Cornish rugby fans will be delighted with the news that former Redruth player Phil Vickery and his Cornish colleague Trevor Woodman have both received MBEs in the New Year's Honours list published yesterday.

Both sportsmen were members of the England team which brought back the rugby World Cup from Australia before Christmas and have received huge acclaim ever since.

Their boss, the England coach Clive Woodward, received a knighthood.

There are a number of Cornish men and women in the honours list, among them Stuart Brian Smith, of Camborne, who receives the OBE for services to industrial archaeology.

Mr Smith is a staunch supporter and member of the Trevithick Trust He is a former chief executive of the trust and now acts as development consultant to the trust and works on its behalf on the Cornish mining bid for World Heritage site status.

David Richard Hopkins, chairman of the British Air Transport Association, who comes from St Mawgan, receives an OBE for services to the civil aviation industry.

Mrs Pat Hollands, from Wall, near Gwinear, receives an MBE for services to badminton in Cornwall.

Mrs Meinwen Marsh, chief executive Cornwall Mobility Centre, Truro, receives an MBE for services to disabled people in the county.

David Geeves, from St Austell, receives an MBE for services to the Royal Mail and the Countryside Agency in the South West.

Another MBE goes to Mrs Susanne Gertrude Helene Thompson, of Helston, for services to lacemaking.

An MBE goes to Andrew Stuart Bales, unit leader, Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Newquay Tretheras School, for services to young people.

Another MBE goes to Mrs Jean Littlefield, of Newquay, for services to charities.

Culdrose personnel also feature in the list. Lt (now Lt Cdr) David Noon and WO (Aircraft Handler) Malcolm John Shaw both receive the MBE.