Commonwealth Games

22 Devon school-age athletes to follow in footsteps of Commonwealth Games champions

Twenty-two athletes from Devon have been selected to compete at the 2022 School Games National Finals , the UK’s biggest multi-sport event for talented young athletes across the Uk from 1-4 September at Loughborough University .

This year over a thousand young athletes at the event hope to follow in the footsteps of Adam Peaty, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Hannah Cockroft who...

Plymouth Leander coach Jon Rudd to take charge of England

Plymouth Leander's Jon Rudd has been unveiled as the Head Coach for the England swimming team at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.

Rudd who is Head Coach of the highly successful Plymouth Leander Swimming Club, coached Ruta Meilutyte to her Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 Games.

The 16-year-old Lithuanian swimmer followed that performance with gold at the 2013...

Sporting heroes meet 'Local Heroes' in anti-bullying initiative

Devon and Cornwall Police are launching their ‘Local Heroes’ initiative throughout schools in the region, on Wednesday 18 September. The initiative, run in association with Young Devon, aims to educate young people about diversity and bullying, while promoting values of tolerance, honesty, fairness and respect.

The high profile, sporting heroes supporting this initiative are:...