TAMAR Saracens will get some extra match practice in on Wednesday night when they play the Royal Navy’s Western Region at the Rectory (7.15pm). It will be the second time in two weeks Sarries have met the servicemen. They lost 44-17 with a mix-and-match team earlier in the month, but are hoping they will be … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth TGC’s Ben Miller and Oscar Piper both won medals at the British Trampoline & DMT Championships in Liverpool at the weekend. Club colleague Nyla Evely also impressed at the top national event held at the Echo Arena, while Emily Crighton just missed out on a medal in the British Disability Championships held … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College pentathletes Georgina Mitchell and Annabel Denton have been selected for next month’s Jury Horishko Memorial in Kyrgyzstan – a competition that will count towards the 2018 Youth Olympics world ranking list. The pair are joined in the Great Britain team for the competition, which will be held in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city of Bishkek, … Continue reading
MITCH PINKUS scored 17 points as Ivybridge beat Newbury Blues 22-13 at Monks Lane to claim a second successive away victory. Ivybridge, who had overcome Lydney away the previous week, took control of Saturday’s game in the second half. The match was finely poised at 10-10 at the break, with Charlie Briant scoring the visitors’ … Continue reading
MORE than 200 runners, many in fancy dress, turned up to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Plymvalley Parkrun on Saturday morning. In total 222 people completed the 5k off-road run around Plymbridge Woods. Heavy rain during the week had left the course extremely muddy but no-one seemed too worried – even those in fancy … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander sprint stars Ben Proud and Tom Fannon have both been named in British Swimming performance squads for 2018. World 50m butterfly champion Proud is one of 19 swimmers named in the podium squad, while Fannon (pictured top) is include on the 37-strong podium potential programme. Athletes selected on to the world class programmes … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be looking to claim back-to-back away wins when they travel to Newbury Blues on Saturday. The Bridgers got their season going last weekend with a 19-10 victory at Lydney. That followed on from defeats against title-hopefuls Dings Crusaders and Exmouth. The Cross-in-Hand club are now hoping they can build on their success in … Continue reading
