A DEPLETED Plymouth Argyle Ladies side suffered a cruel 1-0 home defeat to second-placed Crawley on Sunday in the National League Southern Premier Division. If losing to an 80th-minute goal after a herculean effort was not bad enough, Argyle, who had gone into the game sitting in third spot, were also disappointed that only 100 … Continue reading
LEAGUE leaders Keyham Cons maintain their six-point advantage over Saltash Social Club with three weeks remaining in the Plymouth Billiard League’s Roger Ayers Memorial competition. Both of last week’s matches ended in a 2-2 scoreline. In-form player-of-the-week was Keyham’s Steve Brookshaw, who knocked in a break of 62 and then ran to game with 116 in … Continue reading
RUNNERS were out in force at Plympton on Sunday for the annual January Jaunt 10k. The popular race, organised by the Plymouth Round Table, has been going for more than 15 years and takes runners from Marsh Mills and into the Saltram estate. After finishing runner-up for the past two years, Torbay’s Pete Monaghan, who … Continue reading
FOR the third time this season Ivybridge found themselves having to settle for a share of the points as they drew 25-25 with second-placed Maidenhead at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday. The Bridgers, who had already drawn with Exmouth and Camborne in other South West Premier games, were grateful to a late Matt Grieveson penalty in front … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies are appealing for fans to turn out in force on Sunday when they take on Crawley Wasps in an important National League Southern Premier Division match at Manadon (2pm). “If we can get just half of the fan numbers that turned up at Home Park to watch us play Watford then the … Continue reading
THE athletics track at Brickfields is to be re-surfaced, Plymouth City Council have confirmed. The council admit the 400m facility has reached the end of its life span, with cracks appearing in it. The track is used by clubs, schools, higher education establishments and the MoD. The council had agreed to allocate £596,991 for the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be looking to complete the double over second-placed Maidenhead on Saturday when they host them at Cross-in-Hand in the South West Premier. An under-strengthen Bridgers side surprised their ambitious Berkshire opponents at the end of September with a 36-33 win at Braywick Park. And the South Hams side hope they can repeat that … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Holly Reid became a regional cross country champion at the weekend. Reid won the under-13 girls’ race at the South West Club and County Championships, which were held at Aldon Hill in Yeovil. Representing Cornwall as well as City of Plymouth, Reid took victory by 13 seconds, with Bodmin’s Georgina Clarke second. … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Poppy Northcott, Jed Hutchings and Noah Jones all won South West Indoor Age Group titles in Cardiff at the weekend. There were also medals for team-mates Adam Dingley, Lili Fern, Oliver Woodmason and Kate Gray in the combined South West Championships and Wales Junior Open event. Northcott, making her debut at … Continue reading
A WEAKENED Plymouth were beaten 5-0 away at Watford in the FA Cup third round, despite putting in a battling performance. The Pilgrims went into the game with their midfield decimated so getting a result at the league leaders was always going to be difficult. Manager Dave Leonard had already lost midfield dynamo Jessie Jones, … Continue reading