Cornish Pirates

By attending Cornish Pirates rugby games this season you’ll be able to pick up some useful words and phrases in Cornish, guided by the Pirates’ mascot, Captain Benbow.

Photo of Cornish Pirates' mascot, Captain Benbow.  Photo by Alan Williams
Photo of Cornish Pirates’ mascot, Captain Benbow. Photo by Alan Williams

At each home game there will be a Cornish language page in the match day programme.  Podcasts of how to pronounce the words and phrases from the programmes will be available to download below.

Competition!

The Cornish Language Partnership is also running a competition in conjunction with the Cornish Pirates to win two hospitality tickets to the last home game of the season on Saturday 26th April 2008 against London Welsh.  In order to enter, simply fill in the form on the Cornish Pirates Competition page and answer the following question:

What is the name of the Cornish Pirates in Cornish?

If you need a clue about how to answer this, take a look at a Cornish Pirates match day programme…

Match day podcasts

Sunday 11th December
Cornish Pirates vs. Cornish All Blacks
soundfiles icon  Pirates vs Launceston podcast [1Mb]
pdf icon  Pirates vs. Launceston [627kb]

Sunday 2nd December
Cornish Pirates vs. Moseley
soundfiles icon  Pirates vs. Moseley podcast [1Mb]
pdf icon  Pirates vs. Moseley [579kb]

Sunday 18th November
Cornish Pirates vs. Rotherham
soundfiles icon  Pirates vs. Rotherham podcast [1Mb]
pdf icon  Pirates vs. Rotherham [772kb]

Sunday 28th October
Cornish Pirates vs. Nottingham
soundfiles icon  Pirates vs. Nottingham podcast [1Mb]
pdf icon  Pirates vs. Nottingham [474kb]

Sunday 21st October
Cornish Pirates vs. Bedford
soundfiles icon Pirates vs. Bedford podcast [1Mb]
pdf icon Pirates vs. Bedford [895kb]
Answers to the quiz:
Camborne = Crooked Hill
Looe = Lake
Penzance = Holy Head
Perranporth = St Piran’s Cove
Tywardreath = House on the Beach

Sunday 7th October
Cornish Pirates vs. Exeter Cheifs
soundfiles icon Pirates vs. Exeter podcast [1Mb]
pdf icon Pirates vs. Exeter [609kb]


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