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
THERE were some eye-catching personal bests from athletes at the BMC meeting at Exeter in mid-week. City of Plymouth’s Joshua Blake smashed his 1,500m as he claimed victory in the A race. He clocked 3:49.65, which was more than five seconds quicker than he had previously run for the distance. Club colleague Elsie Goodspeed also … Continue reading
WILL BATTERSHILL and Poppy Tank are both set to represent Great Britain at next month’s European Championships in Birmingham. The pair have been named in a 98-strong GB team for the home championships at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. Both their places in the men’s steeplechase and women’s 10,000m, respectively, are subject to European ranking places, which … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Annabelle Fasuba and Tavistock AC’s Tegan Brown and Hazel Stead all claimed national gold medals at the weekend at the England Age Group Championships in Bedford. Three-times English Schools’ champion Fasuba stormed to victory in a high-class under-16 girls’ 100m final on Saturday. The race was one of the highlights of the … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Ronnie Haynes retained the Cornwood 10k title in convincing style on Saturday evening. Haynes once again dominated the popular race, leading from start to finish. He came home in a time of 36 minutes and six seconds, which was two-and-a-half minutes ahead of his rivals. There was a great battle for second … Continue reading
ATHLETES from the region impressed at the South West Track & Field Championships at Exeter on Sunday. The event incorporated the South West Inter-Counties Championships and competitors from Armada clubs particularly impressed in the middle distance events. In the 800m, Tavistock’s Freddie Whybrow went under the two minute barrier for the first time to win … Continue reading
HAZEL STEAD and Annabelle Fasuba both won individual silver medals on their England Schools’ debuts at the SIAB International in Belfast on Saturday. Tavistock College pupil Stead took second in the girls’ hammer competition at the Mary Peters Track in Northern Ireland after nearly missing the competition. The Tavistock AC teenager got stuck in traffic … Continue reading
JACK DEE produced a storming final leg to guide his team, ‘That’s My Man’, to victory in Thursday night’s annual Tavistock Relays. It looked like Tavistock AC’s under-16 boys’ quartet of Eldon Young, Arthur Norton, Thomas Hennessey and Luke Scott-Tucker, were going to pull out an eye-catching victory having opted to compete in the senior … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH sprinter Annabelle Fasuba claimed a third successive individual English Schools’ Track & Field title on Saturday as she won the intermediate girls’ 200m in Birmingham. Fasuba, who had previously won the junior girls’ 100m and 200m titles, also helped Devon to mixed relay gold for a second year running at the Alexander Stadium at … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC’S Phoebie Milburn and City of Plymouth’s Adam Dingley both won bronze medals at the England Under-20 Championships at Bedford over the weekend. The event took place at the same time as the senior national competition and doubled up as the British trials for the World Under-20 Championships. Milburn made the podium in the … Continue reading