CITY of Plymouth’s star discus thrower Nubia Evans-Shields smashed her personal best while on duty for England on Monday at the Pickering Memorial Throws Invitational at Loughborough University. Three-times English Schools’ champion Evans-Shields, who is in her first year at under-20 level, threw 47.87m, which beat her previous PB by more than two-and-a-half metres and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S World high diving champion Aidan Heslop opened his 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving Series with a sixth place finish at the opening leg in Athens at the weekend. Heslop, who has finished as runner-up in the series for the last two years, lost out on a podium placing in Greece after a below par … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Dolphins enjoyed a successful trip to Italy to take part in the Bingham Cup at the weekend. The Dolphins finished as runners-up out of 32 teams in the Challenge Cup competition in Rome. They topped their qualifying pool against Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents, Wessexs Wytherns and Boston Ironsides. They then progressed to the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth youngster Annabelle Fasuba continued her impressive debut season by smashing a 40-year-old club record at the Devon Open Series meeting at Brickfields on Sunday. Fasuba clocked a stunning time of 24.39 seconds to win the under-15 girls’ 200m. That broke Linda Wilson’s club record of 25.0 seconds that had stood since 1984. … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s David King claimed a podium finish and his club colleague Poppy Tank set a new PB at the IFAM Outdoor Meeting in Belgium on Sunday. There was also another solid performance from Will Battershill, while Henry Curtis earned some international experience at the World Tour Bronze event. King showed great consistency to … Continue reading
BRITISH steeplechase champion Will Battershill got his season up-and-running properly at an international meeting in Germany on Sunday. Battershill has had a delayed start to the year due to injury and before the weekend had only done a one-mile steeplechase event and a 3,000m flat race. But he opened his 3,000m steeplechase campaign with an … Continue reading
TAMAR Saracens have strengthened their coaching team as they look to push on ahead of the 2024-25 season. Former Devonport Services, Launceston and Tavistock coach Mike Lewis has confirmed he will continue to lead the ambitious Counties Three Devon side. And he has also added former Services and Saltash back Harrison Reburn and Royal Navy … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Harry Stewart and former city swimmer Cameron Vearncombe have been named in the Great Britain swimming squad for this summer’s Paralympics in Paris. The two S14 athletes feature in a 26-strong squad for this year’s Games in France, which includes 15 debutants and 11 returning Paralympians. Stewart and Vearncombe will both be going … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argaum ended their season with their annual Chairman’s XV v President’s XV at Bickleigh Down on Saturday. However, this year the event had a difference as for the first time there was also a women’s fixture. Chairman Stuart Quarterman said: “It was a wonderful day with two games that were an absolute credit to … Continue reading
DEVON and Cornwall both enjoyed high-scoring wins in their opening County Championship matches on Saturday. In Division One of the Bill Beaumont Cup, Cornwall beat Surrey 55-0 at Esher, while in Division Three, Devon overcame Dorset & Wiltshire 68-43 at Ivybridge. The Devon team included 10 players from Devonport Services – Rikki Benham, Aiden Taylor, … Continue reading