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Daily Archives: February 11, 2004

Birch and Grimes win World Bowls honours

THE Jersey womenอs bowls team to compete in World Bowls Championships in Leamington Spa in September has been selected and includes two new caps  Alison Birch and Chrissie Grimes.

Flybe football: We wonอt give up!

ROZEL Rovers are now five points adrift of safety in flybe.

Combination Division I following a 2-1 defeat at Springfield last night  but they are refusing to throw in the towel.

Tower win FA grounds award

FIRST Tower United Football Club have won the Football Associationอs local authority best ground award.

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Badminton:Winning start for Cann

JERSEY badminton player Elizabeth Cann had a straight sets victory against her Slovakian opponent in her first match of the Uber Cup competition in Slovenia yesterday.

JSC swimmers set new records

IN the second series of the Jersey Swimming Club 2004 championships contested at the Langford Pool at the weekend, records were broken in every age-group in the girlsอ categories, with one, the girls 11-years age-group, being annihilated by a full minute and a half while in the boysอ open event Antoin Le Fถvre demolished the record, set in 1990 by Simon Abels, by finishing in a time of 17.26.54 in the 1500m.

๏Rolls-Royceอ public service: At what cost?

ISLANDERS paid about 20 per cent more for their public sector than Guernsey residents in 2002, says a major report released today.

States pay is 32% up on UK

PUBLIC sector workers in Jersey earn 31.8 per cent more on average than their UK counterparts but ๏deliver Rolls-Royce service at Rolls-Royce pricesอ.

Student scores a capital success

A JERSEY schoolboy is going to have his music premiered on Londonอs South Bank.

Fishermen sail back into battle

IN dawnอs early light this morning, Jersey fishermen set off in convoy to St Peter Port to attend the resumed hearing of the challenge by the Jersey Fishermenอs Association to the legality of Guernseyอs licensing scheme, which has the effect of stopping Jersey fishermen from fishing in Guernsey waters.

Parishes to examine cost of youth workers

RATEPAYERS will be asked to carry the burden of employing more youth workers in the Island.