CHANNEL ISLANDS champion Matthew Parkman continued his excellent run of form to add the Rosscot 72-hole Jersey Strokeplay trophy to his growing collection.
Daily Archives: July 12, 2006
League title race opens up
FOUR clubs are now in the running for the NatWest Evening Cricket League Division I title after the leading duo were both beaten last night
Tough test for rowers
FIRST home in the Jersey Post Sark to Jersey rowing race on Saturday - the 40th running of the most prestigious race on the Channel Islands calendar - was the fixed-seat boat of Guy Hinks, Simon Haywood, Roly du Heaume, Dave Morris and cox Kim Ashplant in a time of 2 hr 19 min 43 sec.
Stowaway scorpion in with Co-op’s bananas
A SCORPION was discovered in a box of bananas in the storeroom at the Co-op’s Grand Marché store yesterday afternoon after a long journey from Costa Rica.
Jersey’s north-south divide
ISLANDERS living in St Martin, Trinity, St Mary and St John spend nearly £400 a week more than people living in St Helier, the results of a comprehensive survey have revealed.
Parish gains from the new rates system
ST CLEMENT ratepayers got the rarest of gifts last night - a reduced rates bill.
Donelda shows viewers how to handle TV fame
AFTER successfully training Linda Barker’s dachsund on Celebrity Dog Show in 2003, Jersey dog handler Donelda Guy will be back on the TV screens as an expert judge on Sunday in a new Channel 4 programme, Britain’s Top Dog.
Tears as youth club runs out of cash
YOUNGSTERS are more likely to be hanging around on the streets because a St Helier youth club hasn’t got the cash or staff to stay fully open, it has been claimed.
Regulator may ‘name and shame’
FINANCE firms which fail to adhere to the required standards should be ‘named and shamed’ more often, says the Island’s regulator.
Room to groom at the garden centre
ANIMAL science graduate Julie Syvret has set up her own business within St Peter’s Garden Centre.












