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The Dame Kelly Holmes (DKH) Legacy Trust’s team of world-class athletes will be in Plymouth this June to help inspire the next generation.

The double Olympic champion’s charity is running its ‘Get on Track’ programme, where elite athletes mentor young people to get them into employment, education or training, as well as motivating them to lead healthier lifestyles and take part in sport on a regular basis. The DKH Legacy Trust will be working alongside Active Devon and the Plymouth YMCA to help support the group.

Paralympic Swimmer David Hill, Olympic Swimmer Cassie Patten...

Several of Davie Gibson’s former teammates will be at St James Park between 5pm-6pm on Wednesday 5 June, to welcome Gibbo back to the Park and to attend their former colleague’s book launch. The four guests that are booked in to be there racked up over an astonishing 1,000 appearances in City colours during their playing careers. So City fans are being urged to come and meet some of Davie’s former teammates and true greats of their club, who will also be in attendance. Among the guests joining Gibbo will be Keith Bowker and Jimmy Blain. Bowker, originally from the Midlands, moved to St...

165 teams, over 1300 kids and two glorious days of sunshine descended on Feniton this weekend, for Exeter City’s 11th annual 6-a-side youth tournament.

The event, jointly hosted by the Exeter City’s Academy and their Football in the Community Charitable Trust, saw hundreds of youngsters enjoying a festival of football over two sun-kissed days at Feniton Football Club. The three pitches were quartered up into 6-a-side playing fields, as the youngsters from age groups ranging from under-7 to under-15 took part in Devon’s showpiece youth tournament of the summer.

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Listen2Win - an organisation comprising two Paralympian and England Blind Football players based here in Exeter - is inviting a select group of local companies to take part in the Inter-Company Challenge at WESC on 5 June from 5-7pm. Robin Williams, who is well on the way to achieving a PHD at Exeter University, and Keryn Seal, who has recently been made captain of the team, are both completely blind but their indomitable spirit and sense of fun are an inspiration to all who meet them.

Their organisation specialises in providing inspirational and motivational talks and seminars in...