PLYMOUTH Leander’s Laura Stephens claimed a second title at the British Summer Swimming Championships in Sheffield on Thursday evening. Having already won gold in the 400m IM on Tuesday evening and secured two bronze medals on Wednesday in the 100m backstroke and 50m butterfly, Stephens triumphed in the women’s 200m butterfly on the third day … Continue reading
DARTMOOR Darts’ Cameron Williams continued his sensational form at the British Summer Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Just a day after breaking the British age group record and winning gold in the 13/14 year-old boys’ 100m breaststroke event at Ponds Forge, he managed to do the same in the 50m competition. However, this time the 14-year-old … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College’s Ben Andrews won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Cadet Fencing Championships in Newcastle on Tuesday. Andrews claimed his podium place in the men’s epee competition. He managed to come through a tough group with three victories to go into the knockout stage seeded 15th. In the round of 32 he beat Jamaica’s … Continue reading
DARTMOOR Darts’ Cameron Williams and Plymouth Leander’s Laura Stephens got the British Summer Swimming Championships off to a sensational start. Both claimed titles on the opening day of competition in Sheffield. Williams broke the British age group record on his way to victory in the 13/14 years’ 100m breaststroke, while Commonwealth Games swimmer Stephens smashed … Continue reading
TALENTED judo stars Lewis Widdicombe and Max Gregory will head to Germany this weekend with the England squad. Ivybridge Community College pupil Widdicombe, 17, has been selected to compete at the Berlin European Judo Cup, which takes place on Friday and Saturday, before joining in a two-day national training camp. He is one of 15 … Continue reading
THERE was plenty of success for the region’s athletes at the South West Inter-Counties Championships which were held at Exeter Arena on Sunday. City of Plymouth’s Nubia Evans-Shields and Tavistock’s Harry Tomlin both claimed two titles each, while there were also gold medals for Tavistock’s Emma Ryder, William White and Natasha Farrington and City of … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving claimed two titles and a runners-up spot at the National Skills Finals in Manchester at the weekend. Their gold medal performances came in the two youngest boys’ categories. Evan Walker took victory in the E boys’ event (8/9 years) by 11 points. His club colleague Will Heath just missed out on a medal … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Emily Bee produced a tremendous run to claim victory at the SIAB International at Grangemouth in Scotland. Bee ran a new personal best and UK leading time of 11.02 seconds to win the 80m hurdles for England. She edged out her national team-mate Marcia Sey, who had won the English Schools’ title … Continue reading
CORNWALL AC’s Colin Snook reclaimed the Magnificent 7 title on Saturday evening. Veteran Snook had won the race in 2012, 2015 and 2016, but he had to settle for third place last year. However, he was in dominant form at the weekend to win by more than two minutes in the popular run organised by … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services coach Mike Lewis is looking forward to seeing Mark Friend trying to make his mark in South West One. Friend has signed for newly-promoted Services after spending years at Tavistock, where he came through their colts side. A number of clubs have been interested in Friend before, but he always stayed loyal to … Continue reading