DEVONPORT Services are going to have to tighten up defensively if they are to have any hope of staying in National Two West. After losing 53-17 away at Taunton on the opening day of the campaign, they were beaten 68-33 by Redruth at the Rectory on Saturday in their first home match of the season. … Continue reading
MARINE Academy Plymouth secured their first point in the FA Women’s National League Cup on Sunday when they drew 1-1 at home with Torquay United. In their opening cup match, Marine had narrowly lost 2-1 to higher league Plymouth Argyle. It did look like they were going to claim the win on Sunday after captain … Continue reading
A NUMBER of clubs stepped up their preparations for the new rugby season with pre-season fixtures over the weekend. Counties Three Devon South & West side Old Techs played their first warm-up match as they were beaten 33-19 by a strong Saltash II side at the new artificial Foulston Park pitch at Brickfields. They handed … Continue reading
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