Troon, Cornwall

Formed in 1875 as Troon Amateur Cricket Club, the club, along with Camborne, Penzance and St Just, is one of the most successful in Cornish cricket. The club is based at Treslothan Road, where it has played cricket for over a hundred years. In 1972 the club was one of the participants in the inaugural National Village Competition, beating Astwood Bank in the final at Lord's. They went on to win the competition again the following year and for a third time, which remains a record. Among the many good players to have represented the club down the years, three homegrown players have gone on to play first-class cricket, these are Anthony Penberthy, Malcolm Dunstan and Lewis Goldsworthy. Former Pakistan and ICL spinner Arshad Khan also represented the club in the late 1990s and early 2000s. ==Cornish wrestling==

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Troon. Venues have included the King Edward Mine Playing Fields and Little Haven Farm at Newton Moor. ==Treslothan==

Troon is in the parish of Treslothan which was divided from the parish of Camborne in 1845. St John's Church was built to the designs of George Wightwick four years earlier (opened in October 1841). The 15th century font was removed from Camborne church in the 18th century. The miner poet John Harris (1820–1884) is buried in the churchyard, where also is the mausoleum of the Pendarves family. ==References==