THERE were new winners at the Devon 10,000m Championships, which for the third year running were held at Tavistock. Exeter Harriers’ Callum Crawford made a successful debut at the distance on the track by winning the men’s title on Wednesday night in 34:48.99. Second place went to Erme Valley Harriers’ veteran Andy Perry, who overcame … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Athletic Club will host the Devon 10,000m Championships on Wednesday night. It is the third year running they have held the 25-lap event. However, this year they will also be holding an open mile event beforehand. The open mile, which will be four laps of the track, will start at 6.30pm, with the 10,000m … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill has been confirmed in Great Britain’s squad for next month’s European Junior Championships in Italy. Battershill will compete in the 3,000m steeplechase at the event in Grosseto, which takes place between July 20 and July 23. The former Ivybridge Community College pupil, who has just completed his first year at … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Sammie Harris moved to the top of the UK under-17 girls’ 80m hurdles rankings with an impressive performance at the South West Schools’ Championships at Exeter. The Plymouth Studio School pupil clocked a new personal best time of 11.36 seconds to take victory in the intermediate girls’ race on Saturday. That puts … Continue reading
A NUMBER of the region’s athletes took part in the Coleton Footacher multi-terrain run on Saturday evening in south Devon. The event starts and finishes at the National Trust property near Kingswear and takes athletes around various paths in the grounds and on to the coastal path. It is a scenic 6.3 mile run but … Continue reading
CERI REES and Ami Yetton were the main winners at the Burrator Horseshoe Run on Saturday afternoon. The event is one of the toughest races in the region and competitors were not helped by baking hot conditions. The seven mile run starts in Meavy village on Dartmoor and takes athletes out to Burrator Reservoir before … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill returned home from America to retain his England Under-20 3,000m steeplechase title at Bedford on Saturday. Battershill, who has just completed his first year at Harvard University, was the class athlete in the field and produced a comfortable display of front running. The former Ivybridge Community College pupil eased to … Continue reading
