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Exeposé week Twenty
the Quarter Finals
Sport
Crossword
Across
1. State in which the Declaration of Independence was signed (12) 6. Chocolate bar containing hazelnuts, nougat and caramel (5) 8. Modern day Mesopotamia (4) 9. Element, atomic number 6 (6) 10. Libya’s second city (8) 12. Twenty-fourth letter of the Greek Alphabet (5) 13. Young swan (6) 16. Brother of Menelaus (9) 18. Successor to the League of Nations (2) 19. Famous for her visions of the Virgin Mary (2, 10)
Week 20 by Clare Mullins
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1. Followers of a famous Greek mathematician and philosopher (12) 2. Pharrell Williams – Roman God of the Sea (7) 3. Female demon – CAUSCUB [anag] (7) 4. Home to Mr Tumnus (6) 5. A facebook friend (12) 7. Song by Alanis Morissette (6) 8. Volcanic moon of Jupiter (2) 11. … Knows Best (5) 14. What mutton likes to dress as (4) 15. A benevolent woodland creature (4) 17. Most powerful lobbying organisation in the USA (3)
Solutions to No. 18 Across - 1. Gumption; 5. Cat; 8. Racketeer; 9. Ti; 10. Reddish; 12. Bern; 14. Fox; 15. Tub; 17. Elide; 19. Tacit; 20. Sin; 21. Emma; 22. Sunny; 23. Badger. Down - 1. Gertrude; 2. Macedonia; 3. Temesis; 4. Obe; 6. After; 7. Grub; 11. Hood; 13. Enticing; 16. Beth; 18. Elegy; 19. Tata; 20. Sas.
With their growing frustration clear, Edge Hill piled the pressure on Exeter, leading them to close the first half with a try, bringing the score at half time to 14-8. Exeter came back on fighting form, which saw the second half starting just as excitingly as the first, with a try from Nico Flanaghan following rapid passes from Cormac Healy and Josh Webb. With the score at 18-8 to Exeter it was not a great time for Edge Hill’s Centre to be yellow carded and sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes after an illegally high tackle. Exeter grabbed this advantage straight away with Josh Webb touching down from a penalty to bring Exeter into an impressive lead of 22, to Edge Hill’s 8. Edge Hill’s frustration grew further as they gave away a series of penalties; Nico Flanaghan took advantage of this and crossed the line to score his second try of the day. Following an explosive tackle, play was stopped for an extensive
period of time due to one of Edge Hill’s players sustaining a nasty dislocated shoulder, which saw him leave the pitch to a resounding roar of clapping. The game restarted fuelled with the same drive and determination as before, which saw a lot of pressure from Exeter. Josh Jones scored his first try of the match after gaining the ball from a ruck 5m off Edge Hill’s try-line, which was neatly converted by Nico Flanaghan.
score to 38-8 to an elated Exeter. It was a confident win which sees the boys pull through the first round of knockouts to play Loughborough in the semi finals. Well done to both teams; it was an exciting and hard fought match, and we wish the boys the best of luck in the semi-finals next week.
Rugby League Varsity
“The game restarted
with the same drive and determination”
The game was brought to a close by Josh Jones’ second try of the match again from a ruck just off Edge Hill’s try line. This was again confidently converted by Nico Flanaghan, bringing the final
Exeter v Gloucester
Mens and Womens matches March 30 Prince of Wales Stadium Cheltenham
1. What country is known as modern day Persia?
in British history at 112 years and 296 days?
2. What was the capital of West Germany?
5. Who claimed to be Samuel Johnson’s patron?
3. What are people now using in Japan in order to combat hay fever?
6. Which controversial ice-cream flavour was recently banned?
4. What is the name of the British man officially recognised as the oldest man
7. Which Best Picture Oscar nominee for 2011 grossed the least? Answers: 1. Iran 2. Bonn 3. Pollen detecting robots 4. Henry Allingham 5. Lord Chesterfield 6. Human Breast Milk, aka ‘Baby Gaga’ 7. Winter’s Bone
victory over Edge Hill University.
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