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Harlequins Women v Exeter Chiefs Women

Merryn Elworthy will make her 100th appearance in a Chiefs jersey as domestic women’s rugby returns with the PWR Cup on Saturday.

Having made her 99 previous appearances as Merryn Doidge, Elworthy will make her milestone appearance under her new surname following her wedding in the summer.

The 24-year-old played in her first game for Chiefs against in Gloucester-Hartpury in October 2020 after making the move to Sandy Park from Bristol Bears Women.

Chiefs Women’s head coach Steve Salvin said: “Merryn is, first and foremost, a wonderful person. She is very humble...

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Bradfords sponsors U8 Commuity Cup with Exeter Chiefs

Bradfords Building Supplies with the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club welcomed the return of its major regional rugby festival, the Bradfords Community Cup, hosting the final of the postponed 2019 event at the Chiefs’ Sandy Park stadium on Saturday 25th September.

The Bradfords Community Cup is an under-8s tag rugby festival designed to foster grassroots interest in sport and rugby in local communities around the region.

Four under-8 South-West teams managed to secure a place at the event through a social media competition. The event was originally due to take place last year...

Exeter rugby team look the part thanks to South West Water grant for new shirts

A local U13’s rugby team can smarten up after matches thanks to new match dinner shirts from funding awarded by South West Water.

Exeter Athletic RFC is an amateur rugby club based in Clyst St Mary which formed in 2018 from the merger of Exeter-based clubs Wessex RFC and Exeter Youth RFC.

The funding comes as part of South West Water’s Neighbourhood Fund to support community groups and initiatives which will improve the lives of residents in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset by inspiring physical activities, enhancing education, health and wellbeing and delivering positive...

Home and Visitor triumphs at the Yeovil Senior’s Open Competition

This year’s Senior’s Open Bowmaker competition had sufficient entrants to allow the allocation of two prize funds: one for home teams and another for visitors.

The best score of the day was recorded by Rich Stevens, Andrew Vickery, and Chris Hazelwood of The Warren Golf Club, which is located on the Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve. Their score of eighty-three stableford points saw them tied with the Moors Valley Golf Club trio of Alan Newman, Gary Rogers, and Graham Cherrett who ended up in second place by virtue of a countback.

Played over Yeovil’s eighteen-hole...

Grassroots rugby back with a bang at Exeter Chiefs

RUGBY is back with a bang in England after months of frustration caused by the Covid pandemic, meaning it was an opportunity for junior festivals to take centre stage this weekend as the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup returned at Exeter Chiefs.

Crediton Rugby Club hosted an exciting Under-11 and Under-12 grassroots developmental festival on Sunday as youngsters finally got the opportunity to lace up their boots again, with a myriad of teams from the West Country and surrounding areas locking horns.

This successful series of nationwide events, now running for nearly two...

The Jockey Club South West Frequent Runner Scheme for 2021/22 Jump season returns at Warwick next week

The Jockey Club South West Frequent Runner Scheme returns for the 2021/22 Jump season and will once again aim to reward trainers who run horses regularly at the four Jockey Club Racecourses in the South West – Cheltenham, Exeter, Warwick, and Wincanton.

Warwick’s two-day meeting on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st September kicks off the 2021/22 scheme, which will conclude on May 31st 2022.

As in previous seasons, two categories of trainers will be rewarded – those with more than 40 horses in training and those with fewer than 40 horses in training. Paul Nicholls, the 12-...

Kane looks the value bet in chase for Premier League Golden Boot

THE summer of fevered transfer activity in the English soccer Premier League has seen several ‘new’ faces emerge in the betting for top goalscorer in season 2021/22.

Those players include some very familiar with the English top flight, with legend of the game Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United seeing him installed as third favorite to claim a second Premier League golden boot – he last took the prize in 2008!

He may be 36, which in soccer terms is virtually a retiree, but the gambling firms have the Portugal international as short as 9/2 (450) to come out on...

Rise of Raducanu set to inspire a new tennis generation in Exeter

The rise of the teenage tennis sensation Emma Raducanu may inspire youngsters in Exeter to pick up a racket and take advantage of the city’s free tennis facilities.

That’s the hope of Exeter City Council’s Lead Councillor for Leisure & Physical Activity, Cllr Duncan Wood, who believes the new British Number One’s incredible run in the US Open will serve as an inspiration to those starting out or considering taking up tennis.

“We have great tennis facilities in Exeter, in our parks, where people of all ages and abilities can play for free,” said Cllr Wood.

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Can you trust betting tipsters?

We hear of betting tipsters everywhere nowadays, and you may have thought to yourself, hey, can they actually be trusted? It has now become one of the most popular ways to gamble, and such a saturated role for many gambling professionals out there, to make some money from the kind of knowledge and experience they have.

Each betting tipster will have their own quirks and approaches, meaning in all honesty, there is definitely something to learn from all of them really. Yet, when it comes to picking the right one you need, when you need to place a bet on some horse racing odds ,...

Crowds and sunshine come out for Devon Stage of the AJ Bell Tour of Britain

The AJ Bell Tour of Britain was greeted with a welcome that was as warm as the temperatures in Devon today (Monday 6 September).

Devon hosted Stage Two of this year’s race, with the professional riders starting in Sherford under blue skies, matching the AJ Bell Leader’s jersey worn by Olympic silver medallist Wout Van Aert at the start of the day after his victory in the opening stage in Cornwall.

The race may have been delayed by a year but the atmosphere at the start and right along the route made it well worth the wait.

The 115 mile stage saw a fantastic...

Race favourites and betting odds ahead of the 2021 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp

There is Group 1 action at Longchamp on Sunday September 5. It’s the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp which is for horses aged at least three years old and run over a mile. It’s due to start at 2.48 UK time and the winner will take home £229,580. The forecast is for the ground to be Good to Soft.

Not many races are named after a windmill but this one is. Last year saw Persian King, trained by André Fabre finish first. That was the third time in the last four years that a four-year-old has won this race. There’s a strong field for Sunday’s race, so let’s take a look at the leading...

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Harlequins Women v Exeter Chiefs Women

Bradfords sponsors U8 Commuity Cup with Exeter Chiefs

Exeter rugby team look the part thanks to South West Water grant for new shirts

Home and Visitor triumphs at the Yeovil Senior’s Open Competition

Grassroots rugby back with a bang at Exeter Chiefs

The Jockey Club South West Frequent Runner Scheme for 2021/22 Jump season returns at Warwick next week

Kane looks the value bet in chase for Premier League Golden Boot

Rise of Raducanu set to inspire a new tennis generation in Exeter

Can you trust betting tipsters?

Crowds and sunshine come out for Devon Stage of the AJ Bell Tour of Britain

Race favourites and betting odds ahead of the 2021 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp

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