CITY of Plymouth athletes Nubia Evans-Shields and Rory Summers have been selected to represent England at under-20 level this month. The pair will compete at the Home Countries U20 International at Thames Valley Athletic Centre on August 17. UK junior number one Evans-Shields, who has already earned Great Britain and England under-20 honours this season, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH rower Jacob Dawson helped Team GB power to a thrilling gold medal in the men’s eight event at the Paris Olympics. GB were pushed hard by the Netherlands before pulling away in the final stages of the 2,000m race. Dawson, who had won a bronze medal in Tokyo in the same event, was joined … Continue reading
BEN PROUD finally achieved his dream of winning an Olympic Games medal. The former Plymouth College pupil had won world, European and Commonwealth Games titles, but the one medal missing from his impressive collection was an Olympic one. He came fourth in the men’s 50m freestyle event in Rio in 2016 and was joint fifth … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services have been forced to switch their high-profile pre-season match with neighbours Plymouth Albion due to improvement work going on at the Rectory. Newly-promoted National League side Services had been due to host Albion next Saturday (August 10) at home having played them at Brickfields last year. But the match will once again be … Continue reading