“Tricep Tyranny”, “Hurdles from Hell”, “Muddy Dunk” and “Son of a Bitch Ditch”. If these strike you as a good way to spend a day, then ROCKSOLID is for you! There’s a challenge for all with 5k, 10k or 20k routes where you will conquer fear, work as a team and push yourself to the limits to become a ROCKSOLID race champion.
ROCKSOLID takes place at the beautiful Escot Park on 25-26 March 2017 and Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) is looking for participants to join TEAM ELF! The charity has FREE spaces for fundraisers and also is putting on a FREE bootcamp for all ELF participants with...
Exeter-based Ladies Do Lunch enjoyed a memorable day out visiting Bridwell Estate at Uffculme. Bathed in late Autumn sunshine, the 100 acre estate never looked lovelier.
Founder/hostess Sally Sedgman, co-hostess June Hutchings and administrator Lydia Vanstone and their guests were greeted by Lord Ivar Mountbatten and his partner James Coyne who gave them an exclusive tour of the Georgian house, orangery and chapel, complete with a wry commentary about the history of the house.
They then joined the ladies for a champagne reception followed by a delicious lunch in the dining...
Exeter City came within inches of victory at home to Luton Town but had to settle for a 0-0 draw.
It was a game of limited chances throughout the 90 minutes, but Ollie Watkins came closest to getting the breakthrough as his volley cannoned off the crossbar.
City manager Paul Tisdale welcomed back Troy Brown to the starting line-up for the first time since August 27. The 26-year-old defender played the last 25 minutes of last Saturday’s defeat to Carlisle United but had spent two-and-half-months out injured prior to that.
The latest in the Devon festivals’ ‘Lemonfest Presents’ series brings the hotly tipped electronic act Boxed In to quayside venue MOVE Exeter on Saturday 11th February - for what is certain to be an energetic live show.
Their latest album ‘MELT’ – released in September - has received rave reviews from the likes of NME and The Guardian, with 80’s synth drenched lead single ‘Jist’ receiving regular plays on BBC 6 Music, Radio 1, and Radio X.
Innovative event run by Active East Devon, District, Town and County Councils gives local projects a boost
Over 30 people from six Honiton based community groups packed the town’s Beehive centre as they took part in the third annual Honiton Dragons’ Den – a community funding event, which took place on 26 October 2016. Representatives from Action East Devon, East Devon District Council, Devon County Council and Honiton Town Council, were also present.
Funding for the 2016 event –totalling £4,000 - came from Devon County Councillors (DCC) Cllr Sara Randall-Johnson and Cllr...
Exeter’s local homeless charity, St Petrock’s has been awarded £20k by Provident Financial Group’s Good Neighbour programme for the sixth year in succession.
Cathy Prior, who helps manage PFG’s Good Neighbour project, explains, “Our primary objective is to make financial products and services available, in a responsible way to people who are not well served by mainstream financial providers. Alongside this, our Good Neighbour programme enables us to help the communities in which our customers live and work by supporting grassroots projects like St Petrock’s who work to address...
Private client lawyers in need of short term funding are being supported by Exeter based Bricks Finance whose relationship approach to lending and prompt decision-making suits legal practitioners unable to readily secure funds from traditional sources.
At a meeting of the West of England branch of STEP (Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners) held at Sandy Park conference centre last week, delegates heard of opportunities to help their clients by using local and bespoke borrowing to meet short term financial requirements associate with probate, litigation, estate management,...
Storm Angus may have come and gone over the UK, but Worcester Warriors felt the full force of Exeter Chiefs as they were blown away with an eight try battering at Sandy Park.
Rob Baxter’s side were ruthless in their execution all game, producing an attacking display that will have others within the Aviva Premiership sitting up and taking note.
Last season’s beaten finalists have in recent weeks started to rediscover their mojo and this latest display underlined the strides they have made.
Jack Yeandle, Will Chudley and a Penalty Try helped set the tone in the first...
As part of a continued initiative to get young people engaged with sport, Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, along with BT (a long-term supporter of disability sport in the UK), hosted the second Youth Tournament for the sport at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on the 19th of November where local team the Exeter Hawks were crowned champions. Representing the South West was the Exeter hawks who will be travelled to the championships last weekend. The participants were aged 10 to 15 with a physical, intellectual or learning impairment, or have a friend or family member with an impairment. The 2016...
A group of passionate individuals from the cheese industry have been working closely together over the past two years, to establish a professional accreditation programme for the cheese sector.
Initiated by Mary Quicke from Devon based cheesemakers, Quicke's, Mary had watched how the Certified Cheese Professional (CCP) in America, elevated the role of those in the cheese supply chain. She wanted to see this happen in the UK. With the support of John Farrand and Jilly Sitch from the Guild of Fine Food plus Tracey Colley from Harvey & Brockless; Ros Windsor, Paxton &...
