Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
BillREDRUTH 19 – 19 CAMBORNE
By Bill Hooper, at the Recreation Ground.
The much anticipated Cornish Derby ended with honours even in front of large festive crowd that filled all sides of this famous old ground.
A special day for both Redruth’s Dean Bonds playing his 200th game,
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Trelawny’s Army A.G.M. took place at the St. Austell Brewery Visitor Centre, we thank our President Sean Jarvis and the Brewery for their kind and much appreciated hospitality.
Once the formal business had been completed we were able to get to the presentations.
First and foremost,
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Hon.Sec Ian Gordon presented Dave & Viv Broadhurst an engraved plaque to mark their retirement from the committee after many years service.
Both have served the Army well in various roles and we very much appreciate all they have done.
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TASC Hon.Sec Ian Gordon presenting a couple of match balls to Camborne Hon.Sec Richard Simeons, in recognition of the club achieving promotion from Regional 1 South West last season. The presentation took place ahead of the Camborne v Redruth game in front of some 3,000 supporters.
Other presentations will take place around Cornwall during the season.
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Letters have been sent to all Cornwall clubs asking for nominations for the
CornwallU20 squad for the coming season.
Last season the team reached the quarter-finals of the Jason Leonard Cup and will
start training again in January 2024.
Lewis Bostock (Truro) of Cornwall U20s runs in for a try.…
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Following the SW trials that were held in Bristol a few weeks ago, the SW selectors
have selected a squad of 23 players who will face the other regions over the
weekend on 10/11 June.
The games will be played at Broadstreet RFC, Coventry where the SW team will
take on London and the Southeast,
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Cornwall U20 player Nat Dart received a further national honours when he was recently selected to play for the England Deaf XV v Wales.
The game took place at Cambridge RFC with England emerging winners 41 – 7. To add to
the great win Nat scored an impressive 21 of the 41 points for England.
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BillOn Sunday 28 May Cornwall the U20 Southwest trials took place in Bristol. During the pool stages of
this season Jason Leonard Cup, SW selectors and coaches from participating teams selected a team
of the day at each game and when all the names were collated the SW selectors invited several
players from all counties to the trials.
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GILL BURNS DIVISION 2 SEMI-FINAL
CORNWALL WOMEN 0 – 38 HAMPSHIRE WOMEN
By Bill Hooper, at Polson Bridge
Under a blistering hot sun and a hard pitch, it proved not to be this season for a brave Cornwall Women’s side who found Hampshire just a little too hot to handle.
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