Terry Eagland 31 st Dec 2009
A former Pirates player, Terry Eagland, recently passed away aged 77.
A devoted rugby fan all his life, Terry, a tight five forward, played a total of 186 games for the Pirates between 1957 and 1968
Martin Scrase 1943 - 2009
It is with great sadness to hear today that Martin Scrase, who was Penzance & Newlyn RFC's first ever CEO, has passed away at his home in Newlyn, aged 66. 27/10/2009
Ron
Jenkin
A former Pirates player, Ron Jenkin, aged 74, whose brothers Jimmy
(deceased) and Keith also played for the club, has died suddenly on Monday of
this week. 13th October 2008
Dick
Payne We have heard this week that a former player and lifelong supporter
of the Pirates, Dick Payne, aged 78, has passed away.
Laurence
Trembath
August 2008 Following the passing a few weeks back of former
player and mini-junior coach Geoff Cock, supporters of the Pirates will be saddened
to hear that Laurence Trembath has also recently died.
Geoff
Cock
July 2008 It was with sadness
that news was received this week that loyal 'Pirate' Geoff Cock had suddenly passed
away. A gifted sportsman in his youth, Geoff was a talented wing-forward who played
for Mounts Bay Colts (as the Pirates Colts were at one time called) in the early-mid
1960s.
Raymond
Matthews
27th. June, 2007 A keen rugby supporter
and a Vice President of the Penzance & Newlyn RFC, Raymond Matthews, has passed
away this week, aged 86. Ray, a single man, lived at Pendeen and was for many
years manager of the Western National Bus Depot at Camborne. His involvement with
the Pirates was considerable, especially in helping to organise social even
Mike
Stringer
May 2007 A Pirates player from the 1960s, Mike Stringer,
has sadly passed away in London aged 65. A prop forward
who also later played for London Cornish, he was always a generous host to friends
who ventured to rugby weekends in the capital. The eldest son of Norman and Joan
Stringer, proprietors of the one time Carlton Cafe in Market Jew Street, Penzance,
Mike became a head chef at a city bank in Fleet Street. His funeral will take
place at Mortlake Crematorium, Kew Meadow Path, Townmead Road, Mortlake, TW9 4EN,
at 1pm on Friday 8th. June, 2007.
Edwin
Bryant
April 2007 Edwin was a true gentleman and and passionate rugby
supporter who passed away suddenly in April, 2007, aged 64.
P.D.
'PAT' CLEAVER
October 2006 We are sorry to hear that former 'Pirate'
Pat Cleaver has passed away, aged 77.
John
Edgecombe
October 2005 One of life’s real characters, John
was a big man who was proud of his Cornish rugby roots, a second row forward who
played a total of 305 games for the Pirates in the fifties and sixties.
David
Frost - June 2006
David Frost, former rugby union correspondent for ‘The
Guardian’ newspaper, has died at the age of 77 after a short illness. Having
been largely brought up as a boy in Cornwall, David played his first club rugby
for the Pirates after having represented Cornwall Schools versus The Rest in a
holiday match at Camborne. David was Chairman of the Rugby Union Writers’
Club from 1983 to 1985 and its President from 1994 to 1998. He was know by his
colleagues as ‘Frosty’, a name which was in direct contrast to his convivial
nature.
Hugh Martin - March 2006
The death
of Hugh Martin has occurred at the age of 89. Though not a player,
he still holds a unique place in the history of the Pirates, having designed the
superb Penzance & Newlyn RFC badge in 1946.
David
Drew - February 2006
We were all shocked to hear that David, who captained
the club for three seasons during the seventies, passed away suddenly during the
last weekend in February | 
