DEVONPORT Services may have been frustrated that the season came to an end early but with no rugby to occupy them they have turned their attention to raising money for the NHS. The club, whose men’s and women’s teams were both pushing for promotion, have raised more than £1,000 in 24 hours, with their players … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Britain’s Ocean City Half Marathon and the Ivybridge 10k are the latest popular sporting events in the region to be postponed due to the coronavirus. Organisers of the half marathon made the decision to postpone the major race on Thursday. The run, which also includes a schools’ challenge and attracts thousands of athletes, had … Continue reading
SALTASH made it two wins in a row by beating fifth-placed Wadebridge 19-18 at Moorlands Lane on Saturday to increase their chances of staying in Western Counties West. The Ashes are now off the bottom of the table and are only a point behind third-from-bottom Wiveliscombe and six behind Honition with two games in hand. … Continue reading
IT COULD be a make-or-break weekend for Devonport Services in South West One. They visit promotion-chasing rivals Thornbury on Saturday looking to bounce back from last week’s heavy defeat to leaders Hornets. If second-placed Devonport could triumph in Gloucestershire they could move within five points of Hornets with four games to go. However, if they … Continue reading
FOR the second home game running, Ivybridge upset one of their main Devon rivals. After beating league leaders Barnstaple last month, the Bridgers got the better of in-form Brixham on Saturday at Cross-in-Hand in the South West Premier League. Brixham arrived in the South Hams on the back of a six-game winning run, which had … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be looking to put last week’s poor showing at bottom club Bracknell behind them on Saturday when they host Devon rivals Brixham at Cross-in-Hand. The Bridgers lost 43-18 in Berkshire last weekend, which leaves them looking over their shoulder at the teams below them, despite sitting eighth in the standings. Brixham, who are … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE were well and truly brought back down to earth after beating runaway league leaders Barnstaple in their last match. The Bridgers had been looking to build on that win two weeks ago, but it all went wrong for them at bottom club Bracknell on Saturday. The Cross-in-Hand side suffered their biggest defeat of the … Continue reading
