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Exeter Sea Bees launch free youth baseball open day

Young people across Exeter are being invited to discover America's favourite pastime this weekend as the newly formed Exeter Sea Bees hold a free open day for aspiring baseball players.

Taking place on Saturday, July 18, the event marks the launch of the club's new youth programme, which is open to children entering Year 7 and above.

The team takes its name from the famous US Navy Seabees, who were based at Countess Wear during the Second World War and represented Europe in the 1945 European Baseball Championships, with matches played at Exeter City's St James Park....

Bradfords enlists region’s sports stars to get men talking this Men’s Health Week

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 06/13/2022 - 10:27pm

Bradfords Building Supplies has teamed up with the Exeter Chiefs and Somerset County Cricket Club to encourage people to check in on their friends this Men’s Health Week (13-19 June 2022).

Sports stars including Exeter Chiefs RFC and England player, Henry Slade, plus Somerset County Cricket Club captain, Tom Abell, will feature alongside tradesmen in a special video encouraging men to look out for each other.

Bradfords x Men’s Health Week (ft. Henry Slade and Tom Abell) - in association with Movember Play Video: Bradfords x Men’s Health Week (ft. Henry Slade and Tom...

Top 10 African players in the Premier League of all-time

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 06/09/2022 - 7:38am

Africa has produced some of the best football players to grace world-class games for many years. These football stars have made a mark for themselves with their electrifying skills and ability to change a game within seconds. African players are the epitome of talent and skill, from making spectacular goals to scoring winning goals. Apart from the Premier League, you might have an interest in handicap horseraces and want to get news about the Melbourne Cup . You are good to go as well.

However, in this post, I will be featuring the list of top 10 African players in the English...

Stoke Hill School footballers represented Exeter City at Wembley

Experience of a lifetime for young footballers

A group of Exeter schoolboys had the experience of a lifetime as they set foot on the hallowed Wembley turf for the Utilita Kids Cup Final on Saturday, ahead of the Sky Bet League Two play-off final between Mansfield Town and Port Vale.

Stoke Hill under-12s - representing Exeter City - were beaten 4-0 by St George's Primary who were playing for Tranmere Rovers, but it was nonetheless an incredible afternoon for the young boys.

The team had reached the final after regional heats and were supported by coaches from Exeter City Community Trust with training sessions over the...

Unpicking the Hopefuls for the Epsom Oaks

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Sat, 05/28/2022 - 5:52am

The Epsom Derby certainly gets the majority of the limelight, owing to its enormous purse, unrivalled by any other British horse race, sort of like the Cheltenham Gold Cup is in jumps racing. However, there are plenty of world-class horses running in the Epsom Oaks too and it's still worth half a million pounds! After a couple of years of Epsom where competition hasn't been exactly as we know it, it seems that everybody is putting their best foot, or hoof, forwards for the celebrations this year. We've done a little digging and picked some of the horses that are bound to feature...

Unpicking the Hopefuls for the Epsom Oaks

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Sat, 05/28/2022 - 5:51am

The Epsom Derby certainly gets the majority of the limelight, owing to its enormous purse, unrivalled by any other British horse race, sort of like the Cheltenham Gold Cup is in jumps racing. However, there are plenty of world-class horses running in the Epsom Oaks too and it's still worth half a million pounds! After a couple of years of Epsom where competition hasn't been exactly as we know it, it seems that everybody is putting their best foot, or hoof, forwards for the celebrations this year. We've done a little digging and picked some of the horses that are bound to feature...

Jamie Vardy: Premier League great

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Fri, 05/20/2022 - 5:24pm

Jamie Vardy has now spent 10 years at Leicester City, having joined the club in May 2012. In that time, the forward has gone on to win the Championship, win the Premier League, win the FA Cup, earn 26 caps for England, and become the 14th highest goal scorer in Premier League history.

It’s a far cry from the beginning of his career. At 16, Vardy was released by Sheffield Wednesday. He managed to join Stocksbridge Park Steels, where he earned £30 a week. It didn’t take Vardy long to work his way up through the football pyramid, following an impressive stint at the South Yorkshire...

What are the odds for the Champions League final?

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Wed, 05/18/2022 - 6:27am

We now know both sides of the 2022 Champions League Final - it’s Liverpool and Real Madrid that will be battling out for glory on May 28.

Liverpool will be aiming to claim their 7th Champions League victory whilst Real Madrid is hunting down their unluck-for-some 13th. Both sides are in incredible form, playing some of the best football both in their respective leagues and in the Champions League.

However, for one of the biggest games in the 2022 football calendar, the odds aren’t quite as even as we would expect.

What are the current Champions League odds?

The...

Would Liverpool's season be a success without victory in the Champions League final?

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Tue, 05/17/2022 - 9:33pm

Liverpool supporters must be rubbing their eyes in disbelief at the moment. For any team to compete on all fronts is a tremendous achievement, but Liverpool have enjoyed one of those seasons that fans can only dream of. The League Cup and FA Cup have already been secured, and now attention turns to the final throes of the Premier League season, and of course, the Champions League final in Paris at the end of the month.

The Reds are facing an uphill task to dethrone Manchester City in the Premier League, but there is a very real chance of winning a treble when they take on Real...

92lb net wins top spot in prestigious Cofton Cup Fishing Competition

South Devon’s highly regarded coarse fishing destination, Cofton Holidays, has crowned Rob Ellis as winner of its spring Cofton Cup Fishing competition.

A keen fisherman, this was Rob’s first Cofton Cup, and he was up against the likes of former champions Bob Rand, and Andy Everill. The multi award-winning holiday park hosted the eighth competition on its Mamhead Match Lake over six days of intensive fishing. The field was narrowed down from 45 anglers in the opening rounds to 15 in the final. Anglers finishing in places six to 10 from the qualifying rounds battled it out for the...

City congratulates Grecians

By Ollie Heptinstall, Local Democracy reporter

Thousands of people have lined the centre of Exeter to congratulate the city’s football club on their promotion winning season.

The team finished as League Two runners-up to ensure promotion to League One – the third tier of English football – for the first time since 2012.

On Monday evening [9 May], an open top bus parade was greeted with a sea of red and white as the players and staff slowly made their way from their ground, St James Park, to the historic Guildhall on the High Street.

Players and staff...

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