Devon Active Communities is set to help more local people get into sport thanks to £250,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Community Sport Activation Fund.
On Thursday 16 May, the Molton Brown Exeter store in Princesshay hosted a men's pamper evening to celebrate the launch of its new sport and men's product range - a three-piece Sport collection that includes an anti-perspirant stick, 4-in-1 body wash, shaving gel, shampoo and face wash and a targeted Body-warming Sportbalm. The open event was attended by both loyal customers and passing shoppers, who were treated to expert advice on how to use the range to maximise your pre- and post-workout routine and guests enjoyed a rejuvenating hand and arm massage. Exeter Physio were on hand to offer...
Budleigh Salterton parish residents are being asked to decide how to spend £35,000 available for sports in the area.
Budleigh Salterton Town Council and EDDC are taking their voting stall to Budleigh Gala Week, The Green, Budleigh Salterton on Saturday 25 May between 1pm and 4.30pm. So why not go along and cast your vote?
The money has come from recent housing developments (Section 106 money) in the parish. It is now up to residents to decide how the money is used.
An appeal for ideas last year produced a range of suggestions from Budleigh Salterton residents,...
Young people from across the region took part in a series of tests on Thursday as Exeter College hosted the inaugural South West CYQ Fitness Trainer Competition. Students from Exeter College’s Exercise and Fitness and Personal Trainer and Sports Massage courses were joined by competitors from Petroc to decide who would be the South West winners and go through to the National final.
The 12 competitors battled it out in two competitions, which ran throughout the day. Judged by experts from Cornwall and London, the competition involved giving a fitness consultation and designing and...
Rob Baxter knows the rewards of another hard year in the Aviva Premiership are within his side's grasp as his Exeter Chiefs squad prepare to travel to London Wasps in their penultimate game of the season on Sunday (2pm).
Four wins in their last five top flight fixtures have helped propel the Chiefs into the all-important top six as the battle for qualification in next season's Heineken Cup reaches boiling point.
Entering into this weekend's fixtures, the Chiefs hold a slender advantage over both Bath (2 points) and Wasps (3 points) for the final European spot - and Baxter...
Exeter's new baseball team, the Spitfires, are getting set for their first game in the South West Baseball league. Following several weeks of indoor and outdoor training with their qualified coaches, the team head to Plymouth this Sunday to take on the reigning league champions the Mariners. The team's first home game is on 12 May against Bristol Bats.
It has been a busy pre-season for the new team as they have trained a number of men and women who are completely new to the sport, have had to organise the setting up of their brand new home field at St Luke's Sports College as well...
Thousands more young people in Devon are to benefit from the sporting legacy after Sport England announced an extra £24 million to expand and extend its successful Sportivate programme.
The National Lottery funding means Sportivate can continue helping 14- to 25-year-olds to get involved in sports from judo and tennis to wakeboarding and parkour until 2017.
The initiative is run in Devon by County Sport Partnership, Active Devon. New figures shows that 3,521 teenagers and young adults in the county have already benefitted from free or discounted six-to-eight week sports...
Following Exeter’s home defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge, manager Paul Tisdale lamented what has been a frustrating week for the Grecians.
A third consecutive defeat has left City trying to secure a play-off place in the final four fixtures. The Daggers took an early lead through a Scott Doe header and the Grecians were never able to carve out the opportunities to overturn the scoreline, and Paul drew attention to the lack of cohesion on the field which was going to make getting a result difficult.
“It’s been a really bad week,” conceded Tis. “I’ve just stood in the...
"I admire the youngsters in the Big Bank – they’ve been really, really positive this year."
Paul Tisdale
Ahead of the visit of Dagenham & Redbridge on Saturday, Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale paid his compliments to the supporters for the role they’re playing in the promotion push.
With five games remaining, the Grecians are sitting pretty in the play-off places with the ambition of playing League 1 football next year still a real possibility. And Tis acknowledged that the continued upbeat influence of City’s supporters could prove all-important in the final...
Four artificial grass pitches and swimming pool changing rooms in the South West are set to be overhauled thanks to nearly £1 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England. With three quarters of people citing the quality of the pitch surface and the changing rooms as being important to their sporting experience, Sport England’s new Improvement Fund is investing £1,293,302 million to improve these facilities for the benefit of thousands of people. Sport England Property Director, Charles Johnston, said: “As the research shows people have a better experience of sport when the...
