MOUNT Kelly’s director of swimming Emma Collings-Barnes says she is delighted that Oliver Taverner and Harry Noble will be earning international honours for Great Britain this summer. The pair have been named in British Swimming’s 30-strong squad for the European Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia. They are joined in the team by Plymouth College and … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Gymnastics Club enjoyed a successful trip to Telford at the weekend for the opening British Championship qualifier of the season. Oscar Piper, competing in the 13/14 age group, won gold in the double mini-trampoline (DMT) with a personal best score. His performance in Telford has qualified him for the British finals in … Continue reading
TAMAR Saracens successfully hosted an under-13 festival at their Parkway ground on Sunday. The St George’s Cup festival has become an annual event since the Ernesettle-based club launched a junior section a few of years ago. This year’s event featured teams from Newton Abbot, Paignton, Totnes, Okehampton, Parranporth as well as host club Sarries. Former … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn has earned his first Great Britain call-up. Dunn has been named in the British squad for this year’s World Para-Swimming Championships, which will take place in London during September. His selection comes just days after he impressed at the British Para-Swimming International Meet, which incorporated a leg of the World Para-Swimming … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Jed Hutchings has shot to the top of the UK under-13 800m rankings with a stunning performance at the Cornwall AC Warm-up Meet at Carn Brea. Hutchings clocked an impressive time of 2:15.5 minutes which is three seconds quicker than anyone else in his age group has done so far this year. … Continue reading
TOM DALEY enjoyed a highly successful FINA World Series event in Montreal, Canada, over the weekend. The world champion from Plymouth claimed gold in the men’s 10m platform final with an impressive total of 550.05 points. It was his first World Series individual victory since 2015. China’s Jian Yang (537.60 points) and Hao Yang (497.15 … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies were given a lesson in clinical finishing on Sunday by champions Coventry United, who won 5-2 at Bovey Tracey in the National League Southern Premier Division. It was a tough result for the Pilgrims to take as they had as many chances as their title-winning opponents. “Although they (Coventry) won the league … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn has firmly established himself on the international para-swimming scene with three medals at the British World Series meet in Glasgow. He started the four-day competition by claiming gold and breaking the S14 world record in the 100m freestyle on Thursday and ended it with victory in the 100m butterfly on Sunday. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle have parted company with manager Derek Adams following their 5-1 away defeat at Accrington Stanley on Saturday. Assistant Paul Wotton has also left the club with the Pilgrims having fallen into the League One relegation zone with one game to go Kevin Nancekivell will take charge of the team for their must-win game … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Albion Oaks found Twickenham-bound Honiton in no mood to be charitable on Saturday when the teams met in the Devon Intermediate Shield final. Oaks had hoped that Honiton’s focus might be on next weekend’s RFU Senior Vase final at the home of English rugby. But the East Devon club put that big event to … Continue reading