Posts Tagged ‘ point ’

Chapman’s heroics earn Falmouth Town welcome point

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January 5, 2013
Chapman’s heroics earn Falmouth Town welcome point

Falmouth Town 0, Saltash United 0 SALTASH United were made to settle for a share of the points at Bickland Park on Saturday - thanks to the heroics of Falmouth Town goalkeeper Jason Chapman.The Town skipper was outstanding as he repeatedly thwarted the...
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Pirates on the up as Bristol are shot down

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January 3, 2013
Pirates on the up as Bristol are shot down

Cornish Pirates 32 Bristol 17THE New Year began in some style for the Cornish Pirates as they ran in four tries to comfortably beat Bristol at the Mennaye Field and move into the play-off zone in the Championship for the first time this season.The bon...
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Torpoint David Wetherill’s super shot in top 50 sport moments

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January 2, 2013
Torpoint David Wetherill’s super shot in top 50 sport moments

Table tennis player David Wetherill, who pulled off a spectacular diving shot at the Paralympics, says he is stunned it was voted one of the top sporting moments of 2012.His diving forehand at the London 2012 Games – dubbed the Superman – w...
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Cornish Pirates give supporters a happy new year by beating great rivals Bristol

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January 2, 2013
Cornish Pirates give supporters a happy new year by beating great  rivals Bristol

Cornish Pirates made an early break for a top-four Championship finish by beating their great play-off rivals Bristol at Mennaye Field yesterday.Last season's Championship semi-finalists are both battling to reach the same stage this term, so yesterday...
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Skipper Ash earns ten man Truro City point with last gasp equaliser

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January 1, 2013
Skipper Ash earns ten man Truro City point with last gasp equaliser

Dorchester Town 2 Truro City 2 A superb stoppage time equaliser from skipper Jake Ash gave  ten man Truro City a positive start to 2013 as they came away from The Avenue Stadium with a welcome point towards their battle against relegation from Bl...
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Plymouth 1-1 Torquay

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December 26, 2012

Aaron Downes puts Torquay in front at Home Park, only for Plymouth teenager Tyler Harvey to rescue a point in the Devon derby.
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Unborn life lost in Royal Cornwall Hospital op blunder

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December 21, 2012
Unborn life lost in Royal Cornwall Hospital op blunder

A MOTHER of three girls who underwent a hysterectomy was told by doctors they had also aborted the boy she had always wanted – but did not know she was carrying.Devastated Suzanne Doherty, 42, from St Mabyn, had an operation for a gynaecological ...
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Victory over Swansea puts Cornish Pirates on brink of quarter-finals

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December 20, 2012
Victory over Swansea puts Cornish Pirates on brink of quarter-finals

Swansea 10, Cornish Pirates 30THE Cornish Pirates remain on course for a place in the quarter-finals after completing a British & Irish Cup double over Swansea in the mud and rain of a windswept St Helens on Saturday.It was a win which not only l...
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Hodges content with Truro point

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December 10, 2012

Truro player-coach Lee Hodges is satisfied with his side's 0-0 draw at Boreham Wood despite wasting a late penalty.
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Truro City make their point but rue missed penalty

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December 8, 2012
Truro City make their point but rue missed penalty

Boreham  Wood 0 Truro City 0City again showed their remarkable spirit to take a well deserved point off high-flying Boreham Wood at Meadow Park.And they could have made the long trip home with all three if Marcus Martin had converted a late penalt...
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Princes House hitches new tenants

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November 20, 2012

A striking Grade II-listed Georgian building in Truro, which has been lying empty for the past two years, is set to become a focal point to the local wedding industry.
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Breage farmer guilty of animal neglect

A BREAGE farmer who showed "stubbornness to the point of obstinacy" has been found guilty of neglecting his animals.
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Anger at huge Halvasso solar park reaches boiling point

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November 16, 2012

Raft of solar parks the most significant changes to the Cornish landscape “since the industrial revolution”.
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Plymouth 2-2 Gillingham

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November 10, 2012

Adam Barrett's late header earns League Two leaders Gillingham a dramatic point against Plymouth Argyle.
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Squires off as Falmouth are denied

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November 10, 2012

Falmouth Town 2, Cullompton Rangers 2LES Gilbert and Robbie Stephens were denied their first league win at Falmouth Town as Ryan Leverton's injury time point rescued a point for Cullompton Rangers at Bickland Park on Saturday.An own goal from Luke...
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Name change campaign for highest point in Cornwall, Brown Willy

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November 5, 2012
Name change campaign for highest point in Cornwall, Brown Willy

A campaigner is calling for the name of Cornwall's highest point to be changed back to its original form.Bronn Wennili, which means 'Hill of Swallows', stands at 420 metres, or 1378ft, and is on Bodmin Moor.At some point the name was changed or bastar...
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Winnan stars as Porthleven earn a point

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October 27, 2012

Perranporth 0, Porthleven 0VETERAN goalkeeper Symon Winnan produced an inspired second half display to help earn Porthleven a point at Perranporth on Saturday.Winnan pulled off a number of fine saves to keep Perranporth at bay, and the visitors might h...
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‘Penzance is hanging on… somewhat precariously’

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October 27, 2012
‘Penzance is hanging on… somewhat precariously’

"Economically I'd say Penzance was hanging on, but somewhat precariously: plenty of visitors; restaurants, bars and quirky shops packed with tat and treasure; a whiff of exoticism and a whiff of decay. The town's modest quotient of charity shops a...
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Bats ‘become property features’

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October 27, 2012

Bats or barn owls in buildings are a selling point for properties, conservationists claim.
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Cross country season off to a flyer

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October 26, 2012

THE club cross country season got under way with the first Brooks Westward League competition at Redruth. Despite the pleasant sunshine, the weeks of rain had made some of the fields around the Redruth School quite muddy and heavy going, writes Dave Va...
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Mother from Cornwall took her life after son’s death

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October 26, 2012
Mother from Cornwall took her life after son’s death

The death of a Newquay man in a motorcycle accident last summer was the "tipping point" that led his mother to take her own life, an inquest heard.Patricia Gibbs was heart-broken when son James Ellis died, aged 33, while riding along the A3058 nea...
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