THE UK’s leading under-15 discus thrower Nubia Evans-Shields smashed her personal best at the second Tavistock Autumn Series meeting on Sunday. The City of Plymouth athlete, in her first year at under-15 level, went into the competition already leading the national rankings by more than one-and-a-half metres with 35.45m. But she shattered that mark at … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle made a disappointing start to their home campaign in the FA Women’s National League Southern Division as they lost 7-0 to Cardiff City at Manadon on Sunday. The heavy defeat followed on from a 5-1 away reverse at Keynsham Town last weekend in their opening 2020-21 league fixture. Although new manager Ryan Perks … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth hurdler David King produced his second fastest run of the year to claim an impressive third place finish at the Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday. British champion King clocked 13.54 seconds to finish behind American Aaron Mallet and Switzerland’s Jason Joseph in the 110m hurdles final. King’s time was just … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE Town made it four wins in a row by beating Elmore 2-1 at Erme Valley on Saturday in the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East. After losing their opening three games, the Bridgers have really found some form in the last couple of weeks. Elmore did start quite well but the hosts weathered … Continue reading
DAVE SANSOM has made a return to Devon One side Plymouth Argaum. Sansom guided Argaum to back-to-back promotions from Devon Two to the Cornwall/Devon League between 2013 and 2015 and then helped them to a top half finish in their first season at level eight. But in May 2016 he decided to step down from … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Jed Hutchings made an impressive 3,000m debut at the Yeovil Distance Open meeting at the weekend. The under-15 athlete clocked 9:35.20 to finish second on the day and jump straight in at number seven on the UK rankings. Hutchings is actually the fastest first-year under-15 in the country at both 1,500m and … Continue reading
MARINE Academy Plymouth and Callington Town both progressed in the Women’s FA Cup on Sunday. Marine Academy continued their impressive start to the season with a 6-1 away preliminary round win at St Austell. That followed on from their 21-0 victory over Ottery St Mary in the extra preliminary round and a 5-0 opening day … Continue reading
PLYMPTON Athletic made it three wins out of three in the Devon Football League with a 4-1 victory over Totnes & Dartington in a feisty game at Lee Moor. The match was tighter than the scoreline suggests, but two goals in the final 18 minutes guaranteed Plympton another three points. The hosts got a dream … Continue reading
THERE were some UK top 10 performances and a host of personal bests as Tavistock AC hosted an autumn series meeting on Wednesday evening. The event was aimed at athletes from Tavistock, City of Plymouth and Erme Valley Harriers. It was an extra chance for them to compete after most of the 2020 season was … Continue reading
THE second Devon Open Series meeting of the delayed 2020 athletics season produced some stunning results from Armada athletes. The event took place at Braunton and City of Plymouth, Tavistock and Erme Valley Harriers all had competitors producing eye-catching displays. The throwing, hurdles and sprint events were particularly strong in north Devon. City of Plymouth’s … Continue reading