News and Press Releases relating to Sport
Guernsey News, 23 February 2010 – GUERNSEY’S under 19 cricket squad and the Emerging Players 1st XI have been given a financial boost as they prepare for a busy 2010 season.
Barclays Wealth, long-term sponsors of the Evening League, has confirmed its commitment to the sport by agreeing to a year-long sponsorship of the two teams. [...]
Guernsey News, 13 January 2010 – BUTTERFIELD has organised for ex-employee and professional yoga coach Emma Despres to give regular yoga lessons to staff.
The sessions, which are scheduled every Tuesday in the company’s training room, have proved popular with many staff attending each week.
Assistant manager in banking compliance, Jo Luce, said the classes were the [...]
Isle News, 8 October 2009 – The International Football Union (IFU) is a newly registered organisation, trying to develop an association that will happily receive all the FAs not affiliated with FIFA that wish to join the International Football Union. The International Football Union seeks to affiliate independent nations or regions/islands with a high degree of [...]
Isle News, 6 October 2009 – ISLANDERS and Heather Watson fans across the globe can log onto the tennis star’s first official website after www.heatherwatson.co.uk went live today.
Working with website designers at Sportingbet, this site has been created to give Heather the opportunity for regular input and to keep her supporters as up to date as [...]
Isle News, 9 September 2009 – Guernsey’s leading senior golfers are hoping for an away win when they take on their Jersey counterparts this week.
The Channel Islands’ strongest individual senior players are set to compete in the Garenne Seniors Golf Challenge, at Royal Jersey Golf Club at Grouville, in Jersey. The Guernsey team was selected [...]
Isle News, 3 September 2009 – The Ipes Guernsey Junior Closed Tennis Tournament 2009 took place last week at La Mare Tennis Club, thanks in large part to the generous backing of local private equity fund administrator, Ipes.
The annual junior tournament highlighted just one of a series of events being coordinated through the Guernsey Junior [...]
Isle News, 28 August 2009 – A Guernsey man who is attempting to walk the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine is now less than one month away from completing the challenge.
The only thing standing between Jon Press, 31, and the end of his gruelling one-man trek is Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain [...]
Isle News, 26 August 2009 – CONDOR 10 rescued a windsurfer from the sea off St Malo on Monday evening, just three days after playing a part in another rescue.
Over the weekend, Condor 10 was indirectly involved in the recovery of a motorboat in distress south of St Helier and on Monday evening it responded [...]
Isle News, 17 August 2009 – The Swimarathon’s website has been refreshed and revamped by sponsor Sure to make it more user-friendly.
As part of Sure’s support of the event, which is organised by the Lion’s Club of Guernsey and Guernsey Round Table, they have redesigned the www.swimarathon.org site.
It now includes information about the Sure Swimarathon, [...]
Isle News, 13 August 2009 – The reigning men’s champion of the island’s premier senior golf tournament is set to defend his crown this week.
Mick King, winner of the men’s title in the Garenne Senior Golf Championship for the past two years is one of 57 men and 17 ladies who will compete this week [...]
