CITY of Plymouth’s Matthew Sumner opened his outdoor season at the Great West Open & Ken Trickey Memorial Meet at Exeter. Sumner, runner-up in the 400m hurdles at last year’s English Championships, took victory in the 400m flat at Exeter Arena. He clocked 51.39 seconds to edge out Taunton’s Elliott Scott by half-a-second. Plymouth’s European … Continue reading
TRIATHLETE Travis Bramley was first home in the opening Armada Summer 5k Series of 2018 on Wednesday night at Saltram Park. Nearly 200 runners took part in the first run of the series with Bramley the convincing winner. The Plymouth Tri Club athlete finished more than a minute ahead of anyone else. He clocked 16 … Continue reading
BEN PROUD retained his Commonwealth Games 50m freestyle title in style on Tuesday in Australia. The Plymouth Leander swimmer amazingly won by nearly half-a-second in the one-length event. He clocked 21.35 seconds, with South African’s Bradley Tandy finishing second in 21.81 and Australia’s Cameron McEvoy third in 21.92 seconds. In a fast final, young Plymouth … Continue reading
WORLD champion Tom Daley has pulled out of the men’s 10m individual platform event at the Commonwealth Games due to a recurring injury. Daley, who has won the last two Commonwealth Games titles, will still compete in the 10m synchro competition with Dan Goodfellow on Friday, but he and the England backroom team agreed that … Continue reading
BEN PROUD smashed the Commonwealth Games record twice in one day on his way to qualifying for the 50m freestyle final. The Plymouth Leander swimmer was in sensational form in the heats and semi-final of the event on Monday morning in Australia. Proud had been controversially disqualified in the heats of the 50m butterfly, but … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH athlete David King admitted he was ‘gutted’ not to reach the final of the men’s 110m hurdles at Commonwealth Games in Australia. King finished fifth in his heat/semi in the early hours of Monday morning in a time of 13.74 seconds. The top three in each race, plus the two fastest losers, secured a … Continue reading
KUASA Badminton Club’s under-12 and under-14 teams have qualified to compete at the Junior National Badminton League finals. The club, based at Notre Dame School in Derriford, reached the showpiece event at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes after success at a regional competition. Devon Junior Badminton Association hosted a tournament at Torbay Leisure … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will face an anxious couple of weeks after narrowly losing 28-25 to in-form Camborne on Saturday. The Cornish side scored a converted try in the 80th minute to return back across the Tamar with four points. It was gutting for Ivybridge, who had been 12-0 up after just 11 minutes at Cross-in-Hand. Had they … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud put his butterfly disappointment behind him to help the England men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team claim silver medal at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. World champion Proud was controversially disqualified from the 50m butterfly heats on Thursday after setting what he thought was a new Games record. He admitted he was … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will be hoping to continue their good form and rise up the South West Premier League table when they host Camborne at Cross-in-Hand on Saturday (2.30pm). The Bridgers have won three of their last four games, with their only defeat a narrow 24-19 loss away at second-placed Bournemouth. Another victory would move them above … Continue reading