Fielding several reserves the team produced a number of excellent performances.
Hermione Benest won the individual gold medal in the standing triple jump and there were several bronze medals – Pearl Rabet in the vertical jump and Lucy Crossman with a big PB of 1.43m in the high jump.
The relay team of Bonnie Le Noury, Ruth Stilwell, Benest and Rabet also placed third as did the two-lap relay team of Crossman and Kristy Grant.
Reserve shot-putters Kathryn Rothwell (8.66m) and Chelsea McNutt (8.56m) did exceptionally well eighth and ninth respectively out of 25.
WHIPPET RACING: The first race-meeting of the season was held on Saturday in the grounds of the RJA and HS Showground in Trinity.
The main racing was over 150 yards for the Early Bird Trophy, followed by a series of handicap races for younger, older and less experienced dogs for the March Handicap Shield.
Early Bird Trophy: 1, Coyote (Steve Lawson); 2, Jetstream (Jenny Thomas); 3, Capuccina (S Lawson); 4, Missy (Kate and Alistair Dickenson).
March Handicap: 1, Missy (K and A Dickenson); 2, Casino (Jean Burr); 3, Cassandra (S Lawson); 4, Cadbury (David Lawson).
CYCLING: Yesterday’s Vélo Sport Jersey-organised road race, consisting of ten laps of the Bal Tabarin circuit, produced the following results: Seniors: 1, Ali Cann (CCC) 2.05.10; 2, Dave Jardine (VSJ) 2.06.11; 3, Danny Le Marquand (CCC) 2.06.11.
Veterans: 1, Bob Cabot (VSJ) 1.48.20; 2, Tony Richomme (CCC) 1.48.20; 3, Tony Cook (VSJ) 1.48.45.
Ladies: 1, Sarah Smith (CCC) 1.56.36; 2, Helen Goulding (CCC) 1.56.37.
Juniors: 1, Chris Seviour (CCC) 1.56.35; 2, Phil Vautier (VSJ) 2 laps.
VOLLEYBALL: Insurance Corporation League results, men: Bank of Scotland International Astros Two 3, Crills Sandkickers Two 0 (25-9, 25-15, 25-9).
Pentagon Red Hot Tomatoes 3, Jacksons Mitsubishi Island Ladies 0 (25-7, 25-11, 25-14).
Ladies: IC Jets 3, Eastern 0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-13).
Mixed: Jersey Post 2, Beach Niners 0 (25-19, 25-20).
Peter Green Builders 2, The Blues 1 (26-24, 19-25, 16-14).
Bk of Scotland 2, White Knight Nads 0 (25-19, 25-16).
SHOOTING: Scott Douglas won the Individual Senior Island air rifle championship at St John’s Rifle Range over the weekend.
Tony Edwards was runner-up.
SHOOTING: Billy Goode won the Modern and Military Arms Association’s Corbett Cup, for best all round shot in 2005, pushing champion Tony Satchwell into second place by 11 points at Crabbé on Saturday afternoon.
SHOOTING: John de la Haye was High Gun and Class A winner with a score of 37 ex-50 in Crabbé Clay Pigeon Club’s 50-bird sporting competition held at Crabbé yesterday.
Paul Cragg (33) and Robert Wilson (27) won Classes B and C respectively.
SAILING: Overall positions in the RCIYC’s Hobie Fleet pre-Easter Shakeabout races held in St Aubin’s Bay yesterday were: 1, Gordon Burgis and Francessca Eddy; 2, Alex pearce, Tom Leveridge; 3, David Carter, Laura-Jane Carter.
GOLF: Les Mielles won their preliminary round Hampshire 7-a-side KO match yesterday 4-3 away to St Clement.
Meanwhile at La Moye, the home club were also victorious – 7-0 against Les Ormes.
SHOOTING: Sue Le Cheminant was top shot in the Jersey Rifle Association’s shoot yesterday at Crabbé.
The winner scored 101.8 at 300 and 600 yards pushing Bruce Horwood, 100.8, into second place.
GOLF: New La Moye GC captain Frank Le Feuvre had a winning start to his captaincy with his team defeating Duncan McSporran’s vice-captain’s team 15-12 in a Greensomes matchplay format match at La Moye on Saturday.
CYCLING: Sammy Kermin (5 and under); Harry Garnham (6-7 years); Joshua O’Donoghue (8-9 years) and Kurt Dingle (10-11 years) were section winners in Caesarean CC’s Vittel and Mark Pickford’s Cycle Shop children’s mountain bike series races held yesterday at Les Platons.
SAILING: Chloe Denouel was overall winner in the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club’s junior winter series after winning races 11 and 12 in St Aubin’s Bay on Saturday.
SWIMMING: Series IV of the Jersey Swimming Club club championships took place in St Helier with 33 personal best times recorded.
Katie Speller retained her 100m fly title while 13-year-old Rebecca Le Maistre improved her PB to 1.12.80.
The boys equivalent resulted in big improvements by Neil Harrison and Matthew Fox and they were separated on the touch by one-hundredths of a second.
Speller took over four seconds off her PB to win the 100m back title in 1.11.16.
Matthew Fox won the 100m back.
GYMNASTICS: All four Regent gymnasts passed their grades at the Southern Regional Grades competition in Milton Keynes yesterday.
Lisa Luce (12) scored 32.46, Laura Woodley (12) 31.64, Olivia Ward (10) 31.44 and Stephanie Goncalves (11) 29.80.
Luce, on vault, equalled the highest mark of Grade 3 with a score of 9.20.
GOLF: Emilio Perez, Martin Sabey, John O’Brien and Alan Carter won Royal Jersey GC’s Edwin Perchard Memorial Trophy, by one point, after scoring 89 points at Grouville yesterday.
TENNIS: Jersey players took the top two places in both the boys and girls events in the CI Mini Tennis Championships at Les Ormes.
Alex Temple and Eva Hurst were section winners with James Van Neste and Kelly Dixon runners-up.
GOLF: Jorge Moniz accumulated 38 Stableford points off 14 handicap to win St Clement GC’s John Lord Trophy at St Clement’s Golf and Sports Centre on Saturday.
Second was Toni Rowles with 36 points off 16 handicap.
