CITY of Plymouth showed their female strength in depth by finishing with the top three women’s teams at the Erme Valley Relays on Friday night. Their junior girls’ quartet of Kate Phillips, Molly Gilbey, Holly Reid and Molly Shorey was the first female team home and also the first under-18 side overall. They finished the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S international hurdler David King has made it safely to Japan ahead of making his Olympic debut at the start of next month. King flew out with the Team GB athletics team on Monday and is now at a holding camp in Yokohama, where he will stay until a few days before he competes in … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill has enjoyed a good week as he continues to bounce back from injury. Battershill won the England Athletics steeplechase title at Bedford on Saturday – just days after running his first sub four minute mile. The Harvard graduate, who had finished fifth at the British Championships in Manchester last month … Continue reading
NEARLY 100 teams took part in the popular Tavistock Relays, which returned on Thursday evening after a year’s break due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The relays, hosted by Tavistock AC, have been going for more than 30 years and always attracted good fields, with teams of four running a 1.1 mile course on the … Continue reading
THE ARMADA 5k made its long-awaited return on Wednesday night – at a brand new venue. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the event had been a popular monthly run during the summer months at the Saltram Estate. But it was not able to be held in 2020 and now it has returned it has a new … Continue reading
ATHLETES from the region enjoyed tremendous success at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships in Manchester at the weekend. Armada athletes returned home with five medals and 11 top eight places from the prestigious event. As expected, City of Plymouth’s Nubia Evans-Shield (Plymouth College) won the junior girls’ discus competition. Evans-Shields has been a … Continue reading
TALENTED young throwers Phoebe Milburn and Nubia Evans-Shields warmed up for this weekend’s English Schools’ Track & Field Championships by setting new South West Athletics League records at Brickfields on Sunday. Tavistock AC’s Milburn broke her own under-15 hammer record with a throw of 44.36m, which was just three centimetres off her PB. City of … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S David King claimed a bronze medal in the 110m hurdles at the Bauhaus-Galan Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday. In a tight race, King was just 0.04 of a second off victory, with a photo finish needed to split the top three. Running into a head wind, Dutch athlete Koen Smet took … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH hurdler David King says he is ‘over the moon’ at securing a place on Great Britain’s team for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo and has thanked everyone who has helped him fulfil his dream. King was officially confirmed in the GB squad on Friday after receiving a World Athletics invite, which was accepted … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Ben Neale held off a strong challenge from Plymouth Musketeers newcomer Ross MacDonald to win the 2021 Burrator Horseshoe Run. Neale had pulled away early on in the fell race, which takes athletes from Meavy village out to Burrator Reservoir and up to the summit of Sheepstor and then Gutter Tor before … Continue reading