ERME Valley Harriers impressed at the final Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. The Ivybridge-based club had three runners finish inside the top four, with Matthew Gilvear leading the way. Gilvear came home first in a time of 16.52 minutes. Second place went to Tom Wraight, who had won last … Continue reading
DAVID KING and Will Battershill both produced solid displays at Diamond League meetings. City of Plymouth’s King came fourth in the men’s 110m hurdles at the meeting in Zurich on Thursday. King clocked 13.60 seconds to finish behind Switzerland’s Jason Joseph, Spain’s Enrique Llopis an American Eric Edwards. Meanwhile, Erme Valley’s Battershill ran the second … Continue reading
City of Plymouth athletes Henry Curtis, Nubia Evans-Shields and Nicolas Maczugowski and Tavistock’s Phoebe Milburn all won medals on international duty for England at the weekend. Curtis was part of the England U20 team and Evans-Shields, Maczugowski and Milburn were part of the England U18 squad that competed at the Welsh U20 International in Cardiff. … Continue reading
CORNWOOD 10k winner Tom Wraight was first home in August’s Armada Summer 5k Series run at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. Just like he had done at Cornwood, Wraight held off the challenge of Erme Valley youngster Charlie Milward. Wraight won in 17.33 minutes, with Milward second in 17.53 minutes. Third place went to Chris … Continue reading
HENRY CURTIS warmed up for his England U20 debut by setting two new PBs at the final Southern Athletics League meeting of the season at Brickfields on Saturday. Curtis was part of a joint City of Plymouth, Tavistock and Erme Valley team that impressed on home soil. He will compete for England at the Welsh … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Nubia Evans-Shields, Nicolas Maczugowski and Henry Curtis and Tavistock AC’s Phoebe Milburn have all received a call-up for England. The quartet will represent their country at the Under-20 Welsh International at the end of this month. The meeting will be split into under-18 and under-20 categories, with English Schools’ medallists Evans-Shields, … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Nicolas Maczugowski continued his impressive season by winning two gold medals at the Midland Counties AA Championships in Nuneaton at the weekend. The English Schools’ international triumphed in both the under-17 boys’ 400m hurdles and 400m flat. In windy conditions, he clocked 56.83 seconds to take the hurdles title by more than … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC’s Charlotte Walker claimed another fell running victory on Wednesday night as she won the Ivybridge Three Tops Race. Despite still being a junior, Walker has dominated the female category in this year’s South West Fell Running Series and had already won at Meldon, Langstone Coronation, Buckland Bounder, Summer Solstice, Cosdon Hill and Postbridge … Continue reading
MOUNT Kelly swimmers Matthew Ward, Erin Little and Blythe Kinsman and City of Plymouth athlete Ethan Glyde will all return from the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago with gold medals. Ward has been the star of the show in the swimming pool, winning a record-breaking seven medals for Team Scotland. He won four … Continue reading
HENRY CURTIS enjoyed a winning return to Brickfields on Sunday as the city venue hosted the fourth Devon Open meeting of the season. The City of Plymouth athlete is back for the summer after his first year at university in Sheffield. He opted for the sprints on Sunday, rather than his specialist hurdles event, and … Continue reading