TAMAR Trotters’ Oliver Oldfield was first home as the Armada Summer 5k Series concluded at Saltram House on Wednesday evening. Oldfield finished nearly a minute ahead of everyone else in the final run of the series, which started back in April. He clocked 17 minutes and 56 seconds for the multi-terrain run around the National … Continue reading
EIRIN McDaid and Charlotte Walker were victorious at the Peter Tavy Plod on Bank Holiday Monday. Ranelagh Harriers’ McDaid was a convincing winner of the race which takes competitors out of Peter Tavy village and up tracks to White Tor on Dartmoor before returning home. He finished the multi-terrain run in 28 minutes and 48 … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle and Marine Academy Plymouth were both beaten in their opening home games of the season in the FA Women’s National League. Argyle find themselves bottom of the Southern Premier Division after just two games following a 6-0 defeat against AFC Wimbledon at Home Park on Sunday. The new-look Pilgrims were two down at … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services and Ivybridge continued their build ups for the new rugby season over the weekend. Services, whose National Two West campaign will start as planned on August 4, played Regional One South West side Launceston away on Friday night and then they sent a squad of second and third team players to play a … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE and Plymstock Oaks got their pre-season campaigns underway on Thursday evening as they played out a full contact fixture on the artificial pitch at Cross-in-Hand. The new-look Oaks side, featuring many of their big-name summer signings, stormed into a 21-0 lead in the first 25-minute period. But higher league Ivybridge came back in the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Argyle and Marine Academy Plymouth were both beaten away from home on the opening day of the FA Women’s National League season. The new-look Argyle team lost 4-2 away at Swindon Town in the Southern Premier Division. They had been 2-1 up at half-time, but the home side came back in the second period … Continue reading
WILD Running veteran Ceri Rees showed everyone a clean pair of heels to take victory in the Ivybridge 3 Tops fell race on Saturday evening. Rees, who competes in the M50 category, had finished second last year, but in hotter conditions he went one better this time around, holding off a late challenge from Westbury … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services head coach Ben Russell was happy with his side’s first pre-season run-out on Thursday evening as they beat old rivals Brixham 35-12 in a full 80-minute contest at Keyham. Services, preparing for a return to National Two West, used 28 players in the competitive fixture with the Fisherman. “It was just what we … Continue reading
THERE might have been a once-in-a-generation eclipse taking place, as well as fireworks and a heatwave, but still more than 80 people turned up at Saltram House on Wednesday night for August’s Armada Summer 5k run. The off-road event took place right in the middle of the eclipse and so runners had to share the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Annabelle Fasuba moved to the top of the UK under-16 girls’ rankings in the 100m after an impressive display against some of Britain’s top senior talent at the Stratford Speed event in London. Fasuba won her heat in a legal time of 11.57 seconds to make the main final. The 15-year-old triple … Continue reading