1 The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 1 March 2009 Mounts Bay RFC 2008-2009 Contents Page Danny Clackworthy 1 Comments from 2-7 February Games The History of 8-9 Mounts Bay RFC Part 2 Club Shop 10-11 Player of the month 12 Team photo 13 Fixture/results 14 Danny Clackworthy leaves Mounts Bay This week (12/2/2009) Danny Clackworthy announced his decision to leave Mounts Bay for Hayle Rugby Club. This season Danny has made a successful transition from prop to hooker and week by week has shown a consistency that has made him an invaluable member of the squad. Danny started out with Penzance as a youngster, then moved to Hayle in 2002 until late in 2004 when he switched to Mounts Bay as a front-row and has been at the forefront of Mounts bays achievements over the past 4 years and was clearly getting to grips with standards in divi- sion 2 as him and his front row colleagues have continued to demolish other packs within the league. However four years later the grind of National League rugby has taken its toll on Clack- worthy, who has been helping Mounts Bay out by playing at hooker as well as prop. His last game was as a replacement in the 6-5 win over London Scottish last Saturday. Speaking for the rest of the supporters Danny was viewed as a real club man and a genuine bloke off the pitch who always had time to talk to the supporters. Fitting for the Boarding party that he received player of the month for January and we wish him every success in the future and would like to see him back at Bay some day. The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 2 The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 2 Mounts Bay RFC v London Scottish Their version of events Mounts Bay 6 vs London Scottish 5 EDF National Trophy Fifth Round London Scottish suffered their first defeat in 20 outings this season by the narrowest of margins fol- lowing a nail-bitingly close encounter against Mounts Bay at The Mennaye, Penzance in the fifth round of the EDF National Trophy. The draw pitted together two sides that have enjoyed similarly rapid rises through the divisions throughout the past decade, but which are experiencing contrasting fortunes in the league this season, with Mounts Bay hovering just above the relegation zone in National League 2, the division to which Scottish, one rung below and top of the table, are pushing to gain promotion. With the wind behind them, Scottish dominated the opening quarter of an hour, but it was the Cor- nish club that took the lead when full back Dan Hawkes kicked a penalty goal after 15 minutes. The home side’s lead was short-lived, however, with second rower Graeme Smith claiming a try just two minutes later after winning the ball at the lineout. Fly-half Scott Hadden failed to hit the target with his conversion attempt, a missed opportunity on an afternoon when points were at a premium. Scottish continued to control proceedings for the remainder of the first half but were unable to add to their points total, taking a 5-3 lead into the interval. Following the half-time break, it was the home side that benefited from the advantage of the wind, and continued pressure from the Mounts Bay forwards resulted in them taking the lead on 55 minutes when Hawkes kicked his second penalty of the afternoon. Although the Cornishmen dominated territory thereafter, there was to be no further score, and fur- ther misery was heaped on Scottish when replacement forward Lee Soper was sent to the sin-bin as the game neared its conclusion. The victory came as welcome respite for Mounts Bay in a season that has seen the club, promoted to National League 2 last year, embroiled in a relegation struggle on the pitch and beset by financial prob- lems off it, and fans will be crossing their fingers for a home quarter-final draw against local heavy- weights Cornish Pirates, their landlords at The Mennaye, or Exeter. From the London Scottish perspective, exit from the cup after an exhilarating run that has seen them beat Bristol outfit St Mary’s Old Boys, local rivals Richmond, Hampshire side Basingstoke – on an af- ternoon when the First XV was fulfilling a league fixture at Henley – and National 1 team Manchester means that the club can now concentrate exclusively on its push for promotion, a campaign that re- sumes next Saturday with the visit to Dings Crusaders. Mounts Bay 6 Penalties: Hawkes (2) London Scottish 5 Try: Smith Mounts Bay: Hawkes, Ritchie, Semmens, Johns, Parsons, Sanft, Goodfellow, Mathias, Salter, Pow, King, Hilton, Cilliverd, Dyer, Burnett (Replacements: Clackworthy, Flide, Stroud, Symour, Hitchens, Bick, Provis) London Scottish: Neale, Broughton, Damant, Peel, Yiend, Hadden, Walbyoff, Millard, Leek, Ward, Smith (A), Smith (G), Karonias, Lipp, Fitzgerald (Replacements: Gotting, Fahey, Johnston, Soper, Heeks, Dunlop, Finch) Match report by Simon MacMichael The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 3 The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 3 Their version of events WHARFEDALE 28 MOUNTS BAY 16 Sunday 15 February 2009 Two exceptional individual tries from Wharfedale full-back Adam Whaites in the final quarter of this pulsating match sealed a crucial victory for the Greens. Both of Whaites’ runs started from within the Wharfedale half, and simply ripped the Mounts Bay defence apart. His second, 2 minutes from time, could prove to be massively significant in the National Two relegation battle, as it both secured the Greens’ try bonus and robbed Bay of what would have been a well-deserved consolation of a losing bonus point. With the result of immense importance to both sides, the match was never to be a classic. The tension saw to that. But there were thrills aplenty, with every breakdown robustly contested (occasionally over-robustly for Andrew Vertigan’s liking, the referee issuing yellow cards to Wharfedale’s Rob Baldwin and Ben Fear, and Mount Bay’s Nick Burnett). The Dalesmen clearly enjoy their temporary ‘home’ venue, at Giggleswick School. As in their match the previous week, they left the blocks at speed. 10-0 up after just 8 minutes, from a try by hooker Dave Charnley after prop Ben Fear made the telling break, with the conversion and a penalty by Mark Bedworth, they looked on course for another straightforward victory. But Mounts Bay were not prepared to knuckle under as Southend did in the first half. Lock Ben Hilton finished off a determined forwards’ surge (15 mins). Full-back Dan Hawkes converted, and then equalised the scores with a penalty during Baldwin’s carded absence (36). A 40-metre break by prop Chris Steel soon after the re-start promised a score, but he was brought down 8 metres out. The resulting furore, as the forwards fought for the ball, had Mr Vertigan again reaching for his yel- low card, selecting Fear and Burnett as sample offenders. Bedworth (51) and Hawkes (55) swapped penalties, before centre Chris Malherbe (58) and then Whaites (64) landed tries to open up a 10-point advantage for the Greens. The first came from a beautifully flighted cross-kick by Luke Gray; his opposite wing David Hall dived to collect the ball before flicking up a pass for the charging Malherbe to carry the final 3 metres to the right corner. Whaites, by comparison, had a good 60 metres separat- ing him from the line when he claimed the ball but his speed and strength took him through 3 attempted tackles for an exhilarating touch-down. Bay now threw all they had at the Dalesmen, and were twice within inches of a retaliatory try. The home de- fence held, however, at the expense of just a Hawkes penalty (73). At 23-16 the visitors were hoping at least to hold on to a precious bonus point, but Whaites’ second scything dash denied them even that. Wharfedale : A Whaites; L Gray, C Malherbe, A Hodgson, D Hall; M Bedworth, J Doherty; C Steel, D Charnley, B Fear (P Hall 47), D Lister, A Capstick, D Muckalt (A Allen 58), D Solomi, R Baldwin. Mounts Bay : D Hawkes; D Ritchie, J Semmens, S Johns, S Parsons; D Sanft, G Goodfellow; A Flide, J Salter, B Pow, E King, B Hilton, F Cliverd, S Dyer, N Burnett. Referee : Andrew Vertigan The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 4 The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 4 Their version of events The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 5 The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 5 Their version of events Man of the Match Steve Dyer in action below . The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 6 The Boarding Party- The Boarding Party-The Boarding Party - The Boarding Party–The Boarding Party -The Boarding Party 6 Their version of events Hero Hocking saves the day Mounts Bay 15, Cornish All Blacks 19 A Sam Hocking try deep into stoppage time saved the visitors from another defeat at the hands of league strugglers Mounts Bay.