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Townson joins Chiefs coaching staff

Glen Townson has joined Exeter Chiefs as the men’s assistant forwards coach.

Formerly the academy transition coach with Bristol Bears, the former lock forward makes the move to Chiefs having been in his transition role with Bears since September 2022.

Townson said: “It has been a real ambition of mine to be a Gallagher PREM coach, and to get the chance to do it at the Chiefs, one of the most successful clubs in the last decade, a club with rich history, was an opportunity I had to take.

“I’m hoping to add experience to a strong coaching group and build on the...

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Maynard School's equestrian team crowned National Champions

Equestrian team members from the Maynard School in Exeter, the South West’s leading independent girls’ school, made the long trip to Hickstead in Sussex worthwhile when winning the NSEA Eventer’s Challenge on 3 June 2016.

This was a complete surprise for the newly crowned National Champions who had travelled to the event with low expectations and were really only looking forward to the opportunity to ride at the hallowed All England Jumping venue.

“Unfortunately two of our team members had to drop out after the entry stage but, just when we thought we would have to withdraw...

Nowell starts for England

George Ford (Bath Rugby) and Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) return to the England starting 15 for the second Test match against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday, 18 June (kick-off 11am BST, live on Sky Sports 1).

Ford starts at fly-half with Owen Farrell (Saracens) moving to inside centre, while Cornishman Nowell is reinstated on the wing at the expense of Marland Yarde (Harlequins).

The pack is unchanged to the one that started the first Test against Australia in Brisbane last weekend, but on the bench Saracens hooker Jamie George, Harlequins back-row forward Jack Clifford...

Sporting extravaganza set to dazzle in Exeter

A loud, colourful Rio themed parade will kick off the Devon School Games which are coming to Exeter for the first time in their four year history this Wednesday 29th June.

The Devon Summer School Games will take place across 3 sites: Exeter Arena will host the RIO themed opening ceremony with St Luke’s Science and Sports College hosting all the Inclusion Sports and the Exeter Saracens pitches providing the location for a variety of sporting competition.

The School Games, which are the County Finals and mark the exciting culmination of months of inter-school competitions,...

Rootin’ Tootin’ Fun at Exeter 7s

Saddle up for a rootin’ tootin’ day of fun when Sandy Park hosts the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s this summer.

Fans are invited to wear their best Wild West outfits and give the players a traditional Chiefs welcome, with a twist.

Exeter’s posse will be headed up by Chiefs head of commercial John (Toy Story) Woody Wood and his glamorous assistant Christine (The Kid) Bentos Bentley.

The event takes place at Sandy Park on the weekend of 9th/10th July 2016 with Saturday being designated Wild West Day! Doors open at 10am.

Woody urged fans to make it an event to...

Success for Exeter City Swimming Club in regional champs

Exeter City Swimming Club had a hugely successful South West Regional event this year with more of its swimmers than ever achieving the qualifying times required to enter. In total 43 swimmers qualified with 39 swimmers taking part in 182 individual races, with 47 finals being swum and a total of 20 medals achieved. All those that took part either beat their entry times or confirmed personal best times which is excellent given the hard racing they had taken part in recently.

In the Youth event which attracts swimmers of 15 years and older, Exeter had gold medals from Dominic...

Singing their way to victory

It’s all down to the singing, say Exeter men’s skittles team the Saints who triumphed in an intercounty tournament held in Bude.

Captain Paul Kennard said the Saints are known for their vocal abilities in competition.

‘We are a noisy lot,’ he admitted, ‘we out-sing everyone. Our songs are so catchy that sometimes even our opponents join in with us!’

The strategy clearly worked as the team who play out of St Thomas Social Club in Exeter, beat 24 teams from Wales, London and five counties to pick up the winners’ trophy. They clinched their victory with a final score...

Exeter City extends season ticket offer

England kick off their Euro 2016 campaign against Russia this Saturday, and to celebrate the buzz and excitement surrounding this summer’s tournament Exeter City Football Club is extending the deadline of their saver season ticket price.

The offer had previously been set to run until 17 June, but supporters now have the length of England’s Euro campaign to snap up their season tickets at a reduced price; anytime between June 20 and July 10 depending on how optimistic you’re feeling about the Three Lions’ chances in France.

Saver season tickets not only guarantee you your...

Exeter students receive mentoring from world class athletes

Students at an Exeter school will receive transformational mentoring from world class athletes, as part of an innovative new project to support young people facing disadvantage in isolated areas of the country. Launched by Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, a select group of pupils from West Exe School will participate on their On Track to Achieve programme – led by world class athletes – and also help support vital research to truly understand the barriers that young people face to access support in hard to reach areas. The project was made possible following a significant Extra Award of £200,000...

Jump racing’s elite support golf fundraising day

A plethora of stars from the world of jump racing will descend on Teign Valley Golf Club in Devon on Monday, June 6 when a charity golf match takes place in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund.

The event has been organised by Malcolm Barrett from Kingsbridge who has been involved in charity fund raising days for the IJF for 15 years.

"These golf days are a lot of fun and always very popular. We’re very lucky that so many jockeys are coming don to Devon to play," he said.

Past heroes who will be taking part in the challenge include former champion jockey John Francome,...

Olympic medallist backs St Sidwell’s Point

Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medallist Rebecca Adlington OBE is backing St Sidwell’s Point in Exeter.

Rebecca, who swam in four Olympic finals winning two gold and two bronze medals in Beijing and London, said she is ‘delighted’ to hear of the project.

St Sidwell’s Point will feature three swimming pools, including a confidence pool to help encourage youngsters to learn to swim at a young age.

“Swimming has obviously been a major part of my life” she said.

“My love of swimming started on family holidays with my parents and two sisters, we’d...

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Townson joins Chiefs coaching staff

Maynard School's equestrian team crowned National Champions

Nowell starts for England

Sporting extravaganza set to dazzle in Exeter

Rootin’ Tootin’ Fun at Exeter 7s

Success for Exeter City Swimming Club in regional champs

Singing their way to victory

Exeter City extends season ticket offer

Exeter students receive mentoring from world class athletes

Jump racing’s elite support golf fundraising day

Olympic medallist backs St Sidwell’s Point

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