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Higgins’ Incredible Strike Claims Guildhall Shopping Centre Goal of the Month

Akeel Higgins delivered a beautifully executed chip over the goalkeeper to earn himself a 68% public vote for the Guildhall Shopping Centre’s October Goal of the Month at the Devon Derby. It was the player’s first professional strike, which has quickly embedded the 20-year-old’s Exeter City loan as his early legacy within the hearts of his now rising fans. The award allows Higgins to carry a badge of honour that shows a notable turning point in what seemed like a silently ascending career.

Higgins joined the Exeter City club from West Bromwich for a season-long loan in September...

Exeter City FC players Nigel Atangana, Matt Jay and Jake Taylor support community initiative

Huge community effort supports vulnerable families

Exeter City Football Club players Jake Taylor, Matt Jay and Nigel Atangana took a break from training to support a massive community effort to provide food for Exeter’s most vulnerable children and their families.

Exeter CITY Community Trust, in partnership with Exeter City Futures, has undertaken the huge task of assembling substantial parcels of food, personal care products, and energy vouchers for around 550 vulnerable families in Exeter and Cranbrook.

Funding of £50,000 for the initiative has come from Devon County Council as part of its winter grant scheme. Exeter...

4 reasons to choose to bet on Football

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Tue, 03/23/2021 - 11:00am

One of the challenges when you are just getting into sports betting, online or otherwise, is to figure out what you should bet on. Should you seek the sports with the bigger payouts? The ones that are most popular? Or maybe the sports that are easier to follow?

And while there is no universal answer to which sport you should bet on, there are good reasons why you should make football your top pick. Here are some of them.

1 - It is familiar

The popularity of football means that you are likely familiar with the basic rules of the game, and may even be able to name...

Cheltenham a great time to win

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 03/16/2021 - 8:05am

The Cheltenham Festival is considered one of the most interesting and prestigious horse racing championships in the world. It has been held in the English seaside resort of Cheltenham (Gloucestershire, England) for over 100 years. A large number of tourists, attracted by both the sporting component and the festive atmosphere, visit Cheltenham Barrier Racing every year. For people that love spending time in Exeter it's a great occasion to have a peek at the Cheltenham festival and live the spirit of the festival.

Statistics

During the Cheltenham Racecourse period, many...

Greyhound racing in Exeter

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 03/15/2021 - 5:12pm

History of racing

Greyhound racing has a long history in England and around the world. It was born out of coursing, a form of hunting that became a sport during the 1700s. Coursing involved greyhounds or other sighthounds (like whippets, wolfhounds, and deerhounds) chasing down wild rabbits or deer. The thrill of watching a pack of dogs chase down their prey was replicated with the introduction of the mechanical rabbit in the early 1900s. The mechanical rabbit made it possible for the sport to become more accessible - a day at the track is much more comfortable and easier to...

History of the Indian Cricket Council

Imperial Cricket Conference, 1909-1963

The governing body of world cricket, which currently has 105 countries as members, started with some cautious moves. Abe Bailey, President of the South African Cricket Association, wrote a letter to F.E. Lacey, Secretary of the MCC, on November 30, 1907. Bailey was on his way home after accompanying the South African team sponsored by a fantasy sports company on their tour of England.

Bailey proposed the establishment of an "Imperial Cricket Board." The Board's function will be to draft a set of rules and regulations that would...

Exeter Chief, Exeter Rugby Club, Children's Hospice South West

Exeter Chiefs’ stars surprise children and families with storytime session at local hospice

Gallagher Premiership rugby players Joe Simmonds, Jack Maunder and Tom O’Flaherty delighted families from Children’s Hospice South West, surprising them at an evening story time session.

Keen to give back to the local community, the Exeter Chiefs players popped up unexpectedly via Zoom to read bedtime stories to children with life-limiting conditions and their families who are cared for by their local hospice, as well as bereaved families who still have strong links with their hospice. The children and their families were treated to a reading of Jack Maunder’s motivational kids’...

Exeter Chiefs, Kensa Heat Pumps, Exeter Rugby Club

Exeter Chiefs tackle climate change with Kensa Heat Pumps

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/12/2021 - 9:32pm

Kensa Heat Pumps , the south west’s largest low carbon heating employer, has joined forces with Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club , the south west’s leading sports team, as an Official Supporter for the 2021/22 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season.

Headquartered in Cornwall, but with offices minutes from Sandy Park in Exeter, Kensa Heat Pumps is the UK’s leading manufacturer, supplier and installer of ground source heat pumps, a renewable technology that delivers low cost and low carbon heating to properties across the UK. The Kensa Heat Pumps name will appear on the back of the Chief’s...

Are Manchester City gearing up for a record-breaking season?

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 03/10/2021 - 7:33pm

Up until last weekend’s surprising defeat to rivals Manchester United, most people assumed Man City would go the rest of the domestic season without dropping points. That's how imperious they’ve been since a shaky start to the campaign.

Pep Guardiola’s men shouldn’t be underestimated, not when they’ve hit targets other Premier League clubs have failed to reach, yet something about the way they are dominating football feels special. It feels as if they are gearing up for a record-breaking season that will live long in the memory when Guardiola, Raheem Sterling, and Kevin De Bruyne...

Offsite construction giants Sigmat agree sponsorship deal with Exeter Chiefs Rugby

Authored by PaulaBrown1
Posted: Wed, 03/10/2021 - 9:37am

Light gauge steel frame specialists Sigmat have announced their partnership with Devon based premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs.

The Leeds based firm will be one of the team’s official sponsors for the 2021/22 season.

Sigmat, who are currently working on the construction of a high-profile Marriot Hotel on the club’s Sandy Park site, said they were ‘keen to put something back into the local community’ and saw the opportunity to sponsor the Chiefs as an ideal way to support grass roots rugby as clubs start to emerge from the pandemic.

Sigmat CEO Mark Eburne...

Champion Hurdle set to be a thrilling curtain-raiser for the 2021 Cheltenham Festival

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 03/09/2021 - 11:30am

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, there are just seven days to go until the 2021 Cheltenham Festival gets underway and horse racing fans across the country settle down on their sofas and armchairs to feast their eyes on four days of top-quality racing.

The opening day of the Festival features the Champion Hurdle as its showpiece, and this year’s edition of the race is set to be incredibly exciting. There is a plethora of potential winners for the two-mile, half-a-furlong race, with punters scrutinising over the Champion Hurdle odds to try and determine where the value lies...

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