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Sharks to get teeth into Mount Wise

MOUNT WISE Stadium is to become home to the Cornish Sharks American Football club, after a landmark deal was signed this week.

The stadium, home of Newquay AFC, will be shared between the clubs, becoming the ‘Shark Tank’ throughout the American football season which runs between April and September.

The Sharks have been based at Newquay Sports Centre since their inception six years ago, and regularly play host to teams from across the UK.

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Hornets on a high!

Tribute Cornwall and Devon
Hornets 33-5 Totnes
Report by Richard Trewella
BOTTOM club Totnes gave no indication of their lowly status as they threw everything at Hornets in a very entertaining match at the Sports Centre.

They dominated possession and kept Hornets in their own half for most of the first quarter.  It was against the run of play that Hornets opened the scoring with a clinical backs’ move from their own five metre line after 28

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Charlotte on run to title

NEWQUAY runner Charlotte Cayton-Smith once again shone in competition this weekend, taking a gold medal at a prestigious regional event.

Cornwall County Athletic Association took a strong contingent to the South West Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Bicton College, near Budleigh Salterton and came away with some of the best results since the event moved to this idyllic setting and in ideal running conditions.

Charlotte took gold in the Under 15 race with a powerful finish.

It was cat and mouse at the front of the Under 15 Girls race with

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Hitman Robbo nets hat-trick

SWPL Div 1 West
Perranporth 1-4 Newquay AFC
Match Report by Mark Charles-Rowe

FOR any supporters turning up late at Ponsmere Valley, they would have missed Paul Robertson putting Newquay ahead inside the first minute.

Straight from the kick off, Newquay pressed forward, Westgarth hit a fierce shot on target which Dave Shatford managed to save with his legs, Robertson followed up and blasted The Peppermints into a very early lead.

The Perranporth ‘keeper was obviously nervous, Newquay were

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Skinner takes Euro title

Two Newquay surfers are celebrating after dominating the top of the European Longboard Tour.

Ben Skinner was crowned the champion after surfing to an impressive finish in this weekend’s final in Estoril, Portugal.

Skinner scored a total of 3912 points.

Meanwhile Adam Griffiths took the runner’s up place with 3522.

The tour saw the surfers competing across Europe, including Morocco, France, and Newquay.

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Godolphin in cup thriller

Cornwall Senior Cup 2nd Round
Penzance 3 - 4 Godolphin (aet)
GODOLPHIN Atlantic produced the shock result of the Cornwall Senior Cup second round, when Mark Rose struck a 93rd minute penalty to force extra time and substitute Lee Paxton came off the bench to score a dramatic 120th minute winner - deciding this epic cup tie at premier division Penzance.

The G looked to have forged ahead on 17 minutes when Jamie Wigg found Phil Lowry on the edge of the penalty area and the big centre forward turned and curled a lovely strike past the keeper only for the referee to controversially rule the goal

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Godolphin slip to defeat

Carlsberg SW Peninsula   League Div 1 West
Plymstock Utd 2 - 0 Godolphin

Godolphin's goal drought continued at Plymstock Utd where they went down to a goal in each half despite dictating play for most of the match.

The G have now scored only one goal in their last six outings and have dropped down to fifth position in the league, a massive 16 points behind  runaway leaders Newquay who didn’t have a game this weekend.

Godolphin started well and went close twice in the opening ten

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Peppermints power on!

SW Peninsula League Div 1 West
St Dennis 0 - 5 Newquay AFC        Report - Mark Charles-Rowe
The cliché, a game of two halves was never more appropriate, thankfully it was the second period that was by far the better and left everyone wondering how unstoppable the Peppermint bandwagon may be this season.

Danny Brook was shown an early yellow card for a seemingly innocuous challenge, the young official seemingly wanted to show his authority. Newquay were unable to get to grips with the heavy playing surface, neither side were able to string three passes together for

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Give us ten!

Duchy League Premier Div
St. Newlyn East 10-1 Lamerton
ST Newlyn East were in unstoppable form in their home match against an experienced Lamerton side from Devon and continued their recent run of excellent results with an emphatic victory that was never in any doubt from the opening whistle.

The Saints were ahead inside two minutes when Ryan Polmounter's initial cross was cleared back to him and his trusty left foot sent in a second cross that everyone, including the keeper, missed and the ball curled into

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Newquay through to next round of cup

Cornwall Charity Cup Rnd 1                   Illogan RBL 0 - 3 Newquay AFC
by Mark Charles-Rowe
The Peppermints travelled to Oxland Parc, home of Illogan RBL who ply their trade in the lower Cornwall Combination League.

The home side are flying high, having only lost once in 11 league games so far this season. It was easy to see why. Illogan have assembled a quality line up, including Dominic Pullen who has scored at every club he has played at, former Truro City starlet Lewis Ellis and Musa Sabo, brother of Newquay’s very own Mamsy Sabo.

Hooper chose to play a mixture of regulars, squad members and some from the reserve side, he even named himself as one of the subs. Those that made the step up, did not let themselves or the manager down, every single player put in a solid

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