Hi there

I am contacting you because someone you or your members may know has died. Roy Opie was certainly a keen supporter over the years and may have even played there. Sadly he passed away last week after being unwell for a long time. As his son Colin has not put a notice in the papers, many of Roy’s past friends may not get to hear.
For your information, the funeral is at Crowan Church at 2pm this Thursday, 10th. It’s family flowers and donations to the British Heart Foundation. Vincent Young at Colin Matthews is the undertaker – 01209 717772.

Please pass this around if you can,

Many thanks,

Chris Blount – friend of Roy for many years.

Back in June, David Penberthy confessed a new love:

Finally this week ….. go onto You Tube and search for the “Kernow King” … He is bloody hilarious and there are a number of sketches with him in … I won’t tell you any more but it is worth a look …

Well, the search is now over. If you don’t already follow Cornwall’s greatest internet comedy phenomenon on Facebook or on Twitter at @Kernow_King, or have been watching all his videos on YouTube (see some below), then you can join his throngs of loyal doggers when he takes time out from his Pasty Tax campaigning and brings his new show “Wonders of the Cornish Universe” to the Recreation Ground on May 12th.

If you fancy what should be a bleddy gud laf then book your tickets now, on sale for just £8 plus booking fee at Eventbrite.

It should be an unmissable evening. So don’t miss it. Really. Because David Penberthy is NEVER wrong!

With the prospect of his final home game in charge this weekend looming large on the horizon, Dave recalls the best players to have played during his tenure; the lowest lows and highest highs of his time as Director of Rugby; about his trepidation towards this weekend and whether he’ll still visit his mum for tea and biscuits every Saturday!

Enjoy the interview, then be sure to join David and the players in Hellfire Corner after this Saturday’s match for the traditional end-of-season party!

8 Races on the big screen plus the ever popular auction race.

Tote betting with your bookies ‘Honest’ Ladner & Nettle

Prizes and medals for the winning owners in each race.

Horse ownership available for £3

Race Sponsorship available at £10(min)/race (or suitable prize)

Just £7 for the delicious buffet too!

Contact Alan Nettle on 01209 – 313990 or alannettle@taltktalk.net to sponsor a race or to confirm attendance.

Members and Sponsors are invited to apply for tickets for England’s Autumn International as follows (all K.O.s are at 14.30):

Saturday 10th November v FIJI
Tickets @ £65 & £45 plus Juniors @ £15

Saturday 17th November v AUSTRALIA
Saturday 24th November v SOUTH AFRICA
Saturday 1st December v NEW ZEALAND
Tickets @ £85, £70, £61 & £45
(N.B. approximately 70% of tickets will be at £85)

(All prices include a £5 handling charge which goes to Redruth RFC.)

Applications must be in writing to:
Roger Watson, Hon. Sec. Redruth RFC, Trelawny House,
30 Fore Street, Tregony, Truro, TR2 5RN.

Please include full payment
(cheques payable to Redruth RFC Ltd.) and a stamped addressed envelope for despatch of tickets.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: WEDNESDAY 9th MAY 2012
NO APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED AFTER THIS DATE.

NOMINATIONS for
CLUB OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and all SUB COMMITTEES
are now invited for the season 2012/2013

Nomination forms are available from the bar or from the Hon. Secretary, to whom they should be returned by Monday 16th April 2012

N.B. All Nominees, Proposers and Seconders must be paid up members.

The AGM will be held on Thursday 17th May

Roger Watson (Hon. Sec.)

There’s no league action this weekend, but that’s not to say that there isn’t still a couple of great opportunities for a traditional rugby fix this weekend!

Good Friday sees Redruth Rugby play host to our favourite future surgeons, anaesthetists and gynaecologists as Imperial Medics begin their annual Cornwall tour. The medics’ tour is the longest running annual tour in world rugby (if you believe Wikipedia, and who doesn’t!), and we’re looking forward to again hosting the country’s premier hospital rugby side.

Easter Monday promises to be a more brutal affair, as we welcome Camborne to compete once more for the Rodda’s Milk Cup. Camborne have enjoyed an excellent season, currently lying a strong 4th in South-West One, and will come looking to avenge their 11-20 defeat to a near-full-strength Redruth side on Boxing Day.It promises to be everything that this historic match-up has always been: tight, tense and testy!

If you’re feeling a little anti-social, or are too busy scoffing Easter eggs, then as usual we’ll be keeping you up to date with proceedings via our Facebook page and via @RedruthRugby, so make sure to like and follow us! If we can coax Imperial Medics into tweeting for the first time in over a year, it might even be worth following them at @imrfc … and seeing as we just gave the medics a plug it would be rude not to mention @cambornerfc too. Just don’t expect as much generosity on the pitch!

Please note that the Rodda’s Milk Cup game is an all-pay event: admission is only £5.