ATHLETES were out in force at The Meadows on Thursday night for the annual Tavistock Relays. More than 100 teams of four took part in the event which has been running for 32 years and forms part of the Tavistock Carnival. Each athlete in a team completes a lap of 1.1 miles. The relays were … Continue reading
FORMER Devonport Services youngster Lagi Tuima and Marjon student Lili Goddard have been included in the England Women’s Under-20 squad to tour Canada in August. Head coach Jo Yapp has named a 26-strong squad for the trip to North America to play two Tests against Canada Under-20s and one against USA Under-20s. Utility back Tuima … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athlete Sammie Harris has seen her season come to an early end after breaking her arm at the English Schools’ Track and Field Championships in Birmingham. Harris had reached the final of the intermediate girls’ 80m hurdles after progressing well through the preliminary round and semi-finals. She was looking to try and … Continue reading
NORTH Devon’s Jack Hutchens claimed an impressive victory at the 2018 Plymouth Triathlon on Sunday. Hutchens, who had won last year’s Plymouth Aquathlon, held off the challenge of city teacher Robert Shaw to take victory in the first running of the Plymouth Triathlon since 2015. There was hardly anything to separate Shaw and Hutchens after … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athlete Emily Bee will earn international honours next weekend after winning a silver medal at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships on Saturday. Bee finished second in a closely-fought intermediate girls’ 80m hurdles final at Birmingham. Securing a top two finish has booked her a place in the England team for the SIAB … Continue reading
BEN MORRISH claimed victory in the 2018 Plymstock Road Runners’ Muddy Duck 10k. Plymstock are celebrating their 30th anniversary and their annual Muddy Duck race sold out before the day. In the end 248 runners finished the run from Oreston Academy School and into Radford Park. The race involves a number of water crossings and short … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Aidan Heslop claimed another international medal on Friday by winning bronze at the FINA Grand Prix in Madrid. The 16-year-old, who impressed at April’s Commonwealth Games for Wales, took third place in the men’s 10m platform competition in the Spanish capital. His podium place came just two weeks after he had won a … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK athlete Sam Lake has won a bronze medal at ITU Aquathlon World Championships in Denmark. Lake, a Tavistock Swimming Club and Tavistock Run Project member, finished third in the women’s 40-44 age group category on the island of Fyn. The strength in that category was shown by the top three also finishing in the … Continue reading
AFTER more than a year of trying to get it off the ground, Plymouth’s first junior Parkrun will take place on Sunday morning. A group of running enthusiasts started planning it in early 2017, but they hit a host of stumbling blocks along the way, including trying to raise the initial start-up costs. However, on … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH sprinter James Arnott has been named in Great Britain’s 52-strong squad for next month’s World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin. The event will take place in the German capital between August 20 and August 26. City of Plymouth athlete Arnott will compete in the T47 100m and 200m. His selection comes on the … Continue reading