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JERSEY SPARTAN AC convincingly held on to the inter-insulars honours against Guernsey IAC at the FB Fields over the weekend. A clean sweep of victories in yesterday's U17 and U15 matches gave Jersey a handsome Combined Trophy triumph of 146 points (689.5 to 543.5), with the Sarnians' only joy coming through their Dale Garland-driven win in the senior men's event on Saturday. There were several championship records and a host of personal bests achieved on an excellent two days of intense - but hearteningly friendly - competition.

THE Deutsche Bank Winter Netball League started last Monday evening with Division I champions Convent getting off to an excellent start.

AN INSPIRED Jersey team have gone against tradition and claimed inter-insular honours on their opponents' soil.

OLD Victorians lost the KPMG Channel Islands Club Championship by 73 runs at Grainville on Saturday despite having the visitors reeling at 16 for 3 after Cobo had won the toss and elected to bat.

MUMS, housewives, businesswomen and ladies from all backgrounds are being encouraged to get back into netball with fun coaching sessions and a new friendly league.

AIB TIGERS swimmer Simon Le Couilliard has been chosen for the senior Great Britain side, writes Neil Bradbury.

FOR the first time in 18 months Jersey RFC have lost a game of divisional rugby, going down 20-8 at Gosport and Fareham on Saturday in the London II South League.

MURATTI men Dave Le Roux and Jimmy Reilly fired Trinity into the second round of the Guernsey FA's Jeremie Cup on Saturday.

TIME at the CAMRA beer festival was called 24 hours early on Saturday night when it was announced that the ale had run out.

A REPORT accusing the global finance industry of denying US$500bn worth of tax from the world's poorest countries has been slated by P & R.