Film-star looks, artist’s model, champion cyclist, international rugby star…John Jackett had it all, and much more…
Category Archives: Sport
The Great Cornish Rugby Split?
The true story of how two Camborne RFC players joined the Northern Union, nearly causing Camborne to quit the RFU in a bitter fallout…
Camborne~Redruth: The Oldest Continual Rugby Fixture in the World? Part Two
Cornwall’s greatest sporting rivalry? The world’s oldest sporting rivalry? Continuing the warts-and-all account of a great Cornish rugby tradition, up to the present day…
Camborne~Redruth: The Oldest Continual Rugby Fixture in the World? Part One
Cornwall’s greatest sporting rivalry? The world’s oldest sporting rivalry? Here is the warts-and-all account of a great Cornish rugby tradition…
Camborne’s Feast Day Rugby
The story of how Camborne Feast led to the birth of its rugby club, and how the ‘Feast Monday’ fixture became one of the biggest games of the season!
Bodyline at North Roskear
One for all cricket lovers…what do a bandleader, a mine captain, and the world’s fastest bowler have in common?
Rugby Special ~ Part Twelve
It’s the day of the CRFU Cup Final…all Camborne have to do to achieve a Cup and Merit Table ‘double’ in their 1977-78 Centenary Season is beat lowly St Austell…
Rugby Special ~ Final Part
There’s one big game to play in Camborne RFC’s 1977-78 Centenary Season: a John Player National Knockout match against little-known Matson…
Rugby Special ~ Part Eleven
Can Camborne RFC add more fame and prestige to their 1977-78 Centenary Season by beating the likes of Saracens and Cardiff? Find out here…
Rugby Special ~ Part Ten
The biggest game to date in Camborne RFC’s 1977-78 Centenary Season, and the biggest in Cornish rugby…the CRFU Cup semi-final versus Redruth…
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 