IN arguably one of the best special gymnastics competitions held anywhere in the UK this year, Jersey’s Samantha Godel beat current British national disabilities’ champion Holly Cantrill at the Queen’s Hall this weekend to take gold on the floor before matching her on the vault, where both girls tied for first place.
Daily Archives: March 11, 2008
Wanderers FC retain U18 league title
JERSEY Wanderers retained the Jersey Telecom Junior League under-18 Division I title with a 3-1 victory over previously second-placed St Brelade on Sunday morning.
Old Victorians on course for indoor cricket double
NATWEST Indoor Cricket League champions Rathbones Old Victorians will play JJCA I in the Division I KO Cup final at Fort Regent on Monday 31 March.
Jersey’s hockey vets earn trip to Yorkshire in national cup
BUOYED by a goal after just 38 seconds, Investec Jersey Hockey Club Vets continued their giant-killing act in the quarter-finals of the HA Veterans Cup with a 5-0 win against Slough on Sunday.
Rights group calls for anonymity for defendants in cases of sexual abuse
DEFENDANTS in cases of alleged sexual abuse should remain anonymous until convicted, the Jersey Rights Association has said.
Driver avoids serious injury as tree hits car
A WOMAN had a lucky escape yesterday when her car was hit by a falling tree in Trinity.
Opera House and offices damaged as sea wall defences crumble in the face of crashing waves
SEA water ran down Gloucester Street and caused flood damage to a number of buildings last night after the sea wall defences were smashed by incoming waves.
No laughing matter as Airport bomb joker is fined
A MAN who joked to Airport security that he had bombs in his baggage has been fined £200.
Retirement village plan for Millbrook
PLAYING fields next to Victoria Avenue could soon make way for a retirement village.
Greenfields’ ex-manager at tribunal
A SOCIAL worker who claims that he was sacked for ‘whistle-blowing’ told an Employment Tribunal yesterday that he had not been allowed to appeal against his dismissal and never saw reports about concerns he raised at Greenfields.












