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ACCORDING to JRFC coach Dai Burton, despite the scoreline of Beckenham 55, Jersey 33, the home side were not as good as Maidstone RFC - the side the Islanders beat 38-12 at St Peter last Saturday.

GOLF:Royal Jersey won the Hampshire 7-a-side knock-out title yesterday at Waterlooville. The Grouville-based club defeated Southsea 4-3 in the morning semi-final before going on to beat the home club by the same score in the afternoon final. Channel Islands champion Gavin O'Neil won both his matches while every member of the Royal team won a match on the day. Full report to follow.

THREE Jersey sports teams have been picked for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next March.

MURATTI striker Ross Crick shot to the top of the goalscoring chart on Saturday after scoring eight times against Division II Sporting Academics.

TEENAGE archer Lucy O'Sullivan will be heading for the world junior championships in Mexico next autumn.

LEONIS ABC are struggling for survival after being told that they are no longer wanted at the Royal Hotel, venue for their bouts against mainland opposition for the last three years.

GIANT-killers St Ouen have been drawn at home to Division I St Brelade in the quarter-finals of the Le Riches Cup.

A MAJOR local band event on Saturday has raised in excess of £3,800 to help a five-year-old Islander who needs to pay for regular medical treatment in the UK.

POLISH Islanders are having to pay out hundreds of pounds for driving lessons and to take driving tests because their licences cannot be exchanged for Jersey ones.

A FORMER Bailiff of Jersey, Sir Peter Crill, died this morning at the age of 80.