PLYMOUTH diver Matthew Dixon will compete at his third Commonwealth Games this summer. Dixon, 22, has been confirmed in an 18-strong Team England squad for the home games in Birmingham. He made his Commonwealth Games debut as a 14-year-old back in Glasgow back in 2014 and then in 2018 in Australia he returned with two … Continue reading
EXMOUTH’S Tom Merson retained the Plymouth Half Marathon title on Sunday with another strong run. Merson had also won the event last year and in 2019, but this time around he was pushed hard by Newbury’s Callum O’Neill. The Exmouth man triumphed in 1:08.08, which was quicker than his winning time last year, with O’Neill … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn ended the World Para-Swimming Championships in Madeira with a silver medal in the S14 100m butterfly. The triple Paralympic gold medallist had won two relay golds with Great Britain at the championships but he had to wait until the final day to make the podium on his own. He had been … Continue reading
RUNNERS faced horrendous conditions as they battled one of the hardest off-road races in the region on Saturday. The Burrator Horseshoe Run, which is now part of the Dartmoor Fell Series, normally takes place in scorching hot weather conditions. But the 2022 race saw the heavens open as runners set off from Meavy village for … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn claimed a second relay gold for Great Britain at the World Para-Swimming Championships in Madeira on Friday, while there was an individual silver medal for Mount Kelly’s Leo McCrea. Multi-Paralympic champion Dunn had anchored GB’s mixed S14 4x100m freestyle relay team home to victory on Wednesday evening and two days later … Continue reading
EAST Cornwall Harriers claimed the women’s team prize at the famous Dartmoor Discovery 32-mile ultra-marathon at the weekend. They were led home by Diane Roy, who came fourth woman overall and first F55 in 4:55.10. Fellow F55 athlete Sharon Daw was not too far behind, finishing fifth overall and second in her age category in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn brought Great Britain’s mixed S14 4x100m freestyle relay team home to victory on day four of the World Para-Swimming Championships in Madeira. The multi-Paralympic champion joined Tom Hamer, Bethany Firth and Jessica-Jane Applegate in the team that claimed victory in 3:44.03, which was four seconds ahead of Australia in second and … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s David King produced his second fastest legal 110m hurdles run of his career on Tuesday night to claim third place in a strong field at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. The day after his 28th birthday, Olympian King clocked 13.46 seconds in the final of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event to … Continue reading
THERE were championships records and a number of UK top-10 performances at both the Devon and Cornwall Schools’ Track & Field Championships at the weekend. At the Devon Schools’ Championships in Exeter, City of Plymouth’s Adam Dingley broke the intermediate boys’ 100m hurdles record that had been held by Olympian David King. Dingley set a … Continue reading
BRAVE runners from around the country took part in the Dartmoor Discovery ultra marathon on Saturday. The 32-mile event, which starts and finishes at Princetown, is the UK’s longest single lap road ultra marathon and takes competitors up and down some of the toughest hills Dartmoor has to offer. The undulating course sees athletes leave Princetown … Continue reading