Caradon Swimming Club’s Helen Kula-Przezwanski ended the World Masters Championships in Gwangju on a massive high with a gold medal in the women’s 60-64 100m backstroke on Saturday. It was her second world title of the championships in South Korea, having also won the 200m freestyle on Wednesday. She also picked up silver medals in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle head to Sussex on Sunday for their opening National League Southern Premier Division match against Crawley Wasps. Argyle have enjoyed a successful pre-season but they know that Crawley will be a tough task. The Sussex club beat Argyle after extra-time last season in the League Cup and they have also recruited four new … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE coach Gareth Elliott was happy with his side’s first pre-season run-out, despite losing 22-7 to a strong Exeter University outfit in torrential rain at Cross-in-Hand on Friday evening. The match was level at 7-7 at the break, but the students, battling for BUCS places, pulled away in the second period with three tries from … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK were more than satisfied with their performance against a strong Okehampton II side at Showfield on Thursday evening. Although Tavistock lost 19-0 to last season’s Devon Merit Table winners, they did hold the hosts for 39 minutes and it was only really tries in the last minute of each half that decided the game. … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Road Runners’ Graham Bale produced a strong performance to come home first in August’s Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. The veteran, who recently took third place at the Totnes 10k, clocked 17.59 minutes to claim his first victory in the multi-terrain event. He has previously finished second on … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK will begin their pre-season campaign on Thursday night when they make the 15-mile trip across Dartmoor to play Okehampton II (7pm). The Sandy Park club are expecting the Cornwall/Devon League to be highly competitive this coming season, with North Tawton, Exeter Athletic and Veor coming up and Truro and Paignton coming down. And they … Continue reading
CARADON Swimming Club’s Helen Kula-Przezwanski has enjoyed an impressive start to the World Masters Championships in Gwangju. In the opening two days of pool swimming in South Korea she has claimed a medal of each colour. She became world champion in the women’s 60-64 years’ 200m freestyle on Wednesday with a 2:33.54 swim. That was … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies ended their pre-season fixtures with a comfortable 3-0 win at Poole Town. That made it a clean-sweep of victories in their warm-up games for the Pilgrims, who had also beaten a Royal Navy representative team 9-1, Exeter City 8-3, Bishops Lydeard 8-0 and a Bristol City X1 7-1. Their win in Dorset … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Matthew Dixon had to settle for an eighth place finish in the men’s 10m platform final at the European Diving Championships in Kiev. Dixon did finish as the top Brit, coming one place ahead of team-mate Noah Williams, but just one poor dive cost him the chance of a medal. The 19-year-old was fourth … Continue reading
KIER MURPHY and Kyle Browne scored tries against their former club as Devonport Services upset higher league Brixham at the Rectory on Friday night in an entertaining pre-season match. Services triumphed 26-21 with scrum-half Murphy bagging two tries to go with one from Browne and one from youngster Toby Moss. Brixham had arrived with virtually … Continue reading