Exeter Tennis Centre has been awarded £1,800 by the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) Play Tennis Fund to deliver a free tennis programme called Tennis 4 Teens.
Beginning on Wednesday 1 March, children aged 14 to 16 will learn practical tennis skills in fun and sociable sessions. These playing sessions will be complemented by the LTA’s Tennis Leaders training which provides the opportunity to gain organisational and coaching skills and gives young people an insight into the tennis environment and career pathway.
Led by coaches from the University of Exeter’s Tennis Centre,...
Woodbury Park Golf Club Captains Daryn Hunt and Mickie Ward have raised £10,500 to help with the rehabilitation of stroke patients on Clyst Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
As 2016 Captains, the pair chose the acute stroke ward as their Captains’ Charity for the year, after Mickie’s husband Robert, also known as Sharky, spent time being cared for there in 2011 and 2012.
Mickie said: “I have seen first-hand the amazing work the team on Clyst do. I owe my husband’s life and all of his achievements since then to them. They taught him how to start to live again and...
With spring in the air, and a spring in the step of race loving folk, March ushers in the first of the Festivals. Cheltenham is on the tip of everybody’s tongues and as the sports pages fill with the clatter and clamour of anticipation, Exeter Racecourse will play host to its own little corner of Festival heaven with its preview evening on March 7.
Just one week before that famous roar heralds the start of Cheltenham 2017, ITV Racing’s Luke Harvey, David Pipe, Philip Hobbs, Nick Scholfield and Harry Derham will run the rule over the runners and give their thoughts on possible...
CITY marketing agency McQueenie Mulholland has made a new appointment to its team to meet growing demand for its services.
The company, which was established by Sue McQueenie and Rob Mulholland in 2014 has experienced steady growth over the last two years. It has employed Emma Cottle as an account manager, in a newly created role.
McQueenie Mulholland offers clients a range of marketing and communications services, backed up by data analysis and research.
Emma has six years of experience in marketing, and will be applying her specialism of digital marketing and...
Research published by property consultancy JLL shows that Exeter house prices are expected to rise at a faster rate than the UK average over the next five years.
JLL predicts that Exeter will experience an average year on year price rise of 3.9% between 2017 and 2021, compared with 2.5% for the rest of the UK.
Prices are expected to go up by 4% from last year in 2017 and another 4% in 2018, although JLL expects this year on year increase to slightly fall in subsequent years to 3.5% in 2019 and 2020, before rising again to 4% in 2021.
Essential maintenance work is due to start today (Tuesday 28 February) on traffic signals at two junctions in Exeter.
Traffic signals, poles and electrics at the junction of Pinhoe Road, Hamlin Lane and Beacon Lane, and the junction of Queen Street and Paul Street are being replaced as part of a Devon County Council scheme to upgrade signals which have reached the end of their serviceable life.
Repairs will also be carried out on cable ducting where required.
Temporary traffic signals will be in place throughout the duration of the scheme which is expected to be...
Central College of Animal Studies are proud to open the doors of their new Centre in Exeter in preparation for their first cohort of students in September.
The newly refurbished centre is located in Matford and has spacious facilities to enable the delivery of the highest quality of veterinary nurse training, supported by our experienced teaching staff.
The College, having achieved approval from Central Qualifications (CQ), offers the Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing course, delivered over a three year full or part time work-based programme, enabling students to...
Over the last two years we have seen a dramatic shift in our energy supply services. Customers have been switching suppliers and new companies have been entering the market offering cheaper deals and better service.
New entrants to the energy market and a greater consumer focus being shifted to customer service, ethical supplies and trust; has reduced the market share of the big six from 100 per cent five years ago to 86 per cent at the end of 2016.
The future focus for consumers could very well include trusted local suppliers, a move away from the historic market providers...
Enjoy pie and mash before listening to Exeter Chiefs’ Head Coach Rob Baxter discuss the Chiefs’ rise from the Championship to Aviva Premiership title contenders.
Rob is an enthralling speaker and this is set to be a fascinating evening for Chiefs novices and experts alike.
Food on the evening will be a Chunk 'Tomahawk' Pie, filled with steak, bacon and borlotti beans in a rich Jack Daniels BBQ sauce, served with creamy mash (a vegetarian alternative will be available).
Tickets are £20, which includes food, and can be booked at www.sandypark.co.uk/book
Sight loss charity RNIB are inviting you to join us for this year’s Tea for RNIB on Thursday 23rd March by hosting your own Tea party or cake sale and help support thousands of people living with sight loss in Devon and Cornwall.
All you need to do is ask everyone you know either at work, school, college or even at home to bake something yummy, set a time and place for your tea party and ask everyone who attends to make a small donation to RNIB.
Emily was just one and a half when she was diagnosed with a sight loss condition. RNIB have been a huge part of her life since she...
