CITY of Plymouth’s up-and-coming trampoline star Evangeline Piper will make her England debut this weekend. The 13-year-old will represent her country at the Frivolten Cup in Sweden. She is part of a 17-strong England team – five seniors and 12 juniors – that has headed to Herrlyjunga for the competition that attracts top trampoline and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathletes Myles Pillage and Kerenza Bryson will feature in a seven-strong British team at next week’s Junior European Championships in Poland. Pentathlon GB have made an impressive start to 2019 and at the weekend won four medals at World Cup 4. They will be hoping to build on that momentum at the first major … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Emily Bee made an encouraging debut in the under-20 heptathlon at the weekend. Bee, who has just moved up from the under-17 age group, finished fifth in the England Under-20 Combined Events Championships at Bedford. She also won a silver medal in the combined Midlands and South West Championships, which were integrated … Continue reading
SWIMMERS from around the country descended on the Life Centre over the Bank Holiday weekend as Plymouth Leander hosted a three-day national qualifying meet. The event, which was part of the Leiden Cup Series, attracted more than 800 entries from 120 clubs. Many swimmers were trying to secure qualifying times for the British, English and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Harriers teenager Sam Yearling claimed another victory on Saturday evening by winning the tough Bere Pen 10k. The race, which starts and finishes at Bere Alston Primary School, is a three mile downhill and three mile uphill run around the Bere Peninsular. It takes competitors down to the River Tamar and back. Yearling, who … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers athlete Will Battershill smashed his personal best and broke the Harvard University steeplechase record on his way to qualifying for the prestigious NCAA Championships in America. Battershill clocked 8:44.36 minutes for the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA Eastern Preliminary in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday night. That was five seconds quicker than he … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Olympian Sarah Barrow is to head a new project helping to develop diving in the West Midlands ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Barrow has been appointed as a Swim England diving development officer after previously working as a diving programme manager and senior coach in Ireland. The West Midlands region is not renowned … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC athletes Adam Holland and Jo Meek secured victories at the Exeter Marathon at the weekend. Holland took the men’s title with a time of two hours, 50 minutes and nine seconds. Meek, who will represent Great Britain at the IAU/ITRA Trail World Championships in Portugal on June 8, was eighth overall and first … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Shanice Lobb and Kayleigh Sinclair will represent Great Britain at this summer’s World University Games in Italy. The Marjon University students are joined in a four-strong diving team for the event in Naples in July by University of Edinburgh’s Millie Fowler and Gemma McArthur. Sinclair will compete in the springboard competitions and Lobb … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK RFC are already well underway with their planning for the 2019-20 season. The Cornwall/Devon League club have already made some new signings and they are looking forward to trying to build on a positive second half campaign last year. “There is certainly a huge buzz in and around the club and aspirations and goals … Continue reading