News in Honiton

Honiton gymnasts Reece Cutler and Sky Shute returned from Stoke-on-Trent at the weekend as British Champions in the 12-18 mixed pair event.

At the same event, the Honiton Grade 5 Men's Group of Max MacDonald, Max Sharland, Devon Roe-Lavery and Joe Shackleton won gold – claiming the National Development Plan (NDP) title.

Gymnasts from Honiton Gymnastics Club are finally back competing after a 20-month wait, with 63 gymnasts competing at the South West Championships.

The dedicated athletes, aged eight to 18, had one of the largest teams at the regional event, which was held at Yate International Gymnastics Centre, with many acrobatic partnerships finishing in medal positions and 10 partnerships taking South West Championship titles.

Score: 13-6 Gloucester (HT), 16-13 Exeter (FT)

It proved to be a very difficult match for the Exeter Chiefs today (Saturday 23 October) against London Irish.

A rocky start

Today's away fixture against Wasps was a brutal battle for the Chiefs as they only just scraped a 27-23 victory.

The first half

The Honiton Tsunamis netball team met the Somerset team Axe Vale in their first South West regional match of the 2021/22 season.

After a goal-for-goal first few minutes, Honiton edged the first quarter by 12 goals to 8.

Honiton Netball Club are celebrating their 10-year anniversary in style after their U16 Tsunamis team qualified for South West Regional League 2, after competing at the county qualifier tournament on Sunday, September 12.

The club would like to thank Roger Doble and Honiton Football Club for providing a minibus to transport the teams on the day.

Honiton Rugby Football Club is looking for new under-15s players to join its ranks.

Young players are invited to join 'an exciting club which is committed to developing young people by progressing their life and athletic skills with a key focus on having fun'.

Honiton CC 1st XI side had won their last five games on the bounce and were in buoyant mood as they played a Thorverton 2nd XI at Mountbatten Park.

Thorverton won the toss and decided to bat first, a slow start was encouraging for the home side as openers Corey Lapping (4-0-14) and Kevin Kelly (9-0-16) kept things tight with the openers barely offering a shot in anger in the first 9 overs.

Honiton CC 1st XI side had won their last four on the bounce to give their faint promotion hopes some life. They faced Topsham St James 1st XI at Mountbatten Park in a battle between 3rd and 4th.

Topsham won the toss and decided to bat first, a slow start was encouraging for the home side as openers Holmes and Kevin Kelly were very unlucky not to get wickets, especially seeing a couple early slip chances go down. Topsham openers Sapwell (27) and Pring (15) gained some momentum until James Matravers and Ian Kelly entered the fray and changed town's fortunes by picking up a few wickets in their spells. James Matravers finished (6-8-3) and Ian Kelly (9-32-1). Further good spells by Willy Graham (7-18-2) and Mike Docherty (1.2-1-2) and Rob Ingram brought proceedings to a close. Topsham left the home side chasing a 116 to win.