CITY of Plymouth athletes Ethan Glyde and Emily Bee both won titles overseas at the weekend. Commonwealth Youth Games high jump champion Glyde recorded a season’s best height of 2.11m to win the French under-20 indoor title on Saturday night. It followed on from him taking silver in the England U20 Indoor Championships in Sheffield … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters’ Jacob Landers and Storm Plymouth’s Charlene Matthews won the main titles at this year’s Looe 10 Miler on Sunday. The popular race took place in torrential rain, that led to the cancelling of the junior mini miler race. However, Landers made light of the horrible weather to take victory in a gun time … Continue reading
OPMs mathematically guaranteed their safety in Counties Two Devon with their biggest win of the season on Saturday. The Old Boys cruised to a 40-0 victory over Withycombe at Cross-in-Hand to leap-frog above their opponents and up to eighth in the table. After a tough mid-January, with a 99-0 away defeat to Torquay and travelling … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH hurdler David King warmed up for the forthcoming World Indoor Championships by running a season’s best time to take second place at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin on Friday night. King clocked 7.59 seconds for the 60m hurdles, which was the third fastest time of his career and only 0.02 of a second off … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argaum are hoping they can pull further clear of the relegation zone in Counties Two Devon on Saturday when they host South Molton at Bickleigh Down. Despite the recently heavy rain and a home match last weekend, Argaum are confident the game will go ahead as planned. “We have no standing water (on the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle have reached the Devon Women’s Premier Cup final again after they beat Torquay United 4-0 at Coach Road on Sunday. The Pilgrims will once again face their old rivals Exeter City in the showpiece event in April, after the Grecians were handed a walkover by Marine Academy Plymouth. Argyle scored two goals in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S David King says he is ‘thrilled’ to have been selected to compete at his third World Indoor Championships. Sprint hurdler King has been named in the Great Britain’s team for next month’s major event in Glasgow after finishing second in the 60m hurdles at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham at the weekend. … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services have extended their lead at the top of Regional One South West after they survived a late scare at Exmouth and their neighbours Ivybridge shocked their title-rivals Chew Valley. Services triumphed 20-17 in muddy conditions at Exmouth. Devonport had been 20-3 up at one point but the hosts came back and with the … Continue reading
Ben Proud completed a hat-trick of successive World Championship medals in the men’s 50m freestyle with a breathless bronze on the penultimate day of action at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. On the back of claiming the world title in 2022 and then bronze in Fukuoka last summer, the former Plymouth College pupil was … Continue reading
REGIONAL One South West leaders Devonport Services face a massive away game on Saturday when they visit county rivals Exmouth. Services, who sit six points clear at the top of the table with just five games to go, have not won a league game at the Imperial Ground before. However, if they could pick up … Continue reading