PLYMOUTH diver Matthew Dixon is hoping to put a frustrating couple of years behind him and really make his mark in 2022. At the start of 2020, the European and Commonwealth Games medallist was in the best form of his life and won the British Championship with a personal best score of 503.85 points. At … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Reece Dunn has been confirmed in Team England’s swimming squad for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Multi-Paralympic gold medallist Dunn joins his former Leander team-mates Laura Stephens and Ben Proud in the 48-strong squad. Reigning Commonwealth Games 50m freestyle champion Proud had already been pre-selected, but S14 athlete Dunn and butterfly specialist … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH diver Euan McCabe has been named in Great Britain’s squad for this summer’s European Junior Championships in Bucharest. McCabe is one of 17 divers British Swimming will be sending to the championships in July. The Plymouth youngster is no stranger to international competition and has returned with medals from the last two European Junior … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly and Dartmoor Darts will be represented at this summer’s European Junior Championships in Bucharest. Mount Kelly’s Calvin Fry, Erin Little, Matthew Ward and Hollie Widdows and Dartmoor Darts’ Cameron Williams are all named in Great Britain’s 42-swimmer squad for the championships in Romania. British Swimming are sending a strong team to the event … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Life Centre with host a new international diving competition this month. The city venue will hold the inaugural Futures Cup over the weekend of May 14 -15. The event will see current and future stars of British diving go up against rivals from the USA, Canada and the Ukraine in the top-level competition. Great … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Tom Beeley is set to compete for Scotland at this summer’s Commonwealth Games. The butterfly specialist is one of 33 swimmers, para-swimmers and divers that Scottish Swimming have nominated to Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) to be considered for selection for the multi-sport event in Birmingham. Beeley smashed his 200m butterfly personal best at … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Amelie Underwood and Euan McCabe both returned home with medals from the British Elite Junior Championships in Southend. Underwood had a great competition, winning both the girls’ B one-metre and three-metre springboard titles. She took victory in a highly-competitive one-metre competition by just two points from Albatross Diving Club’s Lauren Saunders. But then … Continue reading
SWIMMERS from Plymouth Leander, Mount Kelly and Dartmoor Darts impressed at the recent British Championships in Sheffield. The championships at Ponds Forge were doubling as trials for all the major international senior and junior competitions this year and all the region’s clubs will be hoping for some representative honours later in the year. Plymouth Leander’s … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Cameron Vearncombe marked his international debut by winning a medal at the Para-Swimming World Series event in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. S14 athlete Vearncombe, who will represent Great Britain at this summer’s World Para-Swimming Championships, took multi-class bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke in Italy. He clocked 1:02.98 to finish on classification points behind … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly successfully retained the National Arena Swimming League title with a convincing win in the final at Cardiff on Sunday. Mount Kelly had won the competition for the first time in 2020 on their debut in the A final. The league was not held in 2021 due to the pandemic, but Mount Kelly came … Continue reading