PLYMOUTH divers Matthew Dixon and Robyn Birch will be hoping for European success this week. The duo are part of the Great Britain team competing at the European Championships in Rostock. The event opens on Tuesday, with Birch competing for the first time on Thursday and Dixon having to wait until Saturday for his 10m … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ruta Meilutyte set another world leading time on the second day of the Mare Nostrum Series in Canet-en-Rousillion. Just 24 hours after clocking 1:05.46 in the 100m breaststroke event, which was the fastest time of the year, Meilutyte swam 29.88 seconds for the 50m race. Her time was a new meet record … 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
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ruta Meilutyte set the fastest time in the world this year for the 100m breaststroke with a stunning 1:05.46 at the Mare Nostrum series in Canet-en-Roussillon, France. World, Olympic and European champion Meilutyte knocked nearly half a second off Yuliya Efimova’s previous best 2015 mark of 1:05.89. Denmark’s 200m world record holder Rikke … 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
PLYMOUTH athlete Travis Bramley fulfilled a dream by winning the British Triathlon Youth Aquathlon Championships in Hyde Park. The event, second in the British Triathlon Youth and Junior Super Series, was held before the Vitality World Triathlon in London. Ivybridge Community College pupil Bramley claimed victory by three seconds in the 500m swim and 2.5km … 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 diving star Tonia Couch became NVC/FINA World Series champion by claiming a bronze medal at the final leg in Merida, Mexico. It was Couch’s fourth individual medal from six finals. Couch, showing all her experience on the outdoor boards in windy conditions, had been on course for silver in Mexico with all her divers … Continue reading
TONIA COUCH and Sarah Barrow had a ‘bad day’ at the office in the platform sycnhro event at the last World Series competition of the season in Mexico. The duo, who had won a silver and two bronze medals in the previous three events, finished sixth in Friday’s final in Merida. Couch and Barrow could … Continue reading