Newton Abbot Racecourse has been named as one of the best racecourses in Britain for racehorse owners, after once again achieving Gold Standard from the Racehorse Owners’ Association (ROA).
Out of 60 racecourses in the country, Newton Abbot was one of 12 racecourses to be awarded the accolade, with others including Hamilton Park, Kempton Park and Market Rasen.
The Gold Standard award strives to recognise excellence for owners at each racecourse in the country and looks to improve the experience for racehorse owners year on year.
A successful graduate placement year with Barratt Homes in Exeter provided firm foundations for Alex Hugo’s career with the national housebuilder.
As a student Alex shone in his year with the housebuilder gaining experience in everything from land to sales and marketing.
He impressed the directors so much he was awarded a bursary for his final year of business studies and joined the team in Exeter after graduation as a trainee land manager.
Alex has climbed the career ladder and at just 30 years old he has just been appointed development director for the division...
We are thrilled to announce that Exeter athlete Jo Pavey will officially open our new £1.2m Kings House Day Hospice in Honiton next month.
Jo, who grew up near Honiton, says she is delighted to open the new centre which provides much needed support to terminally ill patients and their families living in East Devon and which is already oversubscribed.
Glynis Atherton, Hospiscare chief executive, said: “Jo lives locally so we are thrilled she has agreed to open Kings House which is proving so popular with local people.”
Halifax recently launched the third Halifax Giving Extra Awards – an annual award which recognises and rewards people who give extra to help people in their community.
Following the success of the previous two years of the Giving Extra Awards, Halifax will once again be celebrating people in Exeter who give extra. Anyone can nominate those who work tirelessly to support their communities from today. Nominations for people from Exeter have already started to be made, including:
Greg Mimms from Exeter, nominated by Louise Mimms for supporting the Animals in Distress Centre...
Exeter lock Damian Welch believes there is still “more to come” from the Chiefs this season, despite an encouraging start to the new Aviva Premiership season for the Devon club.
Undone 19-17 on the opening day away to local rivals Bath, Rob Baxter’s side bounced back to winning ways at the first attempt last weekend, sinking visiting London Irish 38-11 with a six-try blast at Sandy Park.
Returning England star Jack Nowell scored twice in the game, whilst there were also touchdowns for Luke Cowan-Dickie, Don Armand, James Short and Gareth Steenson, who also landed four...
Devon’s richest raceday takes place next Tuesday (November 3) when high class horses will be heading to Exeter Racecourse to contest the grade 2 Sportingbet Haldon Gold Cup.
The prestigious two-mile one-furlong race is fast, furious and spectacular and with £62,500 in prize money it’s one that trainers make an early season target.
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has earmarked Vibrato Valtat, a winner of four novice chases and fourth in the Racing Post Arkle at the Cheltenham Festival, for the race. He said: “It’s one of the early chasing highlights of the season and I try...
Devon band Soul Traders showed off their crazy side prior to their recent gig and gave a ‘leg up’ to support cancer.
Lead singer Matt Byrne, who has survived tongue cancer never thought he would sing again when he was diagnosed with cancer six years ago.
The father-of-three from Exeter is rallying men, women and children in Devon to Stand Up To Cancer this October. The band also felt the sad loss of their friend and fellow singer Lara Schmidt who died from cancer in July 2014.
The 13 piece band, warmed up for their recent gig by donning bright orange stripy socks in...
Devon Community Foundation hosted its annual Volunteer of the Year Awards sponsored by Quilter Cheviot, honouring the hard work and achievements of the many volunteers making a real difference in our Devon communities. Irfaan Jhetam from Hikmat Devon was awarded the Bringing People Together Volunteer of the Year Award sponsored by Cathedral Appointments.
Hikmat Devon, which has its own allotment in Exeter, seeks to address the issues of health inequalities, as well as to tackle the issue of social isolation faced by many people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. Group...
