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Aquaplanet Paddle to the Moon Competition

Aquaplanet are pleased to launch the Paddle to the moon competition! The competition runs from January to June 2023, with the collective goal of travelling 384.4 million meters by the end of the mission. This sounds like a big challenge, however, if the paddleboarding community comes together it’s possible!

The competition comes with one big prize at the end of the competition, as well as monthly prizes for the paddler who has travelled the furthest during the month. There is still plenty of time to get out on the water and join the competition. Just don’t forget to stay safe,...

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Back to school: Win a celebrity visit at your child’s primary school

It’s not every day you hear your little‘un announce: “I’m off to school to have the best day EVER!”

For the parents of one lucky child, this will be music to the ears if their son or daughter is the winner of the Tesco Back to School Competition. And not just that, they’ll also be the most popular person in their class – as the prize is not just for them, but for all their classmates too! How cool would it be for the kids to have a dance class with JLS boy band member Aston Merrygold? He’s certain to get them all up and on their feet busting a few moves on the dance floor - and if...

Furniture Village marks its 24th birthday by celebrating 1989 – the year when texting began

In August 2013, Furniture Village turns 24 and, in order to celebrate, the UK’s largest independent retailer of its type is commemorating another significant event from 1989 – the invention of the text message. To mark its birthday, Furniture Village is launching a search for each county’s earliest recorded text sent by a member of the Great British public.

The Furniture Village branch in Exeter is calling on the public to search attics, drawers and shoe boxes to dig-out old mobile phones, power them up once more, and find the region’s earliest recorded text. If a person thinks...

Devon Active Villages need your votes

Devon project ‘The Devon Active Villages’ are urging locals to give them their support and help them win this year’s National Lottery Awards. The Devon Active Villages project, by Active Devon, is a finalist in this year’s award’s Sport category; one of seven categories that will recognise the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.

The Devon Active Villages works with people to discover what sports they enjoy, and once they have gained this information they try to arrange for these sports to take place in local communities and villages. So far the group has helped around 10,000...

Show off your photography skills and start snapping farm animals

Freedom Food – the RSPCA’s food labelling scheme - today launches its first ever photo competition for talented amateur photographers to show off their best snaps of farm animals.

The Fab Farm Animals competition is a celebration of what makes farm animals so special. It is being run by Freedom Food in a bid to help re-connect people with where their food comes from and the importance of good welfare for farm animals.

All kinds of photos can be submitted from quirky cows to dabbling ducks, the serious to the humorous, and close ups or landscapes, as contest organiser Liam...

Snap to it - time for young animal lovers to get their cameras out

The RSPCA launched its annual competition for budding young snappers to showcase their best images of animals yesterday.

The Young Photographer Awards 2013 (YPA13) welcomes all kinds of pictures from cheeky portraits of family pets to imaginative photos of wildlife and even close-ups of insects in a mix of categories open to young people under 19.

The competition is sponsored by Warners Midlands, supported by Olympus and Natures Images, and judged by a mix of photography professionals including presenter and wildlife expert Chris Packham.

Last year’s photos included...

Find Tinkerbell on Exeter College website for the chance to win prizes

Exeter College is offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to see its fantastic Media and Performing Arts students perform Peter Pan at the Barnfield Theatre on the date of your choice, as well as a mystery goody bag to collect on your arrival!

How it works It’s simple, between 7 and 16 of May, Tinker Bell will be magically appearing in random places on the Exeter College website and all you need to do is locate and click on her silhouette and fill in your details to be in with a chance of winning tickets.

Now, to help you out Exeter College will be posting various...

New short film competition 'Made on Dartmoor'

To celebrate its 5th year, the community-run Moretonhampstead Festival of Food, Drink & Arts, is running an intriguing new film competition ‘Made on Dartmoor’ . Sponsored by Bovey Castle , entries are open now until 12 noon on 4th March 2013.

Win a six-week membership at the Mercure Southgate Health and Fitness Club

The Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel has teamed up with the Health and Fitness Club to offer you a special New Year's Prize.

Sometimes, it takes a little bit of friendly support to get you motivated to keep those New Year's Resolutions. So we decided to give away a six weeks membership to our Health and Fitness Club!

By winning the six-week membership, you will find a fantastic selection of gym equipment, an extensive range of free classes each weeks ranging from yoga and circuits to aquafit, abs and legs, bums & tums. Others just relax in our swimming pool,...

And the winner in The Exeter Daily £250 Prize Giveaway is...

The Exeter Daily is very pleased to announce that the winner in our £250 prize giveaway is Rev Mike Partridge from Pinhoe. Mike is Team Rector for Pinhoe, Broadclyst, Clyst Honiton, Rockbeare and Sowton Churches.

When asked what he will do with the money he said that he had not yet decided, but it would be something special, as his wife Rachel had been under going treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He also told us that his favourite place in Exeter is Cathedral Green "It's so peaceful there but at the same time you are surrounded by other people. There's nothing quite...

The Great Exeter Tea Cosy Competition comes to Exeter

There is something exciting going on at The Hub on the Green and word is spreading. There is talk of tea cosies in school playgrounds, street corners and all over Twitter.

Liz Croft, who volunteers her time to run the knitting group at the hub, had a lovely idea to start a tea cosy competition and Joey Lee who runs The Hub on the Green challenged her to take it outside of the hub and make it something rather special. And she has.

So The Great Exeter Tea Cosy Competition now has a silver teapot trophy, an amazing array of prizes, an impressive judging panel and the goodwill...

Competitions

Aquaplanet Paddle to the Moon Competition

Back to school: Win a celebrity visit at your child’s primary school

Furniture Village marks its 24th birthday by celebrating 1989 – the year when texting began

Devon Active Villages need your votes

Show off your photography skills and start snapping farm animals

Snap to it - time for young animal lovers to get their cameras out

Find Tinkerbell on Exeter College website for the chance to win prizes

New short film competition 'Made on Dartmoor'

Win a six-week membership at the Mercure Southgate Health and Fitness Club

And the winner in The Exeter Daily £250 Prize Giveaway is...

The Great Exeter Tea Cosy Competition comes to Exeter

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