THE curtain closed on this year’s Jeux des Iles in the centre of Ajaccio in typical carnival fashion and there were celebrations all round as it was announced that Jersey had finished tenth overall out of the 23 islands.
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Daily Archives: May 29, 2007
Cricket:Leaders recover from an early wobble
ROMERILS increased their lead at the top of the NatWest Weekend Cricket League Premier Division following a four-wicket victory against Caesareans on Saturday.
Rugby:Allan helps Devon cream Lancashire
JERSEY’S Ross Allan helped Devon reclaim rugby union’s County Championship Cup at Twickenham yesterday.
Ramskill weathers storm to clinch Island golf title
IN appalling conditions at La Moye Golf Club on Sunday Richard Ramskill won the HSBC Private Bank Jersey Amateur Championship by 5&3 against another former title holder, Gavin O’Neill.
Other Sport
SURFING - Longboard Championships: Grace Davies (17) finished second in the Ladies’ Division of the British Longboard Championships at Godrevy, Cornwall, and 16-year old Jack Seymour was second in the Junior Boys’ Division.
Herbert denied hockey gold in European final
BECKIE Herbert’s Leicester Ladies Hockey Club just missed out on the European Champions crown after a 2-1 defeat to Dutch team HC’s Hertogenbosch in the final of the Eurohockey Club Champions Cup yesterday.
English Billiards Open brings out the best of big breakers
ROXTON CHAPMAN won event five of the English Billiards Open series on Sunday evening - the Jersey Open held at First Tower Institute.
Discarded nets ‘put our lives at risk’
A MAN who was rescued at sea last week has claimed that sloppy and thoughtless fishermen are putting lives at risk by discarding nets overboard.
Bad weather disrupts bank holiday events
GALE force winds, heavy rain, hail and thunder storms all caused disruption to travel and events over the bank holiday weekend.
£ 1/2bn court case gets go-ahead
A PRIVY Council decision has cleared the way for the biggest civil court case in Jersey’s legal history to go ahead.
