CITY of Plymouth TGC’s Ben Miller and Oscar Piper both won medals at the British Trampoline & DMT Championships in Liverpool at the weekend. Club colleague Nyla Evely also impressed at the top national event held at the Echo Arena, while Emily Crighton just missed out on a medal in the British Disability Championships held … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College pentathletes Georgina Mitchell and Annabel Denton have been selected for next month’s Jury Horishko Memorial in Kyrgyzstan – a competition that will count towards the 2018 Youth Olympics world ranking list. The pair are joined in the Great Britain team for the competition, which will be held in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city of Bishkek, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH and Tavistock athletes enjoyed plenty of success at the Torbay Triathlon on Sunday. Among the junior age group winners were Oliver Smart, Ella Kerswill and Matilda Riggott, while Dean Crow, Edward Smart, Ewan Warren, Mia Kerswill and Terry Harvey all claimed top three placings. Tavistock’s Oliver Smart secured victory in the tristar3 category. He … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH fencer Ben Andrews claimed victory at the Under-17 British Ranking Competition held at the Manchester Fencing Centre. The venue, a converted mill in Oldham, is the largest purpose-built fencing centre in the UK and it attracted 62 of the country’s top cadet epeeists at the weekend. There were not only medals at stake at the … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Olympic medallist Heather Fell enjoyed an impressive debut at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in America at the weekend. Fell, who won a silver medal in the modern pentathlon at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, claimed a top 10 age category placing in Chattanooga, Tennesee, in her new sport. The 34-year-old was 10th … Continue reading
GREAT Britain paratriathlete Steve Crowley produced an impressive performance in tricky conditions at the Plymouth Open Water Aquathlon. Devonian Crowley was using the event at Mount Batten as a warm-up for Friday’s Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam. Iraq veteran Crowley, who lost his lower left leg in an explosion, showed he is in good form … Continue reading
TEENAGE triathlete Travis Bramley cannot wait for next season after finally coming through a tough, injury-hit 18 months. In 2015, Bramley was Britain’s best youth triathlete. He was totally dominant in the 15-16 year age category, winning, among other things, the British Triathlon Championships, the London Triathlon, the British Aquathlon Championships, the English Aquathlon Championships, … Continue reading
FORMER billiards professional and two-times UK champion Roxton Chapman visited Saltash Social Club for an exhibition evening. Chapman, who is president of World Billiards Ltd, opened the evening with a brief history of the sport and the development of the game. The exhibition was run as an ‘open forum’ demonstration, with Chapman playing against opponents … Continue reading
PEOPLE on Plymouth’s shore front on Saturday morning were treated to some competitive rowing. Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club held their annual Muddy Rubble Regetta. The 8k event sees rowers leave Mayflower Marina and head out towards the naval base before turning around and coming back down the Tamar and heading out to Plymouth Sound before … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Sharn Hooper claimed an age group silver medal at the ITC Cross Triathlon World Championships in Canada. Hooper took second in the women’s 30-34 age category at the event held in Penticton, British Columbia. She was one of four athletes from Great Britain to win age group medals at the championships. Hooper was consistent … Continue reading