DEVONPORT Services showed their strength in depth with their second team beating Tavistock 68-15 at the Rectory in the quarter-finals of the Lockie Cup on Tuesday night. Services did the damage in a 35-minute spell either side of half-time. They scored four tries in the last 15 minutes of the first period and four in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH international hurdler David King is hoping to find some sponsorship to help him fulfil his Olympic dream after being cut from British Athletics’ world class funding programme. King represented Great Britain at this year’s World Indoor Championships and European Championships and England at the Commonwealth Games, but he is one of a number of … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Laura Stephens was among the winners at the BUCS Short Course Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge at the weekend. Great Britain international Stephens stormed to victory in the women’s 200m butterfly in Sheffield. She won by nearly three seconds, clocking 2:06.47. Her former Plymouth College team-mate Charlotte Atkinson, who competes for Loughborough, was … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Jed Hutchings and Molly Shorey and Erme Valley Harriers’ April Oakshott rounded off good weeks by claiming top three finishes at the second Westward Cross Country League event at Newquay on Sunday. All three had won Plymouth & West Devon Schools’ Cross Country titles on Thursday before heading down to Cornwall three … Continue reading
PILGRIM Flyers riders enjoyed plenty of success at the opening Winter Soggy Bottom mountain bike series at Newnham Park on Sunday. They had six different winners over the various age groups at the Plympton event. Helen Barron (pictured top) led the way for them by claiming victory in the senior women’s race. She finished more … Continue reading
A LATE penalty denied Plymouth Argyle Ladies a hard-fought point away at Oxford United as they suffered back-to-back defeats for more than 32 months. Argyle went down 2-1 away to the Us in the National League Southern Division match, but they were always in with a chance of picking up all three points in a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argaum eased into the next round of the Lockie Cup with a 31-0 home win over lower league side DHSOB. Cornwall/Devon League outfit Argaum fielded a mix-and-match side for the rearranged cup game at Bickleigh Down, but the key to their victory was powerful forward Dan Smith, who was playing at number eight. Smith … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies travel to Oxford United on Sunday in the National League Southern Division looking to erase their disastrous 4-0 defeat at home to Loughborough Foxes last week. The Pilgrims players were reminded of their responsibilities at training this week as all four goals conceded came about through individual errors. On the plus side, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH age group triathlete Chris Puertas is looking to qualifying for next year’s World and European Aquathlon and Cross Triathlon and the World 70.3 Championships. The Plymouth Harriers and Alltrax Cycles athlete has set his goal for the next 12 months after competing at the recent European Championships in Ibiza. The veteran athlete, who competes … Continue reading
IT may be a blank league weekend in rugby, but a number of the region’s sides are in cup action on Saturday. In the Plymouth Combination Lockie Cup, Plymouth Argaum will host lower league DHSOB at Bickleigh Down, while OPMs and Old Techs both have Devon Junior Cup quarter-finals. OPMs will entertain Exeter Athletic at … Continue reading