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Lapford Football Club are “over the moon” to have won the Champions Cup in Division 5 of the Devon and Exeter Football League.

The cup was on display at their recent bingo night.

During the bingo night Adrian Mills thanked all the club’s supporters who regularly attend the fundraising bingo sessions.

Mr Mills also read out a letter from Mel Stride MP congratulating the club for they raised £440 for Hospiscare following a special charity night bingo. Pictured are Lapford AFC Committee members and former players who run the bingo nights: Nick Tucker (chairman), John...

Since its founding in 2010, the award winning South West Athletics Academy has been building up a portfolio of successful annual sporting events and activities. These are well supported by Westcountry athletes and grow year upon year.

With several major regional sporting events now planned over the coming months, Director of Coaching Sonya Ellis is seeking sponsor partnerships to improve the experience still further for volunteers, officials and athletes.

“Organising such large events is a great challenge. We want to make sure that athletes, officials and volunteers are...

Haydn Thomas says he is "excited" at the challenge that lies ahead for Exeter Chiefs following today's European Professional Rugby Challenge Cup draw in Switzerland.

The Devon club, who were among the top seeds for the new-look competition, have been pitted in Pool Two alongside French Top14 sides Bayonne and La Rochelle, as well as Rabo Prodirect12 outfit Connacht Rugby.

In what will be Exeter's fifth season in European competition, Thomas knows the challenge of tackling opposition from overseas is something that players, coaches and supporters crave at the start of each...

This is the agonising injury suffered by rising Exeter Chiefs star Henry Slade in his first game wearing an England shirt.

The 21-year-old was one of five Chiefs players named in a large training squad preparing for the summer tour to New Zealand and the match against the Barbarians.

He did not make it onto the plane to New Zealand, with the likes of the much more experienced Owen Farrell, Stephen Myler, Freddie Burns and Danny Cipriani ahead of him in the pecking order.

However, he was selected as vice-captain for the non-capped international against the Barbarians...