Sport

In glorious weather, young people from across Devon and Cornwall shone brightest at the South West Rotary Youth Games at Dawlish on Saturday 7 July.

Around 800 participants aged 8-18 represented their local area across 13 sports at the South Devon venue whilst hundreds of other families enjoyed a packed day of activities including food stalls, fun runs, archery, dodgeball, swimming and local bands all brought to a brilliant climax by watching England on the giant screen qualify for the World Cup semi-finals.

Hosts Teignbridge took the overall trophy as the winning area for...

Dozens have celebrated this year’s World Cup by taking part in a special football tournament hosted by a charity which is encouraging people with learning disabilities to get more active.

To celebrate the World Cup taking place, ROC Active Exeter – a service run by the disability charity United Response – hosted a ‘World Cup Day’ football tournament for people with learning disabilities and local schoolchildren over 15.

Seven teams-of-five turned out for the special one-off event to have fun and take part in some friendly competition.

The competition took place on...

There was beautiful weather and superb golfing conditions for the inaugural CITY Community Trust Charity Golf Day to raise funds to improve the lives of many people in Exeter.

Exeter Golf & Country Club was in stunning condition with 34 players across 9 teams competing for prizes on every hole, a £10,000 Mini for a ‘hole-in-one’, an overall team prize, before enjoying a Q&A with new Exeter City FC Manager Matt Taylor, a celebration dinner, prize-giving, raffle and silent auction. Taking the overall team honours in 2018 were the team entered from Active Devon, and their...

The region’s largest youth sports event is set for Dawlish next weekend with 100os expected to descend on the town for a day of sport, activities, food, entertainment and one or two well-known names. The South West Rotary Youth Games will take place at Dawlish Leisure Centre and surrounding sites on Saturday 7 July with young people from across Devon and Cornwall representing their area teams in 14 sports. Organisers have promised a real family festival feel to the event, which is celebrating its 20th edition this year. The event is free to enter with loads of activities for all ages,...