St. Agnes welcome Ashley Down Old Boys this Saturday in the last eight of their Papa Johns Cup competition. Kick-off 2:30 pm at Enys Park.
Redruth Albany’s Great Tommy Sleep Out for RBLI
Redruth Albany RFC are currently fundraising for the above event, scheduled to take place on Saturday 9th March 2024. We have a team of 8 of us sleeping out on Trewirgie field, and as this cause is in aid of Homeless Veterans, Albany are signatories to the Armed Forces Covenant (with a couple of Veterans on the team) we thought it only fitting to do what we could.
To that end, we are opening the clubhouse for the Ireland Vs England game, and donating £1 of every pint sold, to this cause.
If the County board could help support/publicise, we would be grateful!
Simon Ferguson
Redruth Albany RFC
Can you help by donating to their JustGiving Fundraising Page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/redruth-albany-1705950358517
Sponsor’s Spotlight
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!
RFU Community Game Update October 2023
Community Game Update |
1.ACTION REQUIRED Community Rugby Support Fund 2023/24 The Community Rugby Support Fund for 2023/24 is now live! The purpose of this fund is to support voting member clubs, CBs and referee societies who are in greatest financial need and the window to make a claim closes on 7 November. Love Rugby – our new campaign for girls rugby Love Rugby is a new campaign to give girls a voice and raise visibility that rugby union is a game where girls belong. Find out more about the campaign. #PlayTogetherStayTogether – 2023/24 Season Play Together, Stay Together is back for the new season and we want you to get involved! Remind yourself of the campaign goals and find out how to get involved in this section. 135K and counting! Keep registering your Age Grade players Over 135,000 Age Grade players are now registered for 2023/24 – an increase of 35,000 since the last Community Game Update! Check out the support on offer to help get your players registered! 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Have your say on the next steps of Adult Registration Ahead of the start of Adult Registration next season, the RFU is seeking the views of players and those involved in player/team selection on the proposed next steps in the implementation of Adult Registration. Inclusion & Diversity Survey, Toolkit & Policy Guidance Check out the latest Inclusion & Diversity updates, including taking part in a survey, a new I&D toolkit to help the community game and more guidance on the Gender Participation Policy. Reduce your club’s running costs with the RFU Buying Group The RFU Buying Group is a service to support RFU Clubs in significantly reducing their running costs and helping your club to access the best value services from a broad range of approved suppliers. Find out more in this piece. Upcoming Club Support Webinars The RFU Club Support team have a number of upcoming webinars to support clubs across a huge range of topics. Find out more information about each webinar and sign up! Have you used the Club Health Check yet? As part of our wider ‘Flourishing Rugby Communities’ strategy to help clubs ensure they are healthy both now and in the future, we have created an online self-assessment health check tool. Discover more and access the tool. 3. FOR AWARENESS RFU Pregnancy and Match Official Guidance This guidance document outlines points to consider in relation to match officials who are pregnant or have recently given birth. Removing barriers to match officiating benefits the whole game – check out the guidance now. GMS – Email verification & inputting fixtures With the season underway, it’s a great time to make sure that individuals have a unique, verified email address on GMS and that your fixtures are being inputted on the system. Player Welfare resources Read the latest updates from the RugbySafe programme, from the updated HEADCASE toolkit to the case studies recently covered in the media. DBS Update Service All staff and volunteers that require a DBS check will now be prompted to join the DBS Update Service. Find out more about the process and how it works in this section. 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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Duchy Cup Finals Day at Falmouth RFC – Results
This season’s Duchy Cup Finals will be held at the Recreation Ground Falmouth on Saturday 22nd April.
At 2 pm Falmouth RFC will be playing Alton in the quarter-finals of Papa Johns.
The programme of matches are listed below;
Duchy Shield Final
Saltash II, 36 – 7 St. Ives II @ Tregenver Pitch, Old Grammar School
Senior Duchy Shield Final
Bude II, 19 – 16 Wadebridge Camels II @ Main Pitch
Duchy Cup Final
Veor-Holman II, 6 -13 St. Austell Spartans @ Main Pitch
Duchy Senior Cup Final
St. Austell Sinners, 74 – 0 Redruth II @ Main Pitch
Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to the runners-up.
Freddy Trewin & Lewis Bostock earn County Caps
Both players were presented with their county caps by CRFU President John Sumnall following Cornwall Under 20’s win 38-28 against Gloucestershire Under 20s at Camborne RFC yesterday. To earn a cap a player must play in 7 Jason Leonard Cup matches. Well done lads.
St Ives RFC are looking for a new Head Coach
We are looking to recruit a talented individual who will enjoy working alongside the St. Ives RFC Rugby
Management Committee as our Head Coach.
Ian Sanders,
Chair of Rugby Committee,
St. Ives RFC (Cornwall),
Alexandra Road,
St.Ives,
Cornwall.
Or email: iansanders9@hotmail.com
Remember to get your Game On
Getting your Game On In the lead up to matchdays, in the adult game, you may be short of a full 15. With Game On, you only need a minimum of ten players per side to get the game played and treated as a full 15-a-side game*. David Flatman, explains more about Game On and how you can use it in the video below. Video Game On means you can still get your matches played with more flexible options, because every game matters. The 2022/2023 season has seen enhancements to Game On, including additional scrum options, which you can read more about below. |
The scrum can be modified to allow for a contested 1.5m push. If you don’t have a front row or if you have players new to the front row, you still have the option to go uncontested. As long as the referee has been notified 30 minutes prior to kick off that Game On might be used, these changes can be made during the game if teams feel it appropriate. Game On is a great way to ensure players can play each week, even when short of a full 15.You can even choose to reduce the pitch size and duration of the match to suit the needs of the players. By enabling players to play each week, you will keep them engaged and coming back for more as you continue to build towards a full 15. 10 v 10 one week, 11 v 11 the next, hopefully you will soon be back to the full complement of players. So, before you think about cancelling or postponing a match, consider how you can Get your Game On using the flexible options available. *Check out our dedicated Game On page below which includes details about which leagues the options can be used in. Game On David Flatman Video |