PLYMOUTH divers Aidan Heslop and Euan McCabe both claimed titles at the British Elite Junior Diving Championships at the Life Centre. Commonwealth Games athlete Heslop dominated the boys’ A platform competition, winning by nearly 80 points. He produced five impressive dives in the final. His lowest effort scored 73.80 points, while three of his dives collected … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE secured their first away win of the season in style on Saturday as they beat former National League side Bournemouth 41-29. It was their second successive South West Premier victory, having beaten Royal Wootton Bassett 56-31 at home the previous week. They had to do it the hard way at Bournemouth having gone 14-0 … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE’S main focus this weekend for their South West Premier trip to Bournemouth is to tighten up defensively but without losing their attacking prowess. The Bridgers have scored 97 points in their last two games against Royal Wootton Bassett and Old Redcliffians, but they have conceded 72 points in those two matches. “We are taking … Continue reading
MARINE Academy Plymouth produced a sensational second half performance to beat Bideford 7-0 at home in the South West Women’s Premier Division on Sunday. The match at Ivybridge was level at 0-0 at the break with struggling Bideford frustrating the hosts. But Marine really upped their intensity second half and ended up running out comfortable … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE showed how dangerous they can be in attack as they secured a much-needed 56-31 win over Royal Wootton Bassett at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday. It was only the Bridgers’ second victory of the season and followed three heartbreaking one-score defeats. “What we were looking for was to just get the win,” said Ivybridge’s director of … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE are set to welcome back influential back-row forward Adam Northcott for Saturday’s home South West Premier clash with Royal Wootton Bassett at Cross-in-Hand. Northcott has missed Ivybridge’s last three matches – all games they have lost by just one score – after joining Plymouth Albion on a month’s loan to cover for injuries. He … Continue reading
YOUNGSTER George Thompson has thanked the Plymouth rugby community for the way they have rallied around him and his family during his battle with a rare cancer. At the age of 17, George, who at the time was playing for Devonport Services, Devon and Exeter Chiefs Academy, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, which is a rare … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Poppy Tank and Molly Shorey both claimed top 10 finishes at prestigious events over the weekend. Great Britain under-23 international Tank made her professional road racing debut in America and came ninth in a high-class field at the Boston 10k for Women. Tank, who has claimed a place in the Puma-sponsored … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle and Marine Academy Plymouth were both knocked out of the Devon Women’s Premier Cup on Sunday. Argyle suffered penalty heartbreak against big rivals Exeter City in front of more than 1,300 spectators at St James Park. The cup tie ended 1-1 at the end of full-time and so spot-kicks were needed to separate … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK edged out Plymouth Combination rivals Saltash in a low-scoring re-arranged Cornwall/Devon League match at Moorlands Lane on Saturday. The visitors triumphed 10-6 in a game that had to be replayed after it was abandoned two weeks ago due to a serious injury to Tavistock’s Rhys Davies. Saltash, still looking for their first win of … Continue reading