Sporting Exeter
Exeter has a proud sporting history, with the main activities being football, rugby and horse racing. St Andrews Hotel is perfectly situated for all of these events.
EXETER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB
Exeter City Football Club has been a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003 and, following five seasons in the Conference National, from the 2008–09 season onwards. They achieved automatic promotion to League One for the 2009–10 season at the first attempt.
Exeter City was founded in 1904 and began playing on an old field used for fattening pigs, St James Park (not to be confused with the homes of Newcastle United or Brackley Town). Exeter remain at St James Park to this day. The club is nicknamed "The Grecians" and St James Park is just a short bus ride from our hotel.
Visit their website at www.exetercityfc.co.uk.
EXETER CHIEFS RUGBY
Exeter Rugby Club is a rugby union club.
The Exeter club was formed in around 1871 and played its first match in 1873. The first team has been rebranded as the Exeter Chiefs and play in a strip of Black (Home), White (Away).
The Chiefs currently play in the top-tier of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership, having been promoted on 26 May 2010, when they beat Bristol Rugby. They relocated from the County Ground to Sandy Park in the summer of 2006, which has a ground that can accommodate 10,094. They are currently coached by Rob Baxter. The Sandy Park Stadium is within easy reach of our hotel by either direct bus service from the city centre, or from St Thomas train station which is just a few minutes walk away from the hotel.
Visit The Chiefs website at www.exeterchiefs.co.uk.
EXETER HORSE RACES
Exeter Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located just outside of Exeter. Locally it is known as Haldon racecourse because of its location on top of the Haldon Hills. Until the early 1990s it was officially known as Devon and Exeter.
The flagship race is the Grade 2 Haldon Gold Cup which takes place each Autumn. This race has been won by past greats such as Best Mate, Viking Flagship and Edredon Bleu.
There is a FREE bus service on racedays which collects from both Exeter St Davids Station and from Exeter Bus & Coach Station, both of which are easily accessible from our hotel.
Find out more at www.exeter-racecourse.co.uk. |
