Tuesday, August 27

Kit Kitchen South West Peninsula League

Premier East

Elburton Villa 4

DESPITE a brilliant first-half performance, Holsworthy threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-3 at Elburton Villa on Tuesday night.

The Magpies arrived in Plymouth looking to build on victories over Torrington and Stoke Gabriel and looked set to make it a treble when the in-form Harry Stevens struck twice in the opening half hour, both coming from good play.

However the lead was halved when ex-Launceston striker Sam Davey fired in from 25 yards before Holsworthy manager Liam Dart was left fuming as on the stroke of half-time, the Magpies took a short a corner which resulted in Nick Aplin beating Ty Rowe.

The visitors started the second-half strongly but went behind when Davey again ran through to score, before they conceded a fourth from a tight angle close to the hour.

Centre-half Lee Gardiner scored the goal of the game with a rocket shot from the touchline in line with the 18-yard box, but they failed to grab a point despite Taren Stacey missing a late header from six-yards.

Premier West

Camelford 2

Bodmin Town 3

TREFREW Park saw a five-goal thriller but it was Darren Gilbert’s Bodmin who made the short trip home the happier of the two managers.

The Camels felt that the Yellows should have been reduced to ten men twice in the opening 15 minutes, first when Jordan Trott’s high tackle made contact with Bobby Hopkinson’s stomach before midfielder Ed Harrison was scythed down by last man Nathan Summers when clean though.

To make matters worse, Hopkinson scored from the rebound but referee Richard Butter decided to bring play for a foul but only book the Bodmin captain.

On 26 minutes the visitors took the lead as Dan Pethick was played in by Dan Jennings before finding the bottom corner.

The Camels were playing well and grabbed an equaliser on the stroke of half-time as Charlie Hambly glided his way into the box before his shot could only be parried into the net by Jordan Duffey.

Bodmin retook the lead straight after half-time as a corner found it’s way to full-back Dan Magee who launched a brilliant strike into the top corner from all of 30 yards.

Jennings hit a post before Andy Boxall made it all square on the hour, taking a pass from Harrison on the edge of the box before turning and finding the far corner.

The final goal was scored on 68 minutes with Jennings grabbing a deserved goal as he took a throughball from Tallan Mitchell before placing his shot through home keeper Luke Gwillam.

Newquay 6

Callington Town 0

CALLINGTON’S challenging start to the season continued at Mount Wise last Tuesday night when they paid the price for some poor finishing as the home side rattled up a heavy victory.

The Marshmen started well and dominated the opening 25 minutes creating three decent chances, but at the other end, Newquay were far more clinical and two long-range shots in 15 minutes midway through the half saw them to a 2-0 lead which was made even worse for Callington with the serious injury to Elliott Cunningham which saw him taken to Derriford Hospital with a suspected fracture to his right leg.

Newquay were dominant after the break, and rattled in four more goals before the end.

St Austell 2

Launceston 1

AFTER a difficult run of games, the Clarets regained a great deal of pride as they stretched St Austell to the limit in a pulsating affair at Poltair Park on Tuesday.

Launceston, with Callum Watson making a welcome reappearance in midfield under the terms of his dual registration with Tavistock, opened brightly and were unfortunate to fall behind on the half-hour. Midfielder Matt Searle was sent clear and did well to poke a shot past Josh Colwill.

The second-half opened just as the sizeable travelling Launceston contingent had hoped. A fine passing movement down the right, involving Watson and Dan Hart, saw Mike Steele reach the by-line. His accurate cross was turned home by Tom Ellacott on the near-post, despite frantic efforts by St Austell keeper Jason Chapman to keep the shot out. It was no more than the Clarets deserved.

Watson was sent to the sin-bin midway through the second-half, but while the side were short-handed, Ellacott was unfortunate to hit the crossbar with a well-judged chip over Chapman, left powerless to intervene.

The contest had become an end-to-end affair, looking likely to finish all square. However as the game entered added time, Searle was fouled just outside the penalty area. Sadly, from a Claret perspective, referee James Long played an excellent advantage which saw Chris Reski tuck the loose ball past Colwill.

Saturday, August 31

Kit Kitchen South West Peninsula League

Premier East

Holsworthy 1

Honiton Town 2

MANAGER Liam Dart admitted Holsworthy’s first-half performance was the worst of the season as they lost 2-1 at home to Honiton Town.

Owen McCreadie-Taylor tapped at the back-post following a defensive mistake inside ten minutes and it was the ‘Hippos’ who made most of the running although neither keeper was seriously tested.

Dart brought on Adam Smith, Liam MacDonald and James Dart at the break and it seemed to spark them into life.

Visiting keeper Luke Ashford did brilliantly to tip Harry Stevens’ effort on to the crossbar before Carlo Chandler missed the follow up.

Honiton went 2-0 up through Lewis Couch’s 20-yard free-kick although the Magpies were fuming that a free-kick was awarded when they felt that Gardiner blocked the shot with his side as opposed to his arm.

With four minutes to go Holsworthy at least got a consolation as MacDonald was slid in by his brother Max to beat Ashford from six yards, but that was as good as it got as the East Devon side left Upcott Field with the points.

A disappointed Dart said: “The first 45 minutes was the worst we’ve played all season, it was just lacklustre.

“Although we played much better in the second-half we paid the price for a poor first-half.”

Premier West

Camelford 7

Wendron United 3

BOBBY Hopkinson scored a superb hat-trick from a combined total of over 100 yards as Camelford earned their second home win of the season against Wendron United.

The first-half was an even affair with Wendron scoring early on through Finn Robinson from a poorly defended corner.

However, Ed Harrison equalised before the break for the Camels, who saw Luke Haworth and Charlie Hambly go off injured.

The second-half was all about Hopkinson’s magic. The central midfielder scored his first in the space of ten minutes from fully 40 yards as a half turn saw him spot the goalkeeper off his line and arrow one into the top corner. His second saw him receive a pass from Andy Boxall and smash one into the top corner from 20 yards before producing an almost carbon copy of his first. A 40-yard free-kick went like a rocket into the corner as those inside the ground were left stunned by his sheer skill.

Insley and Boxall both scored to make it 6-1 before ‘the Dron’ scored twice before the end through TJ Walter and Dan Tarrant either side of a goal from Mark Gusterson, who was on his way back following injury.