IVYBRIDGE hooker Jake Winters scored two tries as Devon booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Jason Leonard Under-20 County Championships by beating Dorset & Wiltshire 26-3 at Cross-in-Hand on Sunday. Winters scored once in each half on his home pitch as Devon eased to victory. The county side also included his Ivybridge front-row … Continue reading
DAVID KING’S hopes of claiming a hat-trick of British indoor 60m hurdles titles and automatically guaranteeing his place at the World Indoor Championships came to a frustrating end on Sunday. King had gone into the national championships in Birmingham in sparkling form having matched his lifetime best of 7.63 seconds just the weekend before at … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Euan McCabe and Summer Radcliffe backed up their junior medal-winning performances at the recent British National Cup by topping the podium in elite categories at this week’s Armada Cup. The Armada Cup is one of the country’s longest standing diving competitions and it was back in full swing in Plymouth this year after … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Adam Dingley and Nicolas Maczugowski and Erme Valley Harriers’ Isabella Trowell all won medals at the South West Indoor Age Group Championships. The regional championships are held over a couple of meetings and are incorporated into the Welsh Athletics Junior Open Series. Dingley took gold in the under-17 boys’ 60m hurdles … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Cameron Vearncombe produced some eye-catching performances at the joint Para-Swimming World Series and British Para-Swimming Meet in Aberdeen. Vearncombe won four British finals and produced times that would have put him at the top end of the fields in the World Series events. His displays in Scotland are likely to have pushed his … Continue reading
THE weather played havoc with the women’s football programme on Sunday, but Saltash United, Activate and Lakeside Athletic all managed to play. Saltash United claimed an impressive 3-2 away win at second-placed Feniton in the South West Women’s League Western Division. The Ashes showed good character to come from behind at half-time to snatch three … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S David King will go into next weekend’s UK Indoor Championships in top form after equalling his 60m hurdles personal best at the Müller Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday. King clocked 7.63 seconds to finish fifth in a tight race at the World Tour Gold meeting. Although American star Grant Holloway was a runaway … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE have opened up a six-point gap between themselves and eighth-placed Bournemouth after beating the Dorset club 34-29 in an entertaining South West Premier match at Cross-in-Hand. The Bridgers had stormed into a 21-0 lead after just 15 minutes, but Bournemouth came back and were leading 26-21 early in the second half before the hosts … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH modern pentathlete Kerenza Bryson opened her 2022 season in tremendous style by winning the women’s British Open Championship title at the University of Bath. It was the first time since 2019 that the championships had been held due to the Covid pandemic. In an exciting women’s competition, Bryson held her nerve and produce a … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be aiming to keep their place in the top half of the South West Premier table on Saturday when they host Bournemouth at Cross-in-Hand. The Bridgers moved up to seventh in the standings last weekend after beating Royal Wootton Bassett away. Bournemouth were one of the teams they leapfrogged ahead last Saturday, with … Continue reading