DAVID PENBERTHY WEEKLY COMMENTS
Back again from another 700 mile trip to the North West and only 1 point to
show for it. The guys certainly gave their all in a very physical game and I
feel we were robbed, in many respects, when James Mann scored a perfectly
good try only for the referee to rule that he couldn’t see and deemed the
ball was held up! Luck certainly does not go our way when we need it most!
It was one of our better performances since Christmas but we still need to
get that winning feeling back and needs to be there very soon!
The set up at Manchester is good, they have a lovely playing surface, big
clubhouse, and their hospitality was excellent. One thing though…there
were not too many showers!!…especially when 6 teams are playing
there!!!!…. The queues for the showers prompted some of our guys to wash
under a cold tap outside!!!!!…..which caused many surprised faces from the
Manchester contingent!! Some of us more experienced ones just hung around
for an extra 10 minutes and then had the use of the officials room…….
was very interesting talking to some of the Manchester Officials and
listening to the plight they were thrown into when in the 1st Division. They
have only now been able to sort out their problems and have taken a huge
loan to sort it…there are many lessons to be learned by listening to these
stories and it is certainly not a position we want to get ourselves into.
So its down to the last month of the season…where has time gone??!!, and
this weekend Stourbridge visit Redruth. Stourbridge are also bringing their
Colts XV down to play our Colts afterwards. The main game kicks off at
2:30pm.
With Easter fast approaching, we have Imperial Medics on Good Friday and
Bath United on Easter Sunday. Bath are bringing a good side with them and it
will give us an opportunity to give some of our younger players an outing
against quality opposition. The following week we entertain Waterloo, who
should know by then whether they have been promoted, and in the evening we
have entertainment in the main bar.
Congratulations to the Reds Under 15′s who won the Under 15′s County Cup
last weekend. This extends their remarkable record of winning the County Cup
at every age group they have played in. This weekend the Reds Under 14′s
play their Cup Final at Saltash against Truro and on Wednesday night (29th
March the Colts Under 17′s play their final against Bodmin at Hayle.
The Skinners Brewery CRFU Knock Out Cup Final is on Wednesday 12th April at
Camborne where we will play Launceston…….Big game for both clubs and
hopefully a big crowd with plenty of supporters for the Reds!!!!!
Well that’s about it this week….hopefully a bit more to say next week!
David Penberthy
Rugby Manager