A LAST-gasp Amber Pollock goal has boosted Plymouth Argyle’s hopes of staying in the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division. Pollock struck deep in injury-time to secure the Pilgrims a 2-1 away win at London Bees. Georgia Wilson had given Argyle the lead on the half-hour mark and it remained at 1-0 until the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE suffered a third successive defeat in Regional One South West on Saturday as they were beaten 22-10 away at Lydney. For the second week running the Bridgers paid for a slow start. They found themselves 19-0 down at Regent Street before making a game of it second half with a try by Kristian Davies … Continue reading
SAMANTHA DREWERY scored six goals as second-placed Marine Academy Plymouth cruised to a 12-0 home victory over struggling Bideford at Ivybridge on Sunday in the South West League Western Division. Five of Drewery’s goals came in the first half as Marine led 7-0. She also hit the bar with a good header in the opening … Continue reading
IT MIGHT not have been particularly thrilling, but Devonport Services bagged another home win on Saturday in Regional One South West by seeing off bottom side Drybrook 19-13. Services were actually 19-3 up with 80 minutes on the clock, but their Gloucestershire visitors scored two tries in two injury-time minutes to pick up a valuable … Continue reading
THE reaction of the Ivybridge players as the referee blew the final whistle at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday said it all. The players were absolutely gutted to narrowly lose 25-24 to Devon rivals Brixham as they felt they had done enough to win. But for the third home game running they lost to a top three … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Jim Cole stormed to victory in the popular Plympton January Jaunt 10k on Sunday morning. The race, organised by the Plymouth Round Table, was hit by torrential rain at the start but more than 330 runners still finished the event that takes athletes from Marsh Mills into the Saltram Estate Cole finished more … Continue reading
REGIONAL ONE SOUTH WEST IVYBRIDGE turned on the style in the second half away at Old Centralians on Saturay as they returned to winning ways. They triumphed 25-13 in Gloucestershire after coming back from 8-0 down at the break. The Bridgers had heartbreakingly lost to late penalty kicks against top two sides Camborne and Chew … Continue reading
FOR THE second game running, Ivybridge suffered late penalty heartache against a title-chasing side in Regional One South West. Before Christmas they lost 30-29 at home to second-placed Chew Valley after the Somerset club kicked a penalty with the last play of the game. And on Saturday, they went down 29-26 to leaders Camborne at … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services suffered their biggest defeat in more than four years on Saturday as they went down 52-13 away at Devon rivals Brixham. The loss at Astley Park has seen Services drop down to fourth in the Regional One South West table with Brixham leap-frogging over them into third. The Fisherman had been fired up … Continue reading
THE last ice-hockey tournament to be held at the Plymouth Pavilions took place on Saturday evening. The city ice-rink is closing its doors for the final time on December 31 leaving many people disappointed. The ever-growing ice-hockey community are certainly gutted that the venue is shutting as they have had a number of successful 3v3 … Continue reading