Sport

Accrington 1 Plymouth Argyle 1

Argyle were forced to settle for a draw after a hard-fought battle in frigid Lancashire, writes Rob McNichol.

In a match that resembled an attritional skirmish more than a football match at times, the Pilgrims grittily went about their business and took a first-half lead through Reuben Reid.

However for the first time this season Argyle failed to convert a half-time lead into...

Premiership trials for young Ivybridge players

Two rising stars from Ivybridge Community College’s Football Academy have been scouted by top Premiership clubs.

Archie Thomas and Jake Lane, both 14-year-old Year 10 students, have just returned from trials at the two clubs, after impressing scouts in College matches.

Archie Thomas, who plays central midfield spent three days at Villa Park, after he was spotted by an Aston...

Rugby World Cup tickets go on sale in May

Rugby fans will have a chance to get their hands on Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets from May onwards.

England Rugby 2015, Tournament Organiser for Rugby World Cup 2015, has today released details on the Rugby Community Ticket programme that will see 500,000 tickets go on sale to rugby fans through the English club network and wider rugby community from May 2014. Exeter will be hosting...

Adult Parkour Classes leap into Plymouth

Street Motion Freerunning Academy has launched a new outdoor functional strength and fitness training programme for adults in Plymouth City Centre.

Based upon the moves seen in action movies such as Casino Royale, Parkour (Also known as Freerunning) is a high intensity physical training exercise which is not only very effective but also a lot of fun.

Street Motion have been...

National call-up for college basketball players

England and Scotland honours for Tom and Ashley

Two young basketball players, who are on the Elite Basketball Academy Programme at Ivybridge Community College, have been selected to play for their country.

Seventeen-year-old forward Tom Elliot-Smith, has been selected for the England Under 18 squad and fifteen year old Ashley Hall has been chosen for the Scotland Under 16 squad...

Plymouth Albion 23 Jersey 30

Expectation was high amongst Albion supporters before the game with the club on a bit of a roll having won their previous two Championship matches.

With next to bottom Jersey, a side Albion have already beaten twice this season, visiting Brickfields hopes were high for a home victory that would see Plymouth start to challenge the Cornish Pirates for sixth spot in the table.

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Plymouth Argyle 0 Scunthorpe 2

Goals from David Syers and an unlucky own-goal from Argyle goalkeeper Jake Cole took Scunthorpe’s unbeaten run under manager Russ Wilcox to 21 – and hindered Argyle’s search for the key to Sky Bet League 2’s play-off door, writes Rob McNichol.

A tight, intense game was settled in the last eleven minutes by the visiting Iron, who cemented their own place in the division’s automatic...

Bristol Rovers 2 Plymouth Argyle 1

Unsurprisingly, John Sheridan opted not to change the starting eleven that had an aggregated nine goals for and none against in their two outings as a unit. A sole change on the Argyle bench saw Dominic Blizzard return to the squad following injury. Ben Purrington stepped down to allow space, writes Rob McNichol.

In Argyle’s previous three visits to the Memorial Stadium they had found...

Personal best earns Miranda a Welsh athletics vest

Ivybridge Community College student and rising 400-metre star Miranda Hardacre has been chosen to compete for Wales at the Welsh Athletics Indoor International in Cardiff (formerly the Celtic Cup) this weekend.

The selection follows her bronze medal at the Welsh Indoor Championships in February, when she recorded an indoor personal best of 59.05 in the Under 20s’ 400 metre event....

Sport Relief 2014: Join in the fun and games

It’s time to dig out that running kit Plymouth because Sport Relief is here again.

On Sunday 23 March the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will be setting off from the University St Mark and St John campus at 9.30am, with hundreds of locals getting on their marks, set and go for Sport Relief. Super sprinters and willing walkers will all feel at home with a choice of one, three or six...

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