CITY of Plymouth’s Nubia Evans-Shields has received a second international call-up within the space of a week. The three-times English Schools’ discus champion was named in Great Britain’s under-20 squad for Sunday’s Loughborough International and now she has also been selected to represent England at the Pickering Memorial Throws International at the same venue on … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services have no intention of turning their back on their amateur ethos, despite securing promotion to the National League. Services will be mixing it with the likes of Taunton, Cinderford, Redruth, Camborne and Clifton next season in National Two West. But as well as plenty of West Country trips, Services will also have long … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Nubia Evans-Shields and Ethan Glyde will represent Great Britain under-20s at the Loughborough International this weekend. Multi-English Schools’ champion Evans-Shields will compete in the women’s discus, while Commonwealth Youth Games champion Glyde will take part in the men’s high jump. Both athletes currently top the UK rankings in the under-20 age … Continue reading
ATHLETES from the region broke county championship records at Exeter and Par at the weekend. At the Devon County Championships at Exeter, City of Plymouth’s Annabelle Fasuba, Nicolas Maczugowski and Rory Summers and Tavistock’s Phoebe Milburn were among those to break new records, while a host of other athletes set new impressive personal bests. Rising … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s David King moved to the top of the UK 110m hurdles rankings with an impressive performance at a meeting in America. King clocked 13.47 seconds to take victory at the 2024 Franson Last Chance meeting in Azusa, California. British high hurdling is as strong as it has been for years with five … Continue reading
Charlie Meredith (Mid Devon Cycling Club) showed class is permanent with a commanding win at the Plymouth Corinthian CC Spring Road Races after several years away from the sport. Lauren Booth (05/03) out-sprinted team-mate, Claire Pile (05/03) to take victory in the women’s category after working together for much of the race to stay away … Continue reading
WILL MORTON broke Saltash’s try scoring record for the season as they ended their 2023-24 campaign on a high by beating Perranporth 58-26 to lift the Cornwall Clubs’ Cup at Launceston on Saturday. The prolific winger bagged six tries in the final at Polson Bridge to take his tally for the season to 48. After … Continue reading
A LAST-gasp penalty by Ben Fallows secured the Plymouth Combination a narrow 15-14 victory over Torbay Sharks at Brickfields on Saturday. The Combination representative side had not been behind until the 78th minute when the Sharks scored a converted try to go 14-12 in front. But the home team got an attacking scrum 30 metres … Continue reading
OLLIE THOROGOOD and Charlotte Walker were dominant winners of the popular Ivybridge 10k on Saturday night. South West Road Runners’ Thorogood took the men’s title by more than a minute, coming home in 33.05 minutes. Two previous winners of the race, who are now masters athletes, came second and third. Ceri Rees, the 2015 champion … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH wheelchair rugby star Faye West is hoping to back up her title-winning success with the West Country Hawks by earning selection for Team GB’s Paralympic squad for Paris. West captained the Hawks to their first national title and now she is hoping for more glory this summer. She is in the GB training squad … Continue reading