A CENTURY after their grandfather played in the winning Muratti side, Lesley Patrick and her twin sister are visiting Guernsey to see the competition for the first time.

Arrangements are in place for the Sportingbet Guernsey Marathon this August, the first race of its kind in the island for 18 years and, coincidentally, to be staged 100 years after the first. Rob Batiste looks back at the original event

North v Rangers 6-6 Jeremie tie.

SQUASH has brought Guernsey more international recognition than any other sport.

ST JACQUES, 30 years old this year, wasted little time in making their mark on the domestic game.

JUANDE RAMOS’S Spurs side always seem ripe for the taking these days, just as the Tottenham vintage of 1932 seemingly were.

WATCHING Justin Rose take Phil Mickelsen apart at the Ryder Cup inevitably got me thinking of the day he came to L’Ancresse and edged out Bobby Eggo in a serious friendly.

SIR ALF was never easily pleased, but the great man gave the island football team much credit in holding the FA XI to a 4-0 defeat at the Track.

NORTH had seen better days at first-team level, but there was celebration in the air as the chocolate-and-blues side strode out for their home game against St Martin’s on Thursday 14 September 1978.

THE organising club outlives the format by about six years, but sand racing at Vazon dates back very nearly 90 years.