TEIGNBRIDGE Trotters led the way at the Saltash Half Marathon on Sunday morning with the first two finishers in the tough race, while Tavistock AC’s Eldon Young claim victory in the 5k race held at the same time. Donald Brooks, a M45 athlete, took the top honours in the half marathon for the south Devon … Continue reading
YOUNG Tavistock hammer throwers Tegan Brown and Hazel Stead caught the eye at the opening Devon Open Series meeting of the season at Exeter on Sunday. The pair both threw over 53 metres in the under-18 girls’ event. English Schools’ champion Brown threw a big season’s best mark of 57.50m, which was just 16cm short … Continue reading
SOME of the region’s most talented young middle distance athletes were selected to represent the South West at the Mini London Marathon Championships on Saturday. The event attracts the UK’s most promising young athletes and the likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Laura Muir, Josh Kerr and Sir Mo Farah have represented their region’s in the past. … Continue reading
LUCAS Sweeney and Elsie Goodspeed set the fastest times as City of Plymouth AC held their latest Summer Middle Distance Series on Tuesday evening at Brickfields. After hosting mile races last month, this time the distance was 1,200m and the club had former English Schools’ cross country champion Kairn Stone helping to pace the final … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK was a hub of activity on Sunday morning as the town welcomed the return of the Dartmoor Marathon after an absence of 40 years. Hundreds of runners took part in the event, which started and finished near the Bedford Hotel on Plymouth Road. The course took competitors out of the town and up on … Continue reading
A FIELD of 160 runners took part in the opening Armada Summer 5k Series at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. This year’s series is taking place on a new-look course which follows the newly-resurfaced Dell paths around the National Trust estate. The new course certainly appeared to suit Tamar Trotters’ Luke Attwood, who was first … Continue reading
THE outdoor athletics season got underway in the region on Sunday when City of Plymouth AC hosted their annual Spring Warm-Up Meeting at Brickfields. The event saw double English Schools’ sprint champion Annabelle Fasuba (City of Plymouth) braved the windy conditions to make her debut in the new under-16 girls’ age group. The 14-year-old, who … Continue reading
NEARLY 80 athletes braved miserable weather on Tuesday evening to take part in City of Plymouth AC’s one-mile time trial races at Brickfields. It is the second year the club have held the mile races – and the second time it has been wet and windy. The rain did ease for the final couple … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Annabel Arnold and Elsie Goodspeed and Tavistock’s Luke Scott-Tucker were among the winners at the final round of the Westward Cross Country League held at Redruth on Saturday. Arnold claimed victory in the senior women’s race by eight seconds from Exeter University’s Jenny Leggate. It was Arnold’s third win of the series … Continue reading
STORM Plymouth’s Charlene Matthews powered to victory at the popular Looe 10 Miler on Sunday. Matthews dominated the women’s race to win by six minutes. She clocked 1:11.39 for the tough course in damp and windy conditions. Second woman home was Newquay’s Rose Harvie, who finished in 1:17.34. Third woman as St Austell’s Clare Dale. … Continue reading