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GO2, organisers of Exeter’s Great West Run, sponsored by Tozers, are pleased to announce that entries to Exeter’s 31st Great West Run are now open! Taking place on Sunday 18th October 2015, the event attracted over 2,500 pre-registrations, which is almost as many as those that took on the challenge in 2014! With an increasing level of interest in the popular half marathon, Exeter is proving to be a real favoured destination for runners in the South West. Jamie Warren, Head of Marketing and Commercial at GO2, said: “Exeter’s Great West Run has grown substantially year on year, and with an...

With just two rounds of the scheduled Aviva Premiership season to go, Byron McGuigan says the belief is there within the Exeter Chiefs ranks to go and book themselves a first-ever play-off place. Although defeated 36-29 at rivals Wasps last Sunday, Rob Baxter's side remain just one place and one point away from the crucial top four placings. Next up for the Devon club is a trip to fellow play-off challengers Saracens on Sunday, May 10, before they wrap their campaign up with a home engagement with Sale Sharks on Saturday, May 16. As McGuigan acknowledged post-match at the Ricoh Arena, the...

Gareth Steenson insists Exeter Chiefs can ill afford to be afraid of the rewards that are on offer with the Aviva Premiership heading towards a dramatic conclusion over the coming weeks.

With just two rounds of the scheduled season remaining, the Devon club are still firmly in the race for the end-of-season play-offs, this despite slipping to a 36-29 defeat against Wasps on Sunday.

That loss, coupled with Leicester's bonus point win over bottom club London Welsh 24 hours earlier, saw Rob Baxter's side slip a place to fifth in the current standings.

However, a last-...

By Rob Jennings-May

Young tennis star Jake Harrison has spoken of the city’s recent surge in courts and facilities playing a massive part in the early stages of his career.

The 17 year old – who reached the last eight of last year’s Senior National Student Finals – remarks upon the benefits to both College and University students, as well as the general public in the county’s capital:

“It is huge, I play with people all the way from Ilfracombe, Seaton, and myself from Sidmouth. That’s a large radius and mileage – so having such good courts and academies in Exeter is...