This Is Jersey » Bowls

Five selected for South Africa

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:58:08 +0000

BOWLS Jersey selectors have chosen their five-man team for the Atlantic Championship bowls tournament in South Africa next May.

John Lowery and Terry Allen will compete in … [visit site to read more]

Safety fears could bowl over ladies’ Atlantic Rim defence

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:59:19 +0000

JERSEY’S lady bowls players could miss the chance to defend their Atlantic Rim gold and silver medals in South Africa next year – because the Island’s bowls committee has deemed the area too dangerous for them.

The Jersey Bowls Association claims it does not want to put its female players at risk, even though the men’s squad will be … [visit site to read more]

It’s too close to call

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:00:39 +0000

HONOURS finished even on the Les Creux Bowling Club lawns in St Brelade over the weekend with the inter-insular team matches shared and Jersey and Guernsey each … [visit site to read more]

Weekend sports gallery 1

Sue Le Ruez — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:55:54 +0000

A WEEKEND of sport saw enthusiasts of sailing, cycling, softball, motorcross, bowls, golf, football and rugby competing in a variety of events.

JEP Photographers … [visit site to read more]

Champion Greechan reaches last eight

Sue Le Ruez — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:59:21 +0000

LINDSEY Greechan flirted with defeat in the quarter finals of the World Champion of Champions in Aberdeen yesterday, but sneaked home on a sudden death extra end, and … [visit site to read more]

Greechans suffer ups and downs

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:50 +0000

Island bowler Lindsey Greechan hit top form in the World Champion of Chamions event in Aberdeen yesterday, beating two top players in straight sets.

Building on … [visit site to read more]

Greechan hat-trick

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:29:45 +0000

BRITISH bowls champion Lindsey Greechan will have the chance to defend her title next year after she won three out of four titles at last weekend’s Jersey Bowls … [visit site to read more]

Saints edge closer to top flight cricket

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:58:12 +0000

ST HELIER RFC put one foot in Division I last night after winning the top-of-the-table NatWest Evening League Division II encounter against previously second-placed … [visit site to read more]

Jersey claim another British Isles bowls title

Sue Le Ruez — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:00:25 +0000

A JERSEY men’s bowls team are the latest to triumph in a national competition.

Following hard on the heels of Lindsey Greechan’s success … [visit site to read more]

Bowls: Jersey edged out by a strong Ireland outfit

Sue Le Ruez — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:59:21 +0000

JERSEY’S ambitions of improving on previous performances in the women’s home international bowls series were dashed in Belfast yesterday, when … [visit site to read more]

Praise, despite opening defeats

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:01 +0000

JERSEY team manager Mavis Le Marquand was full of praise for her team at the Belmont Club in Belfast yesterday, in spite of the fact that they had … [visit site to read more]

British Isles crown for Greechan

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:48 +0000

ISLANDER Lindsey Greechan is the new British women’s outdoor bowls … [visit site to read more]

Greechan faces final test in quest for British title

Sue Le Ruez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:59:15 +0000

JERSEY’S young bowls star Lindsey Greechan faces England champion Edna Bessell in the final of the British Isles women’s outdoor singles championship at the Belmont club in Belfast today.

Win or lose, Greechan will return to Jersey later today, leaving her fellow-Islanders to contest the home international series that gets under way at the … [visit site to read more]

The green machine

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:00:44 +0000

MAVIS Le Marquand, who partnered Sheila Syvret to the pairs silver medal in the women’s world outdoor championships at Ayr in 1992, is looking forward to her new … [visit site to read more]

World bowls pairs semi-final spot for Jersey’s Greechans

Sue Le Ruez — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

JERSEY’S husband and wife duo Lindsey and Thomas Greechan scored a straight sets victory over Welsh hopes Ben Thomas and Becky Shore that took them into the last four of the WIBC world indoor mixed pairs championship at Swansea yesterday. … [visit site to read more]