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Exeter Racecourse launches Community Raceday and calls for Devon’s community heroes

Exeter Racecourse has launched a brand-new Community Raceday and is inviting people across Devon to nominate a community hero who deserves recognition.

Community Raceday takes place on Friday, February 20, during half term, and coincides with Devon Day at the racecourse. The initiative celebrates the people who make a real difference in their communities – from volunteers and carers to sports coaches, fundraisers and quiet grafters who go above and beyond.

Every nominee will receive a free ticket to Exeter Racecourse, and one overall winner will be treated to a Family...

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Exeter City's Danny Coles stripped of captaincy and placed on transfer list

Exeter City’s Danny Coles has been stripped of his captaincy, fined two weeks’ wages and placed on the transfer list following a disciplinary hearing into offensive Twitter comments.

Coles recently took to Twitter to criticise England’s Phil Jagielka during England's match, describing him as “a car crash waiting to happen”.

Twitter user Will Wenley jokingly replied: “So like you for Exeter”, which resulted in several offensive messages being tweeted from Coles' account.

Coles has since apologised to the 14-year-old fan and deleted his Twitter account.

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Exeter City FC marks World Cup Final

Exeter City Football Club is marking the day of the World Cup Final (Sunday 13 July 2014) by holding a special international tournament.

The Club will once again celebrate diversity in the local community when its 10th annual summer 5-a-side tournament is held at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Sports Complex.

The competition encourages participation from local black and minority ethnic teams and attracts players from many different parts of the world. Past finalists include sides representing Poland, Slovakia, Africa, Afghanistan, Lithuania and Saudi Arabia. Devon’s...

'Exciting' start for the Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says he and his team are "excited" by what lies ahead after the 2014/15 Aviva Premiership fixtures were confirmed.

The Devon club will kick-off their league season on Sunday, September 7 in a televised clash against newly-promoted London Welsh at the Kassam Stadium.

It will mark a second league visit to the Oxford venue for the Chiefs, who two seasons ago went down 25-24 against the Exiles.

Baxter, though, knows what is needed and with his new-look side already deep into their pre-season planning, the countdown to the new season...

"Refreshed" Chiefs are hard at work

Mark Twiggs believes a "refreshed" outlook has given the Exeter Chiefs a real spring in their step as they get stuck into the rigours of pre-season.

With Sandy Park currently closed to all and sundry due to the multi-million pound redevelopment works that are being carried out ahead of the 2014/15 season, the Chiefs squad have been forced to relocate to the University of Exeter for the majority of their build-up to the new campaign.

The enforced switch, however, has been hailed a huge success by Twiggs, who heads up the Aviva Premiership club's Strength & Conditioning...

Mitch Lees settles into Chiefs life

Mitch Lees may only have been with the Exeter Chiefs for a week or so, but already the Aussie powerhouse can see the step up in standard.

Having helped former club London Welsh to regain their place in the Aviva Premiership with victory over Bristol in the RFU Championship Play-Offs, Lees moved to Sandy Park during the close season as one of seven new signings Rob Baxter has made to his squad.

For Lees, the upcoming campaign represents a first crack at English rugby's top flight and the 25-year-old admits he is "excited" at the challenge that awaits him.

"I'm very...

Win for EGCC under 14 girls

The Exeter Golf and Country Club 14 and under girls' team have secured the Devon Aegon Team Tennis Division Two title after victories against Ipplepen and David Lloyd, Exeter.

On Saturday 14th June, the girls travelled to Ipplepen tennis club with most of the players taking part in their first competitive matches. The first tennis win for Exeter Golf and Country Club was in the singles rubbers. Amy Chambers got Exeter Golf and Country Club tennis team off to a perfect start with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Sophie Pankiewicz. Jemima Dart continued the strong start for Exeter tennis...

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Club championship golf results

The latest competition for the gents at Exeter Golf and Country Club was the Club Championships. Over 140 players competed in the Nett trophy, which was won by Roy James with a fine nett 63. Low scoring was the order of the day with 10 players beating the par of 69.

Divisional winners were as follows:

Division 1 (0-9): 1 Oli Cowl 66, 2 Neil Woolfrey 67, 3 Martyn Luxton 67. Division 2 (10-14): 1 Roy James 63, 2 Kev Cocker 66, 3 Chris Gaite 68. Division 3 (14-19): 1 Douglas Jeffrey 66, 2 Matt Baxter 72, 3 Steve Sheldon 72. Division 4 (20...

Community six aside free grading games

The community six aside league held every Monday which is played at the West Exe College, is offering the community free grading games for any team who is interested in joining the league and being entered into a division.

The six aside league offers qualified referees, top of the range Umbro match balls, bibs and an excellent facility to play in the league with minimum fuss and everything is arranged by Soccersixes, including league tables, fixtures and top goal scorers on the website www.soccersixes.net .

Soccersixes League Manager, Paul Fisher, said: “The World Cup has...

Betfair to sponsor Jockeys v Eventers v Showjumpers Celebrity Challenge

Betfair is to sponsor this year’s Jockeys v Eventers v Showjumpers Celebrity Challenge in aid of the Injured Jockeys’ Fund at Bicton Arena.

The competition takes place on Saturday, August 23 during the venue’s summer showjumping show.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend and with a disco following the evening competition, organisers are hoping to add plenty of money to the Injured Jockeys’ Fund coffers.

The challenge will take the form of a relay race with two teams of four taking part at a time and negotiating a range of showjumps and brush fences against the...

Welcome to Exeter's biggest sand pit!

The once lush Sandy Park pitch is all but a distant memory as workmen prepare to lay a new hybrid surface.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the stands is the city's biggest Meccano set.

Huge cranes have been swinging giant metal girders into place that will form new conferencing facilities and extra office space.

The work is all part of the Chiefs ambitious, long-term plans to transform Sandy Park into a state-of-the-art stadium that will eventually see the ground capacity double to 20,600 .

The main part of the works this summer will see the existing West...

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Exeter Racecourse launches Community Raceday and calls for Devon’s community heroes

Exeter City's Danny Coles stripped of captaincy and placed on transfer list

Exeter City FC marks World Cup Final

'Exciting' start for the Chiefs

"Refreshed" Chiefs are hard at work

Mitch Lees settles into Chiefs life

Win for EGCC under 14 girls

Golf news from Exeter Golf & Country Club

Community six aside free grading games

Betfair to sponsor Jockeys v Eventers v Showjumpers Celebrity Challenge

Welcome to Exeter's biggest sand pit!

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