Having beaten Sweden 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the European stages of badminton’s Uber Cup competition, the England ladies finished fourth after being knocked out in the semi-finals, 3-0, by the strong team from the Netherlands, in the play-off for third place.
GOALS from Matt Polglase and Mark Nightingale secured Division II Sporting Club Francais their first win of the season at the weekend.
JERSEY finished their South West Counties Championship campaign with a deserved 3-1 victory at Springfield on Saturday.
ALTHOUGH only 21 points were scored in this game, either team could have doubled that amount and afterwards London Irish captain Mark Pettit said he was disappointed with his side’s indiscipline and that they should have been more than five points to the good by half-time.
JERSEY RFC’s Ross Allan impressed in the Hampshire under-20s 30-20 win against Middlesex at the Trojans ground yesterday - one of five club juniors turning out for the county at the weekend.
DEMI Golf Society’s John Lord Shield, played under the Stableford format at St Clement’s on Saturday, was won by Toni Rowles with 37 points off a handicap of 18.
Gary Parsons was second with 36 points off a 12 handicap and third was Joe Straiton with 32 points off a handicap of ten.
THE Guernsey States did not go beyond its power by barring Jersey and UK boats from fishing in Guernsey waters, it was claimed in Guernsey’s Royal Court on Friday.
DEPUTY Maurice Dubras is expected to announce his resignation from the Environment and Public Services Committee before tomorrow’s vote of no confidence.
A TYPE of VAT and bigger bills for higher earners are the central proposals of the Finance and Economics Committee’s new tax strategy, published today.
SOME of the public sector’s top lawyers have received pay rises of up to 20%.
