Departing Darren Leads Amateurs To Victory

Saturday 27th September 2008

A product of the Pirates Mini-Junior Section, Darren Hicks, led the Pirates Amateurs to victory at St. Just on Saturday before departing later this month for a military tour to Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.

Darren has been in the Army for 10 years, and he has always enjoyed his rugby. Stalwart 'Pirate' Paul Greaves, who fondly remembers coaching Darren at Colts level, has welcomed the opportunity to have coached him again more recently.

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Paul, along with Scott Dugdale and all other members of the Pirates Amateurs, fully appreciate the difficult but important role that Darren and his work colleagues undertake.

Everyone looks forward to his safe return home in the New Year when he'll no doubt be keen to represent the important Pirates Amateurs side once once.

UPDATE
Darren was tragically killed in February whilst on foot patrol in Afghanistan.
A Memorial Match will take place at the Mennaye Field, Penzance on Friday 11th June between the Pirates Amateurs and a Coldstream Guards XV.