PLYMPTON Victoria say a 525-mile charity bike ride was the perfect team-building exercise ahead of their return to the RFU’s league structure for the 2023-24 season. A host of Plym Vic players cycled from the club’s St Mary’s ground to Newcastle Falcons’ Kingston Park, via all the other Premiership rugby grounds in England. It was … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank described competing at her first Diamond League meeting as a ‘valuable experience’. New British champion Tank was among a high-class field that competed in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at the London Athletics Meet on Sunday. The pace was exceptionally quick and the … Continue reading
THE Plymouth Billiards League recently held their end of season trophy presentation at the Saltash Social Club. A singles league format was used for the second time, having been first introduced in 2021, with two competitions played in a league format again this season. Saltash Social, Plympton Conservatives, Hyde Park and Legends Lounge were the host venues. … Continue reading
THERE was a good finish to Saturday night’s Cornwood 10k, where Thomas Wraight just managed to hold off Erme Valley Harriers youngster Charlie Milward. Normally the popular annual race is held in glorious sunshine but this year’s event took place in torrential rain. However, despite the horrible conditions, there was still a good turnout for … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill moved up to 13th on the British all-time 3,000m steeplechase list as he set a new personal best on his Diamond League debut in Monaco on Friday night. The new British champion clocked 8:22.64 to finish 12th in a high-quality field. He did beat former Olympic and world champion Consesuls … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill produced a strong performance at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Hungary in mid-week. The newly-crowned British champion finished seventh in a strong men’s 3,000m steeplechase event. He clocked 8:24.37, which was just one second off his PB, to finish as the second European athlete … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Seth Greentree and Alex Jones both won titles at the 2023 Swim England Diving National Skills Finals in Leeds. Greentree triumphed in the boys’ D1 category, while Jones won the boys’ C2 competition. There was also a medal for Louie McCue, who took silver in the boys’ B+ section. A number of other … Continue reading
NUBIA Evans-Shields, Nicolas Maczugowski and Phoebe Milburn all won medals representing England Schools at the SIAB International in Grangemouth, Scotland, on Saturday. Plymouth College and City of Plymouth athlete Evans-Shields comfortably retained the discus title she won last year with a throw of 42.66m, which was more than six-and-a-half metres further than any of her … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters, Tavistock AC and City of Plymouth AC were among the main winners at the popular Tavistock Relays on Thursday evening. An impressive 145 teams took part in the annual event that forms part of the Tavistock Carnival and sees each runner in a four-person team complete a 1.1 mile lap around The Meadows. … Continue reading
MARK BUDGE held off the challenge of Erme Valley Harriers youngsters Luke Hayes and Matthew Gilvear to come home first in July’s Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. Budge clocked 16.57 minutes to claim his first win in the event, with Hayes second in 17.34 minutes and Gilvear third in … Continue reading