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Dexter, Exeter Racecourse’s much-loved mascot, swapped the parade ring for a special festive mission last week as he delivered bags of Christmas presents to children on Bramble Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The gifts were donated by generous racegoers who attended Exeter Racecourse’s recent ELF Raceday, held in support of the Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF). Dozens of presents were collected at the racecourse’s gifting drop-off point and will now be shared with children and young patients in the lead-up to Christmas.

General manager Jack Parkinson said: “We...

Exeter student running sensation Innes Fitzgerald has won gold at the European Cross-Country Championships, bagging her a triple gold win in her age bracket.

On Sunday, Innes, 19, won the 4.5k race in Lagoa, Portugal for a third consecutive year, this year with a time of 14.35. Her 32-second lead is the biggest margin of victory in women’s under 20 racing in the history of the events. It caps a year that has seen the rising star smash a number of under 20 records.

It comes after the second year Exercise and Sport Sciences student at the University of Exeter was named...

If you stuck around for all 80 minutes at the CorpAcq Stadium on 28 November, you’ll know exactly why Exeter fans floated home like they’d won the lottery. Sale Sharks were 20 points up and absolutely cruising, the sort of position where the home supporters start relaxing into their seats and wondering how early they can beat the traffic. Sale almost never loses at home, literally once in the league since January 2024, so when they stretched their lead to 26–6 early in the second half, that felt like that. Job done. Move along. But Exeter clearly hadn’t read the script.

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Exeter Chiefs Women have launched their first-ever Exposed calendar as a bold and empowering project to celebrate the strength, confidence and positivity of female athletes and to raise money for two important causes.

The calendar, available from 11 December 2025, has been driven by the players, who wanted to mirror the success of the long-running men’s Exposed calendar while championing their own message of body positivity. It is the first of its kind in the PWR.

Following a landmark year for women’s rugby and women’s sport, the Chiefs Women’s Exposed calendar shines a...