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
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ruta Meilutyte claimed a second gold medal at the Sette Colli Trophy Meet in Rome. A day after winning the 100m race in a time of 1:05.68, the 18-year-old world, European and Olympic champion clocked 30.07 seconds to triumph in the 50m event. Sweden’s Jennie Johansson was second in 30.64, with Netherlands Moniek … 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
PLYMOUTH diver Tonia Couch says she will go into this summer’s World Championships in Kazan full of confidence after her success at the FINA/NVA World Series. Couch enjoyed four individual podium finishes and was crowned the overall winner of the six-meet series. She said: “If you’d said I would win four bronze medals and win … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH water polo player Beth Ward and her Great Britain team-mates endured a tough opening to the inaugural European Games in Baku. Great Britain were beaten 20-2 by favourites Greece in their opening match of the tournament. Devonport Royal’s Ward (pictured above in action in Baku) played her part in the Group A game, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud capped a successful Mare Nostrum Series in Barcelona with a bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle event. The double Commonwealth Games champion added the bronze to the gold he had won the day before in the 50m butterfly final. Proud, competing for Great Britain, clocked 22.40 seconds for the … 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
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud claimed victory in the 50m butterfly event at the Mare Nostrum Series in Barcelona on Wednesday evening. The Commonwealth Games champion clocked 23.70 seconds to beat Poland’s Konrad Czerniak and South Africa star Chad Le Clos. Czerniak was second in 23.89 and Le Clos third with a time of 23.92. … 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