ATHLETES from the region enjoyed tremendous success at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships in Manchester at the weekend. Armada athletes returned home with five medals and 11 top eight places from the prestigious event. As expected, City of Plymouth’s Nubia Evans-Shield (Plymouth College) won the junior girls’ discus competition. Evans-Shields has been a … Continue reading
TALENTED young throwers Phoebe Milburn and Nubia Evans-Shields warmed up for this weekend’s English Schools’ Track & Field Championships by setting new South West Athletics League records at Brickfields on Sunday. Tavistock AC’s Milburn broke her own under-15 hammer record with a throw of 44.36m, which was just three centimetres off her PB. City of … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE RFC successfully hosted the South Devon Sevens tournament over the weekend. The event, organised by Bridgers head coach Gareth Elliott, attracted 20 teams – eight in the open contest, eight in the social competition and four women’s sides. The two men’s tournaments took place over two days, with the women’s held over one. Teams … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S David King claimed a bronze medal in the 110m hurdles at the Bauhaus-Galan Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday. In a tight race, King was just 0.04 of a second off victory, with a photo finish needed to split the top three. Running into a head wind, Dutch athlete Koen Smet took … Continue reading
SALTASH Essayons claimed a league double over Teignbridge Trojans on Saturday with a 60-30 victory at Teignmouth in the South West RL Division. The Essayons had narrowly beaten their south Devon rivals by just one score in a thriller at Moorlands Lane last month. In that match the Ashes got off to a slow start, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH hurdler David King says he is ‘over the moon’ at securing a place on Great Britain’s team for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo and has thanked everyone who has helped him fulfil his dream. King was officially confirmed in the GB squad on Friday after receiving a World Athletics invite, which was accepted … Continue reading