DARTMOOR Darts’ Cameron Williams and Plymouth Leander’s Sophie Freeman have been officially confirmed in Team GB’s squad for the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku. The duo are part of a squad of 44 athletes from six different sports that Great Britain will send to the festival in Azerbaijan, which will start on July … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK athlete Sam Lake claimed another international aquathlon medal at the weekend. Lake secured a silver in the 40-44 age group at the ETU European Aquathlon Championships which were held in Targu Mures, which is in the Romanian region of Transylvania. She had also won a European silver last year in Ibiza and a World … Continue reading
NOT too long ago, Plymouth Leander’s Reece Dunn was considering his future in swimming, but now he finds himself as a double world record holder and a hot prospect for Tokyo 2020. Dunn, 23, had been swimming for Leander for years and a number of times during his career it had been suggest that he … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Honey Osrin produced an impressive swim to win a silver medal on the second day of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Kazan. Osrin, making her debut for Great Britain, clocked a personal best time of 2:10.30 to make the podium in Russia. Having only been fifth at the halfway mark, Osrin produced … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Aidan Heslop had to settle for a fourth place finish for the second time within the space of 24 hours at the European Junior Championships in Kazan. After just missing out on a three-metre synchro medal with GB partner Oliver Crompton on Saturday evening, Heslop was also fourth in a strong boys’ A … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Tom Beeley picked up a gold and a silver medal at the Scottish National Open Championships in Aberdeen. Beeley triumphed in the 200m butterfly in 1:59.66 minutes. He was nearly three seconds ahead of his nearest rival, which was Thomas Paine of Manchester Swimming Club. University of Plymouth student Beeley then followed … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Aidan Heslop narrowly missed out on a three-metre synchro medal at the European Junior Championship in Kazan on Saturday evening. Heslop and GB diving partner Oliver Crompton finished fourth in the final – less than four points off a medal. They were in second spot after their first two dives but dropped out … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s successful week continued on Friday with a host of their younger athletes impressing at the Swim England National Age Group Championships in Sheffield. Euan McCabe and Emily Martin had won European Junior Championships medals in Russia on Wednesday and Thursday and the club showed at Ponds Forge that there in more talent coming … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Euan McCabe impressed in Kazan on Thursday to win a European Junior Championship silver medal. The 13-year-old made the podium in the boys’ B platform final in Russia. McCabe had eased through the preliminary round, qualifying in third position, and he showed no nerves in the final to improve his score by more … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Emily Martin teamed up with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix to secure Great Britain their first gold medal of the European Junior Championships in Kazan. The pair took victory in the girls’ synchronised platform final in Russia with an impressive performance. The new pair scored 278.46 points to finish more than 20 points ahead of home … Continue reading