The annual regional match, held this year at St Day, near Redruth saw Cornwall beat Devon 21-15, their first win in the fixture since 2013, writes Chris Bigmore.

The match was contested by six teams of triples from each region playing six timed games in a round robin format.

The first round of games ended with Cornwall leading 5-1 as the Devon players took time to adjust to the unfamiliar terrain, and, at the halfway mark, Cornwall were still in charge, leading 12-6.

Devon fought back with round five their best one, recording five wins to leave the match standing at 17-13 in favour of Cornwall.

That proved too much of a hill to climb for the Devon team and the Cornish side comfortably saw out round six to seal the match and end their barren spell.

Devons’ most successful teams were Devon Three; Chris Jeffrey, John Violet and Gary Smith, and Devon Five; Stewart Brown, Joan Dixie and Peter Smith; both recording four wins each.

Devon captain John Thatcher congratulated the Cornwall side on a fine victory and is already anticipating revenge at next years’ encounter in Devon!