TAVISTOCK AC’s Freddie Whybrow produced a storming run to win his category in a UK-leading time at the Sportsshoes Podium 5K in Cardiff at the weekend. Running in the elite men’s race, which was also doubling as the Home Nations 5k Championships, Whybrow finished 34th overall in a gun-time of 14.54:02 and a net time … Continue reading
STORM Plymouth held the second running of their Storm the Fort 10k on Sunday morning. The multi-terrain race around Budshead Woods and finishing at Woodland Fort made its debut last year and is set to become an annual event on the circuit. This year Teignbridge Trotters dominated the event, taking the top three women’s placings … Continue reading
STORM Plymouth’s Charlene Matthews continued her good form by powering to victory at the Bridgwater Half Marathon on Sunday. Matthews claimed the victory in Somerset by more than five minutes. She finished in a gun-time of 1:23.56 (chip time 1:23.51). There was an impressive half marathon debut by City of Plymouth teenager Phoebe Timson, who … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters’ Oliver Oldfield was first home as the Armada Summer 5k Series concluded at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. Oldfield finished nearly a minute ahead of everyone else in the final run of the series, which started back in April. He clocked 17 minutes and 56 seconds for the multi-terrain run around the National … Continue reading
EIRIN McDaid and Charlotte Walker were victorious at the Peter Tavy Plod on Bank Holiday Monday. Ranelagh Harriers’ McDaid was a convincing winner of the race which takes competitors out of Peter Tavy village and up tracks to White Tor on Dartmoor before returning home. He finished the multi-terrain run in 28 minutes and 48 … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK sisters Charlotte and Hannah Walker both impressed at the 2026 British and English Aquathlon Championships which were held in Staffordshire over the weekend. The event at Blithfield Reservoir saw the pair, who are members of Tavistock AC and Tavistock Swimming Club, swim 750m following by a 5k run. Charlotte finished second female overall on … Continue reading
WILD Running veteran Ceri Rees showed everyone a clean pair of heels to take victory in the Ivybridge 3 Tops fell race on Saturday evening. Rees, who competes in the M50 category, had finished second last year, but in hotter conditions he went one better this time around, holding off a late challenge from Westbury … Continue reading
THERE might have been a once-in-a-generation eclipse taking place, as well as fireworks and a heatwave, but still more than 80 people turned up at Saltram House on Wednesday night for August’s Armada Summer 5k run. The off-road event took place right in the middle of the eclipse and so runners had to share the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Annabelle Fasuba moved to the top of the UK under-16 girls’ rankings in the 100m after an impressive display against some of Britain’s top senior talent at the Stratford Speed event in London. Fasuba won her heat in a legal time of 11.57 seconds to make the main final. The 15-year-old triple … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters Bex Ezra-Ham convincingly retained the women’s title at the Totnes 10k on Sunday in sweltering conditions. Ezra-Ham, the female course record holder, took victory by more than one-and-a-half minutes in the off-road race along the River Dart, which is actually over 11k rather than 10k. She finished in a gun time of 44.30 … Continue reading