A new website dedicated solely to women’s sport was launched today (Tuesday 14 July).
Women's Sport Daily will cover all female professional sport – from football, netball and cricket to tennis, golf and Olympic disciplines.
There will also be the chance to promote news about your school, club and local teams in a unique Community section, as well as exclusive interviews and columns from sporting stars and the people who influence how girls and women watch, play and enjoy the action.
The Women's Sport Daily website, which will be free to use, is a joint venture...
CEDA and the South West Athletics Academy (SWAA) are running the fourth annual Disability Athletics Festival at Exeter Arena on Wednesday 15th May. The Disability Athletics Festival is aimed at disabled people and those with additional needs but is open to all to take part. Most events are adaptable for all abilities.
Exeter shoppers were delighted when double Olympic gold medallist, James Cracknell OBE, ran through Exeter’s City Centre to raise awareness of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) being a chosen charity of Exeter’s Great West Run.
Owner of Exeter’s Great West Run, James led a pack of runners and supporters of the charity through a small race through the City centre on Friday 30 June, before crossing an inflatable ‘Finish Line’ in Princesshay.
The event was to raise awareness of CHSW involvement in the Great West Run and to encourage runners to either take a charity place or...
This Saturday 30th January is the last of this seasons Sportshall sessions, hosted by the award winning South West Athletics Academy at the Riverside Leisure Centre.
Held between 10-11:30am this popular event is open to children between the ages of 4 and 14. Sportshall is a fantastic way for children to experience lots of different athletics activities under one roof.
With a variety of specialised equipment available, Sportshall is fun, exciting and successfully introduces children to a variety of athletic disciplines.
Light up glitter shot puts, turbo javelins, and...
Back by demand, starting this half term are the ever-popular winter Sportshall sessions, hosted by the the award winning South West Athletics Academy.
Hugely popular with children between the ages of four and 14, Sportshall adapts outdoor athletics for all year round indoor participation with lots of specialised equipment available for children to use - light up sparkly shot puts, turbo javelins, racing hurdles and speed bounce are just a few of the activities children love to try.
Sonya Ellis, Director of Coaching at the Academy said: “Sportshall is a fantastic way for...
Devon runner Jo Pavey is taking a stand against drugs cheats by agreeing to make her blood test results public.
Following a national newspaper investigation, athletes were warned last week against publishing their test results. British Athletics feared releasing selective data could be “misinterpreted” and may also imply those not publishing their data were “guilty by omission."
But Mo Farah, whose coach, Alberto Salazar, was the subject of doping allegations – and has since denied any wrongdoing – broadcast in a BBC Panorama programme in June, along with Jo are among eight...
With the launch of the high profile national campaign This Girl Can, Exeter based South West Athletics is echoing this call to action by encouraging more women and girls into athletics and into coaching.
Director of Coaching Sonya Ellis has long been an advocate for more women coaches in sport and already has a number of athletes going through athletics coaching awards.
In addition, SW Athletics has taken on an apprentice assistant coach, Angela Lynn, who is a mother of two and has already successfully completed her coaching assistant’s award and is part way through her...
Jo Pavey was born in Honiton and is a member of the Exeter Harriers.
Jo is a British long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 m gold medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich, ten months after giving birth to her second child, to become the oldest female European champion in history at the age of 40 years and 325 days.
Pavey is a four-time Olympian, having represented Great Britain in every Olympic Games from 2000 to 2012. She is also the 2012 European Championship silver medallist in the 10,000 m and a two-time 5000 m medallist at the Commonwealth Games, winning...
Cross-country runners from across the South West will be converging upon Bicton College for the England Athletics Cross Country Championships 2015. The event has been getting bigger every year and therefore finding an appropriate venue for so many runners and their families has been a challenge for organizers South West Athletics Academy.
“We always want to ensure an outstanding day of competition for south west runners” said event director Sonya Ellis. “Getting the right balance of on site facilities, a stunning venue and a suitably demanding course is always a tricky dilemma, but...
Sportshall, the popular and successful program of indoor athletics which teaches and improves children core sporting skills is back in Exeter.
Running at Clifton Hill Sports Centre on selected Sunday afternoons between October 2014 and March 2015, children and their families can enjoy throwing nerf howlers and light up glitter shot balls, trying their hand at long jump and triple jump, or joining in the fun of relays and hurdles.
Award winning Exeter based South West Athletics Academy will be running sessions on Sunday 2 November 2.30 – 4pm, Sunday 7 December 2.30 – 4pm,...
