PLYMOUTH Diving enjoyed a highly successful final day at the British Elite Junior Championships. They claimed five individual medals, including three golds, and two more top five finishes at Plymouth’s Life Centre. Victoria Vincent got them underway with a gold in the girls’ A one-metre final. She finished 10 points ahead of Bradford’s Holly Waxman. … Continue reading
BEN PROUD was ‘gutted’ to be controversially disqualified from the 50m butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. World champion Proud was looking to defend the title he won in Glasgow four years ago. He looked to have produced a stunning swim in the heats that broke the Commonwealth Games record and was not far … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH College pupil Tegan Drew has been selected to compete at the World School Games next month. The event will take place in Casablanca, Morocco, between May 2 and May 9. Plymouth Leander swimmer Drew is one of 12 girls selected to represent England Schools. She will compete in the 50m and 100m backstroke events. … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Will Battershill made an impressive start to his outdoor steeplechase season. The Great Britain junior international clocked 8:59.44 for the 3,000mSC event at the Raleigh Relays in Ohio in America. Competing for Harvard University, Battershill finished sixth in a strong field, which included Asics-backed USA hopeful Craig Nowak, who won in 8:39.50. … Continue reading
FORMER Plymouth Albion team manager Simon Hicklin is bidding to reach new heights in the aid of the Royal Marines Charity this month. Hicklin flies out to Nepal on Thursday in a bid to walk to Everest’s base camp. He hopes to complete the difficult uphill trek in 12 days, which is five days quicker … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving enjoyed a good start to the British Elite Junior Championships, which are once again taking place at the Life Centre. The first session of the four-day event saw Plymouth pick up four medals in the synchro events. There was a silver medal for Victoria Vincent (pictured top) and her Dive London team-mate Maria … Continue reading
THERE were plenty of impressive performances at City of Plymouth Athletic Club’s Spring Warm-up Meet on Sunday, despite the cold conditions. A host of athletes pushed themselves high up the early UK rankings with some eye-catching displays at Brickfields. Tavistock’s Jamie Bulbring was in hot form in the under-15 girls’ sprint events. She clocked 12.7 … Continue reading
A HAT-TRICK from winger Will Morton helped secure Saltash their first trip to Twickenham. Morton ran in three of the Ashes four tries as they overcame London Three South West title-chasers Old Cranleighans 31-15 in front of a bumper crowd at Moorlands Lane in their RFU Senior Vase semi-final. They will now face South Yorkshire … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Adam Holland continued his good form by finishing second in a strong Fast Friday 10k field at Exeter. Holland finished in between the Exmouth pair of Tom Merson and Berihu Haderia. Merson won in 31.20 minutes, with Holland second in 32.59 and Haderia taking third in 33.33. The women’s race was particularly strong, but … Continue reading
DEVONPORT Services narrowly missed out on reaching the Devon Intermediate Cup final. The Western Counties West side lost 33-29 to South West One outfit Cullompton in the semis at the Rectory on Friday evening. It was a frustrating defeat for Services, who could have easily won game. They gifted Cullompton three tries by losing the … Continue reading