IVYBRIDGE’S first team face a tough opening pre-season match when they visit National League side Taunton on Saturday. The fixture will come less than 48 hours after their development team overcame OPMs 33-5 in miserable weather at Cross-in-Hand on Thursday evening. The strong Bridgers’ second string led 14-0 at half-time, thanks to tries from hooker … Continue reading
JAMES CARTLIDGE and Louise Flynn were the first men and women finishers at August’s Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday night. Plymouth Harriers’ Cartlidge came home in a time of 18.05 minutes, with Erme Valley Harriers’ Peter Allen second in 18.16 minutes and City of Plymouth youngster Benjamin Marriott third in … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services head coach Ben Russell says he has a better idea of where his team stand ahead of their National Two West debut after their opening pre-season match against higher league Plymouth Albion. Services were beaten 38-5 at Brickfields by Plymouth, who finished fourth in National One last season, having trailed 24-5 at half-time. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Kerenza Bryson admitted she had ‘mixed emotions’ after her top 10 finish in the women’s modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games. The European champion had been one of the medal favourites and had set a new Olympic record in the semi-finals the day before. But in Sunday’s final, things just did not go her … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Kerenza Bryson set a new Olympic modern pentathlon record as she won her semi-final on Saturday morning at Paris 2024. The European champion, representing Team GB, scored 1,402 points at the vanguard of a pack finish as Italy duo Elena Micheli and Alice Sotero were joined in reaching the women’s final by world champion Seungmin Seong of Korea and Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Kate … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services begin their pre-season preparations on Saturday when they make the short trip to Brickfields to take on higher league Plymouth Albion. The sides met at the same venue last season, with Albion scoring a last-gasp try to win 26-21. Services expect Albion to field a stronger side this year, while they are going … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH modern pentathlete Kerenza Bryson admitted competing at the Olympic Games felt completely different to anything she had experienced before. The European champion made an encouraging start to her Olympic debut by finishing fifth overall in the women’s fencing ranking round in Paris. It puts her in a good position going into Saturday’s semi-final. Bryson … Continue reading
TOM PERRY and Jo Meek claimed victories at the tough Ivybridge Three Tops fell race on Wednesday evening. The event, which is part of the Dartmoor Fell Series and organised by Erme Valley Harriers, starts with athletes running up Western Beacon, which towers above Ivybridge, before then heading up to Weatherdon and Glasscombe Ball and … Continue reading
SALTASH teenager Lola Tambling described her Olympic Games debut as ‘insane’. The 16-year-old finished 15th in a highly-competitive women’s park skateboarding event in Paris with an impressive score of 73.85 points. Her Great Britain team-mate Sky Brown, also 16, did manage to reach the final and win the bronze medal for a second Olympics running. … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Northcott smashed her 400m hurdles personal best as competitive athletics for all age groups returned to Tavistock. Apart from a small junior event last month, it had been nearly two years since Tavistock had hosted a recognised athletics meeting after the track was damaged by a fire at the start of … Continue reading