PLYMOUTH teenager Aidan Heslop enjoyed more high diving success at the weekend. The 15-year-old claimed victory at the iconic Kanal Bridge diving competition in Slovenia. Competitors leap from the town’s bridge, which is 17 metres high, and into the Soca River. Heslop was the youngest competitor in the event, which has been going since 1988, … Continue reading →

YOUNG Devonport Royal swimmer Abigail Daly returned home with a host of medals from the Special Olympics GB National Summer Games in Sheffield. Daly, competing for the South West, collected two golds and three silver medals from the championships at Ponds Forge. She also got the chance to meet and swim against four-time Olympic medallist … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Diving’s Summer Radcliffe enjoyed a medal-winning international debut in Italy at the weekend. The 12-year-old represented England at the Mediterranean Cup in Bolzano. And she will return to Devon with a bronze medal and two more top five finishes. Her podium placing came in the girls’ C platform event on Saturday. Radcliffe scored 215.80 … Continue reading →

MOUNT Kelly’s Ben Harrison and Emily Cutler and Plymouth Leander’s Jack Plummer won titles on the penultimate day of the Swim England Summer Meet in Sheffield. Harrison, who had already medalled at the competition and at the previous week’s British Summer Championships, took victory in the 17-year-olds’ 100m backstroke. He clocked 58.57 seconds in Saturday’s … Continue reading →

MOUNT Kelly College’s Lewis Smart won his second title at the Swim England Summer Meet on Friday evening in Sheffield. Smart took victory in the 16-year-old boys’ 200m IM at Ponds Forge in a time of 2:12.45. On the opening day of the championships, Smart had also won the 400m IM. There was also a … Continue reading →

THERE were more medals for Mount Kelly, Dinnaton and Plymouth Leander on the second day of the Swim England Summer Meet at Ponds Forge. Mount Kelly collected three podium finishes, to add to the four they had picked up on the opening evening in Sheffield. Finlay Middleton won gold in the MC 50m freestyle with … Continue reading →

MOUNT Kelly College, Dinnaton and Plymouth Leander all won medals on the opening day of the Swim England Summer Meet at Sheffield. Mount Kelly won four medals in Wednesday’s evening session at Ponds Forge. Leading the way for them was Lewis Smart, who won the 16-year-olds’ 400m IM in 4:44.25, which was a PB by … Continue reading →