RUNNERS from around the country braved horrendous conditions and some of the toughest hills that Devon has to offer on Saturday as part of the Dartmoor Discovery race. The 32-mile event, which starts and finishes at Princetown, is known as the UK’s longest single lap road ultra marathon. The undulating course sees athletes leave Princetown and … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth hurdler Adam Dingley has two major goals for this summer – to try and earn international honours at under-20 level and try to raise enough money to fund another year of studying and training in America. Dingley, who medalled at last year’s English Schools’ Championships, has just completed a one-year scholarship at … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC’s Tegan Brown smashed her personal best to claim victory for England in the under-18 girls’ hammer at the Pickering Memorial International at Loughborough on Sunday. The English Schools’ champion threw an impressive 58.88m, which was more than a metre longer than she had ever thrown before in competition. It also won the international … Continue reading
STORM Plymouth’s Lauren Knox showed everyone a clean pair of heels to claim overall victory at the Muskies Madness 10k on Sunday morning. Knox beat all the men as well as the women to secure the win in the tough off-road event in a time of 42 minutes and 12 seconds. That was four-and-a-half minutes … Continue reading
BARRY Miles and Emily Criddle claimed victories at the Burrator 10k race on Saturday evening. Masters athlete Miles stormed to victory in a time of 34 minutes and 32 seconds. Second home was Lloyd Milbourn, who improved on his third place finish last year, with a time of 35.10 minutes. City of Plymouth’s Steven Hill … Continue reading
ELDON Young and Evie Bolt ran the quickest male and female times as the latest Summer Middle Distance Series was held on Friday evening at Tavistock. The series, organised by City of Plymouth AC in conjunction with Run Fit, Run Fast, had previously seen mile and 1,200m races at Brickfields. This time it was Tavistock’s … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC now have an impressive three athletes inside the UK’s top eight in the under-16 boys’ 1,500m rankings after Thomas Hennessey and Luke Scott-Tucker both smashed their personal bests at the BMC meeting at Exeter on Tuesday night. Their team-mate Freddie Whybrow had already moved up to second in the rankings after he ran … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers youngster Luke Hayes and Tavistock AC’s Nikki Bond claimed victories at the popular Ivybridge 10k race in hot conditions on Saturday evening. Bond set a new women’s course record, while Hayes became the first Erme Valley athlete to win the race since Great Britain international Will Battershill claimed victory in the 2016 … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S teenage hammer thrower Tegan Brown has been selected to represent England at the Pickering Memorial International at Loughborough, which will be held at the end of the month. Brown is one of 23 young athletes selected for the England team, which will compete against athletes from Scotland, Wales, Switzerland and Loughborough. However, she is … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank finished second at the British 10,000m championship which were held at Loughborough on Sunday. Tank clocked a track PB time of 32.15.30 minute to finish just behind Izzy Fry, who won in 32.12.90. For most of the race it was a three-way battle with Tank, Fry and Hannah Urwin. Urwin … Continue reading