CITY hurdler David King agonisingly missed out on winning the England Under-23 Championship title by just one hundredth of a second. King clocked a wind-assisted personal best time of 13.63 seconds for the 110m hurdles at the competition in Bedford, which were acting as trials for the European Under-23 and European Junior Championships. But the … Continue reading
THERE was a great finish to the tough Burrator Horseshoe Race on Saturday, with Arran Tocknell just edging out Jim Cole for victory. After a grueling seven miles, that took them from Meavy village green out to Burrator Reservoir and up the summit of Sheepstor (369 metres above sea level) and then Gutter Tor (357m … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athlete David King will be hoping to book his place at the European Junior Championships this weekend. The 21-year-old will earn automatic Great Britain selection for the competition in Talllinn if he can claim victory in the 110m hurdles at the England Under-23 Championships in Bedford. King has already achieved the European … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers athlete Will Battershill narrowly missed out on a personal best for the 3,000 metres at the City of Plymouth Evening Open Meet. The 17-year-old, who is the UK’s top ranked under-20 at the 2,000m steeplechase, clocked eight minutes and 50.8 seconds for the seven-and-a-half lap event at Brickfields. That was less than … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth Athletic Club will host their second evening open meeting of the season on Wednesday night at Brickfields. The first competition proved highly successful, especially with the under-eight (panthers) and under-11 age groups. Once again there will be plenty of events for the youngsters on Wednesday, while the highlight for the senior age … Continue reading
JOHNNY GILBY produced a storming run to claim victory in the tough Plym Valley Challenge race on Sunday. The Devon-based Derby AC athlete (pictured) finished the multi-terrain course, measured at just over seven miles, nearly three minutes ahead of anyone else. It was Gilby’s second victory in five days, having been the first runner home … Continue reading
NEARLY 200 runners braved the tough Plym Valley Challenge race on Sunday. The event, which started and finished at Tor Bridge High School in Estover, took competitors down into the valley and along the old tram and logging tracks to Hatshill Woods below Bickleigh Village and then back along the river to Plym Bridge. The … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH sprint hurdler David King is set to earn more international experience on Sunday in Poland. King, who celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday, is due to feature at the 15th European Athletics Festival at the Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz. The British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) champion was recently invited to run in Germany … Continue reading
THE warm weather produced a bumper turnout and some fast times for the third race in the Armada 5k Series at Saltram Park. Some 199 runners finished the time trial, with Plymouth-based Derby AC athlete Johnny Gilby ending Peter Monaghan’s dominance of the event. Torbay’s Monaghan had won the first two races in the series … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers athlete Will Battershill ran under the IAAF World Youth Championship qualifying standard for the 2,000m steeplechase at the Devon Open Meet at Tavistock. Battershill, pushed by North Devon senior Phil Norman, ran a superb time of five minutes and 51.57 seconds in glorious weather at the west Devon venue. That was a new … Continue reading