Enjoying a truly dramatic southerly aspect across open fields towards the Lizard Peninsula, is this charming character cottage in Wendron. This three-bedroomed semi-detached property retains many character features and good use is made of open beamed
THIS detached bungalow in Praa Sands is set in about one acre of gardens with good sea views. The accommodation comprises a porch, hall, bathroom, separate wc, lounge, kitchen/dining room, walk-in pantry and four double bedrooms. The home also benefits
ON behalf of the members of the Budock Water Playingfield Association I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the Falmouth Fire Brigade Social Committee, and especially Fire Fighter Paul Parkinson, for the extremely kind and generous donation
PLEASE let us kindly write in this - Cornwall's real bargain local newspaper - about proper safety precautions, especially on our roads in the Penryn area. We need more police officers and more traffic wardens, because parking of vehicles on bus stops
Copy of a letter addressed to Carrick district council: On Saturday, February 17, my wife and I took our student son to dinner at a restaurant in Falmouth and we parked in the Grove Place car park at about 7.45pm. I make the point that this was mid-evening
I WAS surprised and concerned to read that Inspector Dave Scott believes that Falmouth shopkeepers should take responsibility for keeping criminals off their roofs. Does this mean local residents must also install security measures to stop yobs running
A body found in fields near Truro was formally identified today as a 51-year-old man who went missing nearly a year ago. Police have confirmed that the body is that of Kenneth Walton, from St Columb Minor, who was last seen near the Royal Cornwall Hospital
In 2 Connections & Flowers - Everything for your perfect day. Welcome to our latest venture, a light and welcoming new retail outlet on 3, Little Castle Street, Truro, where the most important person is you, our customers. Over the past eight years
Choosing your wedding flowers can be just as daunting as choosing your wedding dress, but with careful planning there is no reason why you shouldn't have the flowers of your dreams. Starting out The first thing is to find a good florist. Recommendation
Gone are the days when every bridal couple followed a precise formula and look for their big day. In the world of weddings, one of the hottest trends around is to have a themed occasion. And why not? By choosing a particular look and feel to your day,
Weddings are an exciting time and should be enjoyed from the minute you get engaged to long after your suntan fades when you return from honeymoon. So how come getting married can be one of the most stressful times of your life? Well the average wedding
Looking for an original, inspirational, waterside setting for your perfect wedding? Then the National Maritime Museum Cornwall's unique and imaginative venue may be exactly what you're looking for, with incredible views and a stunning waterside location
Opened in 1899, the Hotel Victoria in Newquay is the ideal venue for any important occasion. Whether choosing the Hotel Victoria for a civil ceremony or simply allowing the venue to host a wedding breakfast the hotel's function manager, Emily Taylor
AN exhibition of new paintings at art gallery at The Poly in Falmouth will feature the works of Alan Boyd and Margaret Crook. The display starts on Monday, March 12, and runs until March 17. Though both born up-country, both artists studied at the Falmouth
Tregenna Castle - where dreams come true in the most perfect setting Imagine a magnificent 18th century castle luxury hotel set amid its own country estate on a hill overlooking the quaint fishing town of St Ives and its bay. It is a castle surrounded
Peter and Cheryl Risely have been hosting wedding receptions at the Penmorvah Manor at Budock Water, near Falmouth, for almost 20 years During this time hundreds of couples have spent their special day in the beautiful surroundings of Penmorvah, set
Successful seduction of the opposite sex has always been a hotly disputed topic but recent research suggests the mystery of attraction can be revealed. We talk to Dr Raj Persaud about being irresistible - and how to hold onto your perfect partner The
Two local artists have combined forces to develop the first ever exhibition oforiginal paintings to take place at The Ship Inn, Porthleven. There will be over 30 paintings on show depicting the beautifully varied coastline from Mullion through Porthleven
St Austell Players are preparing to bring the award-winning French drama Between Worlds by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt to the stage this March but need help finding the most vital prop: a crystal ball. The play is about the space between life and death and
The committee of Camborne Music Festival is producing a concert under the title A Feast of Musical Excellence and will feature some of the most exciting and talented young musicians from within West Cornwall to demonstrate their wonderful musical abilities
PORTHLEVEN 2 T Lamborn, N Thwaites ST AUSTELL 1 A Carter Porthleven: N Mee, M Holland, M Day, H Howlett, G Richie, P Ainscough, N Thwaites, M Davies, T Lamborn, D Stidwell, K Lawrence. Subs: A Stidwell, J Brooks, J Adlard. WITH yet another
HOLMANS 6 MULLION 2 IT'S not quite desperation times yet, but Mullion are certainly dicing with the possibility of finishing in the bottom two places of the Jolly's Combination League. After conceding another heavy defeat they will find they have
WENDRON UNITED 3 PENRYN ATHLETIC 4 (aet) PENRYN Athletic booked their spot in the Jolly's Combination League Cup semi-final with an exciting 4-3 extra time win against Wendron at Underlane. At the end of normal time Wendron appeared to have had the
HELSTON ATHLETIC U16 2 POLKERRI U16 1 (aet) Helston welcomed Polkerris to Kellaway Parc on Sunday in the Cornwall County FA A. H. Luke Trophy U16 knock out cup semi final. The conditions of a strong wind and a sticky pitch were going to make the
RAY Crebo and Francis Vickerstaffe defeated Joe Hill and Jess Willard 4 and 2 to win the final of the Barry Mounter Trophy at Praa Sands Golf Club on Sunday morning, writes Simon Edwards. In the Four Ball Better Ball Stableford, played alongside the
HELSTON COLTS u11s 1 HOLMAN HARRIERS 3 HELSTON'S second of three consecutive matches against Holman's started with Holman's kicking off on a very windy day. From a win the previous week, Helston knew that Holmans were going to be a more determined
CLINTON Social Club A continue to stride towards the Mining Snooker League Division 1 title. Last week they whitewashed Breage 6-0 and now hold a nine point lead over second-placed Bell's Court with a match in hand. There was a 45 break from Clinton
ST JUST 2 RNAS CULDROSE 3 EXTENDING their impressive run of results, RNAS Culdrose moved into mid-table security in the Jolly's Combination League with a hard-earned 3-2 win at St Just. The defeat, however, keeps the Tinners right in the heart of the
THE Football Stadia Improvement Fund, supporters of the Football Foundation and the largest funder of non-league football in the country, has announced a grant of £17,035 to Wendron FC. This award will enable the club to widen and lengthen its main pitch
CULDROSE 0 HELSTON 1 HELSTON resumed their local rivalry with Culdrose on a pitch that cut up and in a wind that ran through the players. Helston found themselves down to a squad of eight after a freak accident during training sidelined Sedgwick. The
FOURTEEN-year-old Jordan Antrobus scored his second "hole in one" in less than a month at Mullion GC, writes Gerry Fitter. His second success was achieved at the same hole -the 11th - a par 3 150 yard hole. On Tuesday Mullion Golf Club held their annual
ANGRY residents who live in luxury homes overlooking Maenporth beach, near Falmouth, are determined to help evict a family of squatters who have taken over a £450,000 dormer bungalow. The squatters moved into The Bungalow at West Bay in January and many
DEFENDING champions, Wendron CC continued to stretch their lead at the top of division I of the West Cornwall Winter Pool League after an 8-1 win over Mounts Bay B. Helston RBL A are opening up a gap from the pack in second spot after defeating rivals
FIFTY adult students had to be evacuated from their classes and an 83-year-old woman was left homeless after two separate fires in Helston and Porthleven on Monday. Amelia Vincent and her 17-year-old grandson, Daniel Murphy, who lives with her during
Around 800 mourners attended the "biggest funeral ever held" at Camborne Church to remember a popular footballer who died just hours after celebrating his match-winning goal. Friends, family and sporting colleagues turned out in their hundreds in memory
THE family of a 76-year-old grandmother claim she was driven to an early grave after being bombarded with demanding and threatening letters from fake clairvoyants. Mulvie Wright, from St Agnes, died last month from a brain haemorrhage which her family
FALMOUTH TOWN 1 C Davey CALLINGTON TOWN 0 Town: J. Tickle; C. Davey, F. Nevin, D. McGhee, P. Davey, L. Beer, D. Burchell (B. Farnham 81m), S. Burt, M. Roberts, C. Paparone, S. Proctor (C. Farnham 60m). Subs (unused): W. Hewitt & A. Bowker. Callington
IT was unfortunate that Penryn's league game against Taunton last Saturday had to be postponed, but the condition of all three pitches made it inevitable. In the end an early decision was made to ensure that the visitors did not make an unnecessary journey
MAWNAN Cricket Club begin their pre-season preparations with their first indoor nets which are to be held at Penryn College on Sunday, March 11, from 7pm until 9pm. All present and prospective players are invited to attend the sessions and anyone
A SPORTS quiz is to be held at Penryn Athletic Football Club on Thursday, March 8 at 7.30 pm. The event, supported by Jimmy May Scrap Metals of Penryn, will offer cash prizes as well as a quiz that will have something for everyone. The quizmaster and
THE long haul to the coveted Easter Monday Finals reaches a critical stage tomorrow evening when Mawnan meet Praze in the Western Section Cornwall Junior Cup Final at Falmouth Town's Bickland Park. Both sides go into the final believing that they have
TEIGNMOUTH 1 FALMOUTH LADIES 1st XI 6 SOUTH Division leaders Falmouth travelled to Devon in anticipation of a tough contest with third placed Teignmouth and quickly made their mark. Left wing Fi Rundle set the tone for the game, dispossessing a defender
MOUSEHOLE Res' hopes of avoiding relegation in the Whirlwind Sports Falmouth-Helston League division one suffered a knock when they were beaten 3-2 at home by Chacewater. Hayle Res' title hopes suffered another setback when they went down 2-1 at home
One of St Keverne's best-known characters has died at the age of 96. Billy Moyle, who was still living in the house in which he was born, died in the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro last Wednesday after being taken ill that morning. His son, Terry
PERRANPORTH 19pts Tries: B Moncaster, S Parker Conversions: J Irons (2) FALMOUTH 29pts Tries: S Instance, D Pellow, R Hambly, M Slater, T Gay Conversions: S Instance (2) Falmouth: J. Cremin, T. Gay, T. Colvin, S. Instance, A
THERE'S no change at the top of the Penryn and Falmouth World Rules Winter Pool League with the top four sides all winners. Killigrew A remain top with a 12-3 win over the Labour Club, Penryn Bowling Club hammered Mawnan Sports 14-1, the Three Tuns
PENRYN ATHLETIC 1 M Drummond ST BLAZEY 2 S Ovens, N Campbell Athletic: C Symons, A Trudgian, B Goldring, M Moore,, L Bradd, D Harris, D Band, D Richardson, S Rowson, M Drummond, J Miller. Subs: M Cain, S Jewell, R Young. St Blazey: G Penhaligon
ST Gluvias Cricket Club will begin their pre-season indoor nets on Sunday, March 11, at Penryn Sports College from 4 to 6 pm. The Sunday sessions will continue for four weeks and all players, present and prospective, will be welcome. Before that all
ONE of the oldest sports trophies in the country, and certainly one of the most unusual, whas been brought back to Cornwall by a victorious Camborne School of Mines (CSM). The historic Bottle is now back in Cornwall for the first time since 1996. CSM
WENDRON UNITED 3 PENRYN ATHLETIC 4 (aet) PENRYN Athletic booked their spot in the Jolly's Combination League Cup semi-final with an exciting 4-3 extra time win against Wendron at Underlane. At the end of normal time Wendron appeared to have had the
ST DAY 6 FALMOUTH TOWN 1 FALMOUTH Town suffered their heaviest defeat of the season in the Jolly's Combination League when they were hammered 6-1 by St Day. This completed a double for the league's new boys, but rather significantly, with an impressive
BURGLERS who broken into the Norway Inn at Perranarworthal left with nothing after they were disturbed by the pub's staff. During a busy Sunday afternoon at the award winning pub, which is run by Charlie and Carole Edgeler, the alarm was raised by
PENRYN-BASED dinghy racing coach, Eddy Shelton, will be awarded one of the RYA's most prestigious training awards - the RYA Club Coach of the Year 2007 - this weekend. The eagerly awaited awards ceremony will take place at the world's biggest dinghy
ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES 1 CaCAMBORNE SCHOOL OF MINES 6 THE eagerly anticipated annual "Bottle" match had arrived again for Camborne School of Mines (CSM) as they looked to retain the title after last year's 2-1 win over Royal school of mines in Penryn
Falmouth Marine School will be holding an advice session Thursday March 8 to help prospective students with their progression in education. Staff will be on hand between 6pm and 8pm to offer advice and guidance on the range of courses and qualifications
THIS year's Cornwall County snooker singles final has thrown up the classic confrontation of burgeoning youth against experience. What's more, the two finalists, Paul Williams and Bobby Southworth, are both from Bell's Court Snooker Club, which makes
An exclusive front page story in last week's Camborne-Redruth Packet attracted worldwide attention. The story of 26-year-old Anna Taylor and her family, who receive £501-a-week in state benefits and claim they would be worse off if they were forced to
TRURO City go into their crucial sixth round FA Vase tie with Sussex County League side Whitehawk on Saturday on the back of two very disappointing performances. Their slump, if that is how two games can be described, comes at a stage of the season when
ST AGNES 2 TRURO CITY 0 JOLLY'S Combination League champions Truro City came unstuck at Enys Park here they were beaten 2-0 by St Agnes. After a slump in form earlier in the season, the "Aggies" have become one of the form teams and although City might
THE Tuesday League of the Taylor's Tyre Service Carn Brea five-a-side league shows the top two breaking away with wins over their close rivals. Fryer had two wins - 6-3 against Star Inn Vogue and 5-3 over MJ Maintenance. Star Inn Vogue won their last
Rumours that catalogue store Argos is set to take over the Eddy brothers' Helston shop have been denied by the company. As reported in last week's Helston Packet, brothers John and Donald Eddy have taken the decision to shut the Eddy and Son store in
EXETER CHIEFS 11pts Try: Kingdom Penalty: Yapp, 2 Yellow cards: Willis, Brown Exeter Chiefs: B. Breeze, J. Luff, M. Fatialofa, W. Kelly, G. Kingdom, T. Yapp, K. Barrett, R. Baxter (c), G. Willis, T. Walker, J. Hanks, I. Brown, J. Horn-Smith (R.
"Use them or lose them" is the warning from a Porthleven business owner who has urged residents to use the port's facilities and keep the area alive. Roland Lowery, who runs Roland's Happy Plaice (sic) fish and chip shop, said he "despairs" when he hears
Carrick Councillors voted unanimously for Falmouth to host the Funchal 500 Regatta tall ships event, taking place on September 10-13 2008. Falmouth last hosted the Tall Ships Race in 1998 when a total of 258,000 visitor days were calculated to contribute
BILL Gribble, aged nine, of Carnkie, Redruth, who attends Pencoys School, Four Lanes, has become a popular character after earning the school a welcome cheque for £150. The princely sum was handed over to the school's head teacher, Linda Dawe, by
A "dangerous" pit in a well-used footpath in Porthleven has finally been filled in - five weeks after the hole was first dug. Fed-up residents living near the alleyway off Torleven Road contacted the Packet on Monday to air their concerns over the
HORNETS 10pts CAMBORNE 3pts CAMBORNE returned empty handed from Weston-super-Mare having gone down narrowly to third from bottom Hornets in a scrappy South West Two League game. In a late change Cameron Bone was drafted in on the Cherry and White wing
STITHIANS 13pts LISKEARD-LOOE 21pts IN this Cornwall Clubs Cup semi-final first leg match against high-flying Liskeard-Looe, Stithians found themselves behind in the first five minutes. The visitors - with wind advantage - took an early lead thanks
ILLOGAN 1 NEWQUAY 0 ILLOGAN picked up another three points in their quest for the Jolly's Combination League title, but there was little else to enthuse about in a poor display. Both sides managed to play some neat football up to the final third, but
REDRUTH Albany Ladies knew they were facing tough opposition, Bath, and with it being their last home game of the season they were keen to keep their undefeated home record in the league. After a shaky 10minutes Albany soon got back into the swing
Each year since Tony Blair came to power hard-working people have had to hand over more and more of their earnings to the taxman while shirkers have enjoyed an ever-rising standard of living funded by the state. We've all heard stories about the people
MAWNAN Primary School has taken a big stride towards green travel with the intro duction of two "walking buses" for children who attend the school. They will enable parents and children to walk to school from two locations within Mawnan Smith and
COUNCIL officials who have been carrying out "sting" operations to catch pubs, clubs and shops selling alcohol to under-age children are facing increasing criti cism over the methods they are using. It became clear yesterday that complaints
Falmouth Thursday, March 1 03.29 (4.6) 16.04 (4.6) Friday, March 2 04.16 (4.9) 16.44 (4.8) Saturday, March 3 04.54 (5.1) 17.19 (5.0) Sunday, March 4 05.29 (5.3) 17.52 (5.0) Monday, March 5 06.02 (5.3) 18.23 (5.1) Tuesday
Tuesday, February 20 Hong Kong tanker Shinyo Florentina (161,175/05) moved from outside port limits to Falmouth Bay for an underwater inspection and sailed for Brest. Forth Fisher (3,368/97) moved from Kings Wharf to No. 4 dry-dock. Panamanian tanker
The Royal Fleet Auxiliaries Largs Bay and Mounts Bay are scheduled to undergo repairs at the docks during the next six weeks. First to arrive in mid-March is RFA Largs Bay which is undergoing an annual certification programme. She will remain alongside
The port's bunkering operation has come to a grinding halt in the past few days with both of its bunkering tankers - the Whitchampion and Whitstar - currently away working in other ports bunkering. Whitstar is working in Immingham whilst Whitchampion
Anglo-French Coastguard co-operation in policing the Western Approaches is more and more evident as the Emergency Towing Vessels from both nations standby disabled ships off their respective coastlines. The Dutch managed ice-breaking paper carrier Largo
Will I ever be able to walk through the beautiful fishing village of Coverack again without being made to walk the plank by the local lifeboat committee? Last week I wrote about the stranding of the White Star liner Suevic at the Lizard in 1907, highlighting
A boatyard on Falmouth's water front could be transformed into a residential development if planning permission is granted. Robertson Developments Ltd have applied for permission to turn an existing boatyard at North Parade, on land at the end
Just two months after completing a conversion from an offshore construction vessel into a multi-role diving support vessel at Northwestern Shiprepairers, Birkenhead, the Bibby Sapphire is back in drydock for minor hull modifications. A&P Falmouth commercial
My afternoon off and where have I been? Yes, the gym!! Spent one and a half hours running, cycling, rowing and lifting weights. Most enjoyable was the 15 minutes i spent using the gym ball - apparently it is supposed to be great for abdomen muscles and
