Jersey v England 2017 - The Merton Hotel
Jersey 7
England 26
The International match was held on Saturday 11th November where a very strong English outfit totally outclassed the Jersey team. Jersey were up against it before the match had even started, knowing that England were sending probably their strongest ever line up and after the first round of games were already 4 - 7 down. With the aggregate point up for grabs after the second leg they were hoping to reduce the deficit but the match was only ever going to end up one way, that being an England win. Going into overdrive in the second legs just one Jersey player, Alan Le Blond, managed to obtain 2 points and thus a win, with every England player winning 2, if not 3 points to convincingly retain their crown.
The teams were:
JERSEY
Dave Lomax (Capt.)
James Jeanne
Fred Jeanne
Graham Bisson
Dave Gallichan
Matthew Malorey
James Pallot
Graeme Le Monnier
Harry Barbet
Keith Vibert
Alan Le Blond
ENGLAND
Curt Driver (Capt.)
Mark Trafford
Kevin Tunstall
Nigel Senior
Dave Ingram
Mark Brewster
Matt Jones
Paul Sainsbury
Martin Cole
Jim Millward
Gerry Fitzjohn
Top: Jersey team
Bottom left: Dave Lomax & Curt Driver - Team Captains (with a photobomb by David Ingram)
Bottom right: England team
BREAKING NEWS - No England v Jersey match at the Bournemouth Pairs
Jersey v Guernsey 2018 - The Sarum Hotel
Jersey 5
Guernsey 1
The match was held on Saturday 12th May between, on paper, two evenly matched teams. Guernsey were looking to make it five wins on the bounce and keep their best ever run between the teams and their rich vein of form going, whilst Jersey wanted to gain some revenge on recent results by ensuring the trophy was not going back on the Condor (should it be sailing).
As it turned out, the later came true, with Jersey winning the crucial games and having the rub of the green in others to emerge victorious, for at least this year anyway.
Also held on the night was the Channel Island Championship, between Graham Bisson and Trevor Gallienne. Graham won the toss and placed Trevor in, who happily responded to the pressure by knocking in 14,000+. With a mid-break fraca in the venue (I'm pleased to say not involving any players) Graham attempted to respond but unfortunately for him, never settled into a routine and very quickly dropped the break. Immediately he turned and congratulated his opponent - that being yet another Channel Islands Championship for Trevor.
The teams were:
JERSEY
James Jeanne
Fred Jeanne
Graham Bisson (Capt.)
Alan Phillips
Sean Le Beuvant
James Pallot
Paul Newton (Reserve)
GUERNSEY
Trevor Gallienne (Capt.)
Ian Champion
Gary Naftel
Bob Chapple
Andy Rundle
Matt Ogier
