Richard Kruse is coaching local fencers only a few days after having arrived back in Britain from the Beijing Olympics. (Pictures by Steve Sarre, 0631285)
AN OLYMPIAN has been putting Guernsey’s fencers through their paces.
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Daily Archives: August 30, 2008
From the Beijing Olympics straight to EC sports hall
St James banner theft was ‘pointless’
A LARGE banner, which was stolen from outside St James, is now back with its owners.
Powerboat Week is back after an 11-year absence
Paul Mahy, event land co-ordinator of Powerboat Week, on the east arm at the North Beach. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0631546)
INTERNATIONAL powerboat racing returns next week to Guernsey waters for the first time in 11 years.
Sark baby delivered aboard Flying Christine
Paramedic Mark Mapp with special delivery, baby Cerys, mum Gemma Knight and dad Richard. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0631350)
GUERNSEY’S marine ambulance had a surprise delivery yesterday morning.
Miss Guernsey competition goes 16-up
Last year’s Miss Guernsey Hannah McLaughlin criticised the organisers of the event, saying that she was left to undertake duties on her own, but hoped that this year’s pageant was a success. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0631279)
organisers of Miss Guernsey 2008 are urging more girls to come forward to enter the event.
Supermarket health scheme to get to the heart of the matter
Left to right: Gerry Le Roy, Sam Marsh, Evelyn Millard, Sid Attwood and Marianne Marsh at St Martin’s Co-op. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0631282)
AN INITIATIVE to highlight healthier food choices for shoppers will take place in the island’s supermarkets as part of this year’s Healthy Hearts Month.
Lifeboat on 20-knot speed limit
The Lifeboat. 0576039
THE St Peter Port lifeboat has been forced to slow down on non-emergency call-outs due to rising fuel costs.
Football: It’s time for action
The new captain of Guernsey champions Bels, Sam Cochrane, holds the Priaulx Cup, which the six other top flight clubs are aiming to get their hands on by the end of the season. They are represented by (from left to right) Matt Warren (St Martin’s), Aaron Ferbrache (Sylvans), Luis de Jesus (Rovers), Darren Martin (North), […]
Druce gives himself a big test against Fernandez
Jonathan Moore could exceed 8m in tomorrow’s long jump competition. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0446635)
TOM DRUCE has piled the pressure upon himself before tomorrow’s big Blue Islands Challenge Cup clash at Foote’s Lane.
Traffic, not facilities are centre stage
WHEN the new St Sampson’s schools open next week, islanders’ attention, sadly, will be focused on the wrong target – anticipated traffic chaos – rather than on the quite outstanding facilities provided for the students.
Yet the situation has been created by the States itself and the short-termism that led to the building being sited in […]