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Plymouth occupational therapist wins bronze at Invictus Games

An occupational therapist from Plymouth has claimed the UK's first bronze medal in the powerlifting event at the Invictus Games in Orlando.

Sarah Claricoates, a former Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, now works in the Occupational Therapy Department at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. Competing in archery, swimming and powerlifting events, Sarah only tried the sport, which won her the...

Argyle 5 Hartlepool 0 - Match report

QUARTER to eight, Thursday night, Fratton Park.

That is when Argyle will next be in action, thanks to a 5-0 thumping of Hartlepool, and ten-man Portsmouth losing 2-1 to Sky Bet League 2 champions Northampton. Five goals, fifth place, and the play-offs to look forward to.

A very-much rested Argyle side cruised past Hartlepool, with academy graduates Tyler Harvey and Louis Rooney...

Plymouth welcomes back Gran Fondo cycling event... Twice!

It is nearly time for the eagerly anticipated year two of The Plymouth Gran Fondo, mass participation cycling event.

The 2016 event has a new waterfront city centre location, a new ride and two event dates, headlining a summer of cycling in Plymouth.

The 2016 Plymouth Gran Fondo hosted by Rockets & Rascals at Royal William Yard, supported by Urban Splash, promises an...

Plymouth Wrestling Association needs a tag team partner

For seven years Plymouth Wrestling Association has been entertaining and inspiring hundreds of people across Plymouth and now they need you to be their tag team partner and get behind their fight, to bring their unique style of family friendly entertainment to more and more people.

After an historic 7th Anniversary Show at the Guildhall last month, they are looking to invest in...

The Transat bakerly yacht race begins!

The Transat bakerly race began on Monday (2 May), with supporters having front row seats on Plymouth Hoe as they waved Bon Voyage to the competitors.

Giants of the sea, the Ultimes are the fastest of the four classes competing in The Transat bakerly. The latest weather routing from Adrena suggests the three trimarans could cross the North Atlantic is just 8 days and 8 hours,...

Cambridge 2 Argyle 2: Match Report

THE play-offs it is, then, and the mother of all Dockyard Derbies against Portsmouth. Only the order of the venues is still to be decided.

Saturday’s draw at the Abbey means Argyle cannot now win an automatic promotion place in their final game of the Sky Bet League 2 season next Saturday.

Jamille Matt’s fifth goal in nine starts since joining on loan from Fleetwood Town in...

University athletes triumph in European duathlon

Two Plymouth University athletes have claimed gold at the European Cross Duathlon Championships.

Physiotherapy student Sharn Hooper, 32, won the 30-34 age category for Great Britain at the competition in Transylvania on 23 April, and finished second in the women’s age group races overall.

Meanwhile Occupational Therapy student Nicola Noble took gold in the 25-29 age group –...

Physiotherapist competes for England

A physiotherapist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been chosen to run for England for a second time in the International Attnanger Road Mile.

Mike Wilsmore is set to travel to Austria and compete in the race, taking place this Saturday 30th April. He will be joined by one other, chosen by England Athletics, to compete in the race alongside him.

Mike said: “Since my last...

Plymouth Devils v Sheffield Tigers

Plymouth begin their home programme in the Premier League with a match against Sheffield at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm).

They will look to bounce back from Sunday’s 50-43 defeat at Scunthorpe with team manager Lee Trigger taking some positives from that seven-point reverse.

He says: "If we had scored one more point, we would have come away from Scunthorpe...

England Rugby star discovers relative is among Somme Fallen

ENGLAND and Exeter Chiefs rugby star Jack Nowell has discovered that a family member was among the soldiers who fell on the first day of the battle of the Somme and who will be commemorated in an astonishing centenary project this summer.

The 19240 Shrouds of the Somme project aims to remember all 19,240 allied soldiers who died on 1st July 1916. Artist Rob Heard has created hand-...

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