PLACES are still available for the popular Chestnut Appeal Plymouth Breakwater Swim. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, August 5 and will attract swimmers from across the UK. The 4km challenge has grown and grown over the years and is now the Chestnut Appeal’s main fundraiser of the year. The charity’s events manager … Continue reading
BEN MORRISH claimed victory in the rearranged Mad March Hare Plympton 10k race on Sunday. The Plymouth Round Table event, which starts and finishes at the Plymouth Devils’ speedway track, had to be postponed in March due to the bad weather. Conditions could not have been different this weekend with athletes treated to bright sunshine. … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK School’s Max Gregory has been selected to represent the Great Britain judo team at this summer’s European Cadet Championships in Sarajevo. The event in the Bosnia & Herzegovina capital will take place between June 28 and July 1. Gregory, a member of the successful South Brent Judo Club, will fight in the -90kg category. … Continue reading
YOUNG athletes from the region enjoyed plenty of success at the Cornwall County Championships at Carn Brea. City of Plymouth’s Leo Shipley, Jed Hutchings, Harriet Beardsmore, Molly Mather, Poppy Northcott and Holly Reid, plus Tavistock’s Tayla James, Tilly McDowell, Lee Shipton and Harry Tomlin were among the athletes to win titles. Shipley triumphed in the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE Community College judo star Lewis Widdicombe won a gold medal at the recent English Junior and Senior Open at Thetford. The South Brent Judo Club member took victory in the junior men’s -90kg category. Widdicombe, in his first year at junior level, was in a pool of five and quickly won his first three … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services capped a great season by winning the Plymouth Combination Sevens title at Horsham Fields on Sunday. Services, who have won promotion to South West One, overcame Plymouth Argaum 24-12 in the final of the all-day competition. Argaum enjoyed a good event. They entered two teams and their other took home the plate trophy. … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Ben Neale claimed victory in the 2018 Ivybridge 10k on Saturday evening. The popular annual event saw a record 770 finishers this year. Neale finished nearly one minute ahead of South Devon’s David Hampton, who took the runners-up spot for the second year running. Neale won in 33.20 minutes, with Hampton crossing … Continue reading
DEVON claimed a long-awaited victory over Cornwall on Saturday at rain-soaked Camborne in the County Championship. The Green and Whites had not beaten the Duchy in a County Championship match since May 2010 and had also lost seven consecutive Tamar Cup games as well. But they returned home over the Tamar 20-19 winners on Saturday … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE’S Lewis Paterson will miss Devon’s big match against Cornwall at Camborne on Saturday due to a thumb injury. The Devon player-coach needs an operation after suffering a dislocation in the Bridgers’ last league game against Dings Crusaders. Although he managed to play for Devon last Saturday against Gloucestershire and in Ivybridge’s historic Senior Cup … Continue reading
TRAVIS BRAMLEY was first home for the second successive month in the Armada Summer 5k Series. Having won April’s opening run, Bramley repeated the feat in May’s race on Wednesday evening at Saltram Park. He clocked 17 minutes and 11 seconds, which was slightly slower than he ran four weeks ago, but was still good … Continue reading