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Saturday 17th September 2011DINGS CRUSADERS v REDRUTH

National League Division 2 South

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Old Opponents

Today we welcome back Redruth and although I know we are all glad to

see them again whether they have the same opinion is an open matter as

they only just succumbed to the spectre of relegation after a right old battle

to stay up, giving some high flying teams a real battering way down in

Cornwall and also on the road. Still everyone loves a trip to Cornwall and

ours will come later in the season, so lets give them a real home welcome

So 3 weeks in and no wins although a couple of near misses and welcome

plaudits for the style of play. We always knew that this seasons fixtures

were hard and we also knew that with some real quality teams now playing in this league, this

season would be a real test. Hopefully the injury list will shorten and we start to think about

slowly moving back up the league, have faith as they say There’s still a lot more to come from

this youthful group of players. So we can only reflect at this time on chances missed and another

last minute defeat at the hand of the Old Albanian National Team for successive season, ah well

there’s always the Euro Millions lottery to aim for!

The rest of the club is now back up and running with 4 sides being put out last Saturday and

thumping wins over Whitehall, and some other club, meant that the score on aggregate was

firmly in our favour, even with the disappointment being endured over at Henbury by the faithful

and some interesting players already fast becoming another bunch of guys who will be well

remembered. This season we have already included 2 spanish internationals and our latest

addition is in fact a cypriot international with a cult following already brewing in the ranks, all

have promised to knock up a batch of the local food at training night one Thursday soon.

As we gain from players joining we have lost the services of 2 well respected members of the

First XV squad, with both Ed Hack and Sam Caven deciding that the lure of the World Cup was

too much and by the time you read this both will be well on their way, although there is some

doubt over Sam actually getting there given past problems, still a once in a lifetime trip so who

can blame them?

As the season starts the well versed ritual of trying to shake annuals out of all players has still

to started and like hunting game should only be under taken when there’s a ‘R’ in the month.

Still as per last year Rich Cecil has been carrying out the task with great verve and I know he’s

keen to break his own record this season, try not to make it too hard for the ol’ fella please.

I finish on a sad note with one of our playing legends currently in hospital, for those who don’t

know him, John Thorne is a living legend and one of whom I have the utmost respect and I

would not have kept my boyish good looks if he hadn’t been there for me on numerous

occasions. I do hope John is soon well enough to sit in his customary corner of the clubhouse

and I know all of his friends and family will wish the same. Get well soon Thorney, no one’s

looking forward to carrying that lot.

Come on you Dings Boys!

Steve Lloyd

DINGS CRUSADERS RFC

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Welcome to Redruth RFC

We extend a warm welcome this afternoon to our visitors Redruth hope that all players, officials

and supporters enjoy their visit to our Lockleaze ground.

In a very tight finish that saw just four points covering six clubs for the final relegation place and

despite a great finish to the season that saw them win three and draw one in their final four

games Redruth were relegated from National League One last season after six seasons.

Promoted in season 2004-05 Redruth enjoyed some success in the National One with their best

finishes third in 08-09 and fourth in 06-07 and on their return to this level Dings will be one of

just five sides still in the league they left six years ago.

One of five new sides in the league this season I expect Redruth to be one of the stronger teams

in this league and not many sides will relish visiting the Recreation Ground, hell fire corner and

that welcoming crowd, almost as intimidating as Lockleaze.

With two home wins, Shellford 33-18 and Launceston 15-13, and a narrow away defeat to

unbeaten Worthing 25-27 they currently sit in fifth place in the league with ten points and

represent very stiff opposition after our stuttering start to the season. However we can take heart

from our last league meeting here at Lockleaze back in 2004 when we won a fine match 39-17,

one of only three defeats they suffered that season and they took their revenge later that season

with a 34-3 win in Cornwall.

Good luck to both sides, may the best team win and all spectators committed or neutral enjoy

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DINGS CRUSADERS vREDRUTH

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DINGS CRUSADERS REDRUTH

OFFICIALS: Referee: Nickolas CockburnTouch Judges: Clair Daniels and Mark Dorian

Royal Blue & Black Hoops

JAMES OAKLEY 15

JAMES LETHERBY 14

SHELDON STEVENS 13

SAM COX 12

JAMES ADAMS 11

HARVEY SKELTON 10WAYLON GASSON 9

JAMES LITCHFIELD 1

DAVE WHEELER 2

JERRY QUICK 3

DANNY HODGE 4

TOM KNIGHT 5

MIKE UREN 6

STEAN WILLIAMS (CAPT) 7

BUSTER LAWRENCE 8

JOSH LLOYD 16

MATT HUDD 17

ELLIOTT GOODMAN 18

ED HAUPT 19

MITCHELL SPENCER 20

Red with Black Trim

DEAN BONDS 15

TOM NOTMAN 14

SAM PARSONS 13

JAMIE SEMMENS 12

NATHAN PEDLEY 11

BRETT RULE 10GREG GOODFELLOW 9

DARREN JACQUES 1

DARREN SEMMENS 2

PETER JOYCE (CAPT) 3

DAMIEN COOK 4

LUKE COLLINS 5

CHRIS BAILEY 6

CHRIS FUCA 7

TOM DUNCAN 8

MATT SHEPHERD 16

RICHARD BROWN 17

JOSH MORGAN 18

CRAIG WILLIAMS 19

LEWIS VINNICOMBE 20

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Today’s Matchday Sponsor

Player Team Tries Points

Reuben Haile Taunton 5 25

Alexander Nielsen Worthing 4 20

Josh Hannam Lydney 3 15

Thomas Duncan Redruth 3 15

Jay Williams Shelford 3 15

Brett McNamee Hertford 3 15

Daniel Norton Hartpury College 3 15

Nicholas Simmons Redruth 2 10

Xavier Andre Henley Hawks 2 10

Michael Guess Southend 2 10

Player Team Cons Pens Drop Goals Points

Matthew McLean Worthing 7 8 0 38

Tim Stevenson Hartpury College 10 4 0 32

Harry Owen Shelford 8 4 1 31

William Blair Clifton 4 6 0 26

Andrew Frost Southend 5 5 0 25

Danny Wells Henley Hawks 9 2 0 24

Tony Yapp Taunton 6 3 0 21

Kieron Lewitt Launceston 1 6 0 20

Harvey Skelton Dings Crusaders 4 4 0 20

Matt Keville Richmond 7 2 0 20

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National League Two South Stats NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 SOUTH

TEAM P W L D Pts

Richmond 3 3 0 0 15

Henley Hawks 3 3 0 0 14

Worthing 3 3 0 0 14

Lydney 3 3 0 0 14

Redruth 3 2 1 0 10

Old Albanians 3 2 1 0 10

Shelford 3 2 1 0 10

Hartpury College 3 2 1 0 9

Clifton 3 2 1 0 8

Southend 3 1 2 0 7

Taunton 3 1 2 0 5

Dings Crusaders 3 0 3 0 3

Launceston 3 0 3 0 2

Hertford 3 0 3 0 2

Barnes 3 0 3 0 0

Westcombe Park 3 0 3 0 -3*

FORTH COMING FIXTURES

24 Sep WESTCOMBE PARK AWAY

01 Oct SHELFORD HOME

08 Oct WORTHING AWAY

15 Oct LAUNCESTON HOME

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Player Team Cons Pens Drop Tries Points

Matthew McLean Worthing 7 8 0 0 38

Tim Stevenson Hartpury College 10 4 0 1 37

Harry Owen Shelford 8 4 1 1 36

Danny Wells Henley Hawks 9 2 0 1 29

William Blair Clifton 4 6 0 0 26

Reuben Haile Taunton 0 0 0 5 25

Luke Giles Westcombe Park 7 2 0 1 25

Andrew Frost Southend 5 5 0 0 25

Richard Gregg Old Albanians 6 0 0 2 22

Tony Yapp Taunton 6 3 0 0 21

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PLAYER PROFILES1 Which rugby player was capped 63 times by his

country and a record 17 British Lions caps?Tom Willie John Mcbride 1 Matt Andrew Sheriden 0

2 Which city is further north - Liverpool or Leeds?Tom Leeds 1 Matt Liverpool 0

3 Matt Smith currently plays which character on television?Tom Doctor Who 1 Matt Little Britain 0

4 Which is the largest internal organ in the human body?Tom Intestine 0 Matt Intestine 0 Correct answer The Liver

5 Who plays the cop 'John Mclain' in die Hard Series of films?Tom Bruce Willis 1 Matt Bruce Willis 1

6 Name the club captain who led dings from SouthWest One to promotion into National League Rugby?Tom Steve Lloyd 0 Matt Waylon 0 Correct answer James Luck

7 What was the surname of singer Cheryl Cole before she married footballer Ashley Cole?Tom Cheryl Tweedy 1 Matt Tweedy 1

8 What is the smallest denomination Euro coin?Tom 5 Cent 0 Matt 1 Cent 1

9 In 1904 in British Post Offices, which item wassold for the first time. Radio Licence, Postal Orderor Book of Stamps? Tom Radio License 0 Matt Stamps 1

10 Which country will host the 2018 Soccer WorldCup finals? Tom Qatar 0 Matt South Africa 0 Correct answer Russia

Head to Head - DINGS search for a brain…

and thewinner is…TOM KNIGHT

Tom Knight5 out of 10

Matt Hudd4 out of 10

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So, we’ll kick off all the games this season

at 2.30pm, great idea, perhaps we should

have told the team and then they may have

turned up before the second half began.

Never mind for the second week running

once they got started the spirit showed and

it looked as though we meant it. It was a bit eerie on the top touch that first week

though, the deafening silence from the Bear Pit was overwhelming.

Nonetheless it was good to see some of our old friends back, and some new faces.

If we keep getting injuries at the rate we are accruing them at the moment some of

us ‘Top Touchers’ may just have to dig out our boots.

Anyhow I don’t know if anyone else picked up on it but I was looking at the ‘photos in

the Evening Post of the Gorillas placed around the city. Apparently they have been

auctioned off for charity, nice of Clifton to buy a couple and field them in their pack.

Well, today we see the return of ‘Druth to Holy Landseer. I remember the first time

we played down there and took possession of Hellfire Corner, we were very warmly

welcomed, but talk about biased, it made us look like the court of human rights. I

spend a good amount of time in the Duchy and we are well known, and visits to us

are looked forward to, so let’s disappoint them, with the result anyway. Last week

they beat their nearest neighbours The Cornish All Blacks aka Launceston in the

local derby. The talk of politics this week has been the Parliamentary Boundary

Constituency changes, especially those that affect Cornwall. They looked a Tad

brassed off on the Telly so don’t expect any Entente Cordial from our Celtic cousins

today. All the same here’s to a good game, good banter and a win for the Dings.

Oh and by the way two Scots were talking before the battle of Glencoe and one said

to the other, do you know I could murder a MacDonalds.

Top Touch Oracle

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