HENRY CURTIS warmed up for his England U20 debut by setting two new PBs at the final Southern Athletics League meeting of the season at Brickfields on Saturday. Curtis was part of a joint City of Plymouth, Tavistock and Erme Valley team that impressed on home soil. He will compete for England at the Welsh … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services turned on the style against a makeshift Wadebridge Camels side in a pre-season outing at the Rectory on Saturday. Services triumphed 79-24 against their Cornish visitors, who had been struggling to get a team together for the trip across the Tamar due to players away. “Fair play to Wadebridge for turning up as … Continue reading
LAKESIDE Athletic opened their 2023-24 Devon Football League campaign with an entertaining 5-3 home victory over Barnstaple Town Reserves at the Parkway on Saturday. The hosts had found themselves 1-0 down after just six minutes, but grew into the highly-competitive game and levelled on 19 minutes when captain and birthday boy Billy Northcott rounded the … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC’s Charlotte Walker claimed another fell running victory on Wednesday night as she won the Ivybridge Three Tops Race. Despite still being a junior, Walker has dominated the female category in this year’s South West Fell Running Series and had already won at Meldon, Langstone Coronation, Buckland Bounder, Summer Solstice, Cosdon Hill and Postbridge … Continue reading
HENRY CURTIS enjoyed a winning return to Brickfields on Sunday as the city venue hosted the fourth Devon Open meeting of the season. The City of Plymouth athlete is back for the summer after his first year at university in Sheffield. He opted for the sprints on Sunday, rather than his specialist hurdles event, and … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE opened their pre-season campaign with a 29-12 win over Truro in windy conditions on Saturday at Cross-in-Hand. The Bridgers were 29-0 up with 10 minutes to go in the match that was played in four periods, but Truro, who play in the league below, were rewarded for their efforts with two late tries by … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth and Tavistock athletes were among the title winners at the South West Inter-Counties Championship at Exeter on Sunday. There were many eye-catching performances but probably the race of the day came in the under-17 boys’ 100m hurdles where City of Plymouth’s Adam Dingley and his Devon team-mate Joshua Taylor finished with exactly … Continue reading
THERE was a good finish to Saturday night’s Cornwood 10k, where Thomas Wraight just managed to hold off Erme Valley Harriers youngster Charlie Milward. Normally the popular annual race is held in glorious sunshine but this year’s event took place in torrential rain. However, despite the horrible conditions, there was still a good turnout for … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters, Tavistock AC and City of Plymouth AC were among the main winners at the popular Tavistock Relays on Thursday evening. An impressive 145 teams took part in the annual event that forms part of the Tavistock Carnival and sees each runner in a four-person team complete a 1.1 mile lap around The Meadows. … Continue reading
TAMAR Trotters’ Jacob Landers retained the Magnificent 7 title on Sunday. Landers eased to victory for a second year running in the event his club organise. He clocked 38.42 minutes for the tough seven-mile race that takes runners from Saltash Rugby Club out on country roads to Elmgate and back around via Forder Lake. That … Continue reading