popular event was won by GTR Racing – a team made up of Steve Wilsmore, Nathan Brown, … Continue reading
THERE was a bumper turnout for the annual Tavistock Relays on Thursday evening. The event, which forms part of the Tavistock Carnival, has been on the running calendar now for 31 years. When it was first organised, athletes would run down Plymouth Road, but now the relays take place in the safe environment of Meadows … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE hooker Jay Geraty has been named as a finalist in the 2017 National Rugby Awards. Geraty is on a shortlist of six for the men’s amateur player of the year – an award won by Plymouth Argaum veteran Nick Hancock last season. Geraty will be up against West Leeds’ Sam Neave, Tunbridge Wells’ Nick … Continue reading