JERSEY team and Regent Fencing Club member Kevin Lees finished first in the veteran category and 13th overall after a successful weekend of competition in the Merseyside Open, one of the biggest fencing tournaments in the UK.
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Daily Archives: February 25, 2004
Rugby union: County cash barrier for rugby youngsters
DESPITE having beaten the county’s two top Colts teams earlier this season - Havant and Worthing - Jersey’s under-18 rugby team will not be allowed to play in next season’s Hampshire Colts League.
Football:Watson strikes but young Saints prevail
ST PAUL’S striker Luke Watson scored Jersey under-18s’ only goal in their 4-1 defeat by FA Youth Academy leaders Southampton Football Club yesterday.
Pool:B-team pockets semi spot
THE Channel Islands B Team, all cueists from Jersey, have reached the semi-finals of the 2004 European Eight-Ball Pool Championships being staged at the Hotel de France this week.
‘Sanitation ‘heritage ‘going down ‘the pan’
PLANS to convert the Broad Street toilets into a café have been deferred after an intervention by a member of the previous Planning Committee.
‘Sanitation ‘heritage ‘going down ‘the pan’
PLANS to convert the Broad Street toilets into a café have been deferred after an intervention by a member of the previous Planning Committee.
Princely sum asked for a Channel Islands title
ISLANDERS who want to go up in the world and have £95,000 to spare can buy themselves the title of Prince and Lordship of Ecreho.
New potato business raises monopoly fears
THERE will be a number of potato growers who will be left with no opportunities to operate through the new corporate farming business, according to the chief executive of the Jersey Potato Export Marketing Board, Stuart Smith.
New tax may rise from 5%
THERE is no guarantee that the proposed sales tax will stay at five per cent if it is introduced.
It could be raised during any future Budget debate to assist increased States spending.
Customs and police break up drugs ring
CUSTOMS and police officers believe they have broken up a major drugs syndicate in Jersey.Some time yesterday they seized a large quantity of drugs in the Island.
