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Thomas Waldrom insists it’s ‘full steam ahead’ for him and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates as they look to book their place in this season’s Aviva Premiership play-offs.

Having helped Rob Baxter’s side move into second spot with victory over Newcastle Falcons last weekend, Exeter’s free-scoring No.8 will check into familiar surroundings again this Friday night when Devon’s finest prepare to tackle fellow high-flyers Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.

With just six rounds of the scheduled season remaining, Waldrom – who spent four years with the Midlanders before moving to the...

Exeter Tennis Centre has been awarded £1,800 by the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) Play Tennis Fund to deliver a free tennis programme called Tennis 4 Teens.

Beginning on Wednesday 1 March, children aged 14 to 16 will learn practical tennis skills in fun and sociable sessions. These playing sessions will be complemented by the LTA’s Tennis Leaders training which provides the opportunity to gain organisational and coaching skills and gives young people an insight into the tennis environment and career pathway.

Led by coaches from the University of Exeter’s Tennis Centre,...

With spring in the air, and a spring in the step of race loving folk, March ushers in the first of the Festivals. Cheltenham is on the tip of everybody’s tongues and as the sports pages fill with the clatter and clamour of anticipation, Exeter Racecourse will play host to its own little corner of Festival heaven with its preview evening on March 7.

Just one week before that famous roar heralds the start of Cheltenham 2017, ITV Racing’s Luke Harvey, David Pipe, Philip Hobbs, Nick Scholfield and Harry Derham will run the rule over the runners and give their thoughts on possible...

James Short try-scoring hot streak shows no sign of abaiting as he added two more to his tally as Exeter Chiefs powered to victory over Newcastle Falcons at Sandy Park.

The winger scored a try in each half as Rob Baxter’s side moved up to second in the Aviva Premiership standings thanks to another maximum haul of points.

A penalty try, together with further scores for Harry Williams and Sam Skinner, were the other key highlights for Devpn’s finest, whose other points came courtesy of fly-half Joe Simmonds on his first top flight start.

In reply, the Falcons offered...