DARTMOOR Darts’ Hollie Steer claimed two senior titles at the opening weekend of the Devon County Swimming Championships at Plymouth’s Life Centre. The 17-year-old took victory in both the women’s 50m breaststroke and 200m IM. She clocked 32.79 seconds to win the sprint breaststroke event and 2:22.40 to ease to victory in the final of … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Leander head coach Robin Armayan has high hopes for 2019 after an encouraging last 12 months. “We had a very good season in 2018,” said Armayan. “We had swimmers at the Commonwealth Games, we won the Arena League and had a great British Summer Championships, which was really nice. “We just have to keep … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Leander’s Adam Chillingworth and Laura Stephens were among the senior individual medallists on the final day of the National Winter Swimming Championships in Sheffield on Sunday. Leander and Mount Kelly also claimed more relay medals and enjoyed success at junior level to cap off a fine three-days at the short course competition at Ponds … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Leander and Mount Kelly both added more medals to their collection on the second day of the National Winter Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Leander’s Laura Stephens backed up her impressive gold in the 200m butterfly on Friday night by winning silver in the 100m butterfly final. She clocked a new personal best and club … Continue reading →

THE region’s swimmers made a splash on the opening day of the National Winter Championships in Sheffield on Friday. Plymouth Leander’s Laura Stephens and Dartmoor Darts’ Cameron Williams particularly caught the eye at the short course event at Ponds Forge. Stephens (pictured top) produced a world class swim to win the women’s 200m butterfly title … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Leander’s European and Commonwealth Games 50m freestyle champion Ben Proud missed out on a World Short Course Championship medal on Friday after he was disqualified in the final. Proud looked to have won the bronze medal behind Russia’s Vlad Morozov and USA’s Caeleb Dressel in Hangzhou, China, but he was disqualified afterwards for what … Continue reading →

SWIMMERS from the region will be heading to the National Winter Championships in Sheffield this weekend. The three-day event, which starts on Friday, will see many of the country’s top swimmers go ahead-to-head in the short course competition. The likes of Great Britain stars Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, James Guy, James Wilby and Sarah Vasey are among … Continue reading →