From 1957-60 he was
Team Secretary, before becoming Fixture Secretary and then Chairman (a role undertaken
later by brother Ken). In 1968 Rodda left the district to become headmaster
at St. Cleer, near Liskeard, but he still kept in touch. It was expected
that he might have returned back in Penzance, but his untimely death in 1982 at
the age of 57 was a great loss to his family and many friends. Throughout
his life a sense of fairness, fun and sportsmanship shone through. A story
from Peter Michell suitably reflects on an occasion when Rodda was dropped from
the first team. He was picked for the Reserves away to St., Day, but typical
of ’this wonderful sportsman’, on studying the teams with a group of
players, he simply turned and said, ‘I presume I am being sent to St.
Day as a missionary’. Well, they could not have had anybody better!
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