Wadebridge Camels 33, London Cornish 7 A NEW season for Wadebridge Camels brought London Cornish first and seconds to the Moleworth Field at Egloshayle to play the winner of the Cornwall Senior Cup from the previous season.
At stake was the Arthur Hunt Memorial Trophy which was inaugurated in 1982 in memory of the London Cornish club stalwart who originally came from Saltash and was a founding member of the club.
With a local pub in Roehampton as their clubhouse, London Cornish play in London Two South West and put out four sides every week.
Bottega Veneta handbagNewly promoted to South West One, Camels were keen to maintain the momentum from last season and they didn't disappoint the 100 or so spectators who were treated to a entertaining game played in the spirit of the occasion.
The first 15 minutes sawboth sides evenly matched as they bedded in but Camelswere first to post a score when outside centre Dan Prout provided a neat inside pass to winger Dan Briskham who scored under the posts.
Full back Luke Davidson provided the additional two points that effectively saw London Cornish chasing the game for the rest of the afternoon.
Briskham added further to his tally ten minutes later when he received the ball on the half way line and bulldozed through two attempts to stop him scoring his second try out wide on the right wing.
Powerful Dan Prout was unable to convert and the score remained 12-0 in Camels' favour. After half an hour London Cornish failed in a penalty attempt after Camels were penalised.
Within two minutes captain Ian Boyling contributed to the Camels' tally with a powerful drive that rewarded him with a try which Davidson converted.
London Cornish still remained competitive and gained five points for their effort with five minutes of the first half remaining when inside centre Ben Carew-Gibbs touched down out wide on the left wing and fly half Connor O'Daley converted to make the half-time score 19- 7. The second half mirrored the first Fendi wallets as coach John May made several changes that saw former club captain Gary Gynn play his first competitive game for two seasons after long term injury.
Although London Cornish stepped up the pace it was Gynn who provided five points when he broke fromthe back of the scrum and touched down half way through the second half.
Luke Davidson completed his third conversion but, undeterred, London Cornish continued to press for points but lacked the necessary penetration of the Camels' defence. The pressure from the Cornish continued unabated for several minutes within a few metres of the try line but ferocious tackling by Camels prevented any further score from the visitors.
Yves Saint LaurentWith two minutes remaining it was new Camels player and ex Launceston fly half Adam Collins who jinked through three tackles to touch down with Dan Prout converting to finish the game 33-7. On Saturday, the Camels firsts are away to Bude in a pre season friendly.
Camels: R Treleavan, M Ballard, G Bilkey,MGrubb,MAngwin, B Collings, S Stone, I Boyling (c), S Hawkey, A Collings, C Lees, D Prout, T O'Donnel, D Briskham, L Davidson. Replacements: G Gynn, L Clames, D Hawkey.
London Cornish: C Johnson, W Carew, D Theobold, P Cavert, D Hall, C Alden, R Davies, M Tutu, D Madigan, C O'Daley, B Carew G
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