Sport

With the alterations under-way, Exeter Golf and Country Club has opened the first of the re-developed holes which is part of the new golf course design.

Golf Captains, John Fairman and Jackie Follett opened the new golf hole on Friday 5th June.

The hole will be played as the 16th this season and measures at 146 yards with a large, new teeing ground, renovated bunkers and widened green, which modernise the hole, demonstrating how length is not the only factor in creating a demanding par 3.

The hole will then become the new 14th at the start of the 2016 season. The...

The Exiles, a group of Exeter City supporters based away from Devon, came out as penalty shoot-out winners after a high-scoring draw in their annual friendly fixture against the locals in Ydrousa.

It is the eighth year that the Exiles have played a friendly game against Ydrousa, a town on the island of Andros, and each year it throws up an entertaining fixture with a competitive and cordial rivalry.

This time around, the travelling City fans were the winners – triumphing 4-3 on penalties, after drawing 8-8 at the final whistle.

A little short on numbers this year,...

Devon Football Association are set to be the first FA in the UK to crowdfund money for its 635 clubs, 1,750 teams, supporting its 27,000 members across the County. Across the next 12 months Devon FA hopes its pioneering Crowdfunder campaign could raise thousands of pounds for local clubs in need of funding for a wide range of projects - from small sums for kit to larger capital projects. Each football club will decide what it needs to crowdfund funds for.

"Typically our football clubs need money to send junior teams on tour, pitch upkeep, upgrading facilities, women's football,...

The South West’s network of Rotary Clubs has been announced as the headline sponsors of the Olympic-style ‘Devon Youth Games’.

Teignbridge District Council and Torbay Council are delighted to reveal the Rotary in the South West Peninsula are the key sponsors for the Games which will see more than 1,000 young people from all over Devon compete in a variety of sports.

Devon Youth Games, previously Devon Games to Inspire, brings young people together in a fun-packed day of sporting action. It’s for those aged 8 -16yrs and a number of young sports leaders, clubs, national...