Friday, 5th December 2008

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Sport to remain a political oversight

THE election of Deputies is over which means that this article will have no effect on the outcome in any district or parish.

Changing appeal of grass roots football

LAST Wednesday I had the pleasure of watching Plat Douet beat St Clement 5-4 on penalties after both teams had tied 3-3 after extra time in the first leg of the English Primary Schools’ seven a-side competition at the FB Fields.

Silly money for clearing old ropes

England’s Martin Johnson has been told that he has £20m to pay to his rugby team this year – provided that they do well both in the pre-Christmas ‘friendlies’ and also the Six Nations in the New Year.

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Hamilton happy for wet-weather finish

THERE are, conceivably, more important aspects to life than winning in sport. Emptying the dishwasher, for example.

Barrett finds Jersey is a real knock-out

A DEVASTATING right hook from challenger Ryan Barrett provided a stunning finale to the English super featherweight title showdown in Jersey on Saturday evening.

Am-dram returns to Springfield stage

LAST Saturday I enjoyed 20 minutes of the under-18 football game in the County Youth Cup between Jersey and Kent at Springfield, before Kent took over and, eventually, dominated the match.

Youth will have its day – any time soon

SPORT is a great leveller. In Pune, 16-year-old Kirsten McArthur lost to Australia’s No 1 youth player Monika Wejnert 6-3, 6-2 in the Commonwealth Youth Games.

A sports tourist’s view

I was much taken by the annual Bedell Group Jersey Squash Festival last weekend; a tournament which attracted over 250 competitors and which was won by Horsham SC.

Ladies’ volleyball team set standard

I have mentioned already the Convent A netballers. Every one of them is, at the very least, half my age.

A privilege to be among the crowd

Finally, although this week’s sporting headlines revolve around our cricketers’ exodus from Tanzania, I would like to repeat last week’s comment – to say that they did exceptionally well to get there.