Though we are in mid-February, Budleigh Salterton Boys Under016s played just their second game of 2019 when they went down 5-1 at home to Alphington in an Exeter and District Youth League meeting, writes SpursTom.

This weekend’s top local football and rugby action sees home games for both Exmouth Town and Budleigh Salterton in their respective South West Peninsula League campaigns whilst the rugby action sees the Cockles make an early Saturday morning start to venture up the M5 to Gloucestershire to take on Old Patesians.

The past week was a busy one for the Budleigh bowlers and it was also one that resulted in a great set of results at all levels in the club, writes David Roberts.

A fundraising campaign to secure the long-term future for Dartmoor’s hugely popular Clydesdales has been launched, writes Lucy Johnson.

Budleigh Salterton Reserves were once again involved in a high-scoring Macron Devon and Exeter League, Division Three match, when they travelled to Newton St Cryes where they were beaten 7-3, writes SpursTom.

Lewis Tose scored four goals as Exmouth United Under-13s completed a stunning comeback to defeat Culm Sampford United 6-3.

Exeter City Football Club’s (ECFC) first team physio, Adey Saunderson, has praised the East Devon Grecians for raising £10,000 over a two-year period to go towards a host of medical equipment at the Cliff Hill training ground.

Withycombe Under-16s were beaten 44-12 by Cullompton when the sides met at Bicton to contest a Fisherman’s Cup tie.

Devon League officials have extended their deadline date for finding a new playing regulations and rules officer, writes Conrad Sutcliffe

Point-to-point racing enthusiasts could be in for a bumper weekend of racing in the Devon and Cornwall area if both the re-scheduled meeting at the Royal Cornwall Show Ground takes place next Saturday (February 16), along with the South Pool Harriers popular meeting at the old historic racecourse at Buckfastleigh in Devon on Sunday (February 17), writes Donna Harris.

This year’s Exmouth Express (previously known as the Fulfords Five) took place on the first Sunday of February in what were chilly but sunny conditions, writes Kate Baker.

Exmouth head coach Steve Perry enjoyed his team’s overall performance in the win over Newton Abbot.

Budleigh Salterton once again came out of a South West Peninsula League Eastern Division encounter with nothing to show for what was another excellent all-round effort and one that, with a bit more luck, would have yielded them a much-needed success instead of the 3-2 defeat they suffered at the hands of Crediton United, writes Alan Beer.

Exmouth 2nd XV served up another excellent team performance with a number of stand-out shifts from some of the youngest members of the team as they ran in seven tries on their way to a 43-22 win at Newton Abbot 2nd XV.