FOOTBALL:

Friday:

CARLSBERG SOUTH WEST  PENINSULA LEAGUE

Premier Division (7.30pm): Torpoint Athletic v Callington Town.

Saturday:

SOUTHERN LEAGUE, Premier Division (3pm): Truro City v Cirencester Town.

CARLSBERG SOUTH WEST  PENINSULA LEAGUE

Premier Division (3pm): Bovey Tracey v Godolphin Atlantic; Camelford v Cullompton Rangers; Elburton Villa v Witheridge; Ivybridge Town v Stoke Gabriel; Newquay v Exmouth ow; Saltash Utd v Bodmin Town; St Blazey v Launceston.

Division One West (3pm): Bude Town v Perranporth; Holsworthy v Wadebridge Town; Millbrook v Porthleven; Mousehole v Sticker; Penryn Athletic v Dobwalls; Penzance v Illogan RBL; St Dennis v Liskeard Athletic.

FA COUNTY YOUTH CUP (1.30pm): Cornwall v Sussex (at Wadebridge).

CORNISH GUARDIAN EAST CORNWALL PREMIER LEAGUE

Premier Division (2.30pm): Callington Town v Torpoint Athletic; Edgcumbe v Polperro; Fowey Utd v Plymstock Utd; Launceston v St Teath; St Dominick v Morwenstow.

Division One (2.30pm): Bodmin Town v Millbrook; Nanpean Rovers v St Blazey; Probus v Roche; St Stephens Boro v Bude Town.

JOLLY'S CORNWALL COMBINATION LEAGUE (3pm): Goonhavern v St Day; Illogan v Newquay.

CORNWALL COUNTY JUNIOR CUP (sponsored by West End Motors Vauxhall) First round, 2pm):

East: Biscovey v Roche; Boscastle v Kilkhampton; Callington Town v Delabole Utd; Calstock v Gorran; Edgcumbe v St Breward; Foxhole Stars v Lostwithiel; Godolphin Atlantic v Veryan; Gunnislake v Queens Rangers; High Street v Saltash Utd; Holywell & Cubert v Pelynt; Mevagissey v Looe

Town; Morwenstow v Bude Tn; North Hill v Stoke Climsland; North Petherwin v Altarnun; Pensilva v Packhorse Ath; RAme Peninsula v Probus; Real Saltash v St Columb Major; St Cleer v Grampound; St Mawgan v Stratton Utd; St Merryn v Gerrans & St Mawes; St Minver v AFC Bodmin; St Neot v St Newlyn East; St Stephen v Lanivet Inn; St Teath v Launceston College Phoenix; Sticker v Tregony; Tregrehan Mills v Week St Mary; Threemilestone v Premier Sixes; Torpoint Athletic v Southgate Snrs; Wadebridge Town v Tintagel.

West: Camborne Athetic v Perranwell; Camborne SoM v Pendeen Rovers; Carharrack v St Ives Mariners; Chacewater v Marazion Blues; Constantine v Wendron Utd; Cury v Camborne Park; Four Lanes v Penwith Exiles; Gwinear Churchtown v Nelwyn NA; Halsetown v Trispen; Helston Athletic v Newbridge Athletic; Mousehole v Falmouth Town; Mullion v Trevenson Utd; Newlyn Lions St Agnes; Newquay v Lanner; Penryn Athletic v Ludgvan; Praze-an-Beeble v Perranporth; Railway Locomotives v Troon; Redruth Utd v Mabe; RNAS Culdrose v Holmans SC; St Buryan v Illogan RBL; St Day v Lizard Argyle; St Erme v Hayle; St Ives Town v Mawnan; Sennen v Madron; Stithians v Goonhavern Athletic; Storm v Gulval; Threemilestone v Premier Sixes; West Cornwall v Falmouth DC.

JJ JONES BUILDERS DUCHY LEAGUE (2.30pm):

Division Three: Grampound v St Stephen.

Division Four: Godolphin Atlantic v St Minver.

Division Five: Padstow Utd v Boscastle; Saltash Utd v St Mawgan; St Newlyn East v St Dennis.

Reserve Team Cup (First round, 2pm): St Mawgan v St Minver.

WHIRLWIND SPORTS TRELAWNY LEAGUE (2.30pm):

Division Three: Holmans v West Cornwall; Marazion v St Day; Mawnan v St Agnes.

Division Four: Carharrack v Mousehole; Lizard v Gwinear Churchtown; Newlyn Non Athletico v Praze.

Division Five: Mabe v Wendron; Madron v Stithians; Trevenson v Newquay.

RUGBY:

Saturday:

National League Two South (3pm): Dorking v Cornish All Blacks; Redruth v Canterbury.

Tribute South West One (West): Drybrook v St Austell; Ivybridge v Camborne.

Tribute Western Counties (West): Penryn v Truro; Sidmouth v Wadebridge Camels; Teignmouth v St Ives.

Tribute Cornwall & Devon League: Falmouth v Bude; Hayle v Bodmin; Liskeard-Looe v Saltash; OPM v Pirates Amateurs.

Tribute Cornwall One: Helston v Camborne SoM; Illogan Park v Stithians; Newquay Hornets v Roseland; Perranporth v Veor.

Tribute Cornwall Two: Lankelly-Fowey v Camelford; Lanner v St Just.

Sunday:

British and Irish Cup, Pool Four (3pm): Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues.

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Cornish Pirates Director of Rugby Ian Davies has been appointed as England Students Assistant Coach  for this season.

Davies, who during the past couple of seasons was an Assistant Coach for the RFU Championship XV that faced the Maori All Blacks and then the following year Head Coach of the Barbarians team that played the Combined Services, is clearly a coach in demand. He was selected from a large pool of applicants by a panel from the England Students programme, the Students RFU committee and the RFU, who were impressed by his expertise and passion to develop students through rugby.

The former back-row forward played youth level rugby for Llanelli Scarlets, and went on to work in rugby development, university rugby and professional rugby. He was the Forwards Coach at the Cornish Pirates when they beat Munster in the first ever British & Irish Cup final, and he also helped take the team to two consecutive Championship finals.

Davies will work alongside England Students Head Coach Aaron James, who commented: "Ian has a wealth of coaching experience, which will benefit the university and college players selected for England Students. He's a very welcome addition to the coaching and management team."

Davies said: "Having spent around seven years coaching in the student game prior to coming to Cornwall, I am immensely proud now to be part of the England Students coaching team. I am looking forward both to the challenge and also working with Aaron James who is a highly-rated Coach working within the Bath Rugby Academy.

"I'm a great lover of the student game; it's a fantastic brand of rugby. Student rugby gives a special opportunity to combine sport with higher education and involves a very high standard of rugby."

Last season England Students secured three out of four wins, with victories against Welsh Students, Welsh Academicals and the Portuguese national side. This season they will face France Universities, Wales Students and Portugal.

After playing five consecutive Greene King IPA Championship games to start off their season, for the next three weekends concentration for the Cornish Pirates turns to the British & Irish Cup.

Competing in Pool 4 of this season's competition, first up for the Pirates is a home game on Sunday against Bedford Blues (kick-off 3pm). Their other games in the month are away again to Doncaster Knights on Saturday week and then home on the last Sunday in October to Cross Keys.

Looking ahead first to Sunday's game, Cornish Pirates' Director of Rugby Ian Davies said: "We are all aware that Bedford Blues take the Cup seriously and that they have a proud record in previous competitions.

"The Blues started their season slowly but they have come into a bit of form of recent, and because we also take the Cup seriously a bit of a battle is naturally expected this weekend."

Full-back Craig Holland makes a welcome return to the Cornish Pirates side after a brief loan spell at Worthing, and there is a place on the bench for Jake Parker following his similar loan at Chinnor. Also listed among the replacements is Oliver Snook, who will be keen for competitive action following appearances in four pre-season friendlies.

Bedford Blues will be making the full use of their squad as they make the long trip down to Penzance this weekend.

The Blues have been buoyed on by two league wins on the trot against Jersey and Plymouth Albion while a strong second half display against London Scottish acted as the catalyst for the recent turn of fortunes on the field.

And Blues Team Manager Rob Crowle is expecting another bruising battle on Sunday afternoon.
He said: "We've been getting happier with the performances on the field," said Crowle. "There is still plenty of work to do but it has been pleasing to see the lads starting to gel well and show the coaches and the fans what they are all about.

"Last weekend our scrum functioned particularly well and we were able to build great attacking phases as a result. We know that the Pirates will be very well drilled and prepared for the attacking threat that we pose so I think it should be a cracker of a game.

"The British & Irish Cup is now a firmly established competition and all the teams are taking it very seriously. Everyone wants to win silverware and the B&I Cup offers a great opportunity for that and one that we want to take."

Cornish Pirates: 15 Craig Holland, 14 Kieran Goss, 13 Alex Dancer, 12, Rheon James, 11 Luke Jones, 10 Kieran Hallett, 9 Tom Kessell, 8 Todd Lowry, 7 Alex Cheesman, 6 Chris Morgan (capt), 5 Will Carrick Smith, 4 Will Graulich, 3 Tyler Gendall, 2 Tom Channon, 1 Jamal Ford-Robinson. Replacements: 16 Aaron Carpenter, 17 Jack Andrew, 18 Jake Parker, 19 Joe Atkinson, 20 Laurence May, 21 Bertie Hopkin, 22 Oliver Snook.

Bedford Blues: 15 Jim Wigglesworth, 14 Pat Tapley, 13 Michael Le Bourgeois, 12 Viliami Hakalo, 11 Dean Adamson, 10 Steffan Jones, 9 Darryl Veenendaal; 1 Tom Williams, 2 Jared Saunders, 3 Camilo Parilli-Ocampo, 4 Harry Wells, 5 Eoin Sheriff, 6 Joe Vandermolen, 7 Justin Blanchet, 8 Nick Fenton-Wells (c). Replacements: 16 Antonio Harris, 17 Billy Moss, 18 James Currie, 19 Mike Howard, 20 Josh Buggea, 21 Peter White, 22 Ollie Dodge.

* Family Fun Day: Pirates supporters are reminded that Sunday is Family Fun Day at the Mennaye Field. Family tickets available on the gate will be just £10 for one adult and children, and £15 for two adults and children. The gates open on the day at 1pm ahead of the 3pm kick-off, and besides the usual food and refreshments there will be Laser Tag, Sumo Suits, Face Painting, Giant Jenga, Skittles, Mascot Races, plus a Lucky Dip - with a prize every time. For more details please visit www.cornish-pirates.com

FRIDAY: Mercury-nominated Nick Mulvey played in Truro and Falmouth earlier this year and tonight is elevated to the larger Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, for a sell-out show with new talent Sivu (compares to Wild Beasts and Beck) supporting.

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Music, demonstrations and lots of shellfish at Falmouth Oyster Festival.

FRIDAY: Truro-based theatre and film company o-region presents ingenious family show (written by Kneehigh's Carl Grose) Stay Brave Brian Gravy at Bodmin College (also, Portreath Village Hall on Saturday).

SATURDAY: Funky reggae band Backbeat Soundsystem - winners of best band at our What's On Cornwall Awards - launch their debut album Together Not Apart at Perranporth's Watering Hole.

SATURDAY: Cornish dancer and former member of Matthew Bourne's company Tom Jackson Greaves presents his dance version of Adam and Eve, Seven Deadly Sins, at Falmouth Uni's Performance Centre.

SATURDAY: The future of theatre is in safe hands with Silly Boys' Seamas Carey and Callum Mitchell. Their show The Elves & The Shoemaker and other stories... comes to The Centre, Newlyn (and Lambeage Hall, Coverack, tonight, and Launceston Town Hall on Sunday).

SATURDAY: WOMAD favourite Senegalese singer Batch Gueye brings his band to Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Porthtowan. Also, head to the Studio Bar, Penzance, this weekend for Black Foxxes on Friday and Cut Ribbons on Saturday.

SATURDAY: Show of Hands' Steve Knightley plays one of his Grow Your Own gigs in St Issey.

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY: You'll be in vehicle heaven at the Cornwall 2014 Motor Show at Heartlands, Pool.

SATURDAY: Porthleven Philharmonic Orchestra play the perfect acoustics of All Saints Church, Falmouth.

A DRIVER who stopped to help a dog wandering across the A39 near Truro has been involved in a two vehicle smash.

Police, fire and ambulance have been scrambled to the Falmouth Road near the Arch Hill Roundabout, after the two silver BMWs collided earlier this afternoon.

A member of the public called 999 shortly before 3.35pm, alerting the emergency services.

A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "It has been reported that one vehicle has stopped in the road to pick the dog up and another vehicle has come straight into it."

An eyewitness described seeing one of the two cars -both registered to the Truro area – damaged in a hedge.

No-one is trapped but there are reports of children crying following the smash, police said.

The accident happened on the Truro bound side of the road and traffic is already queuing past Playing Place.

The five adults and two children are believed to have escaped without injury. 

A prospective MP has launched a campaign to scrap the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).

Liberal Democrat candidate for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, Julia Goldsworthy has started a petition to get rid of the PCC post in Devon and Cornwall, currently held by Tony Hogg.

Mrs Goldsworthy said the £1.8 million budget for the PCC office could be better spent on recruiting and paying for front line policing.

Her campaign comes after Mr Hogg confirmed the closure of several police front desks across Cornwall.

Mrs Goldsworthy said: "The Conservatives Commissioner's closure of police front desks in communities across Cornwall will cause huge inconvenience to people who wish to hand in a stolen purse or speak directly to police about anti social behaviour in their area.

"Tony Hogg says there is not enough money in the police service. The reality is that £1.8m is wasted every year propping up a commissioner that most people have not heard of and who is busy closing police front desks across Cornwall.

"The money spent on the police commissioner's office each year is enough to pay for an extra 94 bobbies on the beat. That is what the people of Camborne, Redruth and Hayle need not a super cop based in Devon."

You can sign Julia's petition at www.crhlibdems.org.uk/morebobbies

A WOMAN from Mullion, who made radio history as the first female newsreader with the BBC, has pass passed away at the age of 80.

She was described as a much-loved voice on Radio 2 for more than 20 years, writes Marcus Williamson.

Sheila Tracy was Britain's first woman newsreader, who took to the air on BBC Radio 4 in 1974.

Although the BBC's news service had been set up by a woman, Hilda Matheson, in 1927, it would be nearly half a century before women were allowed to present the news on national radio or television.

Tracy was born Sheila Lugg on January 10, 1934 at Mullion.

She was educated at Truro High School before going to the Royal Academy of Music to study violin, trombone and piano.

"Down in the string section at the Royal Academy, it was all girls," she remembered, "Up in the brass were all the boys! I had never played a brass instrument before, but it all worked out. I have never been out of work."

She joined the Ivy Benson All Girls Band during 1956. Benson had started the group in the late thirties as a nine-piece and it became known for the quality of its performances and its ever-changing crew.

During the summer season the group would play at the Villa Marina on the Isle of Man and at Butlins holiday camps.

She left two years later to form the Tracy Sisters, with Tracy on trombone and her Benson trombonist colleague, Phyl Brown, doubling as the singer.

The pair appeared in cabaret and variety, as well as on radio and television and travelled widely, including three months in India at Calcutta's Great Eastern Hotel.

Tracy's mother suggested that she write to the BBC to apply for a job.

She was accepted and worked initially as an 'in vision' announcer, before presenting BBC Spotlight South West from Plymouth and A Spoonful of Sugar with Michael Aspel.

She joined BBC Radio 4 in 1973. On the evening of Tuesday July 16, 1974, she made history, delivering the late night bulletin, and becoming the first woman to read the radio news.

Angela Rippon followed Tracy shortly afterwards, becoming the first woman newsreader on television.

"I always wanted to do what the men were doing!", Tracy commented later. "My picture was on the front page of The Daily Telegraph. There was a little piece saying 'woman makes radio history. Angela and I opened the floodgates."

Tracy moved to BBC Radio 2 three years later. In 1982, whilst holidaying in the USA, she read a Washington Post article about Big John Trimble, a DJ favourite of American truckers.

The serendipitous discovery led to her presenting her own Truckers Hour on BBC Radio 2, as the middle part of her weekly three hour-long show, gaining a cult following with British lorry drivers.

Unfortunately for Tracy, she read verbatim some of the letters and postcards she was receiving from drivers, which were in coded CB radio slang, upsetting BBC management.

The show, which she remembered as her "most successful", was dropped after a year.

Her continuing engagement with music led her to present the BBC's Big Band Special in 1979, as a showcase for the BBC's own jazz orchestra.

Originally planned as a short series, the show was so successful that it has continued, with Tracy as the programme's host for more than two decades.

A regular spot on the PrimeTime Radio digital channel followed from 2001 until 2006, when the station closed down.

Tracy wrote widely about her musical passion. Bands, Booze and Broads (1995) was, she said, never planned as a book.

"It was a series of interviews I'd carried out in the process of making various documentaries on American bands of the swing era for BBC Radio 2", she recalled in the introduction.

Having subsequently been asked to publish a similar book about British bands, she at first resisted, but later commented that "with several of our prominent musicians well into their eighties and nineties, I though it better to delay no longer!"

The result was Talking Swing: The British Big Bands (2008), with a foreword by the jazz pianist George Shearing, in which she interviews many of the great figures of the big band era.

She had earlier penned two other reference works, Who's Who on Radio (1983) and Who's Who in Popular Music (1984).

Tracy received a number of awards during her lifetime, including Freeman of the City of London (1997) and Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (2002). She received the Alan Dell Trophy for services to music (2002) and was honoured by the Big Band Academy of America (2003).

On a visit last year she explained her philosophy of life, advising the current pupils of Truro High School to "Take it easy, let things happen, don't want to become famous but instead, do what you enjoy. If you don't know what you enjoy, just do your best because things have a way of working out."

The controller of BBC Radio 2, Bob Shennan, said in tribute: "Sheila was a wonderful broadcaster with an extensive knowledge and love of big band music. She was a voice on BBC Radio 2 for more than 20 years and was much loved by the audience."

Sheila Lugg (Sheila Tracy): broadcaster and musician; born Mullion, Cornwall, 10 January 1934; married 1962 John Arnatt (died 1999; one son); died Esher, Surrey 30 September 2014.

SHOPS and businesses in Truro are celebrating after months of work on the sewerage system finally came to an end.

Traders in the Kenwyn Street area say business has been hit by the £3.5 million scheme, which has required road closures.

The South West Water sewer improvement scheme started in September last year, with a halt called over Christmas after pressure from traders.

The works have affected routes including Kenwyn Street, Little Castle Street, Frances Street and Edward Street and have overrun in some areas – the Kenwyn Street works had been due to finish back in June.

One of the businesses affected was Three Rivers Furniture, which opened in May 2013, months before the works started.

Owner Matthew Hurst said: "It's been tough, especially happening in our first year of trading, but we've managed to get through it intact; some other businesses haven't been so lucky.

"Businesses like us at the top end of Kenwyn Street have been affected more than most, as our road has been closed for longer.

"Our customers need to park to collect, but access has been really tricky and we felt a little let down by the signs used to direct shoppers, compared to those in the other sections.

"Having said that, we're a resilient bunch of businesses and have dug in.

"We've had to work harder to build up our reputation.

"We bought a small van to do local Truro deliveries, often same-day, and extended opening into Sunday to maximise footfall," Mr Hurst said.

"Oddly enough, August was our busiest month since we started trading and we're hopeful that the end of the roadworks will mean this continues into the autumn and winter months."

A staff member at the nearby Archie Browns health food shop and café said: "It's nice that it's all finished and we have a bit more light again now [hoardings have been removed].

"We're seeing a few customers we haven't seen for a while – especially those who have difficulties getting down here. It's really nice to see some old faces again.

"The works have taken a long time and it's a shame that we lost the road for the whole summer. We hope we'll see things start to pick up again now."

AN exercise to test whether Britain is ready for an Ebola outbreak will take place today.

Government ministers will join dozens of medical professionals from hospitals, the ambulance service and Public Health England for the eight-hour exercise in locations across the country.

Actors will simulate symptoms of the deadly virus to test the response of emergency services, while some staff will wear personal protective equipment.

A simulated meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee will also be held, chaired by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The exercise was ordered by David Cameron as part of the UK's contingency plan against Ebola, which has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa.

It comes after the Prime Minister was forced to defend the decision to introduce enhanced screening for the virus at major airports and terminals, saying it had been taken on "medical advice".

Questions have been raised about the checks, which are to take place at Heathrow, Gatwick and Eurostar rail terminals, with a spokesman for Gatwick saying that the airport had not been given any instructions about how the screening should be carried out.

The move was also criticised by health experts, with one describing it as a "complete waste of time", while Labour MP Keith Vaz said the lack of precise information available about the screening was "shambolic".

Mr Cameron said: "What we do is listen to the medical advice and we act on that advice, and that's why we are introducing the screening processes at the appropriate ports and airports.

"What we are focusing on as a country is taking action right across the board to deal with this problem at source."

The Department of Health (DoH) has not revealed the locations of today's exercise.

A spokeswoman: "The public can be assured that we have been planning our response to an Ebola case in the UK for many months now since the outbreak started in West Africa. It is vital that we test these plans in as realistic a situation as possible – with real people.

"That will include a full COBR meeting chaired by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to assess the outcome and learn any wider resilience lessons.

"It is important to remember that the overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low, and the UK has some of the best public health protection systems in the world with well-developed and well-tested systems for managing infectious disease."

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Teen vandals are thought to be responsible for £5,000 worth of damage to Penryn College's sports dome.

Panels of the tented structure, which houses tennis courts and other sports facilities, were slashed onTuesday evening.

Police say two teenagers were seen running from the area between 8.30pm and 9pm when the incident is understood to have happened.

Enquiries are continuing but police are keen to identify the individuals.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Falmouth station on 101.

Hundreds of people are flocking to the Cornwall Motor Show at Pool.

Sponsored by the West Briton, Cornish Guardian and The Cornishman, the event showcases what Cornwall's motor dealers have to offer, all in one central location.

As well as cars, vans and trucks, people from all over the county have a chance to see classic cars, while there is also fun for the whole family.

Dealers are reporting brisk business as visitors, encouraged by the bright sunshine, appear to be on course to outnumber those who attended last year. The gates opened at 10am. The Devon & Cornwall Media Motor Show is at Heartlands, Robinson's Shaft, Dudnance Lane, Pool, and continues throughout the weekend, until 5pm tomorrow.

Traffic is said to be heavy on the A30 near Truro after an accident earlier today.

A collision has been reported at Chiverton Cross roundabout near Blackwater with delays expected. It is understood the incident happened at around 12.30pm.

Police are understood to be on the scene to determine the cause of the accident.

It is not yet known if anyone has been injured.

Royal Navy medical ship RFA Argus has begun loading supplies ahead of its trip to Sierra Leone to aid the fight against Ebola.

The carrier, which has a fully-equipped hospital including critical care and high-dependency units, arrived in Falmouth, Cornwall today and is due to sail next week.

It will travel with three Merlin helicopters, aircrew and engineers to provide transport and support to medical teams and aid workers.

A date has been set for the inquests into the deaths of television executive Nick Milligan and his eight-year-old daughter Emily, who were killed in a speedboat accident at Padstow in May last year.

The inquest will be heard in Truro in front of a jury on November 10 and 11.Cornwall coroner Emma Carlyon will hear the evidence.

Sky TV executive Mr Milligan, his wife Victoria and their children Emily, Amber, then 12, Olivia, 10, and Kit, 4, were in their boat "Milly" when the tragedy happened.

An investigation by the Marine Accident InvestigationBranch found that Mr Milligan had just taken control of the boat from his wife moments before disaster struck.The entire family, who lived in South London, were thrown into the water, some suffering serious injuries.

The accident led to calls for new measures to tighten up use of "kill cords" – a safety device designed to stop the engine in an emergency.

Falmouth Oyster Festival is continuing this weekend, celebrating the start of the oyster dredging season, the diversity and quality of Cornish Seafood and, in particular, the last remaining traditional oyster fishery in Europe still dredging by sail and hand punt.

The four day festival is packed with cookery demonstrations by leading local chefs, there are oysters, seafood, wine and local ale to sample along with children's shell painting, entertainment in the form of sea shanties, a town parade, live music, an oyster shucking competition, a Falmouth Working Boat race and marquees brimming with Cornish produce.

The festival is a must for all oyster, seafood and maritime heritage enthusiasts!

Truro City 1 Cirencester Town 4

Truro City boss Steve Tully has confirmed that he is staying on at Treyew Road,  after earlier  saying  he was not sure whether he would still be in charge for the White Tigers' next game at Tiverton on Tuesday after watching his team "capitulate" in the second half to suffer a demoralising defeat.

Tully, who took over at Treyew Road towards the end of last season along with assistant Wayne Carlisle, said  the pair  were  unhappy with several off the field issues.

 But in a tweet later in the evening he said: I will definitely  be there (at Tiverton) Tuesday ready to give fans a performance.

Speaking immediately after City's second successive Southern League premier division defeat, Tully had said: : "Whether we well be here next Tuesday is another thing.

"We must decide whether its right to be here. Things have gone on this week which we have not been happy about. We will see what happens.

"We want backing and people to come out and support you.

"Its a ruthless game and the last two matches have not been acceptable and its a result business."  

But now  the situation it seems  has been resolved and the pair have the task of getting City back to winning ways.

  City are still seventh in the table, just three points off a play-off place.

It had looked good for City when leading scorer Craig Duff pounced to head home from close range after only five minutes after Cirencester keeper Glyn Garner was unable to collect a cross from Isaac Vassell.

It was a soft goal, but gave City just the start they wanted.

The visitors though  recovered well and looked threatening at times, even if they didn't trouble Mike Searle in the home goal.

City also had their moments, but were let down by the final ball.

Soon after the break Duff missed a great chance to make it 2-0 when he was denied by Garner at his near post and it was to prove a turning point.

Ed Williams got the visitors level after 63 minutes with a superb curling effort from the left into the top corner and this seemed to knock the stuffing out of the home side.

Bobbie Dale made it 2-1 to Cirencester six minutes late, finishing well  when he was put through and with ten minutes left Williams scored his second after some more poor City defending. And when keeper Searle's attempted clearance kick was charged down to gave Aiden Bennett an open goal for the visitors' fourth it completed a miserable day for the home side.

Tully said: "We capitulated once they scored. The last two goals were embarrassing."

CITY: Searle; White, Pugh, Farkins, Brett; Ash; Green (Hayles 69), Lowry; Vassell (Cooke 63), Wright, Duff (Afful 63). Subs (Not used):  Tully, Moore.

Yellow cards: Brett (41), Ash (47), Vassell (57),

CIRENCESTER TOWN: Garner; Jones, Prictor,  Pritchett (Wells 60), Liddiard, Henry (capt), Reid (Dunton 60), Mortimer-Jones; Dale (Davidge 81), Bennett, Williams.  Subs (not used): Hooper, Anson.

Yellow cards: Reid (36).

Goals: Duff (5) 1-0, Williams (63) 1-1, Bennett (66) 1-2, Williams (79) 1-3, Bennett (81) 1-4.

Referee: Adrian Tranter (Poole).

Crowd: 401.

REDRUTH 38 CANTERBURY 15

After three successive National Two South defeats, Redruth got back to winning ways scoring six tries to take maximum points against a Canterbury side struggling at the wrong end of the table this season, reports Bill Hooper from the Recreation Ground.

It was a performance that pleased Redruth Head-Coach Steve Larkins – also Cornwall Head Coach Graham Dawe- present along with fellow selectors Julian Wilce and Trevor Spargo to run the rule over both the Redruth players and the Canterbury side, whom Kent will call upon come next May.

Redruth showed far greater control in the set-piece and that was the cornerstone for their success, but it was the overall performance that pleased Larkins. 

He said after the match. "I was really happy with our performance today, I think the way we went out there and attacked the game from the off, set our stall. At times during the first half we had to soak up a lot of pressure and we handled it well, then when we countered I felt that Canterbury couldn't cope with our game today. 

"The patterns that we have looking to put in place clicked - getting the ball into the wide channels really paid dividends for us today. Players like Matt Bowden and Jack Kessell really stood out for us today."

Redruth were forced to defend for long periods during the opening quarter but they did get the first try of the game after 10 minutes when Kessell showed good pace and balance to put Sam Parsons in for the opening try with Ashley Hosking adding the conversion.

They doubled their lead on the half-hour mark when from a catch-and-drive the ball was moved right along the line with Murray Westren finishing off the move under the sticks to give Hosking another successful conversion.

Soon after Canterbury got on the board with a penalty kicked by Guy Hilton when the Reds were penalised for not releasing, but before half-time Redruth had scored a third try following a fine move involving both forwards and backs that saw Kyle Marriott cross of an un-converted try and 19-3 half-time advantage.

It didn't take long for the try-scoring bonus point to be wrapped up after the break as Bowden flew in at the Piggy Lane corner, Westren assumed the kicking duties as Hosking made way for the returning Greg Goodfellow at scrum-half.

The lively Scot was soon involved setting up Damien Cook for Redruth's fifth try, his dummy leaving the lock in acres of space to rumble over the line, Westren's extras nudged the Reds into a 33-3 lead.

Canterbury rallied with a good un-converted try from replacement centre, before the game was held up for 12 minutes following a head injury to Rhodri McAtee. Thankfully the Redruth fly-half was seen walking around after the game.

The Redruth pack sealed the win in Hellfire corner as they drove hooker Ben Priddey over from a catch-and-drive for try number six.

Canterbury had the last word when winger Charlie Kingsman went over for their second try with replacement fly-half Olly Best adding the conversion.

The final whistle brought a huge cheer from the Redruth faithful.

REDRUTH 38 pts

Tries – Parsons, Westren, Marriott, Bowden, Cook, Priddey, Conversions – Hosking (2), Westren (2)

CANTERBURY 15 pts

Tries – Moss, Kingsman Conversion - Best, Penalty - Hilton

REDRUTH: Westren, Kessell (Wedlake 54), Webber, Parsons, Bowden, McAtee (Hosking 63), Hosking (Goodfellow 48); Tompsett (Phillips 26), Priddey, Williams (Tompsett 70), Cook (Bailey 70), Bailey (Prisk 51), Fuca (Capt) (Brown 52), Hambly (Fuca 60), Marriott.

CANTERBURY: Beaumont, Rosvall, T Best (Moss 41), Veale, Kingsman, Hilton (O Best 41), Smart; Townley (Kenny 30, Townley 65 ), Wakefield (Collins 46), Wake-Smith, Cadman, Burns (Corr 57), Sherson (Capt), Ward, Micans.

Referee: Christophe Ridley (RFU)

Crowd: 726

Redruth-man-of-the-match - Ben Priddey, fine performance from the hooker today who got through a lot of work round the park and was on-hand for Redruth's final try.