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Higgins’ Incredible Strike Claims Guildhall Shopping Centre Goal of the Month

Akeel Higgins delivered a beautifully executed chip over the goalkeeper to earn himself a 68% public vote for the Guildhall Shopping Centre’s October Goal of the Month at the Devon Derby. It was the player’s first professional strike, which has quickly embedded the 20-year-old’s Exeter City loan as his early legacy within the hearts of his now rising fans. The award allows Higgins to carry a badge of honour that shows a notable turning point in what seemed like a silently ascending career.

Higgins joined the Exeter City club from West Bromwich for a season-long loan in September...

SW colleges to host region’s biggest esports festival

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/17/2022 - 11:39pm

The region’s biggest esports event has returned for its second year, as five colleges announce a partnership with Tech South West.

Esports, or competitive gaming, is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, with a global revenue of over $1bn and an audience of 474m in 2021, according to Newzoo.

The first South West Esports Festival took place in February this year, hosted by Exeter College and Tech South West. Sixteen teams took part, from organisations including the Exeter Chiefs, the Met Office, Jurassic Fibre, Ashfords LLP, Devon County Council, Ghyston and...

Emily Willett nominated as 1 of 50 women to inspire a new generation of rugby referees

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/06/2022 - 11:09pm

Referee Emily Willett from Coalville, Leicestershire, was this week nominated by the RFU as the third referee who will join 49 other inspiring female officials at Twickenham this November – all to inspire more women into refereeing.

Emily will join fellow referees on the pitch at the England v Japan Autumn International minutes before kick off as part of the nationwide #INSPIRE campaign to celebrate female rugby referees around the country.

Having referred for 3 years, Emily said: “I started playing rugby when I was 15 after going to watch a Leicester Tigers match and...

Adopstar becomes title sponsor of Cullompton Rangers Football Club

Adopstar becomes title sponsor of Cullompton Rangers Football Club

Cullompton-based advertising and marketing agency Adopstar has just signed on as the official sponsor of the Cullompton Rangers Football Club. Speeds Meadow, where the club is situated, will now be known as Adopstar Park.

The story of Cullompton Rangers began in 1945 and the club has an established legacy of being an important part of the local community. While Adopstar only opened its doors in 2010, the company has quickly gained a reputation for being community-minded and passionate about local sports development. “The partnership between Adopstar and the Cullompton Rangers...

The art of futsal - Tyldesley provides masterclass as registration kicks off for the 2022/23 Pokémon Futsal Youth Cup

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/02/2022 - 7:53pm

What is Futsal?... it’s anything and everything you want it to be!

That’s the message from legendary commentator, Clive Tyldesley as he joins the drive to encourage youth futsal teams in England and coaches to enroll for the 2022/23 Pokémon Futsal Youth Cup.

With registration now open for the upcoming season’s competition, Pokémon and England Football have teamed up with Tyldesley to show teams what the sport is all about and why they should take part in this season’s competition.

Using his football knowledge and world-renowned voice, Tyldesley uses his...

Exeter Chiefs make a promising start to the 2023 season

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Sat, 10/01/2022 - 6:22am

Just a few short weeks into the rugby season and the Exeter Chiefs have made a promising start.

The Chiefs came out fighting during the opening rounds of this season’s Gallagher Premiership, winning all three of their first games. Round one saw the Chiefs beat the Leicester Tigers by 24 points to 20, with Patrick Schickerling scoring the winning try in the 80th minute. The Chiefs continued in round two, defeating Worcester Warriors with a score of 36-21, before finishing round three with a score of 43-42 against Quins.

With three fantastic rounds under their belt, fans...

Top races at Cheltenham in 2023

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 09/30/2022 - 1:08pm

The Cheltenham horse racing festival held annually at the Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire is one of the most extensive and well-known events on the horse racing calendar, second only to the grand national.

The festival grows each year in popularity, and the numbers are there to back it up, in 2021, a record amount of over 70 million bets were taken totaling over £210M, showing a 40% increase since the 2019 event.

Of the many different races available to bet on, the four main events that stand out are the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother...

International Equal Pay Day: Football and basketball two of the worst sports for gender pay gap

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Fri, 09/23/2022 - 9:34pm

As we marked International Equal Pay Day on September 18th, a study from Casumo has discovered that there is still a significant pay disparity between men and women sports stars across the board in five of the world’s biggest sports — namely in football and basketball, where the top male athletes can earn over 2,000% more than their female counterparts.

The sportsbook and online casino investigated the gender pay gap in sport, factoring in salaries/winnings and endorsement deals to discover which sports are making the biggest strides to become more equal and which governing...

Westcotts unveils new branding at Exeter Chiefs’ Sandy Park Stadium 

Westcotts, the South West’s leading firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, has unveiled its new logo and branding at Sandy Park, the home of Premiership and European Champions Exeter Chiefs.

The firm’s Managing Partner Shona Godefroy and Head of Financial Planning Iain Andrews (pictured) joined players and coaches during training earlier to show their support ahead of the rugby union club’s first home game against Leicester Tigers at the weekend.

Westcotts, a UK top 50 firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, has secured a new advertising...

Exeter City's former players: What heights did they reach?

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Wed, 09/14/2022 - 7:37am

Exeter City's academy has been relatively successful since the turn of the millennium as it has produced many players that have gone on to play in higher leagues, some even on the peak stages of the Premier League and European football.

First of all, Ollie Watkins is a player that has not reached magnificent heights but has established himself as a Premier League standard player at Aston Villa.

Aston Villa has been a struggling side under Steven Gerrard but Watkins has been a rare highlight linking up well with Danny Ings up front. Watkins possesses blistering pace but...

SW planner and GB athlete going for gold at European Aquathlon Championships

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 09/11/2022 - 6:30am

A Persimmon Homes employee is swapping planning consultations and applications for the challenges of road and water, after being selected to represent Great Britain at this month’s European Aquathlon Championships in Bilbao.

Ollie Thorogood, a planner in the company’s South West region, has been selected for the 1km swim and 5km run event, which will be held in the Spanish city on 23rdSeptember.

Ollie’s worked for Persimmon in its Exeter office for the past three years and qualified for the event following a number of impressive performances.

Persimmon South...

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