Reds Win 78 Points Thriller (Match Report)

On Saturday at the Recreation Ground in Redruth, Redruth RFC took all five points as Clifton grabbed two in this ten try thriller. Redruth won the game 42 – 36 in a close fought contest in the National Division Two South. The Reds appeared to dominate the first ten minutes of the match, and they were rewarded by a try in the third minute via Jamie Semmens. The Reds then extended their lead to ten points in the twelfth minute through an Aaron Penberthy penalty goal.

However, Clifton started to find their feet and a string of poor defending let them in for their first try of the game, in the fourteenth minute by Neil Davis. Clifton appeared to gain confidence and straight from the kick off they came charging to the Red’s line. More poor tackling by the Reds let in Clifton number 13, Smee, for Clifton’s second try of the game after 16 minutes. 

This setback seemed to spur on the Reds, and three minutes after Clifton’s try an Aaron Penberthy drop goal brought the Reds to within a point of their opponents. Then in the twenty-seventh minute a Tom Duncan try gave the Reds the lead once again and three minutes after that a try by McAtee extended their lead to nine points. Redruth were looking very confident at this stage and were playing with a certain swagger.  In the thirty-seventh minute, they secured the bonus point as McAtee’s scored his second try, leaving the match at half time, Redruth 32, Clifton 14.

The second half began in the same manner as the first; the Reds dominating the early possession with Clifton making a string of errors. The Reds were unlucky to not extend their lead, but they failed to take their chances with Aaron Penberthy missing a penalty goal three minutes into the second half. Then Lewis Vinnicombe knocked the ball on just in front of the line. The Reds were made to rue their missed chances and Clifton came in with two tries in the space of just nine minutes  leaving the score at 32 – 28.

This setback seemed to demoralise the Reds and they continued to make costly errors as Clifton piled on the pressure. They were only saved by some desperate last ditch tackles. However the Reds slowly began to find their feet again. They put pressure on the Clifton line and were rewarded in the seventy-seventh minute by a try from Goodfellow. This appeared to have put the game to bed once and for all, but a storming run by Clifton’s number 7, Harrison, led to a try for the visitors. Fortunately for the Reds, Clifton missed the conversion leaving the game at 42 – 33 to the Reds.

Clifton were awarded a late penalty, but as this was going to be the last play in the game they decided to take the three points, ensuring they got a losing bonus point. The Reds were fortunate to win this one, but they still came away with all five points.

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Match Statistics:

Attendance: 782

Redruth

Tries: J. Semmens 2, T. Duncan 26, R. McAtee 28, 35, G. Goodfellow 76; Conversions: Penberthy 2, 27, 36, 76; Penalties: Penberthy 10, 68; Drop Goal: Penberthy 18

Clifton

Tries: W. Davis 14, S. Smee 15, M. Davies 48, J. Gadd 58, S. Harrison 78; Conversions: G. Knox 15, 16, 48, 58; Penalty: G. Knox 80

Labour's Sick Legacy

Due to the flaws of the previous government, children are failing to receive the basic healthcare that should be theirs by right. A young girl was left waiting on the list for almost 9 months which left her struggling at school and having to cope with great pain and discomfort, This comes with a 20% rise in waiting times even after a £90 billion investment in the NHS. Her mother, a single parent living solely on benefits, was unable to pay for private healthcare that would have saved her daughter from much trauma.

This kind of case is becoming ever more common in todays society amongst a population too reliant on an over-generous benefits system. A young, lazy, dolite culture in Britain bred by Labour is proof of their shortcomings in their previous term. The problem extends its reach to our middle class aswell. After all, it is they and the rest of the working public who pay for the scroungers of society through taxes. The cuts required to reduce the countries deficit are starting to squeeze on all families around the world and our hard working families are starting to struggle financially. This is all the more reason for us to tackle the issue of benefit claimers to lessen the financial burden suffered by all.


The case of the young nine year old unable to get improved healthcare is the fault of the labour government's left wing approach to the benefit system. With less of the countries spongers, more money would be available to use for improving the NHS: reducing waiting lists and increasing drug availability. The election of the labour party would yield even more dolites increasing the financial issues of this once great country in both the short term and long term. The only way to help the younger generation and indeed the whole population to get sufficient healthcare, is to re-elect the conservative government and so ending 'Labours sick legacy'.

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Co Written by Luke Chappel, Theresa Wigmore, James Knuckey & Dave Owen

News and Journalism in the UK, Book Review.

News and Journalism in the UK

By Brian McNair               

Published By Routledge - 2003

ISBN: 0-415-30706-6

Amazingly Factual!

News and journalism in the UK is an easily accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain. Brian McNair gives and interesting insight into the main trends in journalistic media over the past few decades. The first half of this book manly covers why journalism matters in today’s society, explaining its vast economic importance. He then goes onto explain how much journalism has grown since the 1980’s from just two organisations providing news for about two hours a day, to 3 news providers transmitting on 5 terrestrial channels and a vast number of other satellite and cable channels. And how some of these providers now have 24 hour news services, overall I found the first part of this book to be very informative and a rather interesting read. It wasn’t too technical, and everything was explained clearly so really anyone could understand it.

The second part of this book covers the issues facing broadcast journalism, the author goes into great detail about the relations between certain broadcasters like the BBC and the government. He explains how they’ve tried to regulate the content of their journalism, he explains how this feud was at its height during the reign of the Thatcher government, and although this was an interesting piece of history, I did find it a bit tedious and it could have been covered slightly quicker instead of trying to draw it out longer than it should have been. The rest of the book starts to cover other subjects such as radio and how they believed it was a dying form of media, but they got that horribly wrong. There were several other subjects covered and although these were nice and factual it didn’t really grab my attention in all honesty as much as the first part did, I found this was slightly disappointing.

So overall, is the book worth £15.99? If you’re a journalism student just looking for the facts and nothing more then I say yes. This book is probably well suited to you. However if you’re just an ordinary person looking for an interesting read, I probably wouldn’t recommend it for that price.

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Practice Advertorial (Mike’s Ninja School Reopens for Business)

Mike’s School of Ninjas has remained closed for the past 5 years due to a lack of demand for ninjas. People were safe and the need for the ninja to protect the community had waned. However, in these troubled times of riots and political unrest, there has been a call for the ninja to return to our streets and restore order to this once great nation.

Owner, Mike Slap, in his infinite wisdom, has answered this call and decided to open his doors once again to prospective ninjas. Mike prides himself on offering top quality teaching; many of the world’s finest ninjas were produced at his school. His teaching methods are brutal but fair; he needs to make sure only the toughest and most deadly go on to become ninjas.

Former student, Bill Smith, graduated from Mike’s School of Ninjas in 2003. “I am chief ninja with the Saudi royal family. This was only possible because of the training I received at Mike’s. His graduates get the pick of all the top ninja jobs both here and abroad. His training is fantastic but you will only graduate if you have the dedication, determination and balls to succeed.”

The tasks students will be entrusted with, once they have graduated, are fraught with peril. Handling dangerous equipment such as shurikens, nun chucks and many more is standard practice. Safety is one of the school’s main priorities and Mike’s students are trained to the highest standards, ensuring they never make a mistake which could cause harm to a member of the general public.

Mike is offering competitive prices for this superb training and if you wish to find out more contact him via email, schoolofninja@hotmail.com or by phone on 01798 213432.

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