CITY of Plymouth AC recently had the pleasure of welcoming England Athletics’ chief executive Chris Jones to their club. Jones visited Brickfields along with the governing body’s facilities and planning manager and club support manager Richard Ayling. A key part of their trip was to talk about the club’s facilities and how best to ensure … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College pupil Emily Pascoe impressed at the recent British Schools’ Shooting Championships held at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury. The Year 9 student finished fourth overall in the intermediate girls’ competition. The finals brought together students from all over the UK following five qualification events around the country. The competition at Stoke Mandeville … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank is leading the early UK under-23 3,000m rankings after smashing her personal best at the weekend. Tank knocked a stunning 10 seconds off her previous best time at the Washington-Dempsey Indoor Meet in Seattle, America. She clocked 9:29.22 to finish 11th in a high quality field, which included world and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH teenage diver Aidan Heslop felt he justified his Commonwealth Games selection with his performance at the British Championships. The 15-year-old will become the first diver to compete for Wales in 20 years when he takes to the boards at the Gold Coast event in April. The European junior medallist showed he can more than … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Sam Trigg and Tamar Trotters’ Mike Wilsmore impressed on international duty in Austria at the weekend. The pair were part of the England team that travelled to the Vienna Indoor Classic. For triple jumper Trigg it was his first senior international, although he did compete for Great Britain at last year’s World … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Matthew Dixon smashed his personal best by more than 40 points to become British platform champion in front of his family and friends at the Life Centre on Sunday. The city teenager scored a stunning 494.30 points to win back the title he first won as a 14-year-old in 2014. His victory four years … Continue reading
PROMOTION-hopefuls Devonport Services picked up another important five points at the weekend with a 38-12 victory over Crediton at Keyham. They stay second in Western Counties West, but now have a seven point gap between themselves and third-placed St Austell. And, although they remain 11 points behind leaders St Ives, who beat Kingsbridge 27-14 at … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud claimed two gold medals on Saturday evening at the Luxembourg Euro Meet. The Great Britain star’s first win came in the 50m butterfly final – the event where he is world champion. Proud showed impressive early season form to clock a meet record time of 23.02 seconds. He beat big … Continue reading
MASTERS swimming is fast on the increase and a number of clubs in the region are finding their adult membership growing. Caradon Swimming Club recently held their fourth annual Masters Meet at Saltash Leisure Centre. The competition attracted visiting teams from Cardiff, Helston, Dawlish & Teignmouth, Crediton and Devonport Royal SA and even swimmers from … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be looking to return to winning ways on Saturday when they host fourth-placed Maidenhead at Cross-in-Hand (2.30pm). The Bridgers suffered their first defeat of 2018 last weekend when they were narrowly beaten away at struggling Hornets on the Somerset club’s artificial surface at Hutton Moor. Maidenhead are another team who are used to … Continue reading