PLYMOUTH swimmer Reece Dunn secured a third Paralympic Games gold medal and a third world record in Tokyo on Tuesday morning. Dunn triumphed in the men’s S14 200m IM, having also won the 200m freestyle and helped Great Britain to gold in the mixed S14 4x100m relay. He also took silver in the 100m butterfly. … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Oliver Smart and City of Plymouth’s Molly Shorey were victorious as the Peter Tavy Plod returned on Bank Holiday Monday. The teenage duo left older runners in their wake at the tough five-mile multi-terrain race. Both are previous winners of the event, with Shorey also finishing as first female in 2019 and … Continue reading
THE Plymouth rugby community once again turned out in force for the annual Paul Lethbridge Memorial Day at the Parkway. This year’s event was raising money for Solving Kids Cancer, a charity that has been supporting young local rugby player George Thompson and his family over the last few years. The centre piece of this … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle secured their first FA Women’s National League Southern Division win of the season in emphatic style on Sunday. The Pilgrims triumphed 5-1 away at Keynsham to move up to ninth in the early standings. It followed defeats to much-fancied Southampton and Portsmouth in their opening two games. Argyle, who have welcomed back a … Continue reading
SALTASH overcame a Barbarians side 36-35 in an entertaining hastily-arranged pre-season friendly at Moorlands Lane on Saturday. The Ashes had been due to play Bodmin in their final warm-up match but their opponents pulled out of the fixture, having also done the same to Old Techs earlier this month. But rather than not have any … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Reece Dunn won a second Paralympic Games gold medal in the space of 24 hours on Saturday morning. Fresh from winning the individual S14 200m freestyle event on Friday, Dunn helped the Great Britain mixed S14 4x100m freestyle relay team to victory in Tokyo in a world record time. Dunn, who had also claimed … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Reece Dunn described winning a Paralympic gold medal as ‘amazing’. Dunn broke his own world record to triumph in the men’s S14 200m freestyle title in Tokyo on Friday morning. The Plymouth Leander swimmer clocked 1:52.40 to hold off the challenge of Brazilian Gabriel Bandeira, who had beaten him to gold in the 100m … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK and Plymouth Argaum concluded their pre-season preparations on Thursday night with a final warm-up match against each other at Bickleigh Down. Cornwall/Devon League side Tavistock won the encounter against their lower league hosts 31-10. Tavistock, playing down the slope first half, had been 26-0 up at break with two tries from full-back Jake Le … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn enjoyed a medal-winning debut at the Paralympics on Wednesday morning. Dunn took silver in the men’s S14 100m butterfly event, finishing just behind Brazilian Gabriel Bandeira. World record holder Dunn had broken the Paralympic record in the heats with a 55.99 swim. Although he went much quicker in the final, clocking … Continue reading
SUBSTITUTE Marcus Pethrick scored a 90th minute goal to secure Bere Alston a 1-0 home victory over a young Plymouth Argyle Football in the Community Development side in the Devon Football League on Tuesday evening. The match at the Recreation Ground looked to be heading for a 0-0 draw with both goalkeepers in good form. … Continue reading