TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Ben Neale held off a strong challenge from Plymouth Musketeers newcomer Ross MacDonald to win the 2021 Burrator Horseshoe Run. Neale had pulled away early on in the fell race, which takes athletes from Meavy village out to Burrator Reservoir and up to the summit of Sheepstor and then Gutter Tor before … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Reece Dunn will make his Paralympic Games debut this year after being named in the Team GB squad. Dunn is one of 23 Great Britain swimmers – 12 debutants – selected for the delayed 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, which will be held between August 24 and September 5. He will head to … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Nicolas Maczugowski became South West Schools’ pentathlon champion at the weekend. Club colleague Adam Dingley came fifth in the same junior boys’ event at Yeovil as Devon won the team competition to secure a place at the English Schools’ Combined Events Championship at Bedford in September. Maczugowski was in top form to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Central Park played host to a Devon Orienteering Club event on Sunday. It is the first time for a while the county club had held a competition at the Plymouth venue and it proved popular with people of all ages. Central Park has had permanent orienteering marks for a number of years, but Devon … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s David King continued his impressive medal-winning record at the British Championships at the weekend in Manchester. King took silver in a competitive men’s 110m hurdles final with a run of 13.51 seconds. It was the sixth year in a row he has won a medal at the national outdoor championships. His collection … Continue reading
ONE of the toughest off-road races in the region took place on Saturday in the form of the annual Burrator Horseshoe Run. The gruelling six-mile event takes athletes from Meavy village out to Burrator Reservoir and up to the summit of Sheepstor and then Gutter Tor before returning to the start. The event had to … Continue reading
LESS than five years ago, Luke Northmore was playing in the Cornwall/Devon League for Tavistock, but on Saturday he will be hoping to become a Premiership title winner. Northmore has been named in Harlequins’ squad for the Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs at Twickenham. Playing in a showpiece event at the most famous rugby ground … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Euan McCabe will be returning home from the European Junior Diving Championship in Croatia with two medals around his neck. The city youngster, who has not been able to train properly for nearly 18 months due to first the Covid-19 pandemic and then the closure of the diving pool at the Life Centre for … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Edward Fileman won a bronze medal at the England U20 & U23 Championships at he weekend in Bedford. Fileman made the podium in the under-20 men’s discus with a throw of 48.54m. He was only beaten by North Shields’ James Wordsworth and Wales’ Harry Davies, who both had to throw personal bests to finish … Continue reading
OCEAN City under-12 girls finished off a dream first season in competitive football by winning the Devon County Cup on Sunday at Coach Road. Ocean City, who had already won their league, overcame city rivals Plymouth Phoenix 2-1 on penalties after the game finished 1-1 at the end of full-time. The two sides produced … Continue reading