THE Plymouth rugby community have now raised more than £13,000 for the NHS with a lockdown head shave. Devonport Services started the ball rolling last week with the intention of raising £200 for the NHS Charities Together fund. But the fundraising scheme took off incredibly and they raised £1,000 in 24 hours and the total … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies have said farewell to club secretary Andrew Bellamy, who has stepped down from the role after doing it for nearly five years. Bellamy took on the position at the beginning of the 2015-16 season, but since then the role has got more and more time-consuming. Bellamy said: “It has been an honour … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services may have been frustrated that the season came to an end early but with no rugby to occupy them they have turned their attention to raising money for the NHS. The club, whose men’s and women’s teams were both pushing for promotion, have raised more than £1,000 in 24 hours, with their players … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athlete David King is determined to focus on the positive side of the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Sprint hurdler King had been gearing all his efforts to trying to make the Great Britain team for the Games after agonisingly missing out four years ago. He had self-funded a move to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon and the Ivybridge 10k are the latest popular sporting events in the region to be postponed due to the coronavirus. Organisers of the half marathon made the decision to postpone the major race on Thursday. The run, which also includes a schools’ challenge and attracts thousands of athletes, had … Continue reading
CARADON Swimming Club returned with a large medal haul from the Cornwall County Masters’ Championship, which were held in Bodmin on Sunday. The club, who train at Saltash, Liskeard, St Mellion and Mount Kelly, picked up 39 medals, including 22 gold, and a host of personal bests. Their team consisted of Samantha Crosby, Paul Hatton, … Continue reading
MATTHEW SHIPPING claimed victory in the Mad March Hare 10k by more than a minute on Sunday at Plympton. Shipping clocked 36.09 minutes for the multi-terrain run, which starts and finishes at Marsh Mills and takes runners into the Saltram House estate. Second place went to Tamar Trotters/Pontypridd runner Billy Hayton, who finished in 37.10 … Continue reading
THE British Elite Junior Diving Championships that were due to be held in Plymouth next month have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, as has this month’s Tavy 13 half marathon. British Swimming announced the decision to postpone the diving on Tuesday, along with also cancelling the British Olympic and Paralympic swimming trials. The … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH swimmer Laura Stephens ended a highly-impressive weekend at the Edinburgh International Meet by winning a second gold medal and achieving another personal best. Olympic hopeful Stephens had already won the 200m butterfly in a new lifetime best time on Friday night before winning bronze in the 100m event on Saturday. She made it three … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly’s Oliver Smart overcame a heavy fall to still claim a top eight finish in the senior boys’ race at the English Schools’ Cross Country Championship in Liverpool on Saturday. Smart (pictured top after his fall) had won the intermediate boys’ title last year but had moved up into the older age group this … Continue reading