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Chiefs Seek New Captain ; Richard Baxter Is to Step Down As Captain of Championship Side Exeter Chiefs.

Richard Baxter is to step down as captain of Championship side Exeter Chiefs. The all-action No.8, who is the club's record appearance holder with 285 games under his belt, has led the Chiefs for the past three seasons, including skippering the club in back- to-back National Trophy finals at Twickenham, as well as two successive runners-up spots in National League One.

Caddick's Comeback ; Somerset Look Set to Welcome Back Andy Caddick for His Long- Awaited First-Team Opportunity When They Take On Yorkshire in the Lv County Championship at Taunton This Morning.

Somerset look set to welcome back Andy Caddick for his long- awaited first-team opportunity when they take on Yorkshire in the LV County Championship at Taunton this morning. The 40-year-old has made a full recovery from the reoccurrence of a shoulder injury that caused him to miss out virtually the whole of the 2008 campaign.

Pejic Encouraged by Ltc Sponsorship Deal ; Plymouth Argyle's Youth-Team Head Coach Mike Pejic has Welcomed the New Link-Up Between the Pilgrims and Ltc Group 87 Ltd.

Plymouth Argyle's youth-team head coach Mike Pejic has welcomed the new link-up between the Pilgrims and LTC Group 87 Ltd. The Plymouth-based scaffolding and powered-access firm will have its name on the shirts of the Devon football club's youth teams for the next two seasons, thanks to a deal which was announced in the Home Park boardroom yesterday.

First Things First for Goal-Poacher Benyon ; Torquay United's Cool Finisher Elliot Benyon Is Looking Forward to Playing for Paul Buckle's Newly Promoted Gulls in Coca-Cola League Two - but First He has Other Things On His Mind.

Torquay United's cool finisher Elliot Benyon is looking forward to playing for Paul Buckle's newly promoted Gulls in Coca-Cola League Two - but first he has other things on his mind. The Wycombe-born striker, who celebrates his 22nd birthday in August, has agreed a new-one year deal to extend his Plainmoor stay to a third successive season after teaming up with Torquay as one of Buckle's first signings - from Bristol City - in summer 2007.

Tolchard Hits Back with Win ; Sam Tolchard, Whose Spell in Belfast Started Unpromisingly with Defeat in the Quarter-Finals of the British Isles Singles Championship, Ended the Home International Series On a High Note When He Took On the Legendary Scot Willie Wood.

Sam Tolchard, whose spell in Belfast started unpromisingly with defeat in the quarter-finals of the British Isles singles championship, ended the home international series on a high note when he took on the legendary Scot Willie Wood. And, in a victory for youth over experience, Torquay's teenage star - at 19 one of the youngest players ever to skip a rink for England - came out on top, subjecting the 71-year-old Wood to a 33- 18 defeat.

Cardiff Showing Gives Harris a New Outlook ; Cornish Speedway Rider Chris 'Bomber' Harris Believes Automatic Qualification for the 2010 Grand Prix Series Could Be Within Reach After His Performance at the British Speedway Grand Prix.

Cornish speedway rider Chris 'Bomber' Harris believes automatic qualification for the 2010 Grand Prix Series could be within reach after his performance at the British Speedway Grand Prix. The top-eight riders in the Grand Prix Series Championship gain automatic entry into the following year's series, and Harris has boosted his prospects of making the cut after reaching the semi- finals in his home GP.

Gabb Pulls Out All the Stops for Momentous Victory ; Richard Gabb Booked His Place in the Second Round of Junior Wimbledon Yesterday, Fighting Back From a Set Down Against Pierre- Hugues Herbert of France to Win an Entertaining Match 6-7, 6-3, 6- 4.

Richard Gabb booked his place in the second round of Junior Wimbledon yesterday, fighting back from a set down against Pierre- Hugues Herbert of France to win an entertaining match 6-7, 6-3, 6- 4. Gabb, 17, who divides his time between the family home in Penzance and attending Millfield School in Somerset, produced what he later described as the performance of his life in intense heat on Court eight against an opponent ranked 190 places above him in the world.