THE third race in the Armada Summer 5k Series takes place on Wednesday night at Saltram Park. Torbay Athletic Club veteran Peter Monaghan has won the first two events In April, he held off the challenge of Ben Moorish, while last month, Monaghan was pushed by young Travis Bramley. Stuart Hall and Owain Parkin have … Continue reading
ATHLETES were out in force at Tavistock on Sunday for the second meet in the Devon Open Series. Host club Tavistock AC were particularly well represented and enjoyed plenty of success. Among their top performers were Jade Kinsey, who clocked an impressive 12.71 seconds to win the under-17 women’s 100m, ahead of City of Plymouth … Continue reading
BOURNEMOUTH’S Toby Chapman claimed victory in the gruelling Dartmoor Discovery 32-mile ultra-marathon on Saturday. Chapman (pictured left) was one of three runners to clock under four hours for the undulating course. He finished in three hours, 51 minutes and 40 seconds, which was less than two minutes ahead of Cornwall AC’S over-45 veteran Adrian Bell, … Continue reading
MORE than 200 runners hit the roads of Dartmoor on Saturday for a 32-mile ultra-marathon. The Dartmoor Discovery race, which starts and finishes at Princetown, is one of the most popular ultra runs in the country. The undulating course took athletes from Princetown through Dartmeet, Poundsgate, Newbridge, Ashburton, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor and Postbridge before heading back … Continue reading
ULTRA runners from all around the country will descend on Princetown on Saturday for the popular Dartmoor Discovery race. The event will see 240 athletes attempt to complete a tough 32 mile course around the undulating roads of Dartmoor. The race starts in Princetown at 9.30am and will take competitors through Dartmeet, Poundsgate, Newbridge, Ashburton, … Continue reading
VICTORIA WEIR showed her strength and stamina by winning both the women’s 1,500 metres and 1,500m steeplechase events as City of Plymouth continued their good form in the Southern Athletics League. The Plymouth team, which is also made up of athletes from Erme Valley Harriers and Tavistock, were top scorers in the second Division Two … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH hurdler David King will be hoping to continue his good early season form this weekend when he competes in Germany. The 20-year-old is set to take part in the Kurpfalz Gala at the Sepp Herberger Stadium in Weinheim. The stadium is well known for producing fast times for sprinters and long jumpers due to … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH sprinter James Arnott has been named in the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for July’s IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation) World Junior Games in Holland. The 18-year-old, who is the younger brother of Exeter Chiefs and Plymouth Albion rugby player Jack, is one of just 21 athletes named in the squad … Continue reading
BRITISH number one Will Battershill lowered his personal best in the under-20 men’s 2,000 metres steeplechase at the Devon County Championships. Erme Valley Harriers athlete Battershill clocked an impressive five minutes and 56.74 seconds at Exeter Arena, which was not only well inside the national standard but less than two seconds of UK Athletics’ world … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S Neil Barkell stormed to victory in the Muskies Madne5.5 race. Barkell was nearly a minute in front of Tamar Trotters’ Peter Waumsley in the race that started and finished at Kings Tamerton Community Centre. The Tavistock man clocked 26.59 minutes, with second-placed Waumsley coming home in 27.53 minutes. The times were faster than normal … Continue reading