Sport

Grecian Goal are looking for more pledgers to join their movement, in order to help Exeter City Football Club raise cash for projects – and to help add to the £7,000 that they have already collected for a series of specific ventures for the club. Currently Grecian Goal has around 40 members, who contribute funds in a bingo-style fashion and have some fun in doing it. Pledgers set their own terms and conditions, ranging from the sensible to the eccentric – some past examples of pledges include £1 per goal scored by City, 50p if no cards, £10 if a seagull lands on the pitch whilst the game...

Exeter City Football Club has announced that fan Nick Saunders has been elected to the board of national charity Level Playing Field (LPF) as an executive trustee. The announcement was made at the charity’s AGM last month, which took place at the House of Lords. Nick has been a Grecian for 27 years, joining the Supporters’ Trust a decade ago and he took on the voluntary role as the club’s Disability Liaison Officer. He also established the Exeter City Disabled Supporters’ Association (ECDSA) in 2007 – at the time, the only such organisation in the Conference. In 2011 he established the...

Sport clubs across the Exeter, East and Mid Devon area are taking up the opportunity of free support to help them run their club and grow their membership, making the most of the workshops on funding and marketing through social media on offer on the night.

County Sport Partnership Active Devon is delivering the Club Support evening on Monday 10 June at Exeter City Football Club, St James’ Park, Exeter and are urging all sports clubs to utilise this free resource.

The evenings offer clubs the opportunity to find out about the latest programmes and the workshops will focus...

The UK Olympic Diving Team coaches and athletes have joined forces with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage. This dynamic partnership is behind Essential Eating at River Cottage, the newest course at the recently launched River Cottage Chef School just outside Axminster on the borders of Devon and Dorset. To mark the launch of Essential Eating, the UK Olympic Diving Team will be visiting River Cottage HQ on 10 June.

This one-day, City & Guilds-accredited course focuses on how to source and cook the most nutritious, performance-boosting foods in a sustainable, seasonal...