CITY of Plymouth’s David King added another British title to his collection and booked his place at the European Indoor Championship with an impressive run in Birmingham on Saturday. King ran a season’s best time of 7.62 seconds to claim his third British indoor 60m hurdles crown and sixth British title of his career. He … Continue reading
UP-AND-COMING divers from around the country descended on the Life Centre earlier this week for Plymouth Diving’s annual Armada Cup. The long-standing four-day event is one of the biggest on the diving calendar and has been a pathway competition for a host of Olympians over the years. Dive London, Southend, Edinburgh, City of Leeds, Southampton, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Euan McCabe and his Great Britain diving partner Robbie Lee won the silver medal in the platform synchro event at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Canada. Their silver medal in Montreal followed on from winning the European Junior Championship title in the summer. Wednesday night’s World Championship final could not have been … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander coach Robin Armayan and divers Aidan Heslop and Tom Daley were among the winners at the British Swimming Awards for 2021-22. Armayan claimed the outstanding para-swimming coach award after helping Reece Dunn claim five Paralympic medals, including three golds, in Tokyo last year. He has also helped fellow para-swimmer Cameron Vearncombe became a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH aquatic supporters will be keeping a close eye on this weekend’s British Swimming Awards. Plymouth Leander coach Robin Armayan, swimmers Reece Dunn and Ben Proud and divers Aidan Heslop, Owen Weymouth and Tom Daley are all in the running for awards, which are taking into account both the seasons 2021 and 2022. Heslop and … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Royal’s Charlie Smith and Christopher Rollinson and Caradon’s Helen Kula-Przezwanski were among the medallists at the Swim England Masters’ National Championships (25m) in Sheffield. Smith starred in the women’s 45-49 age group and returned from Ponds Forge with two titles and two runners-up places. She won gold medals in the 100m and 200m backstroke. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Euan McCabe has been named in a 17-strong British Diving team for next month’s World Junior Championships in Montreal, Canada. McCabe is one of four divers in the party who won gold medals at this summer’s European Junior Championships. The squad also includes European and Commonwealth senior champion Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Aidan Heslop claimed runners-up spot in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, finishing just behind his idol Gary Hunt. The duo, along with Romania’s Catalin Preda, all went into the final stop in Sydney, Australia, knowing they could all still win the world crown. But, in a thrilling showdown to the season, Hunt … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Royal are celebrating after claiming honours at the Swim England South West Regional Awards. Devonport picked up two awards, with James Lake named coach of the year and Abi Daly jointly claiming the Spirit of Aquatics Award. The awards should have been presented at glittering ceremony at the Holiday Inn in Taunton, but they … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Samantha Lake backed up her recent World Aquathlon Championships gold medal by winning a European title in Spain. Lake was one of a number of Tavistock athletes who competed at the European Triathlon Multisport Championships in Bilbao. She won the women’s 40-44 age group aquathlon title and was also second female overall. There was … Continue reading