THE opening races of the 2020 Plym Trail Summer Marathon Weekend took place on Saturday morning. The weekend sees two half marathons and two full marathons over two days from Clearbrook village on Dartmoor. This year’s event was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the marathon and half marathon set off at different times … Continue reading
DEVON One side Old Techs have been working hard trying to get their Weston Mill ground ready for the 2020-21 season. There is still no date for when league rugby will return due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is not likely to be until November at the earliest. However, whenever it does start, Techs … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK will host a sprint when the Tour of Britain heads to Devon next year. The 2020 event was postponed for 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. As had been planned for this year, the second stage of the 2021 tour will start at Sherford, just outside Plymouth. But organisers have now confirmed full … Continue reading
MARINE Academy Plymouth and Saltash United both progressed in the Women’s FA Cup with wins on Sunday. Marine Academy demolished lower league cup debutants Ottery St Mary 21-0 at Ivybridge in a one-sided extra preliminary round clash. The hosts were 12-0 up at half-time and they did not let up after the break. Samantha Drewery … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth AC took a team of young athletes to Somerset on Saturday to compete at the Yeovil Summer Track Open and they returned with a host of personal bests. Henry Curtis was just denied a big legal PB in the under-17 men’s 100m hurdles due to the wind. Curtis, who is already ranked … Continue reading
PLYMPTON Athletic got their Devon League football season off to a winning start on Saturday by beating Bere Alston 1-0 in a tight match at Lee Moor. Plympton went in front on 15 minutes with a goal from Dom Lapthorne. But Bere Alston will have been gutted to have left Lee Moor empty handed after … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Marjon Hockey Club’s hopes of a remarkable 2020 men’s league and cup double were ended by a strong Repton side on Saturday. Marjon’s first team had already wrapped up their league title to secure promotion to Men’s Conference West before going into this weekend’s National Tier Two Cup semi-final against Derbyshire outfit Repton. They … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers triple jumper Sam Trigg claimed his first senior outdoor British Championship medal by winning silver in Manchester on Saturday. The former British under-23 champion and NCAA finalist came so close to winning gold in the behind closed-doors event at Sportscity. He went into the lead with his final jump of the afternoon, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athlete David King retained his British 110m hurdles title in convincing fashion in Manchester on Friday evening. The former Devonport High School for Boys pupil stormed to victory in a time of 13.58 seconds. He was well clear of his big rival Cameron Fillery, who took second in 13.83, with Harrow’s Miguel Perera third … Continue reading
DEVON One side OPMs have boosted their squad with the signing of scrum-half Lance Davies from higher league neighbours Plymstock Albion Oaks. Davies has trained a few times with OPMs this summer and has now committed to playing for them in the 2020-21 season, whenever that might start. “I think he wants a different challenge … Continue reading
