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Devon v Cornwall - the Exeter ladies take on Perranporth.

The Exeter Golf and Country Club Ladies Still Cup winning team in 2013 played against Perranporth, the equivalent Gammon Trophy winning team from Cornwall, for the Tamar Trophy at Exeter on Sunday 2 March.

The Tamar trophy, played to find the best South West Peninsula ladies club scratch team was won by Perranporth by 6 games to 1, Exeter’s Gill Whitehead, a 1 handicapper, winning the only game for Exeter against a strong side from Perranporth.

On Monday the ladies played the senior men and won by 5½ and 4½...

Greg Bateman says Exeter Chiefs will need to produce an “80-minute performance” if they are to break their Bath hoodoo and book a place in this season’s LV= Cup final.

The two Westcountry rivals will engage in battle for a fourth time this season at the Recreation Ground on Sunday (1pm) – and the stakes could not be higher with victory ensuring a date with either Northampton Saints or Saracens at Sandy Park a week later.

Having met on 11 previous occasions since 2010, the Chiefs have yet to taste victory against their nearest and dearest in any competitive first-team...

Exeter Chiefs stars Kai Hortsmann and Don Armand added their expert insight to Cullompton RFC Under 16s’ weekly training session last week, thanks to sponsors Watson Fuels.

The event, hosted on Thursday 27th February at Cullompton RFC’s Stafford Park training ground, was organised by Watson Fuels as part of their ongoing partnership with both clubs – the Wiltshire-based fuel distributor serve as the Official Fuel Supplier to the Exeter Chiefs and player sponsors of Hortsmann and Armand, as well as main club sponsors of Cullompton RFC.

18 players braved the near-freezing...

Exeter Harriers 15 year old Sam Talbot narrowly missed out on a medal at the National Indoor Championships at Sheffield. Talbot, now competing in the U17 age group, will this year be up against athletes a year older than himself. He entered three events, and was surprised to qualify for the semi finals of the 60m sprint, in which he came sixth with 7.31 having taken third place in his heat with 7.31. Talbot’s long jump of 5.95 gave him eighth place overall. Next was his specialist event, the 60m hurdles, which saw him run 8.42 in his heat for second place and secure his place in the final...