Exmouth United Under-12s and Under-15s wore rainbow laces for their matches on Saturday to support the Football v Homophobia campaign, writes Ag Stephens.

There was success for Madeira ladies in national competitions last week, writes Jean Healey.

Budleigh Salterton Under-15s suffered the agony of semi-final defeat when beaten 2-1 by Okehampton Argyle in an Exeter & District Youth League Plate Cup last four contest, writes SpursTom.

This coming Saturday (February 29), both the Cockles' second team and the Nomads (third XV) resume their respective bids for divisional honours.

It was a frustrating afternoon for East Budleigh last Saturday as they slipped to a narrow 2-1 Macron League Division Two defeat to a visiting Halwill side that took the two chances they were given in the contest, writes Mark Auton.

Exmouth Town Under-18s made Devon Cup progress with a 5-2 in at Marjon Plymouth, but they had to come from a two goal deficit before booking their place in the next round.

Withycombe magnificent season shows no sign of letting up after the team returned from Withy with their 100 per cent Devon One record intact and a place in the final of the Devon Junior Cup booked thanks to a 26-7 success at Tamar Saracens.

Exmouth Town third team shipped three late goals on their way to a 5-1 defeat at home to Bow AAC, but the margin of victory was hard on a Town side that had been well 'in the game' through until the closing stages.

Lympstone Lions Under-11s powered their way into the semi-finals of the Exeter & District Youth League Plate competition with a superb all-round team performance that saw them defeat Twyford Spartans 7-0.

Exmouth Town had to overcome the conditions and a battling performance from Wellington to eventually secure a 2-0 victory that has seen them climb to third in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division table, writes John Dibsdall.

The final Saturday of February saw Exmouth Town climb back into the Toolstation Western League Premier Division top three while, down in Plymouth, Withycombe enjoyed a double-header win over Tamar Saracens - a round-up of all the local teams that were in action...

Exmouth Town's Toolstation Western League home game against Wellington goes ahead, but, despite the lack of any serious rain over the past few days, a measure of just how much rain had fallen previously can be gauged by the news that there's more football off than on again across all the local leagues!

Withycombe will try again to get some action in Plymouth tomorrow (Saturday) when they travel to Tamar Saracens for what is now a league and Devon Junior Cup double-header.

Otterton will be wary of any thoughts of revenge when they square off against Uplowman Athletic in the Devon and Exeter Football League Division Two tomorrow.