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Italian trio in class of their own

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:29 +0000

AFTER a 30-year ‘sabbatical’, Terry Thuillier will be competing in next weekend’s Shell Oils 2008 Speed Festival on three classic motorcycles.

The three-day … [visit site to read more]

In the driving seat: Carlton Le Feuvre

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:59:01 +0000

Carlton Le Feuvre is the owner and director of aMaizin! at La Hougue Farm, St Peter, with his wife, Kristina

When and where did you pass your test and how many times … [visit site to read more]

Queen of the road

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:58:42 +0000

In just six days’ time Holly Fraser will be riding down Victoria Avenue as Miss Battle of Flowers 2008.

Twenty-year-old Holly is currently working as a junior … [visit site to read more]

London-Mongolia rally

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:00:32 +0000

TWO Jersey adventurers have arrived in the land of Borat.

Paul Doublet and Tony Scriven might not be wearing ‘mankinis’, but they are going to turn heads in … [visit site to read more]

To the manor re-born

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:55:27 +0000

ROSEL Manor echoed with the decadent sounds of Edwardian England at the weekend as Islanders celebrated the enduring appeal of the motor car.

Exactly 100 years … [visit site to read more]

Style of Capri

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:00:16 +0000

ONE of the stars of this weekend’s C&VMRC Motor Show, certainly for those who grew up in the late 1960s and 1970s, is likely to be Neil Wakeling’s mint … [visit site to read more]

Vintage cars back for a photo finish

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:59:21 +0000

EUROPE had yet to live through the horrors of the Great War when this photograph was taken.

It freezes a moment in time on a beautiful Edwardian summer’s … [visit site to read more]

A young driver who is going places - fast

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:00:18 +0000

ALTHOUGH Guernsey might be Shelbyville to Jersey’s Springfield, one cannot knock the Sarnians’ commitment to motor sport.

They take it seriously over there, and … [visit site to read more]

National threat to Bouley Bay hill record

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:00:18 +0000

JERSEY welcome the drivers and back up teams in the British Hill Climb Championship at Bouley Bay tomorrow.

Some of the greatest drivers in the country will be … [visit site to read more]

Motorcycle gear: It’s a cover-up job

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:00:52 +0000

SKIN is pretty clever stuff, but it tends to come off second best to tarmac when the two come into contact at high speed.

As the banners and posters around the … [visit site to read more]

Racing car driver to launch Battle

Sue Le Ruez — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:55:33 +0000

A JERSEY-BORN racing driver will be opening up along Victoria Avenue next month as the first act in both the Battle of Flowers and the Moonlight Parade.

World … [visit site to read more]

Shaken and stirred

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:18 +0000

IF James Bond was Italian, what would he drive? Would it be a Ferrari or would it be a Maserati?

In the big shoulder-pad days of Roger Moore, when style was about as … [visit site to read more]

Saddle sure

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:58:37 +0000

SO you think you’re pretty nifty on a bike, then? Well, now you can put that belief to the test and become an advanced motorcyclist in Jersey.

John Trafford, a … [visit site to read more]

Mongolia movers

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:16 +0000

TWO things tend to spring to mind when you hear about a man celebrating his 40th birthday by treating himself to a new car.

Firstly, he is clearly having a … [visit site to read more]

Camera, lights … Nimrod

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:59:06 +0000

IF your other half has dragged you to the pictures recently to watch Sex and the City, now is the time to get your revenge.

Petrol heads and all-round lovers of … [visit site to read more]