Devonport High School for Boys are enjoying a successful year in terms of sporting achievement. Three of the school’s football teams made it through to the last 16 in English Schools’ FA National Cup and one has made it through to the quarter-finals. The school has never before had three teams reach round seven of … Continue reading
Holly Reid, Nikki Kelly, Matthew Gilvear, Isaac Lamerton and Jazz Jackman were all among the winners at the penultimate Westward Cross Country League meeting at Plymouth’s Central Park on Sunday. After impressing for Cornwall last weekend at the South West Schools’ Championships, City of Plymouth athlete Holly Reid produced another strong run to win the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth hurdler Adam Dingley claimed yet another personal best and club record on his way to winning his first national medal. Dingley took bronze in the under-17 boys’ 60m hurdles final at the England Athletics Age Group Championships in Sheffield. He was just edged out in a close final by Medway’s Cheyne West … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle suffered a blow to their hopes of staying in the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division with a 2-1 away defeat at bottom club Crawley Wasps on Sunday. Wasps stung the Pilgrims late on to claim their first league win of the campaign. Argyle, who had beaten London Bees the week before … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE scored a last-gasp driving maul try to secure a thrilling 31-30 home victory over in-form Launceston at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday in Regional One South West. In their previous three home games, the Bridgers had been denied late on against top three sides Brixham, Camborne and Chew Valley. They lost 25-24 to Brixham, 29-26 to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathles Kerenza Bryson and Myles Pillage have been named in Great Britain’s team for the first international event of the 2023 season. The pair feature in Pentathlon GB’s 12-strong squad for the Hungarian Indoor Open, which takes place next week. It is a big season for pentathles with Olympic qualification for Paris 2024 up … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services and Ivybridge both face tricking games this weekend in Regional One South West. Services travel to Devon rivals Exmouth, while Ivybridge host Launceston at Cross-in-Hand. Fourth-placed Services edged out Exmouth 18-15 at the Rectory at the start of November and they expect another tough test at the Imperial Ground, where Exmouth beat Old … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK College’s Thomas Hennessey produced an impressive run to win the minor boys’ title at the South West Schools’ Cross Country Championships at Blaise Castle at the weekend. Hennessey had won the Devon Schools’ title and had claimed bronze in the South West Inter-Counties Championship last month. But the Tavistock AC athlete went even better … Continue reading
A LAST-gasp Amber Pollock goal has boosted Plymouth Argyle’s hopes of staying in the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division. Pollock struck deep in injury-time to secure the Pilgrims a 2-1 away win at London Bees. Georgia Wilson had given Argyle the lead on the half-hour mark and it remained at 1-0 until the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE suffered a third successive defeat in Regional One South West on Saturday as they were beaten 22-10 away at Lydney. For the second week running the Bridgers paid for a slow start. They found themselves 19-0 down at Regent Street before making a game of it second half with a try by Kristian Davies … Continue reading