Chinnor Trounce Penryn

Chinnor No 15, Full Back, James Hewitt in full flight during Saturday’s match against Penryn.
Score: Chinnor 88 Penryn 10
Report by Kenneth Vaughan

Chinnor 88pts Penryn 10 pts.

THIS 14 try romp keeps Chinnor there or thereabout in the hunt for a promotion spot.
The scoreline hardly seemed likely as Penryn, playing with much fervour and vigour, took the game to Chinnor in the first 15 minutes in perfect conditions at Kingsey Road on Saturday. Prompted by half-backs
Pascoe and Lovell, with No.8 Peseta running powerfully, Penryn enjoyed a surfeit of possession in these early stages. Their only reward for this
pressure was a penalty goal in the 3rd minute from Cornwall scrum-half Pascoe. Chinnor opened their acount in the 15th minute when Eric Brown came
onto the ball at speed. With his angle of running completely deceiving the Penryn defence, he scored under the posts. With Sam Soane hitting the line at
pace to power over from 22metres out 3 minutes later and James Hewitt converting both tries, the game had turned on its head. Tries by Soane,Winpenny, Brown and Hennessy at regular intervals with three conversions from Hewitt brought a half-time score of 38 pts to 3.

There was no let-up in the second half. Running the ball from all areas of the field Chinnor piled on the pressure.Chinnor were passing and taking the ball at speed and this, alied to good angles of running, carved holes in the Penryn defensive alignment. Morgan Thompson was first on the scoresheet when he supported a sweeping move to score under the posts. Two tries by substitute Jamie Hiscock followed within three minutes of taking the field.I ndeed it was almost a hat-trick if the referee had not adjudged a
final pass forward shortly afterwards. With James Hewitt (2), Matt Buckley,Darren Oxley and Rewi Tolich getting in on the act it was a try fiest, with
Hewitt adding three conversions. That Chinnor scored their last try with 15 minutes remaining was testamount to Penryn’s endeavour. They did not give up
and indeed were last on the scoresheet with James Geraty going over near the posts and Pascoe adding the conversion.