Sports in Axminster

Devon and Exeter League football is set to start again on Saturday, April 3rd.

The league gave clubs the opportunity to continue fixtures or drop out of their respective decisions with no penalty.

Somerset Sabres begin their Twenty20 Cup title defence this evening (Thursday) as they take on bitter rivals Gloucestershire Gladiators at 7 pm - and cricket fans can watch it on YouTube.

The game will also be live Tweeted and supporters can now follow the Cidermen on social media using the handle @SomersetCCC to keep up with the latest news.

Perry Street League clubs are being consulted over whether they want to call a close to the 2020-2021 season.

Local football has been given the go-ahead to re-start the current season from March 19th.

Axminster Town's newly-appointed commercial manager Ray Self has wasted no time in getting his message across that, despite the lockdown, due to be lifted on March 29, Tiger Way is very much open for business.

A former player, manager and chairman who spearheaded the move from Sector Lane to Chard Road, providing some of the best facilities in football in the West Country, has rejoined the Tigers with a dual role.

Axminster Town Football Club has this afternoon (Saturday) named a new management structure.

Club chairman Andy Hurford has announced that Reserve team manager Dan Prettejohn has stepped up as first team boss and will be naming his own assistant.

Ray Self, the former player, manager and chairman, is back in Tiger Way, the home of Axminster Town Football.

Self oversaw the move from Sector Lane, the Tiger's iconic ground for more than a hundred years, to a £1million plus complex off Chard Road, providing some of the best footballing facilities in the West Country.

The Devon and Exeter League, in which two Lyme Regis FC team compete, have agreed to relaunch the 2020-21 season - but teams do not have to participate if they don't want to.

That was the surprise news received by teams this evening when it was expected the D & E would follow the decision by the South West Peninsular League to void the current season because of the back log of fixtures.

After three decades with his home County, Marcus Trescothick will leave Somerset County Cricket Club next month to take up a new role with the ECB.

Trescothick, who became a coach at Somerset last season following a glittering 27-season year playing career, will now fill the role of Elite Batting Coach at the ECB.

The league season is over for the first teams of three East Devon football clubs – Axminster Town, Sidmouth Town and Honiton.

The South West Peninsular League has decided to curtail the 2020-2021season with immediate effect, despite the fact the government has indicated that football can recommence as from March 29th.

Axminster Town FC have parted company with first team manager Josh Stunell and his assistant John Clements.

In a statement from club chairman Andy Hurford, it was confirmed that after three seasons together at the club it was felt a fresh approach was required with the priority of building a team team squad that can compete in the top half of the SouthWest Peninsular Premier East division.