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Georgian Youngster Tchumbadze Becomes a Chief

Exeter Chiefs have completed the signing of young Georgian international prop, Bachuki Tchumbadze, ahead of the 2025/26 season.

The 23-year-old front rower moves to Devon to play his club rugby outside of his native Georgia for the first time in his career.

“I really enjoy English rugby, and I’m truly honoured to have the opportunity to be a key part of the Exeter Chiefs,” Tchumbadze said.

“I’m well aware of the crucial role that forwards play in the team’s system, and I’m really looking forward to making my debut in the Premiership.”

He follows in the...

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Ryan Bowman's late goal gives Exeter City opening day victory

Just as UK gambling sites predicted, Exeter City picked the first win of their 2019/20 campaign with a 1-0 win over Macclesfield Town on the opening day of the season.

It took until the 88thminute for the all-important goal to come, and it came from a Ryan Bowman finish which came from Nicky Law’s effort towards goal.

Manager Matt Taylor named the same side that started last week’s final pre-season match with Torquay United as three players made their competitive debuts in Lewis Ward, Tom Parkes and Nicky Ajose.

For much of the opening quarter of an hour there was...

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A closer look at Exeter City FC

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sun, 08/04/2019 - 6:14am

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League Two is very famous among the local fans mostly because of the interesting games and all the betting included. There were statistics which showed that the lower tiers of England are more attractive for betting. And people never miss a chance to wage...

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Interesting facts you might not know about the Exeter Chiefs

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 08/02/2019 - 7:33am

Rugby can be a brutal and exhausting game, but that’s exactly what the Exeter Chiefs thrive on. With a long history of Premiership rugby, this club offers fans an exciting opportunity to see some of the UK’s best battle things out on the rugby field. Speaking of exciting opportunities, sports bettors can now claim some attractive pre season rugby bonuses by accessing the comeon bonus code 2019 . This is a sure fire way to get an early season boost by taking advantage of the promotions now available.

In terms of Premiership rugby, Exeter Chiefs may not be the first name that comes...

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Jannes Kirsten. Picture: Exeter Rugby Club/JMP UK

Kirsten joins the Chiefs

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Wed, 07/31/2019 - 12:55pm

Exeter Chiefs newcomer Jannes Kirsten says he can’t wait to get to grips with English rugby after completing his move to the Gallagher Premiership club.

The 25-year-old, who is equally adept at lock or in the back-row, joins on a one-year deal from South African Super Rugby side, the Blue Bulls.

Brought in to help bolster options in the back five of the scrum – particularly with Jonny Hill, Tom Price and Will Witty all currently recovering from summer surgery – the arrival of the Johannesburg-born forward is timely for Chiefs’ Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter.

“I’m...

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Thousands of free ‘have-a-go’ cricket sessions up for grabs

England’s ICC Men’s World Cup winning heroes are encouraging children aged five to eight to follow in their footsteps and experience playing cricket for the first time. To celebrate England’s historic victory, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is offering 10,000 free taster sessions of the All Stars Cricket programme that provides children with a memorable first experience in cricket. The ‘Have-a-Go’ taster sessions will be hosted free of charge, first come first served, at over 150 clubs and venues across the South West over the course of six weeks. Sessions are taking place...

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South Dartmoor Community College cricket teams celebrate outstanding performance 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/30/2019 - 11:31am

South Dartmoor Community College (SDCC) is celebrating after its boys’ and girls’ cricket teams were crowned among the best in the south west.

The school’s cricket teams took part in the regional Chance to Shine Finals, with the SDCC Under-13 boys’ team winning its competition. Their group wins included beating the Wiltshire and Somerset champions before they progressed to a three-way final round with the other group winners – Devonport High and Downend School.

Against Downend, South Dartmoor batted first with batsman Josh Hill retiring unbeaten on 20 out of a competitive...

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Devon businesses donated £16717 to Hospiscare

Devon businesses enjoy a sunny day of golf to raise money for Hospiscare

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Sat, 07/27/2019 - 10:08am

The sun shone brightly the 15th Marnie Burgoyne Memorial Golf Day earlier this month when 50 teams, many from local businesses, took to the fairways at Exeter Golf & Country Club and helped to raise a fantastic £16,717 for local charity Hospiscare .

The day is organised by a committee of volunteers and is held each year in memory of Marnie Burgoyne, who was part of the founding team that helped raise the money to build the hospice building, Searle House, which opened in 1992.

This year’s winning team were STR Logistics , who picked up the trophy for the first time in...

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swcomms and Exeter Chiefs celebrate silver anniversary with new deal

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Fri, 07/19/2019 - 10:47am

South West Communications Group and Exeter Chiefs are celebrating their silver anniversary with a new sponsorship deal.

The new deal was signed by swcomms' commercial director Jon Whiley in the presence of five of the club's 25-year-old players to mark the longevity of the sponsorship relationship.

swcomms began sponsoring Exeter Chiefs in the 1994/95 season when the communications and IT company agreed to pay for a new set of playing shirts for the first team. This has grown into a seven-figure deal that represents the longest running main sponsorship relationship in the...

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Marcel's Allstars, men's winners of the Exeter City FC One Game One Community Group community diversity football tournament, with Simon Kitchen from ECFC OGOC group, left. Photo: Alan Quick

Third time lucky for Marcel's Allstars in Exeter community diversity football tournament

THERE were thrilling finals in the 15th annual Exeter City Football Club's One Game One Community Group male and female five-a-side community diversity football tournament, when eight male and eight female teams competed for trophies and medals.

In the male final, Marcel's Allstars beat The Saints 7-1, making it the third year running that the Allstars have taken the male competition title.

In the female tournament Exeter City A were the victors against Plympton A, the result 2-1.

The tournament, which encourages participation from local community teams and...

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Exeter kids inspired to pick up a racquet and get active as tennis fever hits Exeter

Authored by ggiac90
Posted: Mon, 07/15/2019 - 9:53am

Youngsters in Exeter and Devon are being encouraged to give tennis a try for the first time as part of a drive to get families from communities across the region more active.

With the second week of Wimbledon underway and Brit hope Johanna Konta into the quarter-finals, children from the city took to the courts at Heavitree Pleasure Grounds earlier this week to take part in a Tennis for Kids taster session led by local coaches.

The LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain, and Exeter City Council joined forces to showcase one of the many courses...

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