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CRFU are delighted to introduce another new sponsor for this season. Lusty Glaze. This privately owned cove has been crowned Britain’s Best Beach by the Sunday Times and named Cornwall’s most Instagrammable Wedding Venue.
Lusty Glaze is purely a slice of Cornish Heaven.
Check out 129 Restaurant – www.onetwentynine.co.uk for an unforgettable eatery experience with view defying description.
Today we turn the spotlight on Ann’s Pasties
The CRFU are delighted to welcome back Ann’s Pasties as one of our valued sponsors for 2024.
Here is a little background information on our pasty provider;
About Ann
All of the women in my mother’s Cornish family traditionally made pasties.
I learned to make pasties in an emergency, I was summoned by my mother, Hettie Merrick, a professional pasty-maker, to a Breton agricultural fair, where demand was dramatically and unexpectedly outstripping supply at a stall mother had set up. At the end of a day of pasty-making, I could crimp them as fast as my mother, which was the perfect confidence boost and eye opener into the fact that there was a business to be had producing a good Cornish pasty.
Soon afterwards I began making pasties for my neighbours, who’d bring gifts of fresh fish they’d caught or vegetables they’d grown, and who treated my living room like a waiting room, sitting around gossiping over cups of tea if the pasties hadn’t come out of the oven yet.
Inspired by the response, mother and I started selling our wares from a stall at the nearby market town of Helston. We soon found business good enough to graduate to a shop in Porthleven. But when juggling family and pasty shop became too much, my husband transformed the garage of our house at the Lizard into a pasty kitchen, where I was able to crimp with one eye on the family.
The business has since flourished, so much so that my son Fergus has stepped in to help keep up with the demand! The family recipe lives on through Fergus who makes a pasty so good even mother approves!
The dates and venues for the age group festivals for 2023/24 season.
Under 7/8 – Sunday 28th April – Penryn RFC
Under 9 – Sunday 21st April – St. Austell RFC
Under 10 – Sunday 14th April – Truro RFC
Under 11 – Sunday 28th April – Launceston RC
Under 12 – Sunday 21st April – St. Ives RFC
Under 13 – Sunday 14th April – Liskeard-Looe RFC
Under 14 – Sunday 4th May – Newquay Hornets RFC
Under 15 Cup Finals Day – Sunday 21st April – Camborne RFC
Under 16 Cup Finals Day – Sunday 28th April – Newquay Hornets RFC (Boys & Girls)
Colts Cup Finals Day – Saturday 20th April – Hayle RFC, 4 finals from 10 am
Cornwall U20 Team v Cornwall Clubs XV
Wednesday 21 February 2024 – Match Cancelled due to predicted weather warning.
1. Rowan Lawrence (Falmouth)
2. Pete Harris (St Austell)
25. Angus Williams (Penryn)
4. Charlie Knight (Saltash)
5. Will Perkin Captain (St Ives)
6. Finn Lister (Penryn)
7. Dom Ellery (Newquay Hornets)
8. Jowan Peck (Falmouth)
9. James Marsden (St Ives)
10. Harry Walsh-Newton (Falmouth)
11. Jack Keogh (St Just)
12. Alfie Hammersley (Falmouth)
13. Ben Roskilly (Penryn)
14. Ayden Earnshaw (Penryn)
15. Harvey Penhallurick Vice Captain (Falmouth)
16. Dan Pope (Camborne School of Mines)
3. Alex Watkins (Camborne School of Mines)
17. Kane Ikete (Camborne School of Mines)
18. George Oakley (St Austell)
19. Giddy Blacklock (Falmouth)
20. Will Symons (Wadebridge Camels)
21. Ieuan Evans (Wadebridge Camels)
22. Tom Hollyman (Saltash)
23. Amori Matanatabu (Helston)
24. Max Jenkin (Hayle)
Please note the fixture against Devon Under 16 Girls at Okehampton on Sunday 18th February has been postponed due to the state of the pitches.
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| 1. ACTION REQUIRED Adult Player Registration – verify your players’ email addresses To help get ready for Adult Player Registration next season and to support the health of the game, from February 2024 we are asking clubs to make sure that players’ email addresses are verified on GMS. The National Rugby Survey is live! Every year the National Rugby Survey is your way to share how your season has gone so far and what you would like the game to look like in the future. Papa Johns Men’s Community Cup Draw & Finals Information We are pleased to announce the draw for this seasons Papa Johns Men’s Community Cup, as well as details on where the finals will be held this season. Your chance to play at Twickenham with Play Together, Stay Together Be in with a chance of playing at Twickenham stadium, by telling the RFU what your club is doing to help age grade players transition to adult rugby. READ ONLINE > |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Age Grade Rugby – Key Reminders in the second half of the season It is great to see Age Grade Rugby back up and running after the Christmas break across clubs, schools and colleges. Check out these key reminders for the rest of the season. RugbySafe HEADCASE Concussion Tracker Over 400 clubs are already using the Proactive App to assist their incident and injury recording, pre-session checks and emergency action planning and now the system includes a groundbreaking concussion tracker feature. Feature in an England Rugby film! The RFU is searching for inspiring girls within the community game whose story can be told via a content film. Youth Group Offer for Red Roses v Ireland Ahead of the Red Roses v Ireland match, the RFU is running an offer for youth groups to attend this fixture. Support available for your club! The RFU provides various ‘off field club support’ services, as well as regular webinars on a range of topics – find them all here. |
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| 3. FOR AWARENESS 2023 Community Rugby Inclusion & Diversity Survey Results In October 2023 the RFU launched the fourth Community Game I&D Survey. Many of you will have contributed to this and you can discover the findings in this section. The Clubhouse: Episode 3 The latest episode of The Clubhouse, the RFU’s magazine show that takes a closer look at the community game was released last week. Community News – monthly round up In case you missed them, check out some of the top community rugby stories over the last month from the England Rugby website. READ ONLINE > |
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Cornwall selectors have named an exciting side to take on the Royal Navy on Wednesday 28th February at Tregorrick Park, St. Austell, kick-off 7:30 pm.
The side will be captained by Fijian International Josh Matavesi, one of six Camborne players named in the squad.
Launceston also provide six players, whilst the home club, St. Austell have four players selected.
CRFU are most grateful to St. Austell RFC for staging this match and to our valued sponsors whose support is much appreciated.
Ground entry is £5 adults, under 16s free.
Please note there is no spectator parking at Tregorrick Park for this game. A park & ride will operate from Penrice Academy, the cost is £2, which will be charged with your admission entry. Details of this will published on this site next week.
Francis Edwards takes a look at another fascinating episode in Cornish rugby history.
Reading time: 40 minutes
…I have sat in my living-room with my mother and father at home and seen a rugby league representative take sheafs of pound notes out of his pocket…but…I have never wanted to be paid for playing rugby…
~ Gareth Edwards, Gareth: An Autobiography, Stanley Paul & Co., 1978, p91. As Edwards makes clear in The Autobiography (Headline, 1999), his 1978 book professionalised him in the eyes of the WRU and he was barred from coaching.
…when I went, I said the right things in the Press…I ‘needed a new challenge’…that was bullshit…I needed security for my family…
~ Jonathan Davies, The Rugby Codebreakers, BBC documentary, 2018
Read the rest in the link below
https://the-cornish-historian.com/2024/02/03/the-great-cornish-rugby-split/
Cornwall U.20, 48 – 7 Camborne School of Mines
Report by Terry Williams
Cornwall U20’s started off their 23/24 County Championship season with a fine win in a warm up game over the Camborne School of Mines XV, running out 48 – 7 winners. A large crowd of over 300 watched from the clubhouse touchline. The first half was scoreless, with both teams appearing to be nervous and the game was error strewn throughout. The Cornwall players seemed to be trying to force the game, which was the primary cause of the errors. Both teams had opportunities to cross the line, but both defences proved resolute.
Head coach Ritchie Kevern must have said something to fire the players up as the second half producing a much improved performance with the team scoring 8 tries, 4 of which were converted. A spirited CSM XV never gave up and their efforts were rewarded in the 74 minute with a converted try. They were well supported by a vociferous group of fellow students.
All the substitutes were used so the coaches had a good look at players and all are looking forward to the next warm up game v Cornwall Clubs at St Austell. There was a lot to take in from last night’s performance; a negative first half but a vastly improved second half. Four of the CSM XV are eligible for the County U20’s, so the coaches were able to cast their eyes over 29 players last night.
Cornwall U20 Team v Camborne School of Mines
Wednesday 31 January @ Hayle RFC with a 1930 ko
Cornwall Clubs XV will take on St. Ives RFC on Feast Monday, 5th February kick-off 7 pm at Alexandra Road, St. Ives.
