Sport

From St James Park to the Euros: Tracking Exeter City Academy Players on the International Stage

As Europe’s biggest stars regroup for international duty, national team rosters for Euro 2024 are filled with familiar names - few of which trace their beginnings to the lower tiers of English football.

Exeter City’s academy may not make headlines, but its graduates are making tournament squads. And while attention builds toward summer fixtures and early Champions League predictions on many of the most popular and secure betting platforms, another narrative deserves recognition: players who started at St James Park and are now representing their countries on the international...

Full story

Baxter: Caldwell is 'raring to go'

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes new signing Ryan Caldwell is "raring to go" after adding the Irishman to the playing ranks at Sandy Park. The 29-year-old Irish international, who has agreed a two-year deal, is Baxter's fifth summer recruit so far having already added Thomas Waldrom, Moray Low, Mitch Lees and Tomas Francis to his playing roster for the 2014/15 season. Caldwell's arrival in Devon will offer a welcome boost to his new coach, who this season alone has lost locks Tom Hayes and James Hanks to retirement and Romana Graham to French club side La Rochelle. Baxter said...

It really is Sandy Park as pitch is stripped

Sandy Park is living up to its name as there is no longer a blade of grass in sight!

Contractors have stripped the pitch down to the foundations as they prepare to lay a new hi-tech DESSO Grassmaster hybrid playing surface costing about £1m.

Other developments will see the stadium's capacity increase from 10,750 to 20,600 and the club's conference and banqueting facilities also expanded.

The main part of the £.5m works being carried out this summer will see the existing West Grandstand undergo a £7.5 million transformation, doubling its capacity for usage on both...

Exeter victory in Exe League golf

Exeter Golf and Country Club win over East Devon, Tiverton and Woodbury in latest round of the Exe League.

It was Exeter’s turn to host the second leg of the round robin format of teams including East Devon, Woodbury park and Tiverton. With 3 foursomes pairs and 3 Fourball betterball pairs, and all scores to count, no team can afford a slip up. On a bright but breezy day, Exeter Golf and Country Club stormed to a comfortable victory by beating East Devon by 23 points. The three foursomes matches produced 105 points (3 over) and the Fourball Betterball pairs scored 116 points (8...

Success in Switzerland for Honiton Gymnasts

Gymnasts from Honiton Gymnastics Club further boosted the club’s international reputation last week when they competed at the Swiss Acro Cup in Winterthur, Switzerland.

The 16 talented acrobatics, aged eight to 18, competed against gymnasts from countries including Poland, Belarus, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland, putting in fine performances and bringing back two golds and one bronze medal.

Gold medals were won by the junior mixed pair of Adam Fullick and Megan Jones, who finished almost two marks ahead of the Polish partnership in second, and Youth men’s pair Jamie...

Perryman reacts to Grimes speculation

Exeter City’s Director of Football Steve Perryman confirmed that no clubs have as yet made a transfer bid for teenage midfielder Matt Grimes.

There have been no bids so far and no discussions with anyone relating to a transfer," Steve Perryman

Speculation linking the midfielder away from St James Park has been rife in local and national media in recent days, with reports linking a host of Premier League and Championship clubs with the Exeter City Academy graduate.

The 18-year-old has had an eventful inaugural season since signing his first professional contract last...

Devon triumph over Cornwall in inter-county football

Devon took home the honours in a thrilling football match with Cornwall at the Stephens Scown Inter-County Shield. In a reversal of the 2013 result, the Devon team won 5-4.

The annual match, which is organised by leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP, took place at Launceston FC on Friday, 9 May. As well as players from Stephens Scown’s offices in Exeter, St Austell and Truro, the teams included representatives from over twenty local businesses including Worldwide Financial Planning, Kalsall Steele, Barclays Bank, HSBC and Francis Clark.

One of the event organisers...

New facility to revolutionise University golf programme

Golf in the South West has received a boost this month as Exeter golfers past and present celebrated the official opening of the Vic Ambler Golf Centre on 15 May.

The event, at the University’s Streatham campus officially unveiled the new, purpose-built, short-game practice area at the Sports Park which will offer golfers from across the region the latest golf green technology.

Designed by market leaders Tour Greens Europe, the 50m x 30m area can’t fail to impress, featuring a 250m2 Pro-tour standard practice green, 120m2 putting green, and two golf zones.

Bespoke...

Exeter Foundation Awards honour top sports performers

Devon sports achievers were honoured at the Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards, in association with Active Devon on Friday night.

They included sportsmen and women, clubs, coaches and volunteers from all four corners of the county.

The event was hosted at Sandy Park, the home of LV= Cup winning Premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs.

The competition was open to those involved in sport throughout Devon and, unlike similar awards, all the profits will be donated to charity.

The host was BBC Spotlight's Jenny Walrond and the special guest was medal winning...

Slade's year to remember

In what has certainly been a year to remember for Henry Slade, the Exeter Chiefs young gun insists his key aim moving forward is to just "keep his head down".

During a terrific 12 months for the 21-year-old playmaker, not only has Slade helped England Under-20s to lift the Junior World Championship for the first time, but he has helped the Chiefs to secure their first-ever major trophy; featured regularly in both the Aviva Premiership and Heineken Cup; as well as getting senior international action with the England Saxons.

It has - in Slade's own words - been somewhat "...

Award-winning Chartered Accountants pocket a victory

Bideford-based Haines Watts North Devon LLP sponsors the Bideford and District Snooker League. Haines Watts recently celebrated national success being named as ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year – Small, Medium Size Entities (SMEs’) at the annual Financial Directors (FDs) Excellence Awards. It is a double celebration as the Haines Watts ‘Hustlers’ team from the 2013/14 season won the first division title.

Haines Watts Partner Jonathan Gifford together with work colleague Jamie Thompson and fellow ‘Hustlers’ team members have been playing together for 5 years. In two out of the last...

Sport

From St James Park to the Euros: Tracking Exeter City Academy Players on the International Stage

Baxter: Caldwell is 'raring to go'

It really is Sandy Park as pitch is stripped

Exeter victory in Exe League golf

Success in Switzerland for Honiton Gymnasts

Perryman reacts to Grimes speculation

Devon triumph over Cornwall in inter-county football

New facility to revolutionise University golf programme

Exeter Foundation Awards honour top sports performers

Slade's year to remember

Award-winning Chartered Accountants pocket a victory

It's your Daily

You make the news

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

Exeter Weather

Search form

Sport

Top video

Exeter Weather