Clive Rosevear Insurance Hawkey Cup draw

The Clive Rosevear Insurance Hawkey Cup holders Gorran start their defence at home to St Blazey in this year's competition. If successful they travel to Boconnoc or St Austell in the second round. Runners-up Grampound Road visit Roche with the winners at home to Wadebridge or Newquay. There is one preliminary game with a local derby between Werrington and Launceston on 7th May

First Round on 21st May - (1) Werrington or Launceston v Bude, (2) Callington v St Minver, (3) Roche v Grampound Road, (4) Wadebridge v Newquay, (5) Boconnoc v St Austell, (6) Gorran v St Blazey, (7) St Neot v Tideford, (8) Looe v Menheniot.

Second round on 4th June - (1) v (2), (3) v (4), (5) v (6), (7) v (8). The final will be played at St Austell C.C. on Thursday 10th July

Smi Finals on 24 / 26 June

Final 10th July at St Austell

Warrens sponsor Vinter Cup

TheVinter Cup Competition has a new sponsor for the forthcoming season. The popular 20 over knock-out competition is being sponsored by Warrens the Bakers. The firm, based at St Just-in-Penwith has numerous outlets in Cornwall and across the South-West. The competition will be known as the Warrens Vinter Cup.

Highlights of the opening rounds are a number of local derbies including Camborne against Redruth, Paul against Goldsithney and Perranarworthal v St Gluvias. The ECB Cornwall Premier League teams Falmouth, Mullion, St Buryan, St. Just, Troon and Truro will enter at the second round stage

Draw - Preliminary Round :Tuesday 29th April Troon 2 v Wendron, Mylor v Truro 3, Hayle 2 v Penzance 2

1st Round : Monday 12th May - Beacon v Mylor or Truro 3, Penzance v Camborne 2, St Just 2 v Hayle.

Tuesday 14th May- Paul v Goldsithney, Perranarworthal v St Gluvias, Troon 2 or Wendron v Falmouth 2.

Wednesday 15th May - Camborne v Redruth, Hayle 2 or Penzance 2 v Helston, Leedstown v St Ives, Truro 2 v Mt Hawke & Porthtowan

Coaching News

There has been two additional One to Ones organised to replace ones that were cancelled due to the Sports Hall at Reduth School being unavailable. They are: Saturday 22nd March 2003 between 10-1pm and Saturday 5th April 2003 between 10-1pm.

In addition we are running some Specialist Sessions in the near future. A Wicket Keeping session, again at Redruth School on Saturday April 5th 2003 between 2-5pm. This is going to be run by Martin Roberts.

In addition we are pleased to be able to gain the services of ex-Test player Gladstone Small and Jason Ratcliffe (ex- Surrey) for a session at Redruth School on Saturday 12 April between 12-3pm. They will be working with invited players from the Under 10's, Under 11's and Under 12's under the guidance of the CACC.

There has also been a further Sunday booked for Squad Sessions for the Under 13's, Under 15's/16's and Under 10's, also to replace a cancelled Sunday, again at Redruth School on Sunday 6th April 2003. They players should turn up at the normal times of their sessions

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This Website

Work has continued to update every link on this website following the change of domain name. If you stillcome across any broken links please feel free to contact mail the webmaster

The Links page has also been updated and now includes additional cricket and general links plus 33 Cornish Clubs with their own sites and /or activated play-cricket.com sites. Those clubs who have not yet activated their free play-cricket sites are encouraged to do so before the start of the season. Simply click amd follow the on screen instructions. A full club administrtion programme is available.

Overseas Player Forms available as a download

The Jolly's Drinks Cornwall Cricket have produced an Overseas Player Authorisation Form for 2003 which is to be completed if a club wishes to play an overseas playe , in accordance with League Rules. The form is available as a download, together with League Registration and Transfer Forms, either from the Downloads link on the home page of this site or from the County League main page. It can also be accessed directly from this link.        Click

Yearbook goes to print

The Cornwall Cricket Yearbook 2003 has finally gone to print a week or so later than envisaged. The delay, due to the uncertainty around the make-up of the Premier League, will mean the publication date will be probably delayed until the beginning of the season, the weekend of 26th April. Details will appear on this site of ordering details etc in due course.

Mullion decide to stay in Premier League

After almost three weeks of uncertainty Mullion havedecided to carry on competing in the ECB Cornwall Premier League for the 2003 season with their 2nds playing in Division 4 West. As a result all league fixtures remain as published.

The Cornwall Cricket Yearbook will go to press on Monday, a week later then scheduled, with the publication date put back until around 25th April as a result.

Premier League saga continues

The saga as to who will compete in this year's Jolly's Drinks ECB Cornwall Premier League has taken another twist. Following Mullion's formal wish to withdraw from the Premier League, due to a shortage of suitable standard players, Paul C C in addition to Werrington and Camborne C C's have declined the offer to replace them for the forthcoming season. Camborne were asked firts and after their decision to say no the County Division 1 runners up Werrington then 3rd placed Paul (just 3 points behind) were both approached by the League.

As a result the League have had no alternative but to put the ball back into Mullion's court. They have been given the option of either continuing in the Premier League or taking over their 2nd XI fixtures in Division 4 West, with their 2nd XI moving down to the lowest division.. Consequently there will now be no need to alter any other team's fixtures across the divisions to accommodate 1st and 2nd XI's being home and away on the same day. However If Mullion do decide to withdraw from the Premier League the LMC will need to revise the Premier League fixtures with particular reference to the extra set of four games Mullion are due to play against Menheniot, St Buryan, Falmouth and Newquay.

It is understood Mullion will decide on Friday evening which division they will play in.

Website back online

With apologies for the loss of service this website is now, hopefully, back to normal. Unfortunately, without warning, we lost our server who it appears have gone out of business. The site has now been moved with a new domain name to another server. Could you please forward the new address www.cornwall-cricket.org.uk to anyone you know who may be interested, particularly former users.

As every link on the site has had to be renamed ther mightpossibly still be a few broken links here and there- please bear with me while it's all sorted. The Vinter, Hawkey and Jolly's drinks complementary Cup draws will be posted up in the next few days.

Thanks - Webmaster

Mullion withdraw from Premier League

Arrangements for the forthcoming Jolly's Drinks Cornwall Cricket League season have been thrown into confusion with the decision of Mullion C C to withdraw from the ECB Cornwall Premier League.

In a formal letter to the league they state "It is with much regret that Mullion CC is requesting to be replaced in the Premier League. Due to the loss of half of last season's team, we would be unable to field a side that would justify its Premier League status. We have looked at all options for the forthcoming season & it is our feeling that the best option for both ourselves & also for the Premier League would be for another side to take our place. Although we realise that this request has come close to the start of the season we have only recently found out that some of our players have joined other clubs. It would be detrimental to our club to continue as a Premier side, as having to ask players who are used to playing in Div 4 West to play against County standard players would do neither the individual or the status of the league any good at all."

The League are seeking a replacement with, in the first case as the League rules dictate, Camborne would not be relegated. They have been offered a reprieve and at time of going to press the League awaits a decision from them.

The consequences affecting the League fixtures could well be widespread with a number of clubs being affected due to the complex fixturing that ensures club's first and second XI's having opposite home and away fixtures on a match day irrespective of the division they play in. Clubs are advised to delay their fixture card printing until matters have been confirmed.

Sharp re-elected County captain

Berryman confirms retirement                                      

One of the leading fast bowlers in the county over the last decade or so, Paul Berryman of Camborne, has had his retirement from the game confirmed medically. Paul, who featured in a number of one day games for Cornwall last year, announced his retirement during the summer. His final game at the end of September was against a Northamptonshire XI for aCornwall XI in Anthony Penberthy's Benefit match at Troon. His final wicket was Malachy Loye. Apart from a season at Truro, where he helped them to the title Paul played all his cricket for the Camborne club a little more than a throw from his Roskear home.

In a statement today he says "My retirement has been confirmed by the doctors as I have to see a specialist concerning my left knee and more worryingly, I have to have physiotherapy with referall to an orthopaedic surgeon concerning my spine. I can no longer walk for more than 15 minutes without feeling discomfort and pain in my right side. Not good for someone at 33!!