Lay Down Sally (Eric Clapton)

Swing Low (UB40)

Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)

Francisco Nights (The Animals)

Child In Time (Deep Purple)

Riders On The Storm (Doors)

The Wall (Pink Floyd)

Remember (Michael Jackson)

The pub was full of the usual suspects, already imbibing in the amber nectar and it's sisters. The atmosphere was a heady mix of excitement and  expectation for tomorrow's game.

Nick "Noisy Pirate", introduced himself and Nick Williams the match official for the game.

Nick, took the floor and never looked back or in fact took a breath.

He informed us this was the first time this had been done anywhere pre match day, but he would be open and honest in his interpretations of the laws. Agreeing we all had our opinions but believe it or not he was not blind and did have nice parents.

His next move was to select the ladies in the bar to be the players whilst he instructed the audience on the laws we wanted illuminating. With the girls in pretty red bibs and the boys in delicious peach it set a great scene.

Mind you the handling laws were impinged on several occasions !!!

May I on behalf of all those present thank the referee and Nick (Noisy Pirate) for organising a fabulous evening. My stomach from laughing and head from alcohol abuse may never recover.

Match day saw us rise for an early breakfast. Set off for a good brisk walk round the harbour to clear the heads for the afternoon's game.

Well as you can see Minaz was still full of fun at this early hour!!!

Other like the fighters from "The OK Coral" were striding down the promenade looking a lot fresher than I felt

The day was highlighted with the JJB presentation of the Coach of the month to Kevin Moseley of Penzance. We very quickly learnt why.

The expectation was high all around the stadium for a fast exciting display of rugby from both teams. Well we got that alright, but not in way that satisfied the travelling from Worcester or filled them full of confidence for the games to come

Mixed into the team were three Worcester old boys, Ricky Pellow, Martin Morgan and Lee Soper. All wanting to put one over their old colleagues.

Before the game could get underway the referee decided to change the ends. Come on Ref, remember last night and that story about parents and lack of sleep. Dozy something or other??

The ball was easily gathered by the Penzance wing and ran very smartly back at the chasing Worcester forwards. Who missed their first three attempts to stop him. This single event was a pre-cursor to the game for the next 60 minutes.

In the tight situations Worcester had it sewn up, however in open play they were pretty dismal. No Cohesion or ability to retain the ball,

Worcester were having by far the lions share of the possession and in the Penzance half of the pitch. Very quickly we set up and attack down deep into the Penzance 22 only to be held off with some big, determined tackles.

Ricky Pellow was giving a lesson in scrum half play to Neil Cole who struggled to come to terms with the game.

From one of the breaks made by Gary Trueman a turnover ball was instantly recycled out wide where the pace of the Penzance wing was enough to out run Tommy Hayes to the line for the first score of the day

Penzance 7 : 0 Worcester

This constant loss of good attacking positions was having a cumulative effect on the side as the usually dominant Craig Gillies was left as a spectator at the lineouts.

The handling at times was excellent mixed with some simple unforced errors in the pack. Constantly ending promising situations with loss of many yards of hard worked ground

Penzance were now by far the more dominant side. You could easily have mistaken who were the league leaders and who was fighting for 1st Division Survival.

In open play the dynamics of the Penzance pack lead by the massive No6 Lakalaka was very impressive. Sending shivers of doubt through the Warriors supporters. One great pick-up from a ball which should have been secured saw the Penzance attack explode. Worcester had no answer to the speed and power as the midfield sliced open the shallow weak defence.

Penzance 14 : 0 Worcester

Tommy Hayes, dropped out and The Warriors had woken up to the game and the abilities of the side they were facing.

A high ball with Craig and Chris Evans getting under the ball, making it hard for Penzance to set anything up.

The forwards were now settling down and using their strength and skill levels to wrestle the impetus from the magnificent Penzance pack.

The driving maul was now moving into second gear, a long way to go yet, driving Penzance again and again onto the try line. BUT no score!!

Along came the man in the guise of Craig Gillies, who took control and lead the team through the shallows.

Driving down deep into the Penzance 5 meter area the Warriors drove on with Neil Cole urging more and more form his vanguard of human bone and muscle

Finally Christian Evans took off from the side for The Warriors first score.

Penzance 14 : 7 Worcester

The half time whistle could not be far away, were we going to go in behind??

The answer came once again from the Worcester pack. Trueman and officer were opening up the defence and now the backrow had woken up and were in support. The pressure was on to make sure Worcester scored next.

One great catch and drive was driven back by Penzance long before Gillies had touched the ground luckily he managed to stay upright as he sat on the backs of the driving Penzance pack. Ref remember the eyes and reference to myopia

Worcester Managing to Score just before half time