Exeter Chiefs may have left it late to sink rivals Bath last weekend, but head coach Rob Baxter is calling for a fast start from his team ahead of tomorrow’s Aviva Premiership clash with Saracens at a sold out Allianz Park (3pm).
Back-to-back victories over the festive period have helped to lift the Devonians to third in the standings at the halfway point, but it’s this weekend’s tussle with the reigning English and European champions that should prove the ‘acid test’ of how far the Chiefs have come in recent weeks.
Last season Sarries got the better of Baxter’s men on...
Don Armand says it’s imperative he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates ‘stay in the fight’ for the full 80 minutes when they tackle reigning English and European champions Saracens at a sold-out Allianz Park (3pm).
Following the lead of head coach Rob Baxter, who often coins that very phrase many times over the course of a season, Armand knows there is no bigger test than facing the Londoners in competitive battle.
Mark McCall’s side have proved in recent years they are the stand-out force in Northern Hemisphere club rugby, winning not only back-to-back Premiership crowns, but...
A Topsham-based designer of luxury kitchens and bathrooms has doubled the size of its premises and created two new jobs after securing a five-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The funding has enabled Sapphire Spaces to acquire an additional unit adjacent to its current base at Dart Business Park. This brings its total floor space to 7,000 sq ft, giving the firm the space it needs to pursue its growth ambitions.
Sapphire Spaces now plans to open a new bathroom showroom to better showcase its growing offering. In addition, it will replace its current...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (6-8 January).
THEATRE
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Exeter Little Theatre Company bring the classic fairy-tale to life. Beautiful Snow White lives with Queen Evelyn in a grand palace but her life is far from that of a perfect princess. Joined by her best friend Silly Simon and childhood nurse, Nanny Nick-Nack, Snow White must learn to be brave and escape the clutches of her evil stepmother. The show runs until 7 January. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
The wining partnership between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College has been celebrated, after Exeter College’s U18 team recently won the AASE League for the first time.
Exeter College won the AASE League Championship Final at high-profile venue Allianz Park, London.
The outstanding victory comes after the launch of the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Academy at Exeter College in 2016. The partnership between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College provides aspiring rugby players the chance to nurture not only their rugby talent, but also to gain first-class education and training with the Aviva...
In recent years politicians and decision makers around the world have been drawn to appealing to the human emotions of fear and hatred for their backing and support. It is clear that motivations such as ‘tribalism’ (expressed in prejudicial racism, sexism, nationalism, etc.) and ‘desire’ (culminating in global consumerism) have been woven into political discourse in ways maybe not so generally seen since the 1920s.
This rhetoric has coincided with enormous austerity cuts to welfare services, lower wages and also widespread deregulation of rules governing corporate economic...
As divorce enquiries are set to spike after the festive period, a South West law firm has produced a guide to surviving divorce, including advice from divorcees on hope to cope. The period straight after the Christmas holidays can be one of the peak times for couples to start divorce proceedings – so much so that the media has dubbed the first working day after the festive break “divorce day”. Liz Allen, partner and head of the family team at leading law firm Stephens Scown LLP explains: “The reasons for this spike in break ups are hard to pin point, but perhaps the financial stresses of...
Super slimmers in Pinhoe have lost a whopping 365 stone in weight in 2016 – that’s the equivalent of 1 stone for every day of the year or to 25 baby elephants. All together the members of the Thursday night America Hall Slimming World group are now 365 stone lighter than they were last December 2015. Consultant Penni Ball set up the group in January 2010 and has seen countless members reach their weightloss dreams and the group reach the fantastic accolade of being award winning Gold! Over 100 members, attend the group every week, following Slimming World’s Food Optimising eating plan...
A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with returning dealers.
With all the dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.
Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 3.30pm.
Exeter Record Fair is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289
A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with returning dealers.
With all the dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.
Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 3.30pm.
Exeter Record Fair is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289
