PLYMOUTH international hurdler David King ended his 2017 season on Tuesday night at the IAAF World Challenge meet in Zagreb. King finished sixth in a strong 110m hurdles race, which was won by 2015 world champion Sergey Shubenkov in 13.12 seconds. American Devon Allen was second 13.19 seconds, with the rest of the field finding … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Doaa Shayea picked up three medals at the England Athletics IPC event at Bedford at the weekend. The competition ran alongside the national under-15 and under-17 championships. Shayea finished second in the women’s 100m, 200m and 400m wheelchair events. She was only beaten by Ireland’s Shauna Bocquet. In the 100m, Shayea, a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Harriers’ Jordan Andrews edged out former winner Adam Holland to claim victory in the annual Peter Tavy Plod on Bank Holiday Monday. Andrews finished 20 seconds ahead of record-breaking ultra runner Holland in boiling hot conditions at the Dartmoor village event. The Plymouth Harrier finished in 27 minutes and 22 seconds, with Holland, who … Continue reading
A BUMPER crowd turned up at Tamar Saracens’ Parkway ground on Sunday for the annual Paul Lethbridge Memorial Game. The event is now in its fifth year and keeps getting bigger and bigger. The glorious weather at the weekend also helped pull in the numbers, with representatives from nearly all the Plymouth Combination clubs present. … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Emily Bee produced her best 80m hurdles form of the season to win a bronze medal at the English Under-17 Championships at Bedford on Sunday. Bee set a new PB on her way to a podium placing and was only one hundredth of a second off winning silver. In the same event, … Continue reading
OPMs warmed up for next week’s opening David Butt Memorial Trophy match against Old Techs with a club run-out alongside Plympton Victoria on Saturday. Plym Vic did not have enough players to make up a full team so OPMs divided their squad up so a competitive match could be played at Marsh Mills. It proved … Continue reading
FRENCHMAN Alexandre Rochas has been appointed as Plymouth Diving’s new head coach. Rochas will take up a position with Everyone Active at the Plymouth Life Centre in November. He will replace Andy Banks who left Plymouth in June after a highly-successful 20 years in which he helped produce the likes of Tom Daley, Tonia Couch, … Continue reading
NEW Plymouth Argaum boss Mark Sullivan has been happy with how pre-season has gone at Bickleigh Down. Sullivan took over as Argaum’s director of rugby at the end of last season. He heads a new-look coaching team for the 2017/18 campaign that also includes Mark Albiston, Calum Mills and Tom Holliday. Sullivan is not making … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services came from behind to beat Saltash 12-10 in a competitive pre-season match at the Rectory on Friday evening. Both teams had players missing for their last warm-up match before their league campaigns get underway on September 2. Cornwall/Devon League side Saltash started the better and took a 10-0 lead at the break thanks … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Sam Trigg finished 12th in the triple jump at the World University Games in Chinese Taipei. Competing for Great Britain, Trigg booked his place in the final with a solid 15.61m in the qualification round. The former Ivybridge Community College pupil’s best for the season is 16.38m and he was looking to … Continue reading