DEVONPORT Royal Swimming Association have been holding their annual club championship at the Life Centre this week. The competition takes place over three days, with the final session – the long distance events – on Thursday. Among the swimmers that have been competing are Aiden Symons-Brown and Tia Crews, who in a couple of weeks’ … Continue reading →

TWO Caradon swimmers are among the first winners of a county trophy named in the memory of their club stalwart Lynne Eliott. Paul Hatton and Jason Quiterio join Carn Brae’s Megan Vingoe in jointly winning the Lynne Elliott Commemorative Cup. The trophy, which has just been presented to Hatton and Quiterio, was awarded to the … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Diving’s Matthew Dixon said competing at the European Championships in Scotland this week had been a good learning experience. Dixon won silver in the platform synchro competition with Noah Williams on Thursday and then finished sixth in the individual final on Sunday. The 18-year-old, the youngest in Sunday’s final by two years, scored 448.90 … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH hurdler David King was encouraged by his performance at the European Championships, despite missing out on reaching the final. King made it to the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles, where he ran a season’s best time of 13.55 seconds. He was just one tenth of a second of making the final in Berlin. Afterwards … Continue reading →

BEN PROUD claimed his first European title on Thursday evening at Glasgow’s Tollcross Pool. The Plymouth Leander swimmer took victory in the men’s 50m freestyle final. The 23-year-old went into the race as favourite having broken the championship, British and Commonwealth record in the semi-final the day before. Although he could not quite repeat his … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH diver Matthew Dixon added another medal to his ever-growing collection on Thursday afternoon in Edinburgh. Dixon and his Great Britain partner Noah Williams claimed silver in the men’s platform synchro final at the European Championships. They were only beaten by world silver medallists Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor Minibaev of Russia. Dixon and Williams’ silver … Continue reading →

BEN PROUD produced a sensational swim in the semi-finals of the men’s 50m freestyle on Wednesday night at the European Championships in Glasgow. Proud stormed to victory in his heat in a new championship, British and Commonwealth record time of 21.11 seconds. That was not only the fastest time in the world this year, but also … Continue reading →