LEAGUE leaders Keyham Cons maintain their six-point advantage over Saltash Social Club with three weeks remaining in the Plymouth Billiard League’s Roger Ayers Memorial competition. Both of last week’s matches ended in a 2-2 scoreline. In-form player-of-the-week was Keyham’s Steve Brookshaw, who knocked in a break of 62 and then ran to game with 116 in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH modern pentathlete Kerenza Bryson was rewarded for an impressive season by being named rising star of the year at the Army Sports Awards at Sandhurst. The University of Plymouth medical student beat distance runner Jessie Lutwyche and triathlete Katrina Rye for the award. Bryson enjoyed a memorable 2019. She won an individual and relay … Continue reading
THERE was success for athletes from the region at the British Modern Biathlon Championships which were held in Nottingham at the weekend. Mount Kelly’s Matilda Purnell had won the under-11 girls’ title last year in Leeds and she came so close to adding another gold medal in the under-12 age group this time around. Purnell … Continue reading
THE MCC Foundation Mount Kelly Hub is continuing to thrive and helping to develop young male and female cricketers in Devon and Cornwall. The hub, now in its fifth year, delivers high quality cricket provision for state-educated young players. A team of four experienced coaches deliver a 10-week programme to 48 participants over two programmes, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College’s international pentathlete Annabel Denton has made an impressive start to her season with two gold medals this month. Denton was crowned under-17 British modern triathlon champion and then followed that up by winning the South West biathlon title. The triathlon event was held at Tudor Grange in Solihull and sees competitors compete in … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Trampoline Club returned home with two medals and a number of top 10 performances at the British Championships in Birmingham. The event is the highlight of the domestic trampolining season and attracts all the country’s top gymnasts. Jenny Moore, competing in the ever-growing women’s category one disability event, backed up her medal … Continue reading
The hockey season got underway at the weekend and Plymouth Marjon’s men opened their West of England & South Wales Premiership campaign with a 4-1 home victory over Taunton Vale on Sunday. Taunton started well but once Plymouth took the lead with a penalty flick after a good counterattack the hosts took control of the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Trampoline Club are celebrating after returning home with a number of medals and titles from English Championships which were held in Sheffield. Leading the way for them on the first day of the national competition was Ben Bluett. Bluett enjoyed a tremendous finals debut winning the 15-16 year-old silver double mini trampoline … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH billiards stars Steve Brookshaw and Chris Coumbe will be heading off to Australia this autumn after securing spots at the World Championships. The event will be played at the prestigious RACV City Club in Melbourne from October 6-12. This includes the World Open, which is a separate event being played for the first two … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Myles Pillage won a second European Championship gold medal in as many days at the University of Bath on Wednesday. Fresh from winning mixed relay gold with fellow Plymothian Kerenza Bryson on Tuesday, Pillage teamed up with Oliver Murray to take the honours in the men’s relay. They did it the hard way too … Continue reading
