CITY of Plymouth’s David King admitted he was a bit ‘frustrated’ despite reaching the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. King backed up his Tokyo Olympic Games semi-final spot by matching that performance in Eugene. He clocked 13.57 seconds in his heat to automatically qualify for the next stage … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth discus star Nubia Evans-Shields enjoyed a winning international debut as she claimed victory for England Schools in Belfast on Saturday. The Plymouth College pupil, who has dominated the discus event in her age group since under-13 level, won the SIAB International in Northern Ireland. Evans-Shields claimed the intermediate girls’ competition (U17) by … Continue reading
MORE than 100 teams from around Devon and Cornwall took part in the annual Tavistock Relays on Thursday evening. The popular event, which has been going for more than 30 years, forms part of the Tavistock Carnival and sees each runner in a four-person team complete a 1.1 mile lap around The Meadows. The relays, … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly played host to the Tavistock Triathlon on Sunday. The intoTRI event, which is part of the Cornish Tri Series, featured Olympic standard, sprint and super sprint races, as well as a junior competition. Michael Birchmore and Hannah Worth took the victories in the Olympic Squirrel event, which saw competitors swim 800m, cycle 36km … Continue reading
STUART COLVILLE and Nikki Kelly impressed at July’s Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. Scot Colville finished first overall, clocking 17.28 minutes, which was 34 seconds ahead of second-placed Alex Peyton-Jones of Tavistock Run Project. Third home was City of Plymouth youngster Isaac Lamerton, who clocked 18.03 minutes, which was … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Tom Beeley has been added to Team Scotland’s squad for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Butterfly specialist Beeley was initially nominated by Scotland Swimming to make his major championships debut in Birmingham after impressing at the British Championships. However, when Team Scotland named their team last month he was not included on … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Nubia Evans-Shields claimed a second successive discus title at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships in Manchester at the weekend. Having won the junior girls’ gold medal last year, the Plymouth College pupil became intermediate girls’ champion this season. Representing Devon, she threw 40.30m in Manchester, which, although was below her UK-leading best … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Road Runners’ Derrick Warren was just edged out for victory as his club’s Muddy Duck 10k run returned following the covid pandemic. This year’s race was dedicated to long-serving Plymstock Road Runners’ member Dave Dane, who died at the end of April. It did look like Warren was going to provide a home winner … Continue reading
SALTASH Essayons were guilty of not taking their chances against Tarka Storm in their final home match of the season in the South West Rugby League Division. The Essayons lost 54-28 at Moorlands Lane, but they had as much, if not more, possession and territory as their north Devon visitors. However, they struggled to turn … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth coach Neal Edwards and Tamar Trotters’ Mike Wilsmore have both won medals at the World Masters Championships in Finland. Edwards took bronze in a highly-competitive M50 400m hurdles final in Tampere. The Plymouth athlete clocked 59.34 seconds, which was his fastest time since 2017, but he was just edged out for the … Continue reading