VOLLEYBALL:Jersey’s men’s and women’s volleyball teams beat their Sarnian opponents in Guernsey on Saturday in the CI Club Championships.
Jersey men’s champions Kleinwort Benson Astros beat Goldridge Stone 3-1 (25-21, 25-13, 19-25, 25-21) while women’s champions Insurance Corporation Jets took on the Goldridge Stone women’s team and beat them 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-20).
In the Junior inter-insular, Guernsey beat Jersey 2-0 (25-14, 25-15).
RACING driver Ryan Parouty won the first race and finished second in the second race at Silverstone over the weekend to put him in second place in the Avon Tyres FF 1800 championship.
MASTERS swimmer Jerseyman John Liron broke the 50m freestyle European record by one tenth of a second when he competed in the long-course event Dinard at the weekend, and won four gold medals.
JERSEY’S inclusion as guests in the VIII Jeux des Isles in Gran Canaria last week has been deemed a great success by the youngsters taking part, their coaches, and the representatives of Education, Sport and Culture.
OLD VICTORIANS kept in touch with Division I leaders Sporting Club with a four-wicket victory against Caesareans on Saturday.
ISLANDERS who own cars that are left in France are being warned that the French authorities are on the verge of taking action against them.
A FIRE at the Fitness First gym on the waterfront last night has forced it to close.
FINANCE and Economics have bowed to public concern over a sales tax and put off a decision until next year.
ALL shops will be able to open on Sundays if proposals expected this week from Senator Ted Vibert are accepted.
THIS year’s Battle of Flowers will end with a free family carnival on the waterfront, culminating in a night sky-diving display.
