Posts Tagged ‘ form ’

Penzance street so close to winning ‘best in the UK’ plaudit

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November 15, 2012
Penzance street so close to winning ‘best in the UK’ plaudit

A PENZANCE street has missed out on being named the best in the UK.Chapel Street may have failed to reach the top spot in the Academy of Urbanism's national awards but those who shop and work there believe it is still a winner.Despite losing out to Hop...
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Biljon is delighted with progress as impressive Cornish Pirates find their form

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October 23, 2012
Biljon is delighted with progress as impressive Cornish Pirates find their form

Cornish Pirates assistant coach Harvey Biljon declared himself satisfied after watching his team win 32-6 on Tayside against Dundee High on Saturday in the British and Irish Cup last Saturday.After some indifferent displays in a modest start to this se...
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Cornish All Blacks determined to continue good form

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October 19, 2012
Cornish All Blacks determined to continue good form

The Cornish All Blacks' two narrow defeats to Clifton last season will be avenged this weekend, according to head coach Spike Rainford.The Launceston men travel to Station Road tomorrow with confidence after earning their first home win of the National...
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New leader Jim Currie ready to get on with council business

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October 17, 2012
New leader Jim Currie  ready to get on with council business

It was with a gleam in his eye and a faint chuckle that Cornwall Council's leader Jim Currie denied his new job was something of a poisoned chalice. After winning the poll 49-46 against Independent Neil Burden, the new Conservative leader of Cornwa...
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Pirates hope for improved performance at Scottish

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October 5, 2012
Pirates hope for improved performance at Scottish

The Cornish Pirates have endured a difficult few weeks since their promising start to the Championship but head coach Ian Davies is optimistic his side can return to top form at London Scottish this weekend.Early-season successes over Jersey and Plymou...
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Reds must take chances at Taunton

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August 31, 2012

Redruth look to new faces to help improve their away form when they take on Taunton at Hyde Park in National Two South.
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Launceston look to build on form

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August 30, 2012

Launceston head coach Cliff Rainsford urges his team to build on last season's end-of-season form ahead of the new campaign.
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Manager confident in Truro form

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August 24, 2012

Truro City boss Lee Hodges says his side could have won both of their games this season, as they prepare for leaders Salisbury.
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Trip of a lifetime for brave little Erin

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August 2, 2012

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD from Liskeard, who has been suffering from a life-threatening form of cancer, has had her dearest wish granted by the Starlight Children's Foundation.
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Paintings show spirit of Porthleven

The spirit of Porthleven has been summed up in art form thanks to an exhibition of work by both professionals and keen amateur artists.
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Register to vote reminder

90,000 householders in Cornwall have not yet registered to vote and Cornwall Council is urging people to return their electoral registration form as soon as possible.
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Spirit of Porthleven summed up in art

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July 17, 2012

The spirit of Porthleven has been summed up in art form in an exhibition of work by both professionals and keen amateur artists.
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Glover looks for more improvement

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June 19, 2012

Cornish Olympic rower Helen Glover says there is still room for improvement in her form ahead of London 2012.
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O’Sullivan has Olympic 2020 hope

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June 14, 2012

Jersey and Great Britain archer Lucy O'Sullivan hopes her compound bow form of the sport will be included in the Olympics by 2020.
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Young Mullion Gymnasts on top form

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June 13, 2012

Mullion gymnasts have performed well at Cornwall’s Intermediate and County Competition.
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Libby and Robins give Callington solid start

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June 4, 2012

In Saturday's Jolly's Drinks ECB Cornwall Premier League, the weather proved to be the winner with all five games abandoned at, or either side of, tea.Nobody took more than 11 points, leaving Falmouth and Werrington as the early leaders with St Austell...
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School made me scapegoat for cash woes, tribunal told

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May 25, 2012
School made me scapegoat for cash woes,     tribunal told

The former bursar at a private Westcountry school told a tribunal he was deemed a "scapegoat" and sacked when governors realised there was no money in the pot to build new £2.5 million facilities.David Mitchell had worked at St Joseph's School in...
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Truro fencer wins bronze and now targets Olympic place

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May 21, 2012
Truro fencer wins bronze and now targets Olympic place

TRURO fencer Steven Pinkerton admits his bronze-medal performance at a London 2012 venue is all the inspiration he needs to one day compete at an Olympic Games.The 18-year-old was getting a sneak peak of what the world's best fencers can expect at this...
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Cornwall Under 13 Girls victorious in Herefordshire

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May 21, 2012
Cornwall Under 13 Girls victorious in Herefordshire

 A victorious Cornwall Under 13 girls team pictured after their first game of the season away to Herefordshire. After winning the toss, Herefordshire chose to bowl and Cornwall batted the 35 overs finishing 192 for 8 including scores of 53 from So...
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Kes finds new best friend in little lamb

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May 1, 2012
Kes finds new best friend in little lamb

A pony who spurns the company of his own kind has a new best friend in the form of a six-week-old Jacob lamb.Kes the palomino gelding, a long-term resident of Fentongollan Farm near Truro, is, by his owner's admission, a "strange" creature.While ...
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Public risk ‘low’ after herd owner catches form of BTB

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April 26, 2012
Public risk  ‘low’ after herd owner catches form of BTB

AN ALPACA owner has been diagnosed with the human form of bovine tuberculosis (BTB).Dianne Summers, from St Day, was diagnosed with the life-threatening disease four years after it appeared in her herd and believes she caught it from them, although the...
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