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"Honour and pride" of new Helston mayor 6:42pm today Helston's new mayor looked to the future during his acceptance speech at today's mayor-making ceremony.
New boat built with Falmouth knowledge 6:12pm today Two former students on the Traditional Boatbuilding Level 3 course at Falmouth Marine School will see a boat they have been helping to build, launched in Bristol on May 22.
Runner sets her sights on Olympics 5:18pm today Seventeen-year-old Truro middle distance runner Katie Knowles has made an explosive start to the new season with a new personal best time lifting her to fourth fastest in the UK for the under-20 females 1,500 metres.
Tall Ships programme finalised 4:02pm today The full regatta programme for the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta has been finalised.
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Cup triumph icing on the cake for Wendron 4:30am Saturday 10th May Wendron Youth FC u13s have had another successful season which has seen them finish second in their league and a place in the Alliance League for next season.
Rodney Inn B lift title 4:39am Friday 9th May RODNEY B are division four champions by the finest of margins in the West Cornwall Winter Pool league. They won 5-4 against Helston RBL C and 5-4 against Harbour A to win the division by winning more matches than Helston RBL D.
Tornadoes clinch title after nailbiting win 3:21am Friday 9th May Falmouth United Athletic u14s 2
Culdrose Tornadoes u14s 3
This was the nail biter that most had predicted. For Culdrose nothing less than a win would do as they started the day two points behind the leaders Alverton who had already completed their fixtures.
Pretty football but no goals 10:58am Wednesday 7th May RNAS CULDROSE 1 ST DAY 3
JUST when it looked as if RNAS Culdrose had found some consistent form in the Jolly's Combination League they confounded their critics by suffering another defeat that could have been avoided.
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