26 « April « 2005 « « This Is Jersey

Wheelchair tennis squad’s national bid

JERSEY are sending a team to the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships at Oxstalls Tennis Club, Gloucester, this weekend.

Siam Cup rugby: McAlister’s final fling?

Danny McAlister will spend a little longer than usual savouring the atmosphere as he leads the Jersey RFC 1st XV out onto the pitch this Saturday afternoon.

Sid Guy Memorial award: Weir rewarded

ST PAUL'S FC junior Michael Weir, pictured, has become the tenth winner of the Lloyds TSB JFA Centre of Excellence Sid Guy Memorial Award.

Junior football: Wanderers happy with their returns

JERSEY Wanderers lifted the John Leatt Memorial Trophy at a rain-soaked Hockey Club on Sunday afternoon.

States say how they’ll save the Island money

STATES services worth £12m will be cut by the end of 2008.

‘Multiple package’ assessment for new income support

THE income support scheme will combine welfare, housing, educational maintenance grants and non-contributory benefit systems in a single assessment and payment package from 2007, if the States agree.

Tribute to be paid to cattle breeder

THE life and achievements of one of the most prominent and successful cattle breeders in Jersey's history, Francis Le Ruez (1914-2002), are being commemorated at the Royal Jersey Showground by his family and members of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society on 10 May.

States aiming to save £32m

THE States say that they are on course to save £32 million by cutting services and improving efficiency.

£20m – by improving public sector efficiency

THE States say they are on course to save £20 million by improving efficiency.

Tax plans put at public seminars

TWO groups of Islanders worked through the proposed new tax structure at seminars held at St Paul's Centre yesterday.