Exeter chairman Tony Rowe buys Sandy Park Hotel stake to help pay club debts

Exeter chairman Tony Rowe buys Sandy Park Hotel stake to help pay club debts

Tony Rowe and Rob Baxter
Tony Rowe (left) has been instrumental in building the off-field foundations to allow director of rugby Rob Baxter to lead Exeter to two domestic titles and a European Champions Cup

Exeter chairman and chief executive Tony Rowe has agreed to buy a stake in a hotel owned by the club to help pay off government-backed Covid-19 loans.

Exeter have not disclosed how much Rowe has paid, or what stake he has taken.

The group that runs Exeter had borrowings of £28.1m according to accounts to 30 June 2021.

Those included a Barclays Covid-19 loan of £5m, a Sport England loan of £6.8m and a NatWest…

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