Britain’s most decorated male swimmer Mark Foster has been confirmed as the guest speaker at this year’s Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards, held in association with Active Devon.
Mark represented England and Great Britain for 23 years, winning 47 major international medals, competing in 5 Olympic Games and breaking the World record 8 times. Since retiring, Mark enjoys a thriving television career including competing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.
He has also set up a dance fitness programme with ‘Strictly’ professionals Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite and has done...
A wealth of opportunities to get active is available at the touch of a button with Devon County Council Public Health's new website.
Get Active Devon provides a range of activities, from exercise classes to sports clubs; from learning a new skill to developing an existing one, all at the touch of a button. The website offers the chance to search for an activity based on intensity, location, with or without other people, cost, and age range, as well as suitability for people with mobility problems or disabilities.
Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council’s Cabinet...
Nominations for the prestigious Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards are now open.
Active Devon and Exeter Foundation, who jointly stage and promote the event, are expecting this year’s event to be more popular than ever.
The awards celebrate, not just the participants, but the clubs and teams, the coaches, the officials and the volunteers who help performers to succeed.
For 2015 the organisers are keen that an even wider cross section of sport in Devon, both at community and elite level, is recognised.
Active Devon is celebrating all things Ping!Exeter with an event at Exeter Castle.
On Thursday 4 September, from 6pm-8pm, Active Devon will be holding ‘Ping of the Castle’, which will feature a workplace table tennis tournament, music and entertainment - all in the name of Ping!Exeter 2014.
There will be food on sale as well with a chance for everyone to get active, have fun and enjoy a celebration of Ping! Exeter. All abilities and all ages welcome, there will be free for all Ping after 8pm at the castle. For more information visit www.activedevon.org/pingofthecastle or...
The Devon Games to Inspire 2014 (DGTI) will be held on Saturday 14 June at the Sports Park in Exeter on the University of Exeter Campus.
The games provide the opportunity for young people to compete in 11 sports and activities to win individual medals and gain points which will go towards the overall trophy for their area team.
The event which is part of the national Sainsbury’s School Games programme and it is expected that over 800 young people will take part from across the county.
In addition the event provides an opportunity for young volunteers from Devon’s...
Active Devon has been awarded a grant of £207,220 from Sport England to develop inclusive sporting opportunities for disabled people.
The Inclusive Sport programme is designed to increase the number of young people (aged 14 plus) and adults regularly playing sport as part of Sport England’s wider commitment to increasing regular sport participation by disabled people.
Active Devon will aim to establish over 30 Opportunity Clubs across Devon providing sport and physical activity for young people and adults with disabilities. The programme will also support and develop local...
The finalists in this year’s Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards, in association with Active Devon have been revealed. They include sportsmen and women, clubs, coaches and volunteers from all four corners of the county. The event will once again be hosted at Sandy Park, the home of LV= Cup winning Premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs. The competition was open to those involved in sport throughout Devon and, unlike similar awards, all the profits will be donated to charity. This year’s host is BBC Spotlight's Jenny Walrond and the special guest will be medal winning British athlete...
On the hottest day of the year so far, magnificent venues, palm trees and the blue waters of the English Riviera provided the perfect backdrop to a day of sport on Sunday at the 2013 Devon Games to Inspire, held at numerous venues across Torbay. The waterfront location and direct access to the sea provided an opportunity for organisers to add sailing and a sea-swim triathlon to the competition for the first time in the Games' history.
Sporting Champion and London 2012 Diver Sarah Barrow opened the event and took a tour of the competitions offering inspiration and advice to the...
The BRITDOC Foundation has launched the Ping Pong Care Campaign 2013, and we are bringing it to Exeter. The campaign encourages community centres, sheltered housing, residential villages, care homes and day centres to screen the feature documentary Ping Pong as an inspiration for more active lifestyles in our senior years.
This funny and emotional film follows eight octogenarians who may be old but still want gold, as they prepare for and compete in the over-80s World Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia
The Ping Pong Care Campaign is running awareness events in...
