PLYMOUTH Leander’s Blythe Kinsman finished the South West Regional Swimming Championships with an impressive seven individual gold medals and a silver. Kinsman had won four golds the previous week at Bristol and she followed that up at the weekend with three more titles at Millfield School. Her performances earned her the top swimmer award for … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes David King and Victoria Weir both won medals at the Loughborough International Match on Sunday. King, making his 2019 outdoor debut, took victory in the men’s 110m hurdles for England in 13.84 seconds. He edged out BUCS champion Khai Riley-La Bonde, who took second in 13.86. Weir, competing for British Universities … Continue reading
TOM DALEY and Grace Reid produced a sensational final dive of the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series in London on Sunday evening to strike mixed three-metre synchro gold in front of an adoring British crowd. With Daley having clinched the overall World Series crown earlier in the night courtesy of bronze in the 10m individual and … Continue reading
EXMOUTH’S Tom Merson was the runaway winner of Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon on Sunday morning. Merson set a new personal best of 1:06.03 on the new-look Plymouth half course. That was 20 seconds quicker than he had run at Bath in March. Cornwall AC veteran Colin Snook took second place in 1:12.58, with Tavistock … Continue reading
CORNWALL have reached Twickenham for a sixth time in seven years after beating rivals Devon 50-20 at Brixham on Saturday in the County Championship. The Duchy out-scored Devon eight tries to two to make up for last year’s 20-19 defeat at Camborne. Cornwall, who included Plymouth Albion players Jon Dawe, Frazer Honey and Seti Raumakita … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies will look back on a season of what ifs, even though they finish sixth in the National League Southern Premier Division – their highest-ever position. They were a bit disappointed with their home form – they actually did better on their travels in 2018-19 – but it did not help that they … Continue reading
TOM DALEY won his first international synchro gold medal with Matty Lee on Friday to get Great Britain off to a perfect start in the London leg of the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series. Daley and Lee sent the packed home crowd into raptures with their performance, which saw them set a new British record score … Continue reading
TOM DALEY is hoping to end the FINA World Diving Series on a high this weekend when the final leg is staged at the London Aquatics Centre. The series is returning to London after a four-year absence and Daley is relishing competing in front of home crowd at the pool where he won an Olympic … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services celebrated a ground-breaking season with a joint men’s and women’s presentation night at the Rectory. The men’s first team and their women’s side had enjoyed debut campaigns in new leagues. The men played in South West One, having won promotion the previous season, while the recently reformed Services women completed their first year … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Nubia Evans-Shields, Molly Shorey and Noah Jones and Tavistock’s Edward Fileman, Owen Fileman and Nicolas Maczugowski broke records at the Devon County Championships held at Exeter on Sunday. Evans-Shields and Maczugowski were multi-title winners, as were Plymouth’s Connell McCarthy, Kinga Kudzia, Aaron Miller and Toby Clayden and Tavistock’s Hannah Gellatly, Rory Summer … Continue reading