JOCKEY Tony Proctor took centre stage in yesterday’s Weatherby’s Champion Hurdle meeting at Les Landes, riding a treble - including Off Minor’s surprise win over odds-on favourite Rosa Sainte in the feature race.
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Daily Archives: July 17, 2006
Weekend in brief
GOLF Sam win’s Captain’s Prize Junior golfer Sam Crenan topped the leaderboard with an impressive gross 66 and 46 Stableford points off his six handicap in Saturday’s Captain’s Prize competition at Royal Jersey Golf Club on Saturday, a hole-in-one on the par 3 181-yard fourth with his four wood propelling him to victory.
Second was Chris Barrow with 38 pts off 16 handicap and Terry Smith was third with 38 pts off handicap four.
Jamie’s now the best of British!
ATHLETE Jamie Stevenson’s season just keeps on getting better and better.
Jersey win ECC warm-up
JERSEY skipper Matt Hague hopes yesterday’s comfortable win over Guernsey will springboard the Island to victory at the European Cricket Council Second Division Championship in Scotland.
Silver lining as Jersey suffer final agony
JERSEY bowlers reached three finals in the British Isles men’s championships in Bristol over the weekend - the U25 singles, triples and fours - but on what Bowls Jersey president Derek Ferguson described as ‘not a good morning for Jersey’, the Island’s players had to be content with three silvers.
Shooters keep focus in intense Bisley heat
JERSEY’S shooters at Bisley continue to endure hot and windy conditions and although there were some excellent individual scores at the weekend, the highest-placed Jerseyman was David Le Quesne who, in yesterday’s 500 yard Daily Mail contest, shot a superb 75.12 v-bulls, which put him only one or two v-bulls behind the winner.
Mori poll to look at States reform
ONE thousand households will be telephoned by Mori researchers over the next three weeks and asked about States reform.
July temperature continues to rise
THE current heatwave is likely to lead to a maximum temperature today of 31นC and is due to last until Wednesday evening.
Islanders lap it up at Relay for Life
OVER 400 adults and children dedicated 24 hours over the weekend to raising funds for cancer research - and they enjoyed every minute of it.
Paperwork allegations cost £100,000
A STATES police inspector whose suspension on full pay for almost 18 months cost the taxpayer around £100,000 is back on duty.
