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New date for Clubs Forum

The new date for the postponed Clubs Forum is SUNDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2019

It will be held at the ALVERTON MANOR HOTEL in TRURO.

 

The event will be between 10 am - 4 pm

 

Further details will be made available on here and clubs informed via Hon. Sec Terry Williams 

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First leg of XGirl Cup a great success

 

 

 

XRugby, a new format of rugby playable with as few as 5-a-side and with a much advertised international competition at the O2 Arena this weekend, came to Cornwall first as girls from around the Duchy arrived in sunny Penryn on Sunday for the inaugural leg of the XGirl Cup.

Partly an greater opportunity for girls to play in their own club colours rather than as part of larger cluster teams, partly an introduction to shorter formats of the game like the sevens which forms part of the girls county programme, and partly a chance for genuine competitive rugby rather than just friendlies in the older two age groups, the XGirl Cup didn't disappoint on any of those grounds. It also produced a day of  rugby full of fun for players and spectators alike; multiple neutral observers all commented they had never heard so much giggling at a rugby match before!

In the U18s, the combination of Penzance and Bude (now officially linked for the rest of the tournament) went undefeated with some irresistible offence, including beating hosts Penryn/Newquay 54-50 with the last play of the game!

 The U15s saw some similarly intense competition with Launceston, Penryn and the combined St Austell/Perranporth teams all winning two of their three games. Huge credit goes to Liskeard/Penzance/Newquay too, recovering from two big losses and a 21pt first half deficit to secure a valiant four-try bonus point against Launceston.

The U13s played the same format of games albeit as friendlies, and it was Perranporth/Newquay who shone with four wins from four and a whopping 208 points!

The league points accumulated by the U15s and U18s get shared between the clubs based on the proportion of players involved on the team. That way clubs with plenty of players aren't disadvantaged by temporarily combining with smaller clubs, whilst those smaller clubs can still earn points for themselves too.

Bude/Penzance currently lead the U18s, whilst Launceston are a whisker ahead in the U15s with 3 legs to go before the final knockout round, scheduled for the morning of a Cornwall Ladies home game in what should be a great female Cornish sporting occasion.

A massive thank you to Penryn RFC for hosting, even taking the measure of cancelling Friday's boys training to help ensure the pitches were playable for the girls; to Joshua Stevens from CRRS and Bruce Radford of Penryn for refereeing the unfamiliar format alongside the girls coaches; to Lesley Bennett of St Austell for assembling the teams on the day; and to all the girls, coaches and parents for enjoying the day so much!

 

 

U18 Results

 

Penryn/Newquay 50-54 Bude/Penzance

Penryn/Newquay 38-28 Launceston

Bude/Penzance 61-35 Launceston

 

U15 Results

 

St Austell/Perranporth 28-33 Launceston

Penryn 64-14 Liskeard

Penryn 49-54 St Austell/Perranporth

Launceston 54-26 Liskeard/Penzance/Newquay

St Austell/Perranporth 69-19 Liskeard/Penzance/Newquay

Penryn 35-19 Launceston

 

U13 Results

Perranporth/Newquay 46-14 Penryn

Penzance 49-12 Launceston/Liskeard/Bude

Launceston/Liskeard/Bude 54 St Austell 35

Perranporth/Newquay 42-14 Penzance

Penryn 14-47 Launceston/Liskeard/Bude

St Austell 14-70 Perranporth

Penzance 0-42 Penryn

Launceston/Liskeard/Bude 0-50 Peranporth

Penryn 33-St Austell 21

Penzance 35-St Austell 14

 

Report by Ross Tucknott 

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St. Austell Brewery onboard for 2020

 

 

Photo: Terry Carter, Bill Hooper, Dave Saunter, John Sumnall (President CRFU), Marc Bishop & Chris Lea

 

Marc Bishop at St Austell Brewery was thanked for his continued support for Cornwall rugby.
He was presented with photos from the successful Bill Beaumont campaign of 2019 and has restated that he is proud that Tribute will be associated with Cornwall rugby for 2020.
Members of the CRFU Management Board met with Marc as plans for the new Championship season are being put in place

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Thank you from #Cry4Tom

The CRFU were delighted to have received the following from our former Safeguarding Officer Ann Demaine;

I am not sure if I have already sent you an email about our current position with #CRY4TOM, but I would like to keep you and the CRFU updated (letter attached). We were able to collect almost £1000 from the various county games for which we are hugely grateful.
 
We have the screening event on 4/5th December at Bodmin College alongside which the students will all be trained in CPR. If you think that there is anything that we could do to help within rugby clubs, then please do let me know.
 
Attached is a poster for an up-coming Shanty concert 24th November. Kimber's Men is a brilliant group giving their time for free!  Would it be possible to advertise the screening and concert on the CRFU website as I would like this year's sponsors to be first in the know! Also, I would very much like to let it be known how thankful we are for the support that the CRFU have given us.
 
E-mail Ann if you wish to purchase tickets for the concert.
 
 
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Saunts' thoughts

Thoughts of CRFU Chairman Saunts

 

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Hi all I am 4 months into the role and we are 2 months into the new season, an update as to where we are.

The new season has kicked off with one casualty, St Ives have pulled out of the league but are still very much alive, as a club, their mini-junior set up is still as strong and Chairman Andrew Baragwaneth is adamant that they continue fielding a side this season. I have spoken to Andrew and offered the help of the CRFU, their only current need is fixtures, if any side has a spare Saturday and are able to help please contact Matt Chandler 07908 486670.

Stithians Chairman Matt Reckner, made contact looking for a bit of help, many of the management board and our RFU team (see picture above), spent a quality evening with Matt going through how we could help with coaching, recruitment etc. A big thanks should go to Phil Morris who is not only helping Stithians but Redruth Albany as well with coaching. Last Saturday 18 players turned out for The Village so happy days! More work to do but from little Acorns!!!

The message has to be make contact with us, we may not have an instant solution but are more than willing to give as much help as we can, my mobile is 07554010480.

There are some great results coming from our league clubs with some quality local derbies. Last Saturday I was made most welcome at Lanner, who now have a great set-up at Mount Ambrose and watched a very competitive match between them and Liskeard-Looe, one winner …….Cornish Rugby.

I have also visited Saltash and was invited as a guest to Launceston to watch the match with Maidenhead, a feast of rugby with a narrow win for the away side 43-42. Again the greeting from the club was amazing and it was great to have a walk around and chat with some old rugby friends, again one winner ……Cornish Rugby.

I have also attended my first Trelawny’s Army AGM at St Austell Brewery. An awesome evening where player of the year awards were given out and I accepted a sizeable cheque for their continuing support of Youth rugby in the County.

My Final message is, as a team the management board are out and about visiting clubs looking to help as much as we can…….Cornwall rugby is the clubs, and we need all to succeed, both on and off the field…as Jonny would say “More players, playing more rugby more often…………..one Winner!!!!!

 

Saunts

 

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Rob Elloway latest to receive Twickenham souvenir

 

Our roving selector Trevor Spargo also caught up with Rob Elloway when at Redruth recently to present him with his souvenir photograph from Twickenham.

"Brian Moore" had a huge influence on the outcome of the Bill Beaumont Cup. Sadly Rob has said he will not be available in the next campaign.
Fortunately his experience as a player isn’t lost from the game as he coaches at different levels.
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Gill Burns Cup Fixtures

 

 

 

Cornwall Women have been drawn in Pool 3 in this season's Gill Burns Cup Division 2.

They will have two home fixtures in the pool stages.

The provisional dates are;

 

Sunday 26th April 2020 DORSET & WILTS WOMEN V CORNWALL WOMEN (Venue & kick off tbc)

 

Sunday 10th May 2020 CORNWALL WOMEN V SOMERSET WOMEN (Venue & kick off tcc)

 

Sunday 17th May 2020 CORNWALL WOMEN V HAMPSHIRE WOMEN (Venue & kick off tbc)

 

Should Cornwall qualify for the semi-finals they would be at home on weekend of 23/24 May 2020 against winners of Pool 4.

 
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