EMILY BEE, Nicolas Maczugowski, Phoebe Milburn, Nubia Evans-Shields, Lamara Hammoudeh, Mabel Maguire and Jacob Lamboll all claimed titles at the joint South West Championships and Inter-Counties event at Exeter on Sunday. City of Plymouth athlete Bee, who has been at university in America, won both the senior women’s 100m hurdles and javelin. She broke the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tom Daley scooped his fifth Olympic Games medal on Monday morning as he and his Team GB diving partner Noah Williams took silver in the men’s 10m platform event in Paris. It means Daley, who was making a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games appearance, has now completed the full set of medal colours after previously … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC hammer thrower Tegan Brown set a new personal best to claim the England Athletics’ U17 Championships title in Birmingham at the weekend. Brown, in her first year at under-17 level, threw 52.61m to top the podium at the Alexander Stadium in a high-class competition where the top five throwers all topped the 50m-mark. … Continue reading
THOMAS WRAIGHT retained his Cornwood 10k title on Saturday evening. Wraight won the popular race for the first time last year in torrential rain. The weather was far nicer this time around and he claimed a more convincing victory, winning by 18 seconds with a 36.48 minute run. Second place in the tough event that … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tom Daley will make more history at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after being selected to be one of Team GB’s flag bearers at Friday’s opening ceremony. The four-time Olympic medallist will become the first British diver to compete at five Games when he links up with Noah Williams in the men’s 10m synchro … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Nubia Evans-Shields and Ethan Glyde both claimed England Under-20 Championships titles at the weekend in Birmingham. UK junior number one Evans-Shields, in her first season at under-20 level, won the discus competition with a throw of 42.69m. Meanwhile, Commonwealth Youth Games champion Glyde claimed the high jump title with a leap … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Ronnie Haynes claimed victory in the Muddy Duck 10k at Plymstock on Saturday evening. Haynes, who had finished third last year, clocked 36 minutes and 33 seconds for the multi-terrain race that involves water crossings and some short-sharp hills in and around Plymstock’s Radford Park. In previous years the race has taken … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Aidan Heslop stormed to victory as the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series visited Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast this weekend. With two rounds directly off the rugged cliffs and two off platforms, Heslop excelled in the cold, wet and windy conditions, and victory never looked in doubt following his superb third round dive – … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH pentathlete Myles Pillage has seen his Olympic Games dreams shattered due to a calf injury. The former Plymouth College pupil had been named in Team GB’s squad for the Paris Games, alongside fellow Plymouth athlete Kerenza Bryson, but he has now been withdrawn from the team. A statement from British Olympic Association on Saturday … Continue reading
NEARLY 150 teams took part in the popular Tavistock Town Relays on Thursday night. The annual event forms part of the Tavistock Carnival and sees each runner in a four-person team complete a 1.1 mile lap around The Meadows. The relays, hosted by Tavistock AC, were split into three races – juniors, women’s and men’s/mixed … Continue reading