Carlsberg South West Peninsula Premier Division

Callington Tn 0, Saltash Utd 1

The Ashes began their season with a three-point haul but they made hard work of it and could have easily dropped points at the Ginsters Marshfield Parc. Both sides were missing several players but it was Saltash who created the majority of the first half chances grabbing the all-important goal after ten minutes when Dave Trott's low, far post drive, came back off the post for Aaron Cusack to drill the ball back into the danger area where Jon Hoyles forced it over the line from close range. Saltash continued to make, and miss, chances before Callington could have made them pay in the final five minutes of the half but Kirk Smith twice failed to hit the target when well placed. For more on this story, and the week's other sports news, don't forget to order a regular copy of The Cornish Times, on sale every Friday.