THREE goals in the opening 30 minutes set up a comfortable passage into the last eight of the Senior Cup for Penzance at Penlee Park on Tuesday night.

Josh Magin opened the scoring in the 18th minute before two goals in three minutes from Charlie Young and Lewis Caspall put the Magpies in complete control by the half-hour.

The home side might have had more goals before Wendron got a consolation late on.

Penzance manager Mark Vercesi said: “I’m happy with another cup win to take us to the quarter-finals.

“Maybe a little tiredness and complacency in the second half cost us a more emphatic scoreline, but credit to Wendron who upped their game after a difficult start.”

Penzance started the brightest in an opening 20 minute period where Magin nabbed the first goal.

Then followed a couple of early injuries. First George Molcher was carried off with a suspected broken toe, then midfield maestro Charlie Willis hobbled off with a dead leg – a remnant from last Saturday’s Holsworthy victory.

These players were replaced by Jacob Trudgeon and Hayden Waters respectively, with the former especially showing off his battling strengths in midfield.

Caspall thought he had increased the lead when he bundled the ball in from the six yard box, but the linesman said no.

Barnstorming pressure from the Magpies saw a succession of corners, the third of which resulted in a Silas Sullivan header being cleared off the line.

On 28 minutes it was the man in form, Charlie Young, who clipped the ball in to the top left corner after a clever one-two with Caspall.

Two minutes later it was Caspall’s turn to score as he blasted a powerful swerving shot past Wendron keeper Zach Telling to make it 3-0.

The home side were threatening to run riot at this stage with several terrific solo runs by Josh Turner, and one by Magin, tip-toeing past defenders into the penalty area only to be thwarted by Telling.

The second half promised more of the same as Harry Salmon in the Penzance goal had his easiest game of the season so far.

The great runs and clever touches continued from Young, Caspall, Magin and Turner, but no more goals came forth. Youngster Waters was closest when his goal-bound attempt was cleverly cleared off the line by a Wendron defender.

The visitors did sneak a consolation goal in the dying minutes to spoil a clean sheet, but the majority of the 112-strong crowd went home happy as the Magpies go on another cup run.

PENZANCE: Harry Salmon; Archie Reynolds, George Molcher (Hayden Waters. 30), Josh Turner (Adam Lewis. 80), Ewan Trevains (Kam Collins, 75), Tyler Tonkin (capt) (Rohan Bennetts, 60), Josh Magin, Charlie Willis (Jacob Trudgeon, 12), Charlie Young, Lewis Caspall, Silas Sullivan.

WENDRON UNITED: Zach Telling; Sam Fisher, Rio Pledger, Max Roberts, Russell May (capt), Harry Hopkins, Ryan Reeve, Ollie Tomlinson, Callum Bertrand, Billy Stone, Charlie Edney. Subs: Tiernan Bertrand, Sean Powell, Dom Scoffin, Josh McDonald, Michael O’Neill.