ERME Valley Harriers youngsters led the way at June’s Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. The Ivybridge-based club had three of the first four finishers at the event, which attracted more than 150 runners. Matthew Gilvear, fresh from his Devon Schools’ 1,500m success at the weekend, was first home in … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth high jumper Ethan Glyde has moved joint top of the world under-18 rankings after smashing his PB at a meeting in France at the weekend. Glyde leaped 2.15m at an event in Marseille. That was five centimetres more than he had ever jumped before. He is now not only the number one … Continue reading
NUBIA Evans-Shields, Phoebe Milburn, Nicolas Maczugowski and Alice Oldman all broke championship records as they won Devon Schools’ titles at Exeter on Saturday. Double English Schools’ champion and UK under-17 number one Evans-Shields (Plymouth College) broke the intermediate girls’ discus record that had stood for 25 years with a throw of 43.90m. That broke the … Continue reading
DARTMOOR Darts returned home with a host of gold medals and national records from the British Masters Championships in Sheffield. Their men’s 100+ relay team of Regan Lloyd, Kieran Preston, Matthew Henry and Sonny Trigg were unstoppable at the competition at Ponds Forge. They won the 4x50m freestyle, the 4x50m medley, the 4x100m freestyle and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Aidan Heslop got his 2023 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series underway with a podium finish in Boston, USA. Last year’s series runner-up had picked up a slight groin injury the week before at the World Cup, but he showed his fitness by finishing third in challenging weather conditions in America. He was only … Continue reading
JOE BEATON became the youngest winner of the tough Dartmoor Discovery Ultra Marathon on Saturday. The 20-year-old, who had been training for the event for six months, took victory in the 32-mile challenge in an impressive time of three hours, 44 minutes and 50 seconds. He won by race, which is the UK’s longest single … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathlete Kerenza Bryson continued her good season by finishing sixth at the World Cup final in Ankara, Turkey. It was Bryson’s fourth top 10 World Cup finish this season, which included a gold medal in Sofia. She did not get the best of starts in the ride in the final in Ankara, knocking down … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters’ Oliver Oldfield and Tavistock Athletic Club’s Nikki Kelly claimed titles at the popular Burrator 10k on Saturday evening. Oldfield led from the gun and, despite, Cornwall AC veteran Tony Wright pushing him hard, he was able to win by 33 seconds. He clocked a time of 35.35 minutes for the race that sees … Continue reading
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 and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athletes Kerenza Bryson, Myles Pillage, Matthew Dixon and Ben Andrews have all been named in the Team GB squad for this summer’s European Games in Krakow-Malopolska in Poland. Team GB are only sending athletes to compete in the 18 of the 29 Olympic disciplines on offer, with three serving as European Championships, while Olympic … Continue reading