Beautiful Days Festival revellers pulled out all the stops, with a host of colourful and creative costumes, dressing as pirates, mermaids, sailors, fish and crustaceans and a host of seaside treasures, embracing the festival’s 2017 Rock the Boat theme.
Multiple fire crews are tackling a garage fire at Newton Poppleford. The fire service said the blaze has spread to a bungalow and a neighbouring garage.
Joy Wisdom was the winner of the August stableford competition at East Devon Golf Club this week, with Margaret Christie taking the honours in the Venerable Vets Whitehead Cup, writes Helen Chivers.
Seven local clubs were invited to send a rink to play in the men’s Coronation Cup on Saturday, a trophy which has been played for since 1937, writes Jenny Smith.
Topsham St James’s second eleven signally failed to emulate the first team’s thrashing of Axminster and, indeed, managed to reverse the scenario, losing by a massive 128 runs, writes Mike Tracey.
A win on all six rinks against local rivals Topsham at Cricket Field Lane was the highlight of the week for the Budleigh bowlers, writes David Roberts.
Hugh Marsden and Dawn Teed have been regular attendees at The Race the Train 14 mile race in North Wales, and were there again for the 34th edition, writes Cathy Newman.
The last game of the Budleigh Cricket Club Community League’s regular season saw the Withy Dads secure top spot with a victory over the Kings Arms, writes Kevin Tyrrell.
Budleigh Salterton beat Cornwood by a margin of seven runs, but a first victory in six outings for Hatherleigh effectively means that the Budleigh dream of a return to the top flight of Devon League cricket will have to go on ice for another 12 months.
East Budleigh FC begin their 2017/18 campaign this Saturday (August 26) with two teams, once again entered into the Macron Devon and Exeter league, writes Mark Auton.
Exmouth Town boss Peter Buckingham has come out fighting in terms of his ‘irritation’ at what he sees as ‘illegal approaches’ being made for Town players.
The third Saturday in August saw Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society swimmer Ian Lang and kayaker Jordan Hamilton standing on the end of Ullswater in the Lake District waiting to swim its seven-mile length.
