PLYMOUTH Diving have made a tremendous start to the Scottish National & Open Diving Championships at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. In the opening two days, the Life Centre-based club have claimed six medals. They got the ball rolling in the opening session on Thursday night claiming two synchro second place finishes. Kayleigh Sinclair … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE player-coach Lewis Paterson says his side are ‘hungry’ to get a win this weekend against Bracknell after back-to-back narrow losses. The Bridgers have dropped down to third in the South West Premier standings after going down 31-25 to Barnstaple and then 20-10 away at leaders Bournemouth. Bournemouth now have an 11 point lead at … Continue reading
DAVID KNIGHT and Bex Ezra enjoyed success at the The Run Venture Rollercoaster off-road race at Tamar Trails. Knight was first man home on the tough five mile run, which featured five main hills, in a time of 34 minutes and 18 seconds. Pete Waumsley was second in 34.46, with George Prewett third. Tamar Trotters’ … Continue reading
ENGLAND rugby star Henry Slade returned to his former school on Thursday to open a new playground. The Exeter Chiefs back visited Plymouth College Preparatory School and reminisced about his time there and caught up with some of his former teachers before opening the playground. Slade, who featured in all England’s autumn internationals against South … Continue reading
POPPY TANK’S place in the Great Britain squad for next month’s European Cross Country Championships in The Netherlands has officially been confirmed. The City of Plymouth athlete earned her selection by finishing second under-23 athlete home in last weekend’s trials at Liverpool. The top four were guaranteed spots, if they wished to take them up, … Continue reading
ATHLETES from the region impressed at the British Modern Biathlon Championships in Leeds at the weekend. More than 700 competitors aged from eight to 60 took part in the event at the John Charles Centre for Sport. And Mount Kelly and Plymouth College both returned home with a medal each. Mount Kelly Foundation’s Matilda Purnell … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies suffered their heaviest defeat in nearly three years when they were beaten 9-1 away by Coventry United in the in the FA Women’s National Southern Premier Division on Sunday. It was their worst loss since going down 11-0 to Coventry on January 3, 2016 in their relegation season. The result left joint … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athlete Poppy Tank has earned the chance to represent Great Britain at next month’s European Cross Country Championships in the Netherlands. Tank secured one of the four automatic under-23 women’s places for the event in Tilburg on December 9 by impressing at Saturday’s British Athletics Cross Country Challenge event at Sefton Park … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE have dropped down to third in the South West Premier League after losing 20-10 away at leaders Bournemouth. It was the Bridgers’ second successive defeat, having narrowly lost 31-25 to fellow high-flyers Barnstaple last weekend. Ivybridge had picked up two points against Barnstaple, but on Saturday at Bournemouth they failed to pick up anything … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies return to league action on Sunday with a difficult trip to high-flying Coventry United, who are the only unbeaten team in the FA Women’s National Southern Premier Division. Argyle are looking to get back to winning ways in the league after losing their last two match. However, they did beat Marine Academy … Continue reading