WORLD champion bowler Thomas Greechan was last night crowned the Sportingbet CI Sports Personality of the Year 2011.

ONE of the surprises to emerge from last week’s Institute of Directors annual conference was how close the island came to losing Sportingbet as one of its premier new businesses.

ANDREW WINNIE, coach and selector of the Sportingbet Channel Islands Athletic Club squads, was a happy man after the weekend’s matches.

THE return of the Guernsey marathon last year has been good news for sport-related businesses in the island.

IT WAS already the deal of all deals in local sport, but Heather Watson’s emergence as a top world junior has won her a big raise.

THE Sportingbet Channel Islands Athletics Club men face an uphill battle to avoid relegation in the national league after a combination of injuries and absentees saw them once again finish last in Saturday’s penultimate meeting.

WHAT do Heather Watson, Teresa Roberts, Pete Townsend and myself have in common? Just one thing unfortunately – the same birthday, 19 May.

HEATHER WATSON gave a good account of herself against the world’s number two junior player as yesterday she was knocked out of the Roehampton ITF Juniors.

DATA centres could be contributing to Guernsey’s increasing carbon emissions, according to the States Energy Policy Group.

A DUTCH team will give an international feel to events at Foote’s Lane at the weekend when 120 visiting players take on local teams in the Guernsey Hockey Club’s annual Easter Festival.