The Kimberley faithful were grateful to groundstaff for ensuring that this was the only Peninsula Premier game to take place on Tuesday as a Sam Hughes hat trick inside nine second-half minutes saw them to victory.

The hardy band of 56 supporters who resisted the televised Champions League match and Plymouth Argyle's vital home game to brave the conditions were suitably rewarded as the Ashes had not recorded back-to-back league wins since the first month of the season.

Read more in this week's Cornish Times.