The Penryn based club Trelowarren Arms have pulled out of the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall Cricket League, with immediate effect. The club, who were due to compete in Division 5 West this year, have informed the League that due to a lack of players, and uncertainty over their ground and facilities at Penryn College they have made the decision to withdraw. Formerly known as Boslowick Inn, they joined the League in 1992. The club finished bottom of Division 4 last season. Despite some speculation, they officially indicated to the League in the autumn that were continuing, prior to the divisions being formed. Division 5 West will now comprise of 11 teams in 2006. Division 5 West Revised Fixtures

Indoor 6 a side County Play off Cornwall vs Devon

The Cornwall Champions Truro CC entertained the Devon Champions Cornwood at Fowey Leisure Centre in the Indoor 6 a side Cornwall v Devon play-off. Truro, after being put in, had difficulty in coming to terms with the Cornwood bowling and apart from County Captain Tom Sharp, who was last out for an impressive 37, no other Truro player scored more than 5. Truro were grateful for the 28 extras in their final score of 76. Harris was the pick of the bowlers taking 3-15

Cornwood made a steady start and managed 22 for the first wicket but the match was almost over when the next wicket fell on 58. Tom Sharp then took two excellent caught and bowled chances to put Truro in with a slim chance, but Cornwood pushed and nudged their way to victory with 4 balls remaining. Bees ending on 25 not out. Man of the match Tom Sharp had an excellent all round game taking 2-17 and had one other player come close to his performance Truro would be playing in next weeks regional finals at Somerset.

Truro (Cornwall) 76 (T Sharp 37, extras 28; Harris 3-15, Mansfield 1-19)

Cornwood (Devon) 77 - 4 (Bees 25 no, Warren 16, Harris 14; T Sharp 2-17, C Phillips 1-20, J Bridger 1-24)

Cornwood beat Truro by 2 wickets.

Important Website news for Cornwall Cricket League Clubs

Changes have been made on this site to assist Cornwall League Club Officials in their administration. The Downloads page, which continues be accessed from the right hand column of the homepage, has been revamped. In addition to the previous downloads of League Forms and Child Welfare related forms it now also includes a new archive of all the League correspondence sent to clubs by email as from January 2006. This will enable club officials to check they are up to date with the latest correspondence and download anything that they require.

All clubs on the CCL e-mail data base will of course continue to initially receive all documents direct by e-mail in the first instance. Over 85% of the League's 77 clubs have submitted official named e-mail contacts (primarily secretaries) since the project was started in November 2005.

Also the new Cornwall Sports Partnerships Website (still under construction) has a direct link from the logo on this website's homepage and also from the Cricket Development Manager Newspage which can also be accessed from the homepage for speed.

Vinter & Hawkey Cups

These competitions now have their own play-cricket cup sites set up. Click links below to view the draws. Clubs who have their own play-cricket websites activated have their fixtures (and will have subsequent summary results) automatically updated.

Bradleys Vinter Cup Homepage Clive Rosevear Insurance Hawkey Cup Homepage

Camborne CC seek to appoint CDO

Camborne Cricket Club are seeking to employ a Cricket Development Officer for the forthcoming season, 2006. The position is part - time , for an initial six months, with a view to making it full time position for a further two and half years starting in Oct 2006.

The Club are seeking an ECB level 2/3 coach. The position is funded over three years by local business sponsorship and the governments Sportsmatch scheme. The successful applicant would be primarily responsible for building links with local schools and developing the youth/ senior programme at the Club. For full job description details please view attachment

Any further details please contact Revd Mark Richards (Chair of Camborne CC) 01209 712178 or at mark.richards60@ntlworld.com

David Shepherd at Troon CC

Troon Cricket Club will be hosting an evening with Former Test Umpire and Ex- Gloucestershire player David Shepherd at the Cricket Clubhouse, Laity Road, Troon on Saturday March 11th at 8pm. Probably, best known for standing on one leg to avoid the dreaded Nelson (111, 222 etc), David Shepherd retired from umpiring last year and was one of the most respected and liked umpires in world cricket. He was awarded an MBE for services to cricket in 1997 and life membership of the MCC earlier this year

During his 24 year Umpiring career he stood in 92 Tests, 172 One Day Internationals which included 6 World Cups and three consecutive World Cup Finals (1996, 1999 & 2003). David has strong West Country roots; he was born in Devon and spent his entire first class career with Gloucestershire. In his playing days he was aggressive middle order batsman with 12 first class centuries including one in his debut. The evening will be a rare opportunity for cricket supporters, players and officials from across the county to listen to one of the most respected figures in world cricket. Tickets are �5 for Adults and �2.50 for Under 16's. To purchase tickets or for more information please contact Alan Thomas on 01209 716785. Tickets will also be available on the night."

The Cornwall Youth Cricket League has a new Secretary. He is Simon Long who takes over from Nik Lewis. League Chairman Steve Jarman, in announcing the news, thanked Nik for his work since the League's inauguration. Simon Long can be contacted at The Hawthorns, 18 Trevella Road, Bude EX23 8NA Tel: 01288 353893

Mullion Cricket Club are holding an open meeting at their clubhouse on Tuesday 28th February at 7.30pm. The aim is to discuss how best to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary this year. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Former Truro and Cornwall opening bowler Charlie Shreck is on the comeback trail following a stress fracture of the spine that saw him miss Nottinghamshire's 2005 season, having topped the county's averages in 2004. He recently made hisdebut for Wellington in New Zealand. click for Wellington NZ link