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Exeter prepares to host two Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals this weekend

Exeter is set to host two enthralling Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals at Sandy Park this weekend.

The tournament, which kickstarted on August 22nd, has already been seen as a generational moment for women’s rugby, with it expected to become the most viewed women’s rugby event of all time.

It has already smashed records as the fastest-selling edition of the tournament ever, with more than 400,000 tickets sold, and tickets are still available for this weekend’s quarter-final action at Exeter’s Sandy Park.

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Exeter racing driver heads for Brands Hatch

Up and coming Exeter racing driver Richard Mitchell heads for iconic Brands Hatch circuit this weekend for the HSCC Historic Formula Ford 1600 Championship.

Racing newcomer Richard joined the Silverstone based Speedsport team this year with virtually no previous racing experience. Despite that, he was straight on the pace and has won four of the first nine races, with second place in the season’s opener at Thruxton Circuit - beating former F1 driver and TV’s FIFTH GEAR presenter Tiff Needell.

The title race for the HSCC Historic Formula Ford 1600 Championship is really...

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Webb Ellis cup is coming to Exeter... again!

Rugby's biggest prize, the Webb Ellis cup is coming to Exeter, and people have a chance to have their picture taken with it.

The Webb Ellis Cup will be in the official Rugby World Cup 2015 Exeter Fanzone in Northernhay Gardens on Tuesday (29 September) from 12noon to 1pm and will be welcomed by a schools music mini fest, with music from local schools, The Academy of Music and Sound, and Exeter College.

The cup will then travel to Sandy Park for the first Rugby World Cup 2015 match in Exeter - Tonga v Namibia - and will be located outside Sandy Park from 2pm to 3.30pm, then...

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New courts for Exeter Netball Winter League

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 09/25/2015 - 11:28am

The Exeter & District Netball League starts this week at the University of Exeter Sports Park with games being played on a brand new high-grade surface.

The University of Exeter - which recently won the Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2016 award - has invested to significantly improve the playing surface of the Covered Courts facility. Their aim is to both improve the playability of the surface and also improve the look and feel of the Facility. The new surface which exceeds England Netball surface requirements and is LTS competition standard will be a...

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Cathedral honour for visiting Tongans

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 09/25/2015 - 10:15am

The Dean of Exeter has honoured the Tongan national rugby team during their stay in Exeter as part of this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Players from the squad, who were visiting the Cathedral on Tuesday with their families, accepted honorary membership of the Friends of the Cathedral of behalf of the entire national team. They were met at the west door by the Dean of the Cathedral, a keen rugby fan, who welcome the Tongans to Exeter and its Cathedral and presented them with their certificate.

The players and their families enjoyed a short tour of the Cathedral, saw the carving...

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Parling starts against Wales in RWC

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Thu, 09/24/2015 - 12:09pm

Exeter Chiefs forward Geoff Parling has been named in the England squad for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup Pool A game against Wales at Twickenham Stadium.

The experienced lock keeps his place in a side which shows three changes to the starting XV from that which defeated Fiji last Friday.

Sam Burgess (Bath Rugby) takes over from Jonathan Joseph in midfield and partners Brad Barritt (Saracens), who moves to outside centre in place of the injured Bath Rugby player. Owen Farrell (Saracens) starts at No 10 with George Ford (Bath Rugby) moving to the bench while Billy Vunipola (...

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Tongan team takes time out

Ikale Tahi, the Tonga Rugby Union team are staying in Exeter for Rugby World Cup 2015.

On Tuesday 22 September, they visited Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) with their families. Accompanied by the Cllr Lesley Robson the Deputy Lord Mayor and the city mace bearer, they visited Exeter quay, enjoyed tea on the Cathedral Green and visited the museum.

Welcomed by the Museum Manager Camilla Hampshire and Curator of Ethnography Tony Eccles, their tour of the museum included RAMM’s Oceania displays in the World Cultures galleries, Touch-Line, the exhibition of...

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Tongan team's toaster teaser

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Tue, 09/22/2015 - 5:48pm

Hidden among the Tonga Rugby World Cup team's kit and boot bags is ... a four slice toaster!

When the lads disembarked at the city's Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel fresh from training, a sneaky peek inside the luggage hold revealed the electrical appliance tucked to one side.

Although we have found a recipe online for Tonga Toast that involves a using pan.

So they are either plugging in the device at Exeter University, where their training is taking place, or they took a trip to the Matford Car Boot sale at the weekend.

They have soon settled into life in...

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Exeter skittlers aiming for British title

Exeter's Two Tribes skittles team are currently defending their mixed team title in a tense finals of the Butcombe British Skittles championships being held in Torquay.

The team who play out of St Thomas Social Club showed impressive form in the play off stages and are tipped to do well again.

But two popular teams, Heavitree Heroes who were mixed team runners up last year failed to qualify this time. Meanwhile the Sinners, women's champions in 2008 and 2011, are not competing this year.

So it's all down to Two Tribes mixed and men's teams, along...

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Two Tribes, two times British Champions

The night belonged to Exeter at the Butcombe British Skittles Championships at the weekend when Exeter’s Two Tribes team successfully defended their mixed team title in a last minute comeback. They beat their rivals by just three points but it was enough to lift the coveted silverware for the second year running at the championships held in Torquay.

Two Tribes captain Barry Powell said he saw the match slipping away to their Gloucestershire rivals, Satellite’s Scorching Hoppers and managed to rally the troops.

‘We kept our nerve and got through it,’ he said. ‘It’s a...

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Chiefs 59, Bath 14

Pre-season or not, running up a half century of points against your nearest and dearest will always be something to savour.

Exeter Chiefs made it two wins from two in this season’s Westcountry Challenge Cup as they swept aside rivals Bath with an eight-try blast at Sandy Park.

The home pack did much of the damage for Rob Baxter’s side, producing seven of those scores – three of which came from penalty tries – as the visitors struggled to contain the energetic and forceful Exeter eight.

Then behind, young fly-half Joe Simmonds enjoyed a magical debut display,...

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