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Potential county players urged to attend trials
THE potential future stars of Cornish rugby have been in full training throughout the summer as they bid for the coveted places in this season's Cornwall U16 and U15s squads. Professionalism has affected the whole spectrum of what was once a solely amateur
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Devon decider
Cornwall u21s won their Southern Counties Under 21 championship game with Dorset at Werrington by 29 runs to set up a final match decider with Devon at St Austell on August 30. A good batting display against Dorset saw Joe Crane and Stefan Churcher
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Herts clinch victory
Cornwall u17s lost their two-day County Championship game with Hertfordshire at Falmouth on first innings. The visitors made 396 for 9 declared. Herts slumped from 176 for 1 to 265 for 8, but Cornwall's bowlers were unable to press home their advantage
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Second new ball ends resistance
The final round of this year's Minor Counties Championship begins on Sunday with what must be one of the most inconsequential ends to a season in years in the Western Division. Apart from pride, personal performances and minor placings order, there is
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Inaugural call for infamous Andrea Doria collision ship
The cruiseship Athena, flagship of the Classic International Cruises fleet, made her inaugural call over the weekend when she arrived for a brief cruise call at the end of her Baltic Capitals cruise that started and ended in Dublin. The three stars rated
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Rock lit up for first time in 169 years
For the first time since 1837 the Black Rock beacon is now lit. The isolated danger in the middle of the entrance to the harbour has a white light exhibiting the following characteristic Fl (2) ten seconds. The light has a range of three miles. To warn
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All buzz and no sting for WASP
I recall going into an ICI office on the Tees many years ago and seeing on a wall a sign that read: "Why work when you can join a committee". The Water Activities Safety Partnership (WASP) launched by Liberal Democrat MP Julia Goldsworthy is just another
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Shipping intelligence
Tuesday, August 8 Swedish tanker Bro Sincero (11,855/02) moved from Gerrans Bay to Eastern Arm to discharge fuel oil. Liberian tanker Rudderman (4,842/94) moved from Falmouth Bay into No. 3 dry-dock. British tanker Mersey Fisher (2,760/98) sailed from
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Helston home creates interest at auction
WESTCOUNTRY Property Auctions, the leading multi-lot property auctioneers serving the West Country, have again enjoyed another hugely successful auction held at the Novotel, Plymouth. The 63 lots offered for sale generated considerable interest with
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Semi-detached three bedroom property
Number 2 Valley View in Germoe, Penzance is a well proportioned and well appointed semi-detached three bedroomed property. The home is situated in the highly regarded rural hamlet of Trescowe and is offered for sale in good decorative order. The property
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Detached chapel conversion
Situated near Cury on the eastern side of the Lizard Peninsula and enjoying views across farmland towards Gunwalloe and the sea at Mounts Bay, this impressive detached chapel conversion offers spacious accommodation. Believed to have been built around
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Georgian style residence
10 Cross Street is a 17th Century four bedroom Georgian style residence comprising generous sized accommodation. The home comprises a lounge benefiting from an open feature fireplace and views over Helston town and towards the boating lake. There is
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Modern, architect designed family home
Situated in the popular village of Relubbus, near Penzance, this modern, architect designed, individual detached family home is well presented throughout. The property benefits from central heating and double glazing and sits on a generous sized plot
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Contemporary detached four bedroom home
This contemporary well presented detached four bedroom house is in a tucked away position in the sought after village of Port Navas. The property has flexible and versatile accommodation and comprises vaulted ceilings to entrance hallway, lounge, kitchen
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Well presented semi-detached house
This well presented semi-detached house in the popular cul-de-sac location of Bosmoer Close in Falmouth has far reaching views over Falmouth Bay towards Pendennis Castle. There are good sized gardens to the front and rear with garage, and off road parking
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Spacious detached family home
This spacious, period, family home in Constantine is currently on the market with Miller Countrywide Waterside Homes department. The home has immense character and generous proportions, beautiful gardens and grounds and adjacent guest cottage. Due to
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Cornish band to support Slightly Stoopid
Sunday see's th arrival of Sligthly Stoopid to Newquay as one of only two UK shows this year and local boys The North Coast Project have been confirmed as support. The North Coast Project was formed only a few months ago and is a groove driven acoustic
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Working boat week perspective by its class chairman
Falmouth Regatta Week is one of the highlights of the Working Boat year with this year 19 28 footers and six 24 footers competing, writes Phil Slater. Falmouth Working boats are threequarter decked gaff cutters, displacing on average eight tons and carrying
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Henri-Lloyd Falmouth Week 2006 overall class results
W class Ajax: 1, Athena (David Liddington); 2, Avocet (Doug Sharps); 3, Amalthea (Roger Wood). A class IRC Division I: 1, Jinja; 2, Gotcha; 3, The Clan. B class Large working boats: 1, Rebecca (Phil Slater); 2, Demelza (J Andrew); 3, Zulu (Kellan Radford
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Weather has effect on champagne race
For the second year running the weather had a significant effect on Henri-Lloyd Falmouth Week's final day's racing - the Marks and Spencer Champagne Day, writes Henry Roberts. Strong gusting winds, and a situation of wind over tide, together with two
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Dinghies enjoy the conditions
Strong winds on the last three days of the regatta gave competitors some excellent dinghy racing conditions and some thrilling sailing. Restronguet Sailing Club, running the event for the second year on behalf of the Port of Falmouth Sailing Association
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Competitors make light of strong winds at RCYC regatta
THE Royal Cornwall Yacht Club's regatta was a carbon copy of all those that had gone before with the strong winds the major feature. The working boats as usual made light of the conditions with Phil Slater's Rebecca winning the B class from Lola and
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Rescue boats in action before racing begins
A stiff northerly breeze greeted the dinghy sailors competing in Flushing SC regatta as they left the beach at Restronguet sailing club to reach across to Run Tum Tugger, writes Harold Martin, the committee boat anchored a little way north of St Just
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John secures second victory
THE third day's racing at Restronguet Sailing Club, much the same as the previous two days,.proved a good one for a couple of crews in the Large Working Boats class with Demelza (John Andrew) finishing in first place for the second time in three races
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Home-based sailors among winners
St Mawes Day dawned with fine, sunny weather and a good 20 knot fresh breeze which made for exciting racing, writes Claire Wood. Some classes chose to race with reduced sail, but everyone had a good day's strenuous racing. There were a number of
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Falmouth in tough scrap
It promises to be a tense finale to the season for Falmouth as they bid to avoid relegation from the Jolly's Drinks ECB Cornwall Premier League. They were well beaten by eight wickets in their vital game at bottom club Hayle on Saturday. Hayle started
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Graham's off to Oz
THE mouthwatering prospect of a visit to Australia is the reward on offer for powerlifter Graham Alway of Falmouth. Graham, 33, regularly competes in the British Drug Free Powerlifting Association and qualified to compete in Bradford at the British Single
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Exeter highlight fitness difference
PENRYN 7pts EXETER A XV 80pts Penryn RFC met Exeter 2nd XV in a practice match on Sunday and The Chiefs showed clearly the difference in standards and fitness between the professionals in National League 1 and the amateurs in South West 2 (four leagues
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Bowls club are two points clear
Penryn Bowling Club have moved two points clear at the top of the first division of the Penryn and Falmouth Summer League's Old EPA Rules thanks to a 7-2 win over Trelowarren A. Mark Stoddern achieved an 8-ball clearance in the doubles. Wendron C A
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Town made to struggle
PLYMOUTH PARKWAY 2 FALMOUTH TOWN 0 Falmouth Town will have to play a lot better than in their opening spat at Plymouth Parkway if they are aiming to play in the Premier Division of the new Peninsula League when it starts next season. Their inexperienced
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Athletic hustled out of it
LAUNCESTON 4 PENRYN ATHLETIC 2 THIS was not the start Penryn Athletic manager Dave Jenkin was hoping for, but Launceston were well worth their 4-2 win in the new season's opening Carlsberg SWL encounter at Pennygillam. Athletic made the perfect start
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Club's delight at record-breaking charity day
Budock Vean Golf course was full to capacity on Sunday for the club's annual charity day in aid of multiple sclerosis with a donation also going to local playing fields. The record-breaking day attracted a total of 104 golfers from as far away as
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Carnon's five-year-reign at an end
Chacewater were crowned Southern division champions on Friday evening without having to bowl a bowl. In the showdown between Carnon A and Redruth A, Carnon were in the situation that they had to get at least four and a half points of the five available
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Caradon lose their crown
THE third Two Castles race took place with 18 gigs racing in a mass start from Zone Point to a finish line off the NMMC in Falmouth. Sadly Caradon Men did not return to defend the Cup they won last year but the Falmouth and Roseland teams put on a thrilling
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Former Test stars to play in charity game
THERE will be an air of nostalgia at Trescobeas cricket ground on Sunday when some of the most famous England Test cricketers in recent times will take part in a charity match on Falmouth's picturesque ground. The match will be between Old England X1
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Key phrase in traffic report overlooked
I HATE to take issue with Brinley Morris but the Falmouth Residents' Association's belief that reversing traffic flow in the town would reduce traffic levels by 30% may be based on a misconception. Falmouth Town Centre Forum was initially sympathetic
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Fiddling while town’s main street dies?
In last week's paper Brinley Morris commented on the proposed traffic reversal scheme which has now been shelved. He observed that the proposal would have "reduced traffic in the main street by 30%." Not so - some important words are missing. The actual
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It’s time Falmouth insisted upon action
Having read the continuing saga over the future of Falmouth I feel it is about time action spoke louder than words. For more than 30 years the town has been earmarked for a transformation. Repeatedly designs have been put forward; repeatedly they have
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Let’s kill them, just like everything else!
So it my imagination or am I missing something? In recent weeks there have been many letters and reports in this paper and others of large flying predators attacking children, dogs, cats, OAPs and so on in and around Cornwall! This predator is reportedly
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Earlier survey may have saved time and money
BRINLEY Morris's comments in last week's Packet on the traffic survey undertaken by the Liberal Democrats were surprisingly ill informed. He implies the sample size of 1,000 people was too small to make an informed judgement. In fact nearly 1,100 replies
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Thanks for helping to make fete a success
THROUGH your pages may I thank the many people who attended our recent fete in Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth and helped to make it such a success? The event made over £2,000 for choir funds. The winner of the £100 prize draw was Gary Underhill, £50
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I know which town I would rather lived in!
SO, Mr Draper from Burton-on-Trent says that Falmouth is a dump and he can't wait to get home. Does he believe that, just because Falmouth is a town in a far away place near the sea, that it automatically excludes it from problems suffered elsewhere in
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Reading this letter made me feel ashamed
Having lived in Falmouth all my life, I was ashamed to read the letter in the Packet of August 9 by Mr Draper of Burton on Trent. I am proud to be Cornish and a Falmothian, but very sad at the observations presented in the letter, which does not present
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Irish offer an example for Falmouth to follow
READING the continued correspondence in your pages about litter on the streets of Falmouth, I was reminded of a recent holiday in Ireland. What a contrast there is to be found in that country! In Dublin we saw council cleaning staff, refuse carts and
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‘White knuckle’ boat users are the problem
DAVID Barnicoat draws attention to the potential danger arising from speeding boats (August 2) and which he attributes to "unseamanlike behaviour." The word unseamanlike has a quaint ring to it and is absolutely correct but is, unfortunately, a quality
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Memorial should be restored and maintained
I write to express my concern regarding the memorial situated at Pennance Point on the coastal path. It was dedicated to members of the Home Guard who kept watch out to sea during World War 2. It was fitting that a memorial be erected, including an
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Mistakes, yes, but take pride in our museum
SOME years ago I gathered together a committee which led to the eventual creation of the National Maritime Museum, Cornwall. However, sometimes, and even with the best will in the world, we got it wrong. That is what committees do! Setting up of the museum
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Watersports festival put Cornwall on the map
ON behalf of Cornwall Enterprise, the organisers of the Interceltic Watersports Festival would like to thank all the volunteers, clubs, locations, sponsors and funders of this event. We would also like to thank the local people of Falmouth for their
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Carnival was a credit to the town’s true locals
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank the Falmouth Marine Band, David Spargo and the participants who organised and took part in the new Falmouth walking and cycling carnival. It was a credit to the true locals of the town who will not be put
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Widow visits docks death scene
The widow of a man killed in an accident in Falmouth docks visited the scene of his death this week. John Datson, 51, a casual worker, died while working on the RFA Mount's Bay in Queen's Wharf last Tuesday. He was thought to have been crushed between
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Falmouth Week called ‘best yet’
"The best yet" is how people described the Henri-Lloyd Falmouth Week. With ticket sales exceeding expectations at Events Square and increased competitor numbers at the sailing clubs, organisers were pleased to declare the event a success. "The combination
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Pensioner’s shock at huge bill
BRITISH Gas has apologised and agreed to write off a Penryn pensioner's debt after the Packet stepped in over an account statement he'd been sent showing he owed the utility company £1,274.41. Bill Rundle, 79, had the shock of his life when he received
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Parking ban for Falmouth pop concerts
Two bank holiday concerts being held at Pendennis Castle are forcing residents in the area to go without parking outside their properties. Gigs by the internationally famous Status Quo and Westlife are being held in the grounds of Pendennis Castle on
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Girl, 15 dies in crash
A teenage girl was killed and a man was left in a critical condition after yet another fatal car crash on the Penryn by-pass. Fifteen-year-old Kathryn Price died in the accident between the Hillhead and Asda roundabouts at around 10.15pm on Sunday. She
