Hakes Maintain 11 Point Lead at Top of the League
St Ives 27 v 14 Kingsbridge Last Saturday St Ives welcomed Devon side Kingsbridge to Alexandra Road in their latest Western Counties West league game. With St Ives keen to maintain their unbeaten home record joint head coaches Paul Thirlby and Rob Elloway made a few changes to the side that started last week against Paignton. Kye Beasley came back into the front row, Jamie Hosking returned at lock. Liam Jolly moved from the wing to Scrum half, Paul Thirlby named himself at fl
St Ives Grab Bonus Against Paignton
St Ives 29 : Paignton 7 St Ives continued their journey to secure promotion into South West 1 rugby by beating Paignton with a score of 29 points to 7 at home in a workman like performance. The weather had disrupted a number of matches in the Western Counties West league over the weekend. The gusting winds whistling across Alexander Road helped dry the pitch and the game went ahead. St Ives selected a strong squad with some changes from the recent journey to Sidmouth. Liam J
Sidmouth Winning Run Abruptly Halted
Sidmouth 25 – St Ives 29 Bonus Point Win on the Road St Ives travelled to Devon for the 16th league match of this campaign to play Sidmouth who were on a run of matches that had seen them beat league contenders Devonport Services amongst their seven victories this past two months. Rob Elloway and Paul Thirlby had selected a strong side to travel, but, on the morning of the match, Liam Jolly was replaced by Paul Thirlby on the replacements bench. The weather leaving Cornwall w
Mouth Watering Fixtures Continue
St Ives make the long trip to Sidmouth on the east Devon coast for what is their toughest assignment yet. Home wins against rivals Devonport Services in December and St Austell last weekend means that The Hakes have gone a full twelve months with a clean sheet of wins in their own back yard. Sidmouth, however, will relish the opportunity to topple The Hakes impressive run of bonus point wins and put to rights their heavy defeat 44:12 in October. After a terrific start when w
Hakes Win Battle of the Saints
St Ives 23 v 17 St Austell Following the Christmas and New Year break St Ives got back into Western Counties West league action last Saturday by welcoming the 2nd placed team in the table, St Austell. A large crowd welcomed both sides onto the field, many of which were travelling support, and they were not disappointed with the game that was played out in front of them. Both sides threw themselves into a full blooded encounter which saw St Austell take an early lead in the fi
