THE Plymouth & District Basketball League will be holding open community scrimmages during September. These sessions have been set up for new players looking to possibly play in the league, for existing players to warm up before the season starts, to encourage totally new people to try the sport or for players who just want … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S leading billiards players Steve Brookshaw, Barry Russell and Chris Coumbe are getting ready for a return of the World Billiards circuit after the pandemic brought events to a halt for the last 18 months. The opening event is the Jim Williamson Memorial Open being held at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds from August 14-15. The … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Jacob Dawson helped Team GB’s men’s eight win a bronze medal in the final rowing race of the Tokyo Olympics. In a close final, the team of Dawson, Josh Bugajski ,Tom George, Mo Sbihi, Charles Elwes, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, James Rudkin, Tom Ford and Henry Fieldman finished behind New Zealand and Germany. The Germans just edged … Continue reading
FORMER Mount Kelly pupil Flora Duffy took a leaf out of Tom Daley’s book and won an Olympic gold medal at her fourth attempt. Duffy, competing for Bermuda, triumphed in the women’s triathlon event in the early hours of Tuesday morning, finishing 14 seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown, who took silver. Like Daley, … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Road Runners’ Carla Haines, Tamar Trotters Bex Ezra and Tavistock AC’s Helen Kula-Przezwanki were among the winners at the 2021 Plymouth Triathlon on Sunday. The event at Mount Batten was returning for the first time since 2018. The 2019 triathlon had to be called off at short notice due to a storm and then … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Central Park played host to a Devon Orienteering Club event on Sunday. It is the first time for a while the county club had held a competition at the Plymouth venue and it proved popular with people of all ages. Central Park has had permanent orienteering marks for a number of years, but Devon … Continue reading
DEVON Orienteering Club are hoping to tempt new people to try out their sport with an event at Plymouth’s Central Park this month. The club are hosting a meeting for all ages and abilities on Sunday, June 27. Central Park has had permanent orienteering marks for a number of years, but Devon Orienteering are working … Continue reading
THE Royal Yachting Association (RYA) have confirmed that the Youth National Championships will take place in Plymouth this August. The event should have been held at Mount Batten at the start of April, but was postponed at the start of January due to the latest Covid-19 lockdown. However, the governing body have now officially rescheduled … Continue reading
AT SOME point in life everybody is faced with having to make a tough choice and no-one can ever be sure they are making the right decision. A couple of years ago, Ivybridge athlete Travis Bramley found himself doing some serious soul searching over whether to stick with triathlon, try his luck with cycling or … Continue reading
THE Youth National Sailing Championship, which had been due to be held in Plymouth this April, have been postponed due to Covid-19. Plymouth Youth Sailing Club was set to host the prestigious RYA event at Mount Batten between April 4 and 9. However, it is hoped a rescheduled championships will take place at the same … Continue reading