Running

HAYLE RUNNERS HOST SUCCESSFUL MARAZION 10K:

Host club Hayle Runners had an impressive entry of 91 out of the 474 finishers in Sunday's successful Marazion 10K road race.

Scott Abraham once again led the men's team home, supported by Jordan Morant, Richard Mayes, Matt Curtis, Ian Goodreid and Kieran Murrant, taking 6th place in the competitive team competition.

For the Hayle Women, for the second race in succession Fiona Ruetsch led the women's team home, with support from Debbie Harrison, Faye Toms, Rachel Goldsworthy, Helen Rule and Lisa Maskell, taking third place in the team competition.

The club's younger runners did themselves proud with a clean sweep of the women's under 20 trophies. Lia Foreman (15) and her cousin Hannah Smith (16) celebrating their debut for the senior club by taking first and second place, with the improving Charlotte Baldwin in third.

There were other individual trophies for the club with Fay Toms taking third place in the 35-39 year category, Fiona Ruetsch taking second in the 45-49 year category and Timothea Cardell winning the women's over 70 category.

For the men, Ian Goodreid was third in the male 45-49 year, Stewart Townend second in the 65-69 year category and Billy Bennetts third in the 70-74 year category.

More than 100 helpers from the club, friends and local supporters helped make the race a great success (see full report, page 110).

The next Grand Prix race is the Duchy Marathon at Redruth on Sunday March 4.

Hayle Runners results: 0:37:01 Abraham, Scott; 0:37:34 Morant, Jordan; 0:37:58 Mayes, Richard; 0:39:01 Curtis, Matt; 0:39:07 Goodreid, Ian; 0:39:08 Murrant, Kieran; 0:39:13 Dowrick, Mike; 0:40:18 Burrows, Anthony; 0:41:44 Tonkin, Craig; 0:42:18 Lowden, John; 0:42:24 Ruetsch, Fiona; 0:42:30 Smith, Andrew; 0:43:25 Jordan, Peter; 0:43:29 Harrison, Debbie; 0:43:32 Manning, James; 0:43:49 Toms, Faye; 0:43:51 Baldwin, Mike; 0:43:55 Lee, Steven; 0:44:01 Penberthy, Michael; 0:44:24 Goldsworthy, Rachel; 0:45:01 Rule, Helen; 0:45:58 Maskell, Lisa; 0:46:14 Curtis, Martin; 0:46:19 Wall, Alex; 0:46:35 Bennett, Charlotte; 0:46:51 Townend, Stewart; 0:47:22 Blight, Andrew; 0:47:27 Rudd, Nikki; 0:47:30 Leo, Cas; 0:48:19 Clare, Helen; 0:49:25 Newing, Sarah.

0:50:03 Nancarrow, David; 0:50:12 Sullivan, Sharon; 0:50:49 Merrett, Graham; 0:51:12 Lee, Becky; 0:52:05 Merrett, Trish; 0:52:15 Wright, David; 0:52:49 Thomas, Colin; 0:52:54 Mcphail, Mo; 0:53:25 Pegg, Rachel; 0:53:33 Stone, Natasha; 0:53:36 Bowker, Rachel; 0:53:40 Fitzmaurice, Kate; 0:53:43 Turner, Glynnis; 0:53:55 Travers, Pippa'; 54:09 Wills, Kerry; 0:54:26 Billington, Melanie; 0:54:47 Thomas, Alison; 0:54:58 Cardell, Timothea; 0:55:19 Walton, Nancy; 0:55:25 Roskilly, Michelle; 0:55:39 Bastian, Adrian; 0:56:16 Freebury, Pauline; 0:56:22 Seymour, Rob; 0:56:24 Chapman, Susan; 0:57:38 Foreman, Leah; 0:57:39 Foreman, Michelle; 0:59:12 Ferguson, Ana; 0:59:22 Bainborough, Rob; 0:59:36 Gamble, Fiona; 0:59:52 Smith, Hannah; 0:59:53 Smith, Derek; 0:59:55 Pascoe, Wendy.

1:00:19 Scholes, Claire; 1:00:26 Hill, Jo; 1:00:26 Kirk, Jo; 1:00:33 Rouncefield, Carol; 1:00:35 Saundry, Richard; 1:01:23 Carter, Nikki; 1:01:23 Burnell, Frank; 1:02:38 Ninnes, Louise; 1:02:41 Hanson, Julie; 1:03:24 Nimmo, Donna; 1:03:51 Smith, Mo; 1:03:54 Bowden, Ian; 1:04:55 Bumford, James; 1:05:46 Pollard, Jean; 1:08:09 Brennan, Tom; 1:08:35 Nicholls, Derrika; 1:09:24 Brennan, Valerie; 1:09:47 Baldwin, Sarah; 1:09:57 Baldwin, Charlotte; 1:10:21 Wright, Mike; 1:11:05 Berriman, Anne; 1:12:17 Coldrick, Debra; 1:14:02 Nancarrow, Karen; 1:15:06 Good, Christine; 1:15:39 Bennetts, William; 1:16:47 Pickersgill, Janet; 1:17:58 Mackintosh, Susie; 1:18:08 Richards, Jackie.

HAYLE PRESENTATIONS:

Hayle Runners Junior Athletic Club held an awards presentation to celebrate achievements in 2011 by its juniors members.

The award for best attendance in 2011 went to Tear Lily Rogers and the award for special achievement went to Matthew Thomas.

The club's awards were made in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Hayle who sponsored them and Norman Emberson, president of the Rotary Club, came along to make the presentations to the successful athletes. Hayle Juniors meet each Tuesday during term time between 5.30pm and 6.30pm at the Hayle Community School, High Lanes, Hayle.

The junior club have a team of enthusiastic and talented coaches to ensure the juniors can train in a safe and friendly environment. During winter the training is indoors in the school hall. Juniors from 8 to 15 are welcome.

Senior coach Scott Abraham said: "Come along and see what we do. We cover all aspects of athletics and cater for all abilities."

Snooker

SOUTHWORTH IMPRESSES:

New signing and reigning County champion, Bobby Southworth, made a good start for his new side, STR Clinton in Division 1 of the mining Legaue , with a good 63 in a 4-1 home win over Redruth British Rail B, writes Terry Kempe.

Ian Pollard was 40 behind with two reds remaining in his frame, then made a 34 break and ended up winning the frame on the black. Dan Spry was Rail's only winner in defeating Phil Lane.

Illogan HI A won 4-1 away to a depleted Rack 'em Up side. Chris Mason was Rack 'em Up's only winner against Shaun Tripconey. New signing Paul Wakeling lost on the pink to Rob Bennetts.

Sorry St Day went down 4-1 away to Breage and have now lost their last four games.

The derby battle between the Illogan side's, B and C, was won by the C side, 4-1, in what was their best result of the season so far. Super veteran Peter Chegwidden needed a snooker with pink and black remaining in his frame with Keith Philp, he actually got three snookers and ended up winning the frame by 12 points. Richard May was the B side's only winner.

Redruth British Rail A won 4-1 at home to Playing Place A. Jason Kempthorne (Rail) kept up his good record, having only lost one frame so far this season. Martin Bawden made a great 78 break for Place and was very unlucky not to finish on a red, with three reds remaining.

Playing Place B took a good beating in losing 5-0 at home to Penponds, who are trying their best to keep up with the top two teams.

In division two, Lanner now hold top spot by three points with a very comfortable 5-0 home win over Radnor.

St Rumons A had a good result in winning 4-1 away to Penponds. C M Thomas was Penponds' only winner. St Day B won 3-2 at home to Camborne Conservative, who only fielded four players.

Perranporth GC won 3-2 against high-flying Four Lanes, who lost two close frames in the match.

St Rumons B won 3-2 at home to Porthleven.

In Division 3, congratulations to Shooters who managed their best win of the season so far with a good 4-1 home win over Redruth British Rail A, Neil B (Shooters) had a good 30 break in his frame. N Pengelly was Rail's only winner.

Park Bottom went down 3-2 at home to top of the table, Illogan HI. Young Connor Arthur (13) played well in his frame with breaks of 21 and 22 and is one to watch for the future. M Jeffrey had a 25 break in his frame.

Stithians A lost 3-2 at home to Godolphin Club, which wasn't too bad as they were 3-0 down. Rob Buckingham (Stithians) was 45-0 down in his frame and needed two snookers later on, he got them both only to lose on the final black. J Borrett made a good 39 break in his frame for Godolphin Club.

Redruth British Rail B lost 3-2 at home to Penponds. B Eathorne won the deciding frame against Mike Downing to earn Penponds the win. Radnor won 3-2 at home to Stithians C, who only managed to field four players.

Rugby

CORNWALL MERIT TABLE:

Camborne III 31 Falmouth res 5

Camborne underlined their title ambitions by completing the Merit Table double over Falmouth with a convincing win at the Recreation Ground. The winners ran in five tries all through their backs with the touchdowns coming from fly half Paul Gadsdon, centre Scott Powell, wing Matt Ogden, scrum half Dave Macdonald and centre James Maddern. Macdonald was also on target with a brace of penalties while the visitors replied with a consolation try.

Youth rugby

RAMPANT REDS WIN:

Redruth U10s 25, Wadebridge 5

Redruth RFC took the trip up to Wadebridge Camels RFC on Sunday for their second meeting of the season.

The first match started and showed to be a very strong game, with Wadebridge coming out on top for a win and the only try for the Reds coming from Dominic Tresidder.

Next up came the second match, with the help of rolling subs, and straight away showed to be a physical match.

Redruth switched on and started to play and completely turned the match around and in the ninth minute Dominic Tresidder crossed the line for the first try.

Next, not only with great tackling in the match, but also crossing the try line was James Curnow in the 13th minute, and two minutes later it was Adam Hall who crossed over the try line.

In the 23rd minute Adam Hall again found his stride and crossed the try line for the second time.

And very late on Redruth had their final try in the 28th minute by Jouan Rowe.

A last minute run and a missed tackle by the Reds let Wadebridge in to have the final say by scoring their only try in this match in the 29th minute.

Squad (tries in brackets): David Gardner, Kian Hocking, Harrison Fraser, Callum Grohmann, Jacob Ozer, Thomas Prisk, Jouan Rowe (1), Dominic Tresidder (2), Kieran Trevena. Subs: Lewis Wills, Adam Hall (2), Jago Ford, James Curnow (1), Samuel Churchill.

REDS WIN CLIFF HANGER:

Helston U13s 5, Redruth U13s 10

On Sunday Redruth travelled to Helston for the quarter-final of the County Cup.

Helston kicked off with the ball being caught and passed along the backs to Connor Hendy, who powered his way upfield and put the ball down in the far left corner for an unconverted try.

Following the restart Redruth again put immense pressure on Helston, keeping the ball deep in their territory.

The only respite was when they kicked defensively to clear their lines only to have the ball taken back upfield to them.

The second half started with Redruth kicking off, the ball was taken by Helston and was kicked through, Redruth attempted to protect the ball but a quick Helston charge saw the ball stolen and put down in the far right hand corner. This too was not converted.

Redruth made a few changes to the front row and flankers, who continued the good work made by those they replaced.

Redruth found themselves camped deep in Helston territory and pressured them only five metres from the line for at least ten minutes.

In the dying seconds Connor Hendy found himself some space and ran the ball through in typical style into the far right corner. This was not converted.

Team (tries in brackets): Callum Evans, Tom Wills, Liam Barkwell, Stan Sommers, Jordan Smart, Luke Grigg, Sam Haywood (Captain), Jack Hitchens, Henry Eddy, Bradley Rowe, Ryan Daughtery, Jack Morrison, Connor Hendy (T1, T48), Johhny Wood, Angus Hallam.

Netball

STORM STEAL LATE WIN:

Carn Brea Storm's Under 16 team went to the top of Netball's South West Regional League after nicking a tense match at Bridgwater.

It was Bridgwater who got off to the better start though and after the early goal for goal exchanges the home side managed to pull out a three-goal lead to take the first quarter, 14-11.

Storm started the second quarter well and soon reduced the deficit only to lose concentration and let the home side stretch the lead by a further goal to 22-18 at the half-time break.

With their half-time 'pick me up' ringing in their ears the team went out and started to play like they can. By the end of the third quarter the scores were level at 30-30 and the game was perfectly poised for an exciting final 15 minutes.

Storm carried their momentum over from the previous quarter and managed to edge in front, a lead which they kept to win a thrilling game 43-39.

Head Coach David White was full of praise for his side. He said: "We really showed some spirit in this match as we got off to a slow start and made a lot of basic and let's be honest uncharacteristic errors, but they pulled themselves together in the second half and managed to turn it around."

The win puts them on top of the league table with just one game remaining away to Plymouth Marjon on Sunday March 4.

Storm's next U16 game is the trip to play the Wales National Under 15 team at the Welsh Institute of Sport at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

The club is running a coach to the game, which is on Saturday February 18. If you're interested in coming along on the coach to support the team please contact the club at stormhq@stormnetballclub.com Tickets are £5 for the return trip.

Football

UNITED MARCH ON:

St Day 1, Redruth United 2

St Day, with senior players in their team, came close to an upset by nearly ending Redruth's 15 game league and cup winning streak.

The Trelawny One leaders had a claim for a penalty turned down when Dan McInerney was chopped own in the box.

The game reached the break goalless, after excellent stops by the home keeper Mark Leah and misses by Jake Williams, Brett Adams and Barry McCabe.

Early in the second half McInerney and Joe Ashton combined well to put Williams through only for his attempt to go off target. On six minutes, Kyle Barclay turned the United defence, went on a run and then blasted in the first.

Chris Trail then put in a couple of good saves for Redruth and with 20 minutes left Joe Ashton, 30 yards out, looked at his options and

chose the back of the net.

With ten minutes remaining Jake Williams redeemed his earlier hat-trick of chances when he turned and struck a sweet 20 yard shot for the winner.

Man of the match: Nicky Adams.

Youth football

HORNETS TURN ON STYLE:

Ludgvan U12 0 Holmans Hornets 4

In fine conditions at Ludgvan two of the Premier League's top sides played out a great game with Holmans coming out on top.

Holmans started the better w ith Jack Webber and Bradley Ivey pulling the strings in the centre, Jack Byrne and Danny Park gave excellent width down the flanks. It was Byrne that had his side's best chance of the half when he ran onto a through ball and was unlucky to see his shot well saved by the keeper but the half ended goalless.

Holmans went up a gear in the second half. A cross from Bryne picked out Danny Park whose shot hit the post, but he made no mistake with the rebound to put Holmans one up.

Park scored his second of the game, when he deflected Jack Webber's shot past the home keeper. He followed this up with some classic wing play, dribbled into the box, beat his man , only to be tripped leaving the ref with no option to give a penalty. Byrne stepped up and calmly tucked home his side's third goal.

Holmans fourth goal was one of individual brilliance. Lewis Goldsworthy picked the ball up 10 yards outside the box, accelerated past the first defender, jinked inside the second, outside the third before placing his shot into the corner of net.

Man of the match: Ashley Morris.

Five-a-side Football

TAYLORS TYRES CARN BREA LEAGUE:

In the Taylors Tyres Carn Brea five-a-side league Countrywide FC became only the second side to defeat leaders Fryer this season.

They overcame them 5-4 in a thrilling game, and they also picked up the maximum points for the evening by defeating Untouchables 7-1, the latter have now gone ten games without picking up a point as they also lost 4-1 to the Men In Black.

Carn Entral Utd also had six points for the evening by virtue of a 8-0 win over Grids FC and 5-1 win over Hardly Athletic who had earlier beaten Sitution Critical 4-3, a score that they themselves reversed in a win over Grids FC.

Fryer defeated Men In Black in their other fixture 7-0.

Pool

'GABBY' VICTORIOUS:

David 'Gabby' Stephens again produced a solid all round performance to beat Tristan Fairhurst in the Camborne Redruth & District Winter League. Other winners for Trevenson were Mark Sara, Rob Hosking, Andy Kearney, Chris Symons and Sam Keverne.