IVYBRIDGE player-coach Lewis Paterson has been pleased with his side’s run-outs against Devonport Services and Cullompton. The Bridgers overcame Services 24-14 on Thursday evening before triumphing 40-12 over South West One club Cullompton at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday. Saturday’s match was tight in the first half, with Ivybridge going in at the break 14-5 up, but … Continue reading
BEN MOORISH was first runner home at a bumper penultimate Armada Summer 5k Series run on Wednesday night. The event attracted the biggest turnout of the season, with 230 athletes completing the multi-terrain course around Saltram Park. That was 30 runners more than last month. And, for the first time this year, Ashley Smith did … Continue reading
ROSS PERKINS, Steve Fletcher, Steve Wilsmore and Pete Waumsley all claimed top 15 finishes at the popular Totnes 10k on Sunday. The off-road race, which follows the River Dart, was a sell-out with all 600 places going ahead of the event and 530 finishing. Storm Plymouth and Plymouth Musketeers had large contingents at the run, … Continue reading
THERE was a good turnout for the annual Six Moor Miles race on Dartmoor on Sunday. The popular event is hosted by Plymouth Harriers and sees runners complete approximately six miles around the picturesque surroundings of the Maristow Estate. The off-road race starts and finishes on Dartmoor at Yelverton. FULL REPORT AND RESULTS TO FOLLOW Continue reading
SOUTH Devon’s David Hampton held off the challenge of Adam Holland to retain the Cornwood 10k title on Saturday evening. Despite bad weather making the course trickier than in previous years, Hampton finished 18 seconds quicker than he had run to win the 2016 race. He managed to clock 35 minutes and 37 this year. … Continue reading
NEW ZEALAND international Angie Petty was a surprise competitor at the Devon Open Meeting at Brickfields on Sunday. Petty had run at the Anniversary Games Diamond League event at a packed London Stadium the previous weekend and will return to the capital at the start of next month for the IAAF World Championships. But before … Continue reading
CORNWALL AC’s Emma Stepto once again put on an impressive show at Tamar Trotters’ Magnificent Seven race. Veteran star Stepto, who competes in the over-45 category, was first women home for the eighth time in nine years on Sunday morning. She ran the tough seven mile course in 43.51 minutes, which was more than a … Continue reading
