TEN promising young athletes from the region are making the long journey to Gateshead as part of the Devon team for the English Schools’ Track and Field Championships. The event, the highlight in the junior domestic calendar, is taking place on Friday and Saturday at the famous North East athletics venue. Plymouth and West Devon … Continue reading
SAMMIE HARRIS, Emily Bee and Jenna Bierton will be hoping to impress for Devon this weekend at the South West Schools’ Combined Events Championships in Yeovil. Ivybridge Community College pupil Harris, a member of Erme Valley Harriers, and Plymouth High School for Girls student Bee, a City of Plymouth athlete, will both take part in … 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