competition

* COMPETITION CLOSED ** Win tickets to The Extreme Stunt Show in Exeter

The winners who will each receive a family ticket are as follows:

1. Wayne Sanders 2. Alison Timmis 3. Stuart Payne 4. Darren Hannaford 5. Samantha Sugden 6. Sandra Tomkinson 7. Liz Adlem 8. Hayley Sanders 9. Vicky Spencer 10. Kristian Snooks

The competiton is now closed.

Big Air is the name of the game this summer as The Extreme Stunt Show flies into Exeter on Friday 28 August.... and The Exeter Daily has 10 family tickets to give away.

Full details of the event can be found here: http://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/entertainment-reviews-local-news-co...

Extreme Stunt Show flies into Exeter

BIG AIR is the name of the game this summer as The Extreme Stunt Show boys hit the air flying in Exeter on Friday 28 August.

You’ll be keeping your feet firmly on level ground as the Extreme Team take to the air to battle it out!

Join them on the runway as their monster beasts compete once again in the Extreme Arena. Still pulling 1500 horsepower and car-crushing to the max, Lil’ Devil and Extreme are getting ready to demonstrate just what BIG AIR is all about.

Check out the Extreme BMX team as pedal power takes to the horizon. As long as it’s got two wheels and...

Rock Up Splash Down at Deep Water Solo Exeter

A World First on Exeter’s Canal Basin this August Bank Holiday

The UK’s only climbing wall on water returns to Exeter this August for the second Deep Water Solo Exeter competition which takes place on Exeter’s canal basin from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August.

The event attracts climbers from across the UK including top athletes such as Steve McClure, Neil Gresham, Emma Twyford and GB para climber Dave Bowes. All come to compete on a climbing wall built over Exeter’s historic waterway. The competition mimics one of the fastest growing disciplines of climbing, deep water...

GoHARD Events set to conquer Haldon

After noticing that there was a lack of events such as the Superhuman Games in the South West, Grant Hardwell and Paul Goff, the owners of GoHARD events, decided to bring a new sporting challenge to Devon. “We’re all about trying to be as original as possible, where we can use the terrain of the beautiful Devon countryside as the obstacle. We design our events to be challenging, but doable by the majority of people. If you can run, climb, carry and crawl – then this event is for you”.

The GoHARD Obstacle Run Series is a 3km and 6km run incorporating various obstacles, including a...

Haldon Forest – Obstacle Run Series

Event Date: 
05/09/2015 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Haldon Forest, Obelisk, Mamhead, Devon

The GoHARD Obstacle Run Series is a 3km and 6km run incorporating various obstacles, including a camouflage net crawl, a Bulgarian bag carry, log lunge, farmers walk, balance beam and ‘over and under’ hurdles. Failure to cross the balance beam will see competitors tasting dirt as they are then made to execute 5 solid burpees. The ‘over and under’ hurdles include a series of solid 6ft walls, intermixed with low beams requiring good upper body strength and agility. The course is suited for all abilities and the entry cost of £22 includes an event vest, with spot prizes for the event winners...

Frame Your Train competition returns

First Great Western (FGW) has announced the return of the award-winning Frame Your Train competition – running throughout August.

It calls on passengers travelling on First Great Western trains to reach for their smartphone, snap a view from the window, and upload the image to Instagram using the hashtag #FGWFrameYourTrain. All entries are then uploaded to an interactive map, and showcased in an online photo gallery. It couldn’t be easier for all budding photographers out there to get involved!

Each week, for four weeks, a nominated judge will pick their ‘Photo of the Week...

Grand Dine Out competition launches

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 07/27/2015 - 10:20am

To celebrate the launch of Princesshay’s Grand Dine Out competition to win £1,000, visitors to the centre are invited to a summer garden party on Friday 31st July in Princesshay Square from 11am – 2pm.

Live music from buskers and family fun with outdoor games including Connect 4 and Jenga will create a garden party feel.

Visitors are invited to sit back on deck chairs and enjoy the atmosphere and sample a selection of menus from some of Princesshay’s favourite restaurants.

Grand Dine Out will reward four winners with a £1,000 Princesshay Gift Card when spending £35...

VIP wanted to launch Exeter Monopoly board

It has been described as Britain’s poshest city – too upmarket to have an Old Kent Road equivalent - so now Monopoly makers are offering one Exeter person the chance to be treated “all posh” for a day.

The official Monopoly board for Exeter will be launched at a city ceremony on Wednesday 7 October, and as part of the celebrations the board’s makers are on the lookout for a ‘VIP’ to launch the board.... Very Important Posh-person that is!

Earlier in the year it was reported in the national and regional media how Exeter could be too well-heeled to have an Old Kent Road...

Exeter pupil wins national competition

An Exeter School pupil got curious about Copper and won a national competition.

Middle Fifth pupil Mollie Tettenborn entered the Copper Education Competition, entitled Curious About Copper, and took first prize.

Fifteen-year-old Mollie designed a poster for the Electronics and Communication category which the judges felt was extremely well designed and presented.

They stated that the detailed scientific information on this poster showed a good understanding of the chemistry of copper. The poster also looked at interesting and contained relevant current and future...

European Grand Prix 7s tickets up for grabs

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 07/10/2015 - 10:40am

We're pleased to announce the winner of the tickets is Nicki Barley.

Thank you to everyone who entered.

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We’ve got two tickets to give away for the European Grand Prix 7s Series taking place at Sandy Park in Exeter this weekend (11 and 12 July).

To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is email your name and telephone number to ted@thedailyuk.com by 4pm today (Friday 10 July 2015).

Good luck!

For full details of the Rugby 7s weekend and to purchase tickets, click here .

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