Football

OFFICIAL OPENING FOR NANPEAN ROVERS PAVILION:

Nanpean Rovers have almost completed the refurbishment of their Sports Pavilion at Victoria Bottoms after spending more than £70,000 of grant funding gained from SITA Cornwall Trust (£25,000), Clay Country Local Action (£25,194), the Football Foundation (£19,250) and St Stephen in Brannel Parish Council (£2,000).

These improvements will now provide excellent facilities to the football club and the local community. It is hoped that many new and existing local organisations will take advantage and use the facilities subject to a booking being arranged.

The club would welcome and encourage enquiries from any local organisations who may wish to use the brand new kitchen and room facilities. The upgraded heating system installed will now provide much more comfortable surroundings.

The pavilion will be officially opened by Stephen Gilbert MP this Saturday, February 11. Various guests including grant providers, local and parish councillors, local organisations and sponsors/supporters of the club have been invited to celebrate the occasion.

Anyone interested in booking the club's newly refurbished facilities should contact Alan Craddock on 01726 823543.

The refurbishment contract was carried out by Messrs W F Collings, tel 01726 76444.

Bowling

LOSTWITHIEL PRESENTATION:

Lostwithiel Outdoor Bowling Club held their annual presentation evening at the Eliot Hotel in Liskeard.

The excellent meal was followed by the presentation of the cups won in the 2011 season for the club competitions. The awards were presented by Christine Hore, who is the administrator for Bowls Cornwal. She also presented badges to Ken Rigby and Linden Blake, who have reached the age of 80 and are still actively playing.

Also on show were a number of cups won by members in the 2011 county competitions.

Lostwithiel Club is always open to new members and on April 21 and 22 will be holding taster days when anyone can come and give the game a try. Call Brian Sweet on 01208 872791 or just turn up on the day.

Swimming

QUARTET ATTEND MEET:

St Austell Sharks swimmers Finn Branney, Oliver Long, Gracie Snell and Kay de Courcy spent a weekend at Millfield School in Somerset at the Amateur Swimming Association's southern Zonal long course swimming meet.

This event is aimed at swimmers above the regional qualifying level with swimmers competing from the south of England. It tested the resolve of the four St Austell club swimmers.

Finn Branney swam two events, the 400 metre Individual Medley in a time of 5:14:51 and 400 metre freestyle in a time of 4:39:13 both results are qualifying times for the regional youths in May.

Olive Long swam the 100 metre breaststroke in a time of 1:18:84 a regional qualifying time.

Gracie Snell swam the 100m butterfly event in a time of 1:14:00 again another regional qualifying time.

Kay de Courcy swam three events, the 200 and 400 metre Individual medley, making the senior finals in both events. She also swam the 200 metre breaststroke in a time of 2:52.98 a few seconds short of her personal best time.

Kay, who recently returned to St Austell Swimming Club, missed out by three seconds on a national time in the 400 metre Individual medley.

Alongside St Austell swimming coach Peter Long, a video recording of Kay's heat swim of the 400m Individual medley was analysed.

Kay then took on board Peter's advice on how to improve certain elements of the swim and in the finals which took place an hour later, she finished her swim more than three seconds faster than the heats to claim her first national qualifying time of the season in the 400 metre Individual medley.

Kay said: "Having a coach like Peter to analyse my swim from the heats and to improve in the finals is why I succeeded in claiming my first national qualification of this season."

All of the St Austell Shark swimmers who were at this event, also represent Cornwall in the county swimming squad.

Golf

ST AUSTELL GOLF CLUB:

On Monday January 23 the Ladies section held their annual meeting. The new lady captain, Christine Brown, was elected and also the club's new lady president, June Whiteman, who will serve for two years.

At the meeting the presentation took place of the St Austell Medal Cup which is awarded to the lady returning the six best medal scores and this was won by Cathy Mills. Cathy also took the EWGA award for the best four medal scores.

The trophy for the most improved lady golfer for 2011 was presented to Sue Pascoe. Also presented was the Terrier Trophy which is awarded to the lady who has the fewest putts in the EWGA Medals and this was won by Trudy Medlin.

Results: Tues Jan 31 – Seniors Individual Stableford: 1 Lloyd Richards 38pts; 2 Keith Wakeford 36 cb; 3 Ray Stevens 36 cb.

Thurs Feb 2 – Ladies Team of Three (best two scores and double points on 5 holes): 1 Jan Bridges, Ann Sweet & Claire Waters 109pts; 2 Frankie Cox, Jean Goddard & Jill Stewart 105.

Sun Feb 5 – Mixed Competition (1-9 Foursomes, 10-18 Combined Stableford score): 1 Sandra & Rob Phillips 57pts; 2 Val Cross & Frank Giles 55 c/b; 3 Ann & John Sweet 55.

Sun Feb 5 - Academy Juniors. 11 hole medal, yellow tees: Rhys Johns 33 net; Eldon Douglas 34.3; Ewan Warren 40.8.

9 Hole Medal, blue tees: Leon Knight 47 net.

PORTHPEAN GOLF CLUB:

Results: Tues Jan 31: Seniors Stableford – full h/c: 1 Derek Masters 42 pts. 2 Stuart Bowden 39. 3 Roger Hall 38.

Wed Feb 1: Winter League – s/f – full h/c (9 holes): 1 John Sweet 18. 2 Scott Gormal 18. 3 Rob. Hurrell 17.

Sun Feb 5: Sunday s/f – full h/c – Overall Winner: Dave Gribble 47 pts.

Div 1: 1 Stuart Watson 42. 2 Joe Miners 41. 3 Jeremy Maude 40.

Div 2: 1 Matt. Turner 43. 2 Chris. Lydon 43. 3 Maurice Frame 43.

Badminton

ST AUSTELL BAY BADMINTON CLUB LATEST:

It was a disappointing week for St Austell Bay as they suffered a draw and two losses; one of which was an exit from the handicapped Carlton Cup competition which they were defending champions.

The week started with a near white wash as the Combination 1 team missing key men players travelled to Liskeard in the Mid Cornwall Combination League 1.

Rose Willis and James Whetter played well in a battling three ender against the Liskeard No.1 pairing to secure the one game for St Austell as they lost 8-1 overall.

Liskeard again provided the opposition for top of the table St Austell Men's 2 Team at one of the toughest venues in the league; Liskeard Town Hall and its one court roll out matt.

The match ended in 3-3 draw with Jeremy Roberts playing the captain's role in securing his three games to ensure the points were shared and that St Austell remained top of the league.

Cornwall Youth Badminton proved to be too strong for St Austell as they secured the points need to progress to the next round of the handicapped Carlton Cup.

Junior Football

Charlestown Pirates 1, Wendron 6:

Charlestown Pirates were at home to Wendron in the quarter-final of the County Cup and were outplayed by the Kernow Premier side who progressed to the semis after a comfortable 6-1 win.

Charlestown started poorly and seemed nervous from the off, no one seemed comfortable on the ball and there were no challenges allowing Wendron to get 3-0 up at the break.

The second half saw Pirates begin to play to their ability, they had a lot of the ball during the opening quarter of the second period and were rewarded when a Gordon Douglas header reduced the deficient to 3-1.

They were then unlucky with another couple of close efforts before Wendron killed the game off with their fourth and added to their tally twice more in the final ten minutes.

Six-a-Side Football

CORNISH GUARDIAN ST AUSTELL LEAGUE:

The Premiership

Hotshots 1, Sabma Boys 3

Things didn't go to plan as Dan Sackey gave Sabma Boys the lead with a fine finish midway through the half.

After half-time Sackey made it 2-0 before Hotshots got a goal back through Darren Vincent. Sabma Boys made it 3-1 thanks to a goal from Will Hood.

Gherkins 5, A Team 0

A win for Gherkins would put them level on points with A Team and they took the lead early on thanks to Kieran Connibear. Ryan Lavery made it 2-0 with a neat finish and shortly after he made it 3-0.

After half-time Gherkins kept attacking and Ryan Lavery completed his hat-trick. Ryan then scored a fourth to round off the win for Gherkins.

La Liga

Young Gunz 7, Rif Raf Rovers 0

A Tuck gave Young Gunz the lead early on before Martin Sleaman made it 2-0. Tuck then made it 3-0 just before half-time.

After half-time he completed his hat-trick before Martin Sleaman made it 5-0. D Vine made it 6-0 and P Reed rounded off the win for Young Gunz.

CM Punks 1, Tywardreath 0

Joe Prophet gave CM Punks the lead with a well-taken finish.

After half-time Tywardreath looked to find an equaliser but the CM Punks defence held firm and the score stayed 1-0.

Tregonissey 1, Real Sosobad 2

Real Sosobad looked to regain their three-point lead over Young Gunz with a win over Tregonissey. Reed gave them the lead early on with a fine finish past the keeper.

Reed then doubled the lead before Joe pulled a goal back just before half-time. After half-time Tregonissey pushed for an equaliser but they couldn't find one and it stayed 2-1.

Bundesliga

Parkside Garage 1, White Cobras 2

After half-time Mark Webb gave Parkside the lead early on with a neat finish. White Cobras then scored an equaliser thanks to Aaron Yates before Chris Retallick made it 2-1 to White Cobras.

City Boys 0, JMT 1

JMT took the lead early on thanks to a great finish from Tommy Foster.

After half-time both teams looked for a goal but in the end neither side could get past the others defence and the score stayed 1-0.

Keith FC 2, Bethel Boys 0

A win for Keith FC would put them three points clear of Parkside Garage. Aaron Beresford gave them the lead early on with a neat finish past the keeper.

Aaron then scored his second of the game to give Keith a 2-0 lead at half-time. After half-time Bethel Boys tried to get a goal back but the Keith defence held firm to keep the score 2-0.

GJM 0, Sons of Pitches 4

A win for Sons of Pitches would put them six points clear of second placed Keith FC. Tim Pearce gave Sons of Pitches the lead early on to give them a 1-0 lead at half-time.

After half-time Tim Pearce scored again before he completed his hat-trick with a well-taken finish. Dan Vine rounded off the win with a goal to make it 4-0.

Seri A

Heskeys Academy 1, Cool Runnings 8

Cool Runnings looked to keep pace at the top of the table with a win over Heskeys Academy. Leon Trudgeon gave them the lead early on before James Inch made it 2-0. James Inch then scored twice in quick succession to complete his hat-trick. Just before half-time Derek Lucas made it 5-0.

After half-time Luke Craze got a goal back for Heskeys Academy but Derek Lucas soon restored the five-goal lead. Just before half-time James Inch scored twice more which was his fifth of the game which made the score 8-1.

FC Wunder 0, Whichway 0

Whichway looked to extend their lead at the top of the table with a win over FC Wunder. After a tight first half with few chances for either side the score remained 0-0.

After half-time both teams looked for a winner and the best chances fell to FC Wunder. Rhys Walkham was through on goal before he fell over at the vital point.

With a few minutes left FC Wunder had a shot that was brilliantly saved by Ryan Goodwin to keep the scores level.

Niles Bakery 0, Deportivo Dragons 2

A win for Deportivo would put them within one point of Whichway at the top of the table. Sam Blount gave them the lead early on with a neat finish past the keeper.

After half-time Deportivo looked for that all-important second goal to kill the game off. Eventually it fell to Danny Denning who finished the chance with aplomb to make the score 2-0.

SMG 1, FC Denzil 1

Calum McGill gave SMG the lead early on in the half with a deflected free-kick.

FC Denzil then started to attack more and scored an equaliser through Calum Evison. After half-time both teams looked for a winner but neither could break down the others defence and it stayed 1-1.