Category: Sport
De Gruchy sets the pace for Island Games fundraising
De Gruchy has teamed up with the Island Games Association of Jersey to help raise funds to enable local sports men and women to travel to Bermuda to compete in this summer’s exciting Island Games. As part of its commitment to the games, de Gruchy is sponsoring the Island Games Fashion Show. The evening promises [...]
Olympic Rower Returns to Signal Start of Annual Rowathon
Two-time world rowing champion and Olympian, Toby Garbett, will return to Jersey next weekend for the annual Macmillan Cancer Support (Jersey) Indoor Rowathon at Les Ormes, St Brelade on Saturday, April 27. Sponsored by RBS International, the event this year has so far attracted 276 participants who are representing 46 teams, rowing the equivalent distance [...]
De Gruchy and JRFC 1st XV Link Up in Drive to Launch New Menswear Line-Up
Following Jersey Rugby Club’s victory against Doncaster Knights on Saturday, the 1st XV has linked up with leading department store de Gruchy to officially launch the store’s brand new menswear department. Representing a significant investment by the retailer, the new menswear department includes such brands as Paul Smith, Ralph Lauren, Ben Sherman, Hugo Boss, Gant, [...]
Second Appleby Jersey Junior Chess Championships
More than 100 Jersey youngsters are expected to compete in the second Appleby Jersey Junior Chess Championships on Saturday 20 April at Victoria College School. The tournament which is sponsored by Appleby, takes place in the school’s atmospheric Great Hall from 9.00am to 2.30pm. In the inaugural Appleby Jersey Junior Chess Championships held in 2012, [...]
Top-level talks on the future of sport
The Island’s sports leaders are meeting this week to discuss the future of sport in Jersey. More than 50 representatives of sports clubs, associations and representative bodies are taking part in a one-off discussion on Wednesday as part of the consultation on a future Sport Strategy for Jersey. The debate is taking place after the [...]
ABN AMRO continues to support Les Mielles Tennis Club through exciting growth
ABN AMRO has committed to continue its successful, long-term partnership with Les Mielles Tennis Club, supporting junior tennis in the community. The bank, which is the longest established Continental European bank in the Channel Islands, has supported the local club for more than seven years, funding the club’s growing junior schemes including its unique primary [...]
Six Chess Grandmasters Battle to Win Title of 1st Jersey Masters Chess Champion
Islanders will be able to witness the skill of six Grandmasters of Chess who are due to descend on Jersey for the first ever Jersey International Masters Chess Tournament this week (Wednesday 6 March to Sunday 10 March 2013). The world-renowned chess experts will be competing for the title of ‘Jersey Masters Chess Champion’ at [...]
Schools benefit from old Jersey Table Tennis Association tables
The Jersey Table Tennis Association has acquired 18 new table tennis tables thanks to funding from the One Foundation and ESC. The Jersey Table Tennis Association required the new tables for hosting the International Primary and Secondary Schools’ tournaments being held in the Island in 2014 and 2017 respectively and the Senior Six Nations in [...]
Golf day to boost funds for Island Games golf team
At the fifth annual Island Games fundraising golf day sponsored by Standard Bank, golfers will have the chance to compare their skills against players who have been picked to represent Jersey in Bermuda in July. Organised by the Jersey Golf Union (JGU) and the Jersey Ladies Golf Association (JLGA) the golf day will take place [...]
Sports Strategy consultation launched today
The future of sport in Jersey comes under the spotlight today with the launch of a public consultation designed to collect views from anyone who takes part, volunteers for or watches sport in the Island. The Green Paper sets out the current position and asks four key questions: • Do we need to make any [...]
