CITY of Plymouth’s multi-event star Emily Bee will be heading off to America next year after agreeing an athletics scholarship with Youngstown State University. Bee, who is in her final year at Plymouth High School for Girls, was offered several full scholarships and recently visited America to have a look at a couple of them. … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Oliver Smart took runners-up spot in his age category at the second leg of the British Athletics Cross Challenge at Teardrop Lakes, Milton Keynes, on Saturday. English Schools’ champion Smart had also come second in the under-17 age at the first leg in Cardiff last month. In Wales he was just beaten … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Northcott won a silver medal at the Welsh Athletics/Welsh Schools’ Combined Events Championships in Cardiff at the weekend. There were also top seven finishes for fellow Plymouth athlete Adam Dingley, Tavistock’s Nicolas Maczugowski and Erme Valley’s Ella Isaias. Northcott took second place in the U13/U14 quadrathlon. She was not expecting a … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth international Poppy Tank continued her impressive form in America by finishing sixth in Friday’s Pac-12 Conference Cross Country Championship at Monmouth in Oregon. Tank led Utah University to third place in the team event which was their highest placing in the history of the championships. Utah had three athletes in the top … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters’ George Prewett and Tavistock Triathlon Club’s Hannah Worth impressed at the Dartington Duathlon at the weekend. Prewett was second overall in the standard event, finishing behind convincing winner Matt Yates. Yates finished in 2:05.14, with Prewett clocking 2:10.08. Third place went to DFSRS’ Ben Oman in 2:13.10. Worth was first women in the … Continue reading
THERE was another bumper turnout for the annual Tavy 7 road race on Sunday morning. The popular event is always a sell-out and this year saw a record 596 finishers for the race that starts and finishes at Plaster Down on Dartmoor. The Tavy 7 this year also incorporated the Ross Shield – Devon’s oldest … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank made her mark at one of America’s top cross country events at the weekend. Tank finished as first Brit and inside the top 25 at the prestigious Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in Verona. Competing at the same major meeting was her City of Plymouth team-mate Victoria Weir and Erme Valley Harriers’ … Continue reading
