Swing into action this half term at Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club in Umberleigh, as it offers special half term coaching for kids across seven fresh new courts – and a host of facilities to keep parents busy as action-packed (or food-filled) as they like!
Known for its extensive sporting facilities including an 18-hole USGA specification golf course, croquet, snooker, fishing, shooting and – for extra autumnal comfort - an indoor swimming pool with Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room; the hotel now offers seven competition quality courts. Consisting of four full-size and three...
Premier League Darts will be bigger than ever in 2014 with the introduction of an additional league night as the ten-player tournament, which will open in Liverpool and end in London, visits Leeds for the first time.
Darts' biggest roadshow event will celebrate its tenth staging next year, with reigning champion Michael van Gerwen set to defend his title against the likes of six-time winner Phil Taylor across 16 weeks of action around the UK and Ireland, live on Sky Sports.
The season will kick off on Thursday February 6 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, as the ten players...
The University of Exeter is delighted to announce a free festival of arts, music, food and sports at their Forum Piazzas on the Streatham Campus in Exeter.
The festival will include a range of activities and performance for all the family. There will be student acts such as the Soul Choir and the acclaimed A Capella group semi Toned. There will also be professional acts such as the much loved and award-winning street clowning troupe Le Navet Bete.
Professional music also includes acts such as Sheelanagig, The Carrivick Sisters and Exeter favourites Count to Fire.
Organisers of the Devon Sports Awards, Active Devon and The Exeter Foundation proclaimed last night’s glittering ceremony a huge success as over 250 people came together to celebrate a year of sporting success across the county.
Exeter and East Devon did particularly well winning five of the twelve categories including the coveted ‘Exeter Chiefs’ Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award, in addition to six runner up places.
Neil Parsons who founded Lympstone Amateur Boxing Club in 1968 was announced the ‘Exeter Food Festival’ Senior Volunteer of the Year which was followed...
Active Devon has today announced the finalists of the prestigious Devon Sports Awards.
Running for over ten years, the awards attract hundreds of nominations each year, but this year saw a record number of nominations that were judged by an independent panel of experts last week.
The ceremony, hosted by Jenny Walrond (BBC Spotlight) takes place at Sandy Park, Exeter on Friday 10 May, where the winners of each category will be announced. In a partnership formed with local charity The Exeter Foundation, Active Devon will be opening up tickets to the event, which include a...
A new Special Olympics club in Exeter will celebrate gaining full accreditation from Special Olympics GB in an official opening this week.
Bob Billson from Special Olympics GB (a provider of year-round sports training and competition programmes for children and adults with intellectual (learning) disabilities) will make the presentation to Special Olympics Exeter & District Club at 7pm at The Stansfield Centre on Falcon Road.
The club has been running activity sessions for young people with disabilities since January and caters for the community of Exeter and its...
Street Motion Freerunning Academy is the leading provider of Parkour / Freerunning lessons in the Southwest. Freerunning is an exciting style of urban movement popularised in many recent action movies which combines ultimate functional fitness training with big jumps, acrobatic moves and super-human balance.
Churches are stepping in and filling in the gaps they see in services in their community, as the recession continues to bite.
A survey by the Church Urban Fund of projects run by Anglican churches found 54 per cent of parishes run activities like debt centres, counselling, children's groups or lunch clubs to address the needs in their communities.
And 82 per cent of parishes have been asked for help by people in the community - and have responded to that call. Parishes offer a wide range of actitivities: 69 per cent of parish churches provide support with school work for...
