Last week’s announcement that Jersey will host Normandy’s La Manche department in a multi-sports tournament in April, to include football, tennis and table tennis, will be preceded by a girls’ beach soccer tournament in St Malo in April.
Jersey Football Association development officer Brian Oliver, who is busy learning French, says links with France is a fantastic opportunity for the Island and sports to engage in more competition.
Oliver said: ‘Language should not be a barrier, which is why I am learning French.
‘We have a wonderful opportunity here, it’s been a long time coming to find games and with France being just over an hour away contacts have been made and matters are now moving quickly.’
