PLYMOUTH College’s Emily Pascoe has become the youngest ever English Open 25m (air) sport pistol champion. The 14-year-old won the title at the Lord Roberts Centre in Bisley at the weekend. The teenager, who has been rising quickly through the ranks of precision shooting, was presented with the trophy by three past champions – Margaret … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Adam Holland set a new course record at the Plym Trail Spring Marathon Weekend. Ultra running specialist Holland won the marathon on day one in a time of 2:39.29. He was well ahead of everybody else in the field with Okehampton’s Roger Voaden taking second in 3:22.00, with Teignbridge’s Kris Ward third in 3:24.07. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College swimmer Tegan Drew won three medals at the ISF World Summer School Games in Morocco over the weekend. Drew claimed silver medals in the 50m and 100m backstroke events and also helped England to a bronze in the women’s 4x100m medley relay. The Plymouth Leander swimmer’s first medal came in the 50m backstroke … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Nathan Brown and Tavistock’s Emma Ryder both set new 800m personal bests at the BMC PB Classic at Street at the weekend. Brown clocked 1:56.07 minutes in a strong men’s A 800m race. That was one hundredth of a second faster than his previous best set last year. Ryder ran 2:16.91 to … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE ended their season on a high by winning the Devon Senior Cup for the first time in their history on Monday. The Bridgers beat South West Premier League rivals Exmouth 38-31 in an entertaining final played in hot conditions at Cross-in-Hand. Ivybridge led twice by 15 points during the match but Exmouth came back … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH youngster Annabel Denton claimed her first major gold medal with victory at the Under-19 International Modern Pentathlon Trophy in Portugal at the weekend The 14-year-old produced a stunning performance in the laser-run discipline to seal the win in the Youth Olympic Games ranking event. It was the second international medal of a promising looking … Continue reading
WELSH athlete Sam Richards edged out Tavistock Run Project’s Chris Rimmer to claim victory in the Saltash Half Marathon on Sunday. In hot conditions and on a new course, which started and finished at Saltash Rugby Club, Pontypridd Roadents’ Richards clocked 1:17.39, with Rimmer finishing in 1:18.52. Those two were well ahead of the rest … Continue reading
SALTASH suffered disappointment on their first trip to Twickenham after they narrowly lost 22-18 to Wath-upon-Dearne in the final of the RFU Senior Vase. Saltash dominated the first half, but failed to turn their possession into points, despite their opponents having a man sin-binned, and went in at the break 15-8 down. They closed the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be hoping to say goodbye to their grass pitch in style on Monday when they play Exmouth at Cross-in-Hand in the final of the Devon Senior Cup (2.30pm). The day after the showpiece county event, contractors will start work digging up the surface to make way for Devon and Cornwall’s first RFU AGP … Continue reading
THE opening events of the Plym Trail Spring Marathon Weekend took place on Saturday morning. The weekend sees two half marathons and two full marathons over two days from Clearbrook village on Dartmoor. All the races begin with an up and down run through Clearbrook village before joining the route 27 cycle path and heading … Continue reading