St Ives SW RFC

St Ives 40 v 17 Tiverton Last Saturday at Alexandra Road St Ives earned their second victory of the season in impressive style with a win over Devon side Tiverton in their latest Western Counties West fixture. Before kick-off a minutes silence was immaculately observed as a mark of respect for ex St Ives player, John Tanner, and club stalwart, Chris Bell, who both sadly passed away last week. Head coach, Paul Thirlby, named a side virtually unchanged from the previous weekend

St Ives is able to field a strong squad for the clash with Tiverton, one which they will need if they are to overcome the quality within the ranks of the away side. Their form on the road shows one win and one loss, but this is a club with regular reserve fixtures and, therfore, plenty of players to choose from. They also have a solid group that have been with the club over a number of years. Experienced Olly Chanin, with over 300 appearances, plays at open side and needs to

St Austell 32 : 39 St Ives St Ives took their first win of the season in a thrilling match at Tregorrick Park against St Austell last Saturday. Head coach Paul Thirlby named himself as fly half for this game and also welcomed back Jamie Hoskin in the second row. Tom Nicholas was available again following work commitments last weekend to strengthen the back line. St Ives began the game nervously and looked vulnerable to the early St Austell attacks and sure enough the home sid

St Ives 22 : 28 Sidmouth The Hakes slipped to their fifth defeat in a row when they welcomed Devon side Sidmouth to Alexandra Road last Saturday in their latest league game in the Western Counties West division. Importantly St Ives secured two losing bonus points that may well help them in the latter stages of the season. The team was strengthened by the return of flanker Archie Mackay who has recovered from a knee problem sustained in the first game of the season. With Tom N

Lunch at St Austell before the match next Saturday A message and invitation from St Austell RFC Come Dine With Us Pre-Match Lunch 8th October As we welcome our friends from St Ives to Tregorrick Park on Saturday 8th October we would also like to invite you to have lunch before the game starts. Here's the deal: You take your seat at 1300 and we serve you a 3 course meal. There is a choice of starters, a carvery main course with a choice of meats (vegetarians catered for...just