With Cornwall For Cornwall
Gans Kernow Rag Kernow
7 December, 2024
14:00
Westholme, Alexandra Road,
Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4LY
Tel: 01736 331961 Email: [email protected]
It promises to be another hugely exciting and action packed year ahead for the Cornish Pirates. Here's what's coming up in the first few weeks of the New Year
Knighthood for Richard “Dicky” Evans in The King’s New Year’s Honours list.
When the Cornish Pirates play Hartpury at home on Saturday (ko 2.30pm), the day will see the one of the club’s leading contributors over many years, Chris ‘Jan’ Rendall, step down from office.
The 11 Championship clubs came together today to debate their collective future: whether our league will be best served by capitalising on the potential of its commercial rights and its brand-identity to underpin a truly “whole-game solution” to tier two, or by considering a putative “Premiership 2” based on a franchise model.
This SATURDAY will see the Cornish Pirates welcome Hartpury to the Mennaye Field for a scheduled Round 8 fixture in this season’s RFU Championship (ko 2.30pm). For what promises to be a bumper Christmas occasion, general information to note is as follows:
Following a serious injury to Ben Grubb in the 58th minute, we can confirm today’s match has been postponed. Information on the rearranged fixture will be announced in due course, as will an update on Ben Grubb’s condition.
With recent news from Kernow Sport Ltd confirming that the ambitions for the Stadium for Cornwall were unable to be realised by the Cornish Pirates, and there a need for Truro City FC to have a ground to return to in time for next season, it was also announced that the latter had been bought by Ontario Inc, a Canadian sports consortium.
Full coverage of our game at Ealing will be available online, with the second half on FM following the completion of Redruth v Camborne.
We are delighted to confirm Man Down as an Official Charity Partner, after their recent visit to The Mennaye.
When the Cornish Pirates recently played Doncaster Knights at the Mennaye Field, a match day collection in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care raised the very worthy sum of £560-56.
Having departed the Cornish Pirates at the end of last season to join Jersey Reds, good news confirms that wing Robin Wedlake has signed a contract to rejoin the club for the remainder of this present season.
Warrens Bakery, the oldest Cornish Pasty maker in the world, has today announced their very special charity Christmas campaign, ‘Naughty or Nice’.
With four second row forwards presently unavailable because of injury, the Cornish Pirates are grateful to Bristol Bears for acquiring from them the services of young Charlie Rice who has arrived in Cornwall on a short-term loan agreement.
This SUNDAY will see the Cornish Pirates welcome Doncaster Knights to the Mennaye Field for a scheduled Round 6 fixture in this season’s RFU Championship (ko 2.30pm). The Knights are presently second in the league table, and the Pirates are fifth.
On 30th November 2023 Truro City Football Club management and players, and Kernow Sport Ltd players and shareholders were told of the sale of TCFC to OI.
It was with a sense of real sadness for so many rugby folk about West Cornwall and beyond when news was confirmed that a true past stalwart of the Pirates, Des Thomas, had passed away on Sunday.
Following completion of the successful Crowdcube raise, the Chairman and Board of Kernow Sport Ltd are delighted that over 500 new fan owners will be receiving their share certificates in the near future, along with Dicky Evans who today has regained a portion of his original shareholding from a Channel Islands based company.
This Saturday will see the Cornish Pirates welcome Caldy to the Mennaye Field for a scheduled Round 4 fixture in this season’s RFU Championship. The contest kicks off at 2.30pm. Playing their second season in the Championship, Caldy won 29-19 against London Scottish last time out.
When the Cornish Pirates recently played Bedford Blues at home, a small group of collectors present raised the magnificent sum of £773-93 for the Royal British Legion.
