PLYMOUTH Leander’s Finn Broekhoven, Blythe Kinsman and Ruby Griffiths and Dinnaton’s Jasmine D’Cunha were multi gold medallists on the second weekend of the South West Regional Swimming Championships. The first weekend had seen the older age swimmers compete at Plymouth’s Life Centre, but it was the turn of under-14s and 1,500m competitors at Bristol’s Hengrove … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Jed Hutchings and Poppy Northcott both broke 800m records at the Cornwall County Championships at Par. Poppy Northcott ended up winning three gold medals at the event, while there were also titles for fellow Plymouth athletes Rosie Northcott, Holly Reid, Harriet Beardsmore and Tavistock’s Tilly McDowell, Bradley Stevens, Ella Henry-Brock, Charlie Shipton, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathlete Kerenza Bryson won a silver medal at Czech Open Championships over the weekend. Bryson was only beaten by her British team-mate Olivia Green, with Plymouth College’s Georgina Mitchell, on her full international debut, finishing seventh. Mitchell enjoyed a good swim, clocking 2:17.13, with Bryson, back in international action for the first time since … Continue reading
TOM DALEY bagged two bronze medals on the final day of the FINA World Series event in Kazan on Sunday. Having already won a bronze in Friday’s men’s synchro competition with Matty Lee, the Plymouth world champion went on to claim third place finishes in the 10m individual event and mixed three-metre synchro with Grace … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project athletes filled the top four places at the popular Ivybridge 10k on Saturday evening. This year’s event saw a record 826 finishes in the race hosted by Erme Valley Harriers. Jim Cole, who had previously won the race in 2011 and 2013, took victory in 32 minutes and 23 seconds. He was … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Fijians won the Plymouth Combination Sevens tournament that was hosted by OPMs at King George V Playing Fields on Saturday. The Fijians topped their pool before beating Old Techs in the semi-final and then Saltash in the final. In a good final, they triumphed 26-17, having been 14-7 up at half-time. Saltash had reached … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Reece Dunn and Honey Osrin are both excited about getting the chance to compete on the global stage later this year. Teenager Osrin will represent Great Britain at both the World Junior Championships in Budapest and the European Junior Championship in Kazan. Dunn, meanwhile, has been selected for Britain’s World Para-Swimming Championship … Continue reading
TOM DALEY and his new diving partner Matty Lee returned to the podium at the penultimate leg of the FINA Diving World Series in Kazan on Friday. Their pair won bronze in the men’s 10m synchro competition behind China’s Hao Yang and Junjie Lian and Russia’s Alexkandr Bondar and Viktor Mimibaev. After winning their first … Continue reading
DEVON will be aiming to bounce back from an opening day defeat when they entertain Hampshire at Okehampton on Saturday in their second County Championship match (3pm). The Green and Whites were beaten 54-14 by a strong Gloucestershire side at Cinderford in their first group fixture. Gloucestershire’s team included eight National One players and they … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Harriers athletes Sam Yearling and Steve Fletcher enjoyed a great battle in the second Armada Summer 5k Series run of the season on Wednesday evening at Saltram House. Teenager Yearling managed to edge out his club colleague Fletcher by just one second to win for the second month running. Yearling clocked 17.06 minutes for … Continue reading