Great West Run

GREAT WEST RUN: Charity winners

Two runners dressed as Smurfs MATT MINSHULL EE040509_MM02_36

Monday, May 04, 2009

THOUSANDS of spectators lined the city streets yesterday to cheer on competitors in the Guildhall Shopping Centre Great West Run.

The half-marathon, comprising two laps around Pinhoe Road, Southernhay, High Street and Beacon Lane, is expected to raise around £100,000...

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Ivor's cash aid as former college enters GWR team

Saturday, May 02, 2009

EXETER jeweller and former St Loye's College trainee Ivor Doble is backing his old college in the Great West Run tomorrow. Mr Doble was a young...

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Roads affected around the city for the duration of tomorrow's big event

Saturday, May 02, 2009

The following roads will be closed at points during the day: Bedford Street, Chapel Street and Southernhay East and West will be closed between...

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Scott to compete to boost Heroes

Friday, May 01, 2009

SERGEANT Scott Hodgkinson will be running Sunday's Guildhall Shopping Centre Great West Run dressed in his full Army uniform and carrying a 30lb...

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Ex-drug addict Dean goes extra mile for charity

Former EDP Drug and Alcohol Services user Dean Sawyer is looking forward to the Great West Run LAURENCE UNDERHILL EE270409_LU01_05

Thursday, April 30, 2009

THE support of a city drug and alcohol programme has inspired a former drug addict to raise money for its work. Dean Sawyer will be among the...

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Chloe backs Helen Foundation

Thursday, April 30, 2009

CHLOE Dunn, a student teacher from Shaldon, is taking part in Exeter's Great West Run to raise money for the Helen Foundation. The Helen Foundation...

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Running legend Gordon sets himself a haircut challenge for big event

Gordon Seward, who is still running every day, 25 years after he won the Exeter Marathon for the second time in a row MATT MINSHULL EE240409_MM01_01

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

IN 1984, Gordon Seward became the city's sporting hero when he won the Exeter Marathon for the second time in a row. That race has since been...

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Giving something back in memory of his mum

Matthew Swallow prepares to enter the Great West Run in memory of his mother Jennifer, inset, who died from cancer last year LAURENCE UNDERHILL EE220409_LU01_05

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A CITY medical student is tackling his first Great West Run on Sunday in memory of his mother. Matthew Swallow, 19, of Barrack Road, hopes to raise...

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