FORMER champion jockey Lester Piggott was guest of honour at the final Jersey Race Club meeting of the season was held at Les Landes on Monday afternoon.
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Daily Archives: August 31, 2004
Weekend sport in brief
JUNIOR GOLF The Jersey junior golf team retained the inter-insular title after defeating their strong Sarnian counterparts nine and a half to seven and a half at L’Ancresse at the weekend.
Jersey had a wobbly start, losing the foursomes (one and a half to two and a half) and the first two fourball competitions on Saturday to trail by three points.
But the jersey lads roared back to win the next two fourballs and six consecutive singles matches for an excellent victory.
Triathlon:Clements makes a triumphant comeback
ISLAND Games gold-medallist Paul Clements made a blistering - and unexpected - return to triathlon after months out of the sport to win the annual Ogier and Le Masurier Triathlon on Sunday.
Cricket:Ton-up Hague topples Romerils
THE semi-finals of the inaugural KPMG Channel Islands Club Championship will be inter-insular affairs.
Jersey champions Sporting Club will host Guernsey Optimists next Saturday at FB1, while Old Victorians will travel to Guernsey on the same day to oppose Cobo.
Athletics:Gold for Jamie
THROWER Jamie Stevenson struck gold again at the weekend, competing in the Scottish National championships in Edinburgh, and is now ranked number one in his age-group after he produced a new British record discus throw of 44.66m.
Athletics:Jersey fires warning shot
JERSEY Spartan athletes fired a warning shot across the bows of their Guernsey rivals a week ahead of their inter-insular.
Man dragged from flat fire remains critical
A MAN was in still in a critical condition in a UK hospital today after being dragged from his burning bedroom early on Sunday morning.
Drugs worth £6,000 seized
OVER £6,000 worth of drugs were seized over the weekend in two police operations.
Planning blamed for infill fiasco
THE Canavan inquiry into the Trinity landfill scheme has cleared farmer Charles Gallichan of any wrongdoing.
Lifeboat rescue off the Ecréhous
A SINKING boat with a group of people on board - including a two-year-old child - was rescued off the Ecréhous on Friday night in rough seas.
